PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captain Beefheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Beefheart
vs
Hardy

182 cm
38
223 lbs
28 - 24 - 0

183 cm
30
215 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

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 28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Captain Beefheart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beefheart.
Hardy looks to land a combination but Beefheart avoids it well.
Hardy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hardy blocks a leg kick.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Hardy has managed to clinch.
I was talking to Beefheart's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Beefheart.
Beefheart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beefheart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beefheart blocks an uppercut.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Beefheart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beefheart missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Beefheart fails to land.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beefheart blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefheart on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Hardy.

It looks like Captain Beefheart has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.
Beefheart gets through Hardy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hardy pushes Beefheart back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.
Beefheart looking to throw knees to the head but Hardy is blocking nicely.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Beefheart.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Beefheart.
Beefheart lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beefheart throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beefheart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beefheart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardy is defending well for now.
Hardy misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hardy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beefheart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beefheart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beefheart.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardy lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Hardy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Beefheart.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beefheart throws an elbow but misses.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.
A nice left hand lands by Hardy.

Beefheart breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Beefheart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beefheart's defenses.
Hardy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beefheart putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Hardy.
Beefheart dodges an elbow strike from Hardy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Beefheart is working Hardy over against the cage.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Beefheart.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beefheart landing knees to the body.
Hardy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Hardy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beefheart is defending well for now.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beefheart blocks an uppercut.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beefheart gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beefheart blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Hardy.
A short right from Beefheart.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beefheart scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice elbow from Beefheart.
Beefheart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beefheart crunches a lovely knee into Hardy's ribcage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Beefheart takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Beefheart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardy.
Beefheart misses with a punch to the body.
Beefheart lands a damaging elbow.
Beefheart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beefheart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beefheart lands an elbow inside that Hardy shrugs off.
Beefheart lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Stan Hardy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Captain Beefheart's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Beefheart just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A swing and a miss from Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch up.

Hardy has managed to clinch.
Hardy lands a hook that snaps the head of Beefheart backwards.
Beefheart scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beefheart throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beefheart takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Beefheart controls the action.
Beefheart lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Hardy pushes off an throws an elbow but Beefheart leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.
A short uppercut from Hardy.
A shot in the inside from Beefheart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefheart lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hardy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beefheart pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beefheart lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beefheart lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Beefheart fails to land.
Good body shot from Hardy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Hardy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.
Beefheart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.

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 looking to throw knees to the head but Beefheart is blocking nicely.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stan Hardy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Hardy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hardy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hardy lands with a short shot to the head.

Beefheart is rocked!
Beefheart tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Oh Beefheart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beefheart blocking some punches.
Beefheart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beefheart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy misses with the head strike.
Beefheart blocking some punches.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beefheart seems to have got his legs back now.
Beefheart blocking some punches.
Beefheart looking to slow down the pace here.
Beefheart lands with a right to the head.
Beefheart throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beefheart backwards.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Beefheart uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beefheart pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Beefheart.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beefheart creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beefheart lands with a left to the head.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Hardy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Beefheart.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Beefheart.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Beefheart tries a body shot but Hardy blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardy is defending well for now.
Beefheart blocking some punches.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardy misses with some punches.
Beefheart throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
Beefheart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardy lands a body punch.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Beefheart comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Beefheart throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy misses with some punches.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hardy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Hardy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Captain Beefheart's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hardy swings widly with a right hand
and Beefheart counters with a slapping leg kick.

Hardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beefheart, pushing him back against the cage.
Beefheart lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.
Hardy lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Beefheart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.
Hardy lands with a light punch inside.
Hardy throws a big uppercut that drops Beefheart! More strikes from Hardy and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Beefheart lies dazed against the cage as Hardy celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stan Hardy!
A very excited looking Stan Hardy rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.