PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Skaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skaar has chosen Somebody gonna get it! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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
Skaar

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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, Peter Skaar!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy throws a nice head kick!
Hardy looks to land a combination but Skaar avoids it well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Skaar!
Hardy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Skaar scores a takedown into full mount!
Hardy is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Skaar controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skaar punishing his opponent with strikes.
Skaar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skaar with good strikes from the mount here!
Skaar working the ground and pound effectively.
Hardy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Skaar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Skaar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Skaar controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar with shots to the head and body - Hardy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hardy can't escape the position.
Skaar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Skaar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Hardy is trying to stand up.
Skaar landing strikes from the mount.
Skaar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Skaar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Hardy is rocked!
Skaar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skaar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Hardy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardy's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hardy seems to have got his legs back now.
Skaar looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Skaar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skaar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hardy taking shots to the head.
Skaar controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Skaar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Skaar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Skaar controlling the position easily from mount.
Skaar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Skaar breaks from Hardy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Skaar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hardy?
Skaar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Skaar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hardy?
Skaar lands a big elbow.
Skaar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Skaar's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Skaar with the ground and pound from mount.
Skaar lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skaar cracks Hardy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Skaar landing punches.
Skaar lands a nice shot to the head.
Skaar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hardy really wants to buck Skaar off and get back to his feet.
Skaar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Skaar raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy is trying to stand up.
Skaar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardy hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Skaar dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Skaar misses with a wild combination.
Skaar tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy throws a one two combo.
Hardy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Skaar counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hardy's guard now.
Hardy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Skaar slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Skaar slips nicely into half guard.
Skaar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skaar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Skaar passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Skaar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Skaar scoring with strikes but Hardy is staying in there.
Skaar looking to finish Hardy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hardy!
Skaar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Skaar with the ground and pound from mount.
Skaar lands a big elbow.
Skaar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Skaar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hardy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Skaar. What's that going to do exactly?
Skaar lands a big shot there that rocks Hardy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skaar with shots to the head and body - Hardy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Skaar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardy hang on?
Hardy is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Skaar with shots to the head and body - Hardy looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Skaar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Skaar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hardy trying desperately to get to his feet.
Skaar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardy hang on?
Hardy taking shots to the head.
Peter Skaar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Skaar won't let Hardy get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Skaar content just to control the position here.
Hardy trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar scoring with strikes but Hardy is staying in there.
Skaar controlling from mount.
Skaar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardy is bucking up trying to escape but Skaar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Skaar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Skaar cracks Hardy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hardy tries to reverse the position but Skaar maintains control.
Skaar controlling the pace for now.
Skaar landing strikes from the mount and Hardy is in trouble!
Skaar raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hardy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Skaar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hardy is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Skaar controlling the pace for now.
Hardy is bucking up trying to escape but Skaar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Skaar 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.
Skaar with shots to the head and body - Hardy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Skaar working Hardy over with strikes here.
Skaar landing strikes from the mount.
Hardy trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Skaar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Skaar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Skaar throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.
Dan Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Skaar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy clinches but Skaar breaks the clinch

and Skaar counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hardy won't be happy with that.
Skaar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hardy!
Hardy squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Hardy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Hardy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hardy is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Skaar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Skaar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hardy?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skaar won't let Hardy get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Skaar is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Skaar controlling the position easily from mount.
Hardy tries to lock up and control but Skaar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hardy is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Skaar content just to control the position here.
Hardy wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hardy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Skaar controlling from the full mount.
Hardy working to try and regain half guard.
Skaar controlling the pace for now.
Hardy is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hardy wants to control but Skaar is having none of it.
Hardy wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar controlling the position easily from mount.
Hardy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hardy tries to buck Skaar off but he can't manage it.
Skaar with the ground and pound from mount.
Hardy tries to buck Skaar off but he can't manage it.
Hardy trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hardy wants to control but Skaar is having none of it.
Skaar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Skaar controlling the pace for now.
Hardy wants to try and get back to his feet.
Skaar scoring with strikes but Hardy is staying in there.
Skaar lands a big shot there that rocks Hardy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Skaar controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Skaar lands a big elbow.
Dan Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Skaar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hardy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Skaar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Skaar 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Skaar!