PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beast Boy (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?

Hardy
vs
Boy

195 cm
22
187 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

185 cm
23
187 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Mohito Fightwear

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Hardy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beast Boy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy throws a leg kick that misses.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab from Hardy.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hardy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Boy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hardy jabs at Boy's body.
Boy throws a solid leg kick but Hardy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Boy.
Boy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but Boy is just out of range.
Boy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hardy throws out the jab.
Hardy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hardy throws a hook to the side of Boy's head but Boy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy with a hook.
Boy throws a leg kick but Hardy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hardy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Hardy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boy misses with a low kick.
Hardy lands with an uppercut that bounces Boy off the cage and back into range.
Good shot there by Hardy.
Boy tries to land a body kick
and Hardy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beast Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boy.
Boy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boy throws the kick towards the body but Hardy avoids it.
Boy misses with a body kick.
Boy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hardy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boy's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy walks into a stiff left hand from Boy.
Hardy slips a jab from Boy.
Boy throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Boy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boy misses with a hook.
Hardy misses with a double jab.
Boy scores with a push kick.
Hardy throws a hook to the side of Boy's head but Boy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hardy blocks the body kick.
Boy swings for the body but Hardy moves out of range.
Boy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Boy moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardy's efforts to push away.
Hardy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Hardy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boy scores with a push kick.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick.
Boy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Donk. Hardy catches Boy right on the button with a cross.
Hardy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hardy checks a leg kick nicely.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardy misses with a right hand
and Boy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Boy connects with a body shot.
Boy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy ducks under a wild hook from Boy.
Boy cracks Hardy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boy slips a jab from Hardy.
Boy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Boy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hardy throws a hook but Boy blocks it.
Boy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Boy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hardy takes a step back to recover.

Boy instigates a clinch.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Hardy's ribcage.
Boy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boy's elbow.
Boy misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Beast Boy will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Boy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A quick step to the side and Hardy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boy swings for the body but Hardy moves out of range.
Boy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boy throws a body shot but no joy.
Boy throws a lazy uppercut
and Hardy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boy.
Boy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Boy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hardy finds it's way round the side to connect with Boy's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hardy counters with a straight right hand.
Boy doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardy circles away.
Hardy throws a big counter combination but Boy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boy lands a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy tries a low kick but Hardy avoids it.
Hardy moves out of range as Boy strikes.
Boy lands a head shot.
Boy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hardy momentarily.
Boy slips a straight right by Hardy.
Hardy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Boy misses with a looping right.
Hardy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Boy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Boy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hardy to score with a decent uppercut.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
And Boy responds with a good body kick, but Hardy manages to step out the way in time.
Nice cross by Boy.
Boy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Boy just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Boy's shoulder, as Boy tries to avoid the shot.
Boy tries a quick counter leg kick but Hardy is wise to it.
Hardy thuds a left hand into Boy's body.
Boy scores with a shot to the body.
Boy misses with a kick to the body.
Boy lands with a hook. Hardy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hardy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardy throws a jab when Boy was well out of range.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Boy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Hardy slips under a jab.
It looked like Hardy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A shot to the liver by Hardy. Beautiful body shot.
Boy throws a shot from downtown. Hardy moves away and avoids it.
Boy throws a right hand that misses
and Hardy counters with a right hand to the body.
Hardy lands with an uppercut that bounces Boy off the cage and back into range.
Boy misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Hardy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boy misses with a kick to the body.
Boy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hardy connects with a crisp jab.
Boy takes one on the button.
Hardy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Boy doesn't seem bothered though.
Boy throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy throws a body punch but Boy moves out of range.
Boy feints a counter leg kick.
Boy misses with a hook
and Hardy counters with a nice body shot.
Boy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy slips under a jab from Boy.
Boy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Boy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hardy checks a leg kick.
Boy feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Hardy throws a right and a left that Boy avoids nicely.
Boy lunges at Hardy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hardy's hand.
Hardy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice cross by Boy.
A leg kick checked by Hardy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Beast Boy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Boy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
Boy misses with a looping right.
Boy throws a wild body kick that Hardy sees coming a mile off.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boy.
Boy avoids the body shot from Hardy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Boy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boy misses with a left hand
and Hardy counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardy slips under a jab.
Boy misses with the body kick
and Boy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy lands with a cross.
Boy wants to clinch.
Hardy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Boy is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy finds Boy's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Boy flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Hardy lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Boy will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brian Hardy!
Brian Hardy retains his middleweight title!