PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harold Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nashik Adwadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hari comes to the cage accompanied by King Drum. Nashik Adwadi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hari
vs
Adwadi

193 cm
24
265 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

219 cm
22
280 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Hari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nashik Adwadi!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adwadi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hari ducks under a wild hook from Adwadi.
Nashik Adwadi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hari!
Adwadi scores with a jab.
Hari blocks a jab.
Hari throws a looping overhand right but Adwadi ducks down to avoid it.
Hari scores with a nice head shot.
Adwadi cracks Hari with an open hand slap.
Adwadi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hari moves away from the strike by Adwadi.
Hari catches Adwadi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Adwadi staying out of range there.
Adwadi looks to land a right hand but Hari moved out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Adwadi - just one landing.
Adwadi clobbers Hari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hari throws a big shot that misses.
Adwadi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hari was well out of range. Poor timing from Adwadi.
Hari looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hari moves forwards but Adwadi connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adwadi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hari.
Hari misses with a head kick.
Adwadi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adwadi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hari lands a head shot.
A big right from Adwadi misses.
Hari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adwadi.
Hari is looking to counter the offense by Adwadi and move into the clinch.
Adwadi misses with a few strikes there.
Hari scores with a spinning back kick!
Hari slips a jab from Adwadi.
Adwadi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adwadi lunges at Hari with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hari's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Hari.
Adwadi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hari in his tracks.
Adwadi swinging wildly here.
Hari misses with a hook to the body
and Adwadi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Adwadi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari missing with a left hand there. Adwadi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Adwadi.
Adwadi throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Hari to counter with a crisp jab.
Adwadi scores with a nice strike.
Hari lands with a straight right. Adwadi didn't see that one coming.
Adwadi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hari was well out of range. Poor timing from Adwadi.
Hari on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Adwadi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hari throws the kick towards the body but Adwadi avoids it.
Hari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adwadi misses with a body shot.
Hari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adwadi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hari misses with a straight right.
Hari scoring well with a low kick there.
Adwadi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hari avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari walks into a jab.
Hari lands a leg kick that knocks Adwadi off balance momentarily.
Hari tries to clinch there but Adwadi circles away.
Hari takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hari thuds a left hand into Adwadi's body.
Hari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hari slips under a jab from Adwadi.
Adwadi avoids a kick to the body.
That kick from Hari tenderised Adwadi's leg. Adwadi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Adwadi throws a lazy right hand but Hari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hari is looking to slow Adwadi down with leg kicks.
Adwadi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Good work by Adwadi as he checks the leg kick.
Adwadi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good leg kick by Hari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Adwadi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hari had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adwadi looks to score with a jab to the body but Hari is just out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hari.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Adwadi misses its intended target.
Hari throws a leg kick which misses Adwadi's front leg but catches the back leg as Adwadi tries to avoid it.
Hari slips under a jab from Adwadi.
Adwadi works over Hari's head and body with a nice combination.
Adwadi misses with a hook. Hari ducked under it nicely.
Adwadi tests Hari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hari throws a quick inside leg kick.
Adwadi misses with a looping right.
Adwadi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hari.
Hari tests Adwadi's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Nashik Adwadi has been cut.
Adwadi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adwadi tries to bum rush Hari with a series of wild strikes but Hari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adwadi throws a body punch but Hari moves out of range.
Hari is looking to land body kicks.
Hari avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nashik Adwadi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nashik Adwadi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adwadi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big right from Adwadi misses.
Adwadi misses the shot to the body.
Hari appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hari fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adwadi.
Adwadi throws a body punch but Hari moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adwadi. Hari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hari keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Adwadi misses with a hook. Hari ducked under it nicely.
Hari half committed to a counter leg kick.
Adwadi lands the left hand.
Hari throws a leg kick
and Adwadi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That kick from Hari tenderised Adwadi's leg. Adwadi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Adwadi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hari counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari lands with an overhand left.
A punch combination from Adwadi misses.
Adwadi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hari counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hari tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice shot by Hari.
Hari changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Adwadi is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adwadi was well out of range. Poor timing from Hari.
Adwadi throws a body shot but no joy.
Hari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adwadi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Hari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adwadi, pushing him back against the cage.
You can see that Adwadi has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hari swings wildly with an uppercut but Adwadi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hari lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adwadi or not.
Adwadi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adwadi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hari landing knees to the head.
Hari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hari tries to land a knee to the head but Adwadi blocks with his arms.
Hari misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adwadi.
Hari is leaning against Adwadi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Adwadi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adwadi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Hari.

Hari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hari.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hari looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hari lands a jab.
Hari thumps Adwadi with a low kick.
Hari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Adwadi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Adwadi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hari.
Hari lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hari lands with a slapping head kick.
Hari lands with a nice body punch.
Good leg kick by Hari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Adwadi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adwadi misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adwadi blocks an elbow strike from Hari.
A nice left hand lands by Hari.
Adwadi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hari has him pressed against the cage.

Hari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hari jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adwadi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adwadi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hari.
Adwadi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hari.
Hari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adwadi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Adwadi finds it's way through Hari's defenses.
Hari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That has opened up Nashik Adwadi's cut even more.
Adwadi misses with the combination.
Adwadi misses with a hook to the body

and Hari counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Adwadi to the mat, face first! Hari goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Adwadi is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!
Adwadi fails to land with a series of punches.
Hari lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hari dances in with a quick combination. Adwadi is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Hari snaps Adwadi's head back. Adwadi stumbles backwards against the cage. Hari steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Adwadi's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Adwadi just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Harold Hari!
A victorious Harold Hari thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.