PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stone Kirby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kirby
vs
Hardy

188 cm
36
222 lbs
24 - 10 - 1

183 cm
29
215 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stone Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Stan Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kirby counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hardy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kirby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kirby was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hardy misses with a lunging right hand
and Kirby counters with a nice body shot.
Kirby lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hardy takes a swing at Kirby's ribcage but misses.
Hardy lands with a right hand.
Kirby thuds his right hand into Hardy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kirby misses with a body shot
letting Hardy counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy misses with a lunging right hand
and Hardy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kirby ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a two punch combination.
Kirby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kirby has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Hardy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Hardy throws an off balance right hand
and Kirby counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've been informed that Hardy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kirby scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Kirby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardy looks to land a right hand but Kirby moved out of range.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kirby dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Kirby keeps it at a distance.
Kirby missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy tries to bum rush Kirby with a series of wild strikes but Kirby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kirby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kirby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Kirby scores with a punch to the head.
Hardy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kirby counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kirby scores with a nice strike.
Kirby connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hardy momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby lands a head shot.
Hardy takes a swing at Kirby's ribcage but misses.
Kirby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Kirby.
Kirby will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kirby cracks Hardy with an open hand slap.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Kirby moves out of range.
Hardy wants to clinch
and Hardy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hardy lands a jab-cross combination.
Kirby lands a slapping body shot.
Kirby takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Kirby ducks right into an uppercut from Hardy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby blocks a jab.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kirby moves away.
Kirby is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hardy scores with a sloppy right hand. Kirby should have avoided that one.
Kirby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Kirby moved out of range nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kirby pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kirby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy working aggressively here.

Kirby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kirby throws a hook but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy staying out of range there.
Hardy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kirby circles away quickly and effectively.
Hardy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hardy there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy swings widly with a right hand
and Kirby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy lands with a straight right. Kirby didn't see that one coming.
Hardy tries to clinch
and Kirby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hardy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kirby is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Kirby misses.
Kirby looks to land a left hand but Hardy moved out of range nicely.
Kirby keeps the fight on the outside.
Kirby scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kirby defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Hardy takes a swing at Kirby's ribcage but misses.
Kirby scores with a nice strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy slips a jab from Kirby.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kirby lands a right hook to the body.
Kirby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stone Kirby dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kirby misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy throws a right hand that misses
and Kirby counters with a straight right hand.
Kirby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
Kirby misses with a hook.
Stone Kirby is winning the standup battle so far.
Kirby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kirby cracks a nice hook into Hardy's ribs.
Hardy misses with a hook
and Kirby counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy left from Hardy finds it's target.
Kirby just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kirby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hardy throws a body punch but Kirby moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kirby.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirby was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Kirby stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hardy moves forwards but Kirby connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy dips to his left and cracks Kirby with an uppercut!
Kirby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy misses with a leg kick
and Kirby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kirby thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Kirby moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Hardy misses the body punch
and Kirby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Hardy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kirby's head backwards.
Hardy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kirby counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby digs a good hook to Hardy's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kirby swinging wildly here.
Kirby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Kirby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy walks into a jab.
Kirby waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hardy.
Kirby throws out a loose jab but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy throws a shot from downtown. Kirby moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Kirby. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kirby.
Hardy throws an off balance right hand
and Kirby counters with a left to the body.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hardy throws the left hand but Kirby avoids the punch easily.
Kirby ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy throws a lazy uppercut
and Kirby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looks to land a combination but Kirby avoids it well.

Hardy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hardy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kirby.
Kirby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Kirby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hardy takes the fight into the clinch.
Hardy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kirby blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Kirby.
Kirby working aggressively here.
A short right from Kirby.
Kirby blocks an uppercut.
Hardy lands an elbow just above Kirby 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Hardy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Kirby.
A shot in the inside from Hardy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy trying to land knees to the body.
Kirby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Kirby swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Kirby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stan Hardy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardy lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kirby.
Kirby lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Stan Hardy has been cut.
Hardy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kirby pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kirby struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.

Kirby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Kirby scores with a nice hook to the head.
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 Stone Kirby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stan Hardy'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. This is the final round!

Hardy throws a body punch but Kirby moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Kirby misses the target.
Kirby misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Hardy misses its intended target.
Kirby throws out a loose jab but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirby takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hardy throws out a loose jab but Kirby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy throws a front kick aimed at Kirby's knee but Kirby avoids it well.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Kirby pushes him off.
Hardy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kirby.
Hardy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hardy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby scores with a sloppy right hand. Hardy should have avoided that one.
Hardy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hardy thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kirby throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
Kirby smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kirby finds it's way round the side to connect with Hardy's head.
Kirby misses with an uppercut.
Kirby fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hardy misses with a lunging right hand
and Kirby counters with a stiff right hand.
Kirby swings widly with a right hand
and Hardy counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kirby darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hardy throws a hook to the side of Kirby's head but Kirby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy throws out a loose jab but Kirby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kirby moves away from the strike by Hardy.
Kirby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kirby connects with a body shot.
Hardy throws a front kick aimed at Kirby's knee but Kirby avoids it well.
Hardy wants to clinch but Kirby slips to the side
and Kirby counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy is looking to land body kicks.
Kirby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Hardy sizes up Kirby with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kirby throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.
Despite the aggression on Hardy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kirby.
Hardy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kirby connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hardy scrambles back to his feet.
Kirby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hardy to score with a decent uppercut.
Kirby is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A big left from Kirby misses.
Kirby stuns Hardy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kirby ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Kirby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kirby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.
Kirby throws a series of punches but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy wants to counter the offense by Kirby and move into the clinch position.
Kirby throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardy tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby loads up on a big right hand but Hardy slips the punch.
Hardy wants to counter the offense by Kirby and move into the clinch position.
Hardy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kirby counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kirby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little jabbing left from Hardy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Hardy.
Hardy scores with a jab to the head.
Kirby throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hardy! But no joy.
Hardy cracks Kirby with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kirby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hardy throws a hook but Kirby blocks it.
Kirby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardy lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Hardy.
Kirby slips a jab from Hardy.
Kirby throwing a counter right hand but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Kirby bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stone Kirby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy misses with a combination
and Kirby counters with a nice body shot.
Stan Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kirby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hardy throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Kirby to counter with a crisp jab.
Hardy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A combination from Kirby does no damage.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Kirby misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
Kirby throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kirby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kirby lands a glancing blow to the side of Hardy's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stone Kirby showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kirby, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stone Kirby!
Stone Kirby gave a mention to BeastMode in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).