PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chad Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pikku Kakkipylly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy comes to the cage accompanied by Run this town. 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.

Hardy
vs
Kakkipylly

184 cm
35
186 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

190 cm
37
194 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chad Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pikku Kakkipylly!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakkipylly slips under a jab from Hardy.
Hardy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kakkipylly counters with a nice body kick.
Hardy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kakkipylly raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kakkipylly checks a leg kick.
Kakkipylly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Kakkipylly slips the punch.
Kakkipylly slips a straight right by Hardy.
Kakkipylly fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kakkipylly moves into the clinch successfully.
Kakkipylly 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 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside that Hardy shrugs off.
Hardy misses with some punches.
Hardy letting Kakkipylly take a breather here.

Kakkipylly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kakkipylly lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakkipylly lands a head kick. Hardy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hardy throws a poor cross that misses
and Kakkipylly counters with a nice leg kick.
Kakkipylly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hardy gets tackled into the cage by Kakkipylly. Kakkipylly maintains the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kakkipylly.
Hardy tries to work over Kakkipylly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kakkipylly lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy struggles to land a body shot inside as Kakkipylly controls his hands.

Kakkipylly breaks the clinch.
Kakkipylly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kakkipylly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Hardy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kakkipylly fakes the leg kick and cracks Hardy in the body.
Hardy throws a body kick that misses
and Kakkipylly counters with an outside leg kick.
Chad Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kakkipylly blocks a jab.
Hardy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hardy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kakkipylly counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Kakkipylly counters with a body kick.
Hardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kakkipylly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
Kakkipylly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hardy's head.
Hardy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kakkipylly slips a jab and a cross from Hardy.
Kakkipylly throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Kakkipylly throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Kakkipylly connects with a leg kick. Hardy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kakkipylly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice body kick there by Kakkipylly.
Hardy scores with a sloppy right hand. Kakkipylly should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a body punch but Kakkipylly moves out of range.
Hardy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kakkipylly's calf.
Kakkipylly tries a head kick but it misses.
Hardy throws a leg kick but Kakkipylly moved away.
Kakkipylly keeps Hardy at a distance using the push kick.
Kakkipylly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hardy takes a swing at Kakkipylly's ribcage but misses.
Kakkipylly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Kakkipylly avoids them all with ease.
Kakkipylly misses with a head kick.
Hardy works Kakkipylly's body with a nice hook.
Hardy takes a swing at Kakkipylly's ribcage but misses.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kakkipylly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kakkipylly feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Hardy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kakkipylly.
Hardy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hardy checks a leg kick.
Kakkipylly tries a head kick but it misses.
Hardy misses with an uppercut
and Kakkipylly counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kakkipylly throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Kakkipylly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
Hardy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kakkipylly circles away quickly and effectively.
Hardy misses with a shot to the body
and Kakkipylly counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Hardy throws a nice outside leg kick.

Kakkipylly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Kakkipylly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pikku Kakkipylly dominated that round.
That's time! Hardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy lands with a nice body punch.
Hardy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hardy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kakkipylly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kakkipylly is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Hardy misses with a left hand
and Kakkipylly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hardy tries a head kick but it misses.
Kakkipylly slips under a jab.
Nice shot by Hardy.
Hardy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy misses with a series of wild punches.
Hardy throws a hook but Kakkipylly blocks it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kakkipylly!
Hardy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kakkipylly counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy motions for Kakkipylly to come forward. Hardy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot by Hardy.
Hardy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kakkipylly is out of range.
Kakkipylly shapes to counter with a head kick.

Kakkipylly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kakkipylly blocking some punches.

Kakkipylly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kakkipylly walks into a jab.
Hardy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kakkipylly can pounce on him.
Kakkipylly walks into a left hand.
Hardy misses with a lunging right hand
and Kakkipylly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hardy lands with a right hand.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A quick step to the side and Hardy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kakkipylly ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Kakkipylly is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Hardy lands with a shot to the body.
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!
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kakkipylly manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hardy is looking to counter punch.

Kakkipylly moves into the clinch successfully.
Hardy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kakkipylly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Hardy misses with some punches.

Hardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Kakkipylly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kakkipylly throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Kakkipylly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy misses with a right hand
and Kakkipylly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Hardy misses
and Kakkipylly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hardy's knee momentarily.
Hardy jabs at Kakkipylly's body.
Hardy throws a poor cross that misses
and Kakkipylly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kakkipylly throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hardy swings widly with a right hand
and Kakkipylly counters with a good low kick that Hardy was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kakkipylly was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Kakkipylly walks into a left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Kakkipylly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hardy connects with a body shot that sends Kakkipylly's belly button to the back.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Kakkipylly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kakkipylly counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kakkipylly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy throws a leg kick
and Kakkipylly counters with a nice leg kick.

Kakkipylly has closed the distance and engaged Hardy in a clinch.
Kakkipylly lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kakkipylly is pressed up against the cage. Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kakkipylly down to the mat. Kakkipylly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Hardy moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKakkipylly.
Hardy scores with a nice right hand.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Kakkipylly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Hardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Kakkipylly.

Kakkipylly drives through and clinches with Hardy against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Hardy dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hardy throws a hook but Kakkipylly blocks it.
Hardy has been working on his balance at Tokyo Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kakkipylly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kakkipylly throws a wild body kick that Hardy sees coming a mile off.
Hardy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hardy throws a right hand that misses
and Kakkipylly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hardy's knee momentarily.

Kakkipylly moves into the clinch successfully.

Kakkipylly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kakkipylly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy misses with a kick to the body.
Kakkipylly wants to counter the offense by Hardy and move into the clinch position.
Hardy lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Hardy.
A jab lands there for Hardy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hardy gets tackled into the cage by Kakkipylly. Kakkipylly maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kakkipylly throws an elbow but misses.
Kakkipylly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kakkipylly.
Hardy tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kakkipylly prevents a body shot from Hardy.
Kakkipylly lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Hardy misses with some punches.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kakkipylly.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kakkipylly's elbow.
Kakkipylly trying to land knees to the body.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kakkipylly's elbow.
Kakkipylly misses with an elbow strike.
Hardy has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kakkipylly after a bit of a struggle.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Chad Hardy has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy misses with the head strike.
Kakkipylly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kakkipylly.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Kakkipylly manages to break the clinch.
Hardy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hardy throws a leg kick but Kakkipylly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kakkipylly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Kakkipylly gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly 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.
Kakkipylly blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Kakkipylly.
Hardy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hardy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
Kakkipylly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kakkipylly manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Hardy.
Hardy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hardy moves into range and connects with a jab.

Kakkipylly closes the distance and clinches.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Kakkipylly uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kakkipylly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kakkipylly moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kakkipylly avoiding damage.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow just above Hardy 's eye.
Hardy dodges an elbow strike from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside that Hardy shrugs off.
Kakkipylly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardy's efforts to push away.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Kakkipylly blocking some punches.
Kakkipylly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pikku Kakkipylly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kakkipylly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pikku Kakkipylly!
Chad Hardy was interviewed post fight and said 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. Don't worry I'll be back.'.