PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Ignacio Cresta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Fardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cresta comes to the cage accompanied by The black keys - I got mine. Fardy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Smack My Bitch Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ignacio Cresta
vs
Fardy

185 cm
29
189 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

182 cm
25
195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

V-Mask Clothing (10%)
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Ignacio Cresta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Fardy!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fardy throws a leg kick
and Cresta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cresta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Both fighters circling a little - Fardy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cresta looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cresta misses with the combination.
Cresta misses with a looping left.
Fardy misses with a few strikes there.
Fardy fails to land with a series of punches.
Fardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cresta jabs Fardy right on the nose. Fardy blinks but takes it well.
Nice uppercut there from Cresta.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fardy. Cresta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fardy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cresta swings widly with a right hand
and Fardy counters with an outside leg kick.
Fardy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cresta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cresta looks to throw the jab but Fardy is out of range.
Fardy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fardy! But no joy.
Fardy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cresta misses with a looping right.
Fardy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cresta's sensitive parts.
Fardy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cresta. That did some damage!
Josh Fardy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fardy misses with a left hand
and Cresta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cresta fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cresta moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Josh Fardy has been cut.
Fardy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fardy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fardy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fardy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cresta misses with a straight right.
Fardy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cresta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fardy.
Fardy throws a hook but Cresta avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Fardy.
Fardy slips a jab from Cresta.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cresta. Fardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fardy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fardy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fardy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fardy connects with a leg kick. Cresta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fardy throws an overhand right that lands on Cresta's shoulder, as Cresta tries to avoid the shot.
Fardy throws a shot from downtown. Cresta moves away and avoids it.
Fardy scoring well with a low kick there.
Fardy thumps Cresta with a low kick.
Cresta walks into a stiff left hand from Fardy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cresta moves out of range of the body kick from Fardy.
Fardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cresta misses with a right hand
and Fardy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cresta misses with a lunging right hand
and Fardy counters with a solid body kick.
Cresta throws a jab but it's blocked by Fardy.
Despite the aggression on Fardy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice defenses there by Fardy.
Cresta is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fardy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cresta throws a right hand that Fardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Fardy also avoids with ease.
Cresta shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Ignacio Cresta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cresta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cresta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fardy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cresta scrambles back to his feet.
Cresta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fardy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Juan Ignacio Cresta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Fardy tenderised Cresta's leg. Cresta is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good leg kick by Fardy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the body from Cresta misses
enabling Fardy to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fardy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fardy needs to keep his hands up - Cresta had a free shot at his head there.
Fardy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cresta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fardy throws out a loose jab but Cresta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cresta connects with a body shot.
Cresta throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fardy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cresta ducks under a wild hook from Fardy.
Cresta moves forwards but Fardy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice takedown defense from Fardy. No joy for Cresta on that attempt.
Cresta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cresta throws a sloppy body shot
and Fardy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cresta's knee momentarily.
Cresta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Fardy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Fardy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cresta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fardy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cresta.
Cresta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fardy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cresta lands a jab to the head.
Cresta throws a combination that misses
and Fardy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cresta thinking.
Fardy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fardy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cresta manages to avoid it.
It looked like Cresta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cresta checks a leg kick.
Cresta looks to throw the jab but Fardy is out of range.
Fardy misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cresta avoids a punch combination nicely.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Cresta might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Cresta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cresta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fardy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cresta scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fardy lands with a shot to the body.
Cresta jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cresta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fardy.
Cresta on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cresta throws a hook to the side of Fardy's head but Fardy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fardy lands a jab.
Fardy connects with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Fardy.
Cresta misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Cresta.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fardy throws a low kick, looking for Cresta's leg but Cresta calmly moves out of range.
Cresta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fardy pinned against the cage. Fardy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fardy throws a hook to the side of Cresta's head but Cresta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fardy throws a head kick that misses
and Cresta counters with a right hand to the body.
Cresta cracks Fardy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cresta jabs Fardy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fardy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cresta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fardy looks to throw the jab but Cresta is out of range.
Fardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fardy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cresta pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fardy back to the cage. Cresta follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A good leg kick by Fardy.
Cresta pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fardy back to the cage. Cresta follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cresta scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cresta throws a body shot but no joy.
Cresta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fardy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fardy.
Cresta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A right-left combo lands from Cresta.
Cresta throws a body shot but no joy.
Fardy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fardy throws a shot to the body.
Cresta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fardy.
Cresta shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cresta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fardy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fardy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cresta on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cresta. Fardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fardy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cresta connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fardy's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fardy lands a nice looking body shot.
Cresta misses the shot to the body.
Fardy throws a good cross that connects.
Fardy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cresta is out of range.
Cresta bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cresta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fardy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cresta throws out the jab.
Cresta looks to throw the jab but Fardy is out of range.
Cresta checks a leg kick.
Cresta drops down looking for a counter takedown but Fardy sprawls and moves away.
Cresta misses with a looping right.
Fardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fardy tries a quick counter leg kick but Cresta is wise to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cresta avoids the head kick by Fardy.
Fardy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cresta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fardy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cresta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Juan Ignacio Cresta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josh Fardy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice shot by Fardy.
Cresta misses with a straight left.
Fardy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fardy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cresta throws out the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Fardy.
Fardy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cresta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fardy moves away.
Fardy lands a really nice looking cross but Cresta seems unphased.
Cresta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fardy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fardy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fardy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fardy connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cresta lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cresta. Fardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fardy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cresta digs a good hook to Fardy's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cresta shoots for a takedown but Fardy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Fardy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Josh Fardy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cresta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fardy.
Fardy fakes the leg kick and cracks Cresta in the body.
Cresta's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Cresta moves forwards but Fardy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fardy lunges at Cresta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cresta's hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fardy, right into the meat.
Fardy connects with a body shot.
Cresta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fardy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cresta throws a series of punches but Fardy moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Cresta.
Fardy throws a jab when Cresta was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Cresta. That snapped Fardy's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fardy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fardy throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Cresta counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fardy wants to control but Cresta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fardy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cresta.
Cresta working the head and body with strikes.
Cresta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fardy is controlling Cresta's trapped leg to prevent Cresta from advancing to side control.
Cresta slows the pace down in half guard.
Cresta is thwarting Fardy's attempts to control the position.
Cresta has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fardy controlling the position for now.
Cresta is thwarting Fardy's attempts to control the position.
Cresta stalling.
Cresta thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cresta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fardy wants to control but Cresta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cresta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cresta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fardy defending well though.
Cresta is nestled in close to Fardy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fardy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cresta.
Fardy wants to control but Cresta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fardy controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cresta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cresta throws a combination that misses
and Fardy counters with a thumping low kick.
Fardy cracks the inside of Cresta's front leg.
Fardy scores with a hook.
Fardy looks to land a left hand but Cresta moved out of range nicely.
Cresta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cresta throws the left hand but Fardy avoids the punch easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Fardy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fardy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Fardy!
Our winner, Josh Fardy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.