PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abi Tural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vince Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tural
vs
Hardy

170 cm
25
153 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

177 cm
29
160 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abi Tural!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tural lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hardy circles away quickly and effectively.
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Hardy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tural at a distance.
Hardy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tural connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tural misses with a jab to the body
and Hardy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tural tries a low kick but Hardy avoids it.
Hardy slips under a jab.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Tural throws a looping overhand right but Hardy ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tural will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Hardy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tural sprawls well initially but Hardy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tural tries to kick Hardy off in order to stand up. Hardy Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tural is trying to get back to half guard.
Tural dodges the ground and pound from Hardy.
We've been hearing good reports from Tural's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy with the ground and pound but Tural regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Hardy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hardy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hardy is keen to just control but Tural is a slippery customer.
Hardy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tural keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Tural regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hardy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tural is trying to control the position but Hardy postures up.
Tural is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Tural is keen to just control but Hardy is a slippery customer.
Hardy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tural's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tural's back!
Hardy struggling to land strikes to the head as Tural covers up.
Hardy missing with strikes.
Hardy lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hardy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tural is trying to break free.
Hardy is throwing shots to the body but Tural manages to wriggle free. Hardy pounces on him again and ends up in Tural's guard.
Tural keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.
Hardy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tural is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hardy works over Tural with some ground and pound from guard.
Hardy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a big elbow that misses.
Hardy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hardy landing some decent shots from guard.
Tural looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hardy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hardy is looking to work some ground and pound but Tural has wrist control.
Hardy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hardy postures up in Tural's guard and throws a big left but Tural blocks it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A swing and a miss from Hardy.
Tural misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Hardy fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Hardy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Good shot there by Tural.
Hardy tries to clinch but Tural is having none of it.
Hardy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tural.

It looks like Vince Hardy has been cut.
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Tural.
Tural was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tural stalks Hardy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hardy's face. Hardy staggers backwards, shaken.
Abi Tural is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tural.
Tural takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tural connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Hardy is rocked!
Tural dances in with a quick combination. Hardy is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Tural snaps Hardy's head back. Hardy stumbles backwards against the ropes. Tural steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Hardy's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Hardy just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Abi Tural!
A victorious Abi Tural thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Vince 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.'.