PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Oreily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy comes to the cage accompanied by England belongs to me - Cock Sparrer. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hardy
vs
Oreily

183 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Duke Oreily!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oreily darts in and clinches Hardy up against the cage.

Hardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy looks for a takedown but Oreily sprawls well.

Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Oreily has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hardy takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Dan Hardy has been cut.
Hardy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Oreily breaks the clinch.

Oreily feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hardy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Oreily puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hardy is not content to let Oreily control the position.
Oreily throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oreily wants to get back to his feet.
Oreily missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Oreily drops an elbow to the side of Hardy's head.
Oreily is keen to just control but Hardy is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Oreily wants to control but Hardy is keeping him busy.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet.
Oreily winds up and cracks Hardy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Oreily.

Oreily decides to return to a standing position.
Hardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oreily with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hardy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses.
Hardy misses with a two punch combination.

Oreily darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Hardy misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy trying to control but Oreily postures up.
Hardy is staying active underneath Oreily, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hardy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hardy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hardy stops Oreily from getting back to his feet.
Hardy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hardy thows a huge punch but Oreily dodges it nicely.
Hardy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Hardy postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Oreily to stand up.
Hardy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Oreily shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Oreily was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hardy is trying to escape the mount.
Hardy tries to lock up and control but Oreily gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hardy is desperately trying to improve his position but Oreily has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Oreily connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oreily landing punches.
Oreily lands a big shot there that rocks Hardy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oreily punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Oreily has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oreily is landing with some decent strikes but Hardy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oreily with the ground and pound from mount.
Hardy is trying desperately to improve position.
Oreily lands a big elbow.
Oreily lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oreily wants to control but Hardy has made it back to half guard. Nice work.

Oreily is trying to work for a kimura but Hardy is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy is not content to let Oreily control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Oreily dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Hardy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hardy shoots for a double leg takedown but Oreily sprawls well. He's pushed Hardy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dan Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Oreily scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hardy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oreily wants to control but Hardy is keeping him busy.
Hardy tries to improve position but can't.
Oreily works to advance to full mount. Hardy defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
BOOM! Oreily connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oreily landing strikes from the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oreily landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily wants to control the pace but Hardy is squirming around nicely.
Hardy tries to hold on but Oreily pushes him away.
Oreily blocks Hardy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hardy is trying to stand up.
A nice elbow there by Oreily.
Hardy is bucking up trying to escape but Oreily cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oreily content just to control the position here.
Oreily scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oreily lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hardy wants to hold on but Oreily pushes him away.

Oreily looking for a guillotine from mount but Hardy is having none of it.
Hardy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Oreily lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oreily is looking to advance position but Hardy won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Oreily throwing shots but Hardy is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Oreily is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hardy defends it well.
Hardy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hardy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oreily.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hardy closes the distance looking to clinch

and Oreily counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oreily.
Oreily is pushing down on Hardy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hardy is fighting to maintain full guard but Oreily has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hardy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hardy is trying to control but can't.
Duke Oreily has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hardy wants to improve his position but Oreily is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oreily scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oreily landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oreily lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oreily sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hardy defending well though.
Hardy trying to control from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hardy wants to clinch.

Hardy feints and as Oreily raises his hands in defense, Hardy changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Oreily lands a decent punch to the body there.

Hardy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Oreily drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Oreily showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan 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 lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oreily steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Oreily tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oreily lands with a nice combination. Hardy backs away looking to recover.
Hardy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oreily moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hardy tries to clinch but Oreily is having none of it.
Oreily is looking to clinch but Hardy is avoiding it.

Oreily has managed to clinch.
Oreily scores with a knee to the head.
Hardy is trying to break free.

Oreily ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Oreily no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Oreily trying to keep a closed guard but Hardy is proving a slippery customer.

Oreily manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Hardy lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oreily throws a head kick that misses.
Oreily lands a nice hook to Hardy's body. Hardy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dan Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oreily counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hardy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice shot by Oreily.
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from Oreily. Oreily gets slowly back to his feet.
Oreily closes the distance and clinches up with Hardy, looking for a takedown. Oreily pushes Hardy against the cage but Hardy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Hardy does no damage.
No luck for Oreily with that takedown attempt.
Dan Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Oreily.
Oreily throws a right hand that Hardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Hardy also avoids with ease.
Hardy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hardy shoots for a takedown but Oreily saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Oreily rushes Hardy and presses him up against the cage.
Oreily is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hardy gets underhooks to prevent Oreily's takedown attempt.
Oreily lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Hardy to work.
Oreily with a knee to the head.

Oreily breaks from the clinch.
Hardy tries a head kick but it misses.
Oreily fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Oreily scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Oreily.
Hardy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hardy tries to buck Oreily off but he can't manage it.
Oreily with good strikes from the mount here!
Hardy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Oreily. What's that going to do exactly?
Hardy is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to lock up and control but Oreily gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oreily controlling his opponent.
Oreily punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hardy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oreily cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hardy is trying desperately to improve position.
Oreily fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Oreily blocks Hardy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Oreily blocks Hardy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Oreily looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Oreily.
Oreily avoids the attempt from Hardy to control.
Oreily has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hardy's face.
Dan Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duke Oreily is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hardy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Oreily. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Oreily comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oreily has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Oreily!