PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lance Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scot Blennerhassett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lance Hardwood had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hardwood
vs
Blennerhassett

175 cm
23
160 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

172 cm
27
154 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lance Hardwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scot Blennerhassett!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blennerhassett takes one to the chin there.
Hardwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blennerhassett was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardwood.
Blennerhassett flicks out a counter leg kick but Hardwood steps away.
Hardwood closes the distance and clinches up with Blennerhassett, looking for a takedown. Hardwood pushes Blennerhassett against the cage but Blennerhassett circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Blennerhassett tries to land a front kick but Hardwood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hardwood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blennerhassett at a distance.
Hardwood throws a series of punches but Blennerhassett moves out of range.
Blennerhassett with a nice cross.
Hardwood closes the distance and clinches up with Blennerhassett, looking for a takedown. Hardwood pushes Blennerhassett against the cage but Blennerhassett circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Blennerhassett misses the jab.
Hardwood jabs Blennerhassett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hardwood throws a wild body kick that Blennerhassett sees coming a mile off.
Blennerhassett looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blennerhassett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardwood.
Blennerhassett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blennerhassett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Lance Hardwood has been cut.
Blennerhassett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blennerhassett appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blennerhassett misses with a head kick.
Blennerhassett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardwood.
Blennerhassett stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Hardwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardwood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hardwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blennerhassett.
Hardwood looks to throw the jab but Blennerhassett is out of range.
Hardwood lands with an uppercut that bounces Blennerhassett off the cage and back into range.

Blennerhassett closes the distance and pushes Hardwood back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blennerhassett misses with a punch to the body.
Hardwood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blennerhassett scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blennerhassett lands a left hand.
Blennerhassett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardwoods head.
A head punch on the inside from Hardwood fails to land.
Hardwood lands with a short shot to the head.
Hardwood tries to throw a body punch but Blennerhassett avoids it by throwing Hardwood back against the cage.
Hardwood throws a punch but it's blocked by Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett lands a right hand.

Hardwood is rocked!
Hardwood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oh Hardwood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blennerhassett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blennerhassett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett throws a head punch that misses.
Blennerhassett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blennerhassett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blennerhassett throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardwood.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blennerhassett.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Blennerhassett throws a head punch that misses.
Blennerhassett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blennerhassett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardwood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardwood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blennerhassett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blennerhassett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Blennerhassett has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hardwood seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Blennerhassett can turn it around.
Blennerhassett throws a head punch that misses.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Blennerhassett misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Blennerhassett fails to land.
Hardwood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Blennerhassett as the two fighters clinch.
Blennerhassett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blennerhassett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blennerhassett throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardwood.
Blennerhassett lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardwood.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
Blennerhassett throws a head punch that misses.
Blennerhassett throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
Hardwood seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett lands a body punch.
Blennerhassett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardwood throws a punch but it's blocked by Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett blocks a body shot from Hardwood.
A head punch on the inside from Blennerhassett fails to land.
Hardwood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Hardwood.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blennerhassett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardwood throws a punch but it's blocked by Blennerhassett.
Blennerhassett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Hardwood as the two fighters clinch.
Hardwood tries to throw a body punch but Blennerhassett avoids it by throwing Hardwood back against the cage.
Hardwood is looking to control Blennerhassett's arms but Blennerhassett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hardwood has his back to the cage.
Blennerhassett misses with the head strike.
Blennerhassett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blennerhassett throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hardwood misses with a short punch on the inside.

Blennerhassett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blennerhassett is looking to clinch.
Hardwood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blennerhassett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Blennerhassett checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hardwood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardwood misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scot Blennerhassett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Hardwood's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blennerhassett is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Hardwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blennerhassett misses with a leg kick.
Blennerhassett throws a sloppy body shot
and Hardwood counters with a straight right hand.
Blennerhassett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardwood slips a jab and a cross from Blennerhassett.
Hardwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardwood misses with a shot to the body
and Blennerhassett counters with a big right hand! Oh Hardwood is in trouble here! Blennerhassett follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scot Blennerhassett!
A relieved looking Scot Blennerhassett thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.