PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Hardman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardman
vs
Patterson

191 cm
27
273 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

201 cm
24
278 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Conviction
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Hardman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardman throws a series of punches but Patterson avoids them all with ease.
Patterson misses with a straight left.
Hardman is looking to counter the offense by Patterson and move into the clinch.
Patterson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Patterson misses with an uppercut.
Patterson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hardman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Patterson just misses with a punch to the body.
Patterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardman seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hardman stuns Patterson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Patterson moves into the clinch.

Hardman breaks from the clinch.

Hardman lands a left and a right that send Patterson crashing to the mat, dazed. Hardman thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Patterson is rocked!

It looks like Floyd Patterson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patterson cracks the inside of Hardman's front leg.

Patterson gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman blocks the elbow strike.
Patterson gets through Hardman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hardman works on Patterson's body with a couple of short punches.
Patterson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hardman blocking some punches.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Hardman.
Hardman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pattersons head.
Patterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardman tries to throw a body punch but Patterson avoids it by throwing Hardman back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardman.

Hardman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patterson throws a solid leg kick but Hardman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Patterson.
Hardman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hardman misses with a hook.
A combination from Hardman does no damage.
Patterson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardman.
We've been informed that Patterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Patterson, right into the meat.
Decent striking displayed by Patterson there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardman.
Hardman has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardman. Patterson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardman.
Patterson cracks Hardman with a good jab.
Floyd Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patterson punishes Hardman's body with a nice straight punch.
Hardman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patterson lands with a hook. Hardman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Patterson tries to work over Hardman's front leg with a kick but Hardman checks it.
Patterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Patterson throws a head kick that misses.
Hardman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Patterson.
Patterson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hardman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Patterson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Patterson throws a push kick but Hardman slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a leg kick
and Hardman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Patterson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Patterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardman.
Hardman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patterson jabs Hardman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A head kick from Patterson lands but Hardman takes it in his stride.

Patterson lands a big head kick that sends Hardman tumbling to the mat! Patterson takes a step backwards and waves Hardman back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Hardman is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardman throws a body shot but no joy.
Oh Hardman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Patterson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hardman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Patterson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hardman seems to have got his legs back now.
A head kick misses from Hardman.
Patterson lands with a nice body punch.
Hardman is breathing heavily.
Patterson tries to bum rush Hardman with a series of wild strikes but Hardman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Patterson throws a head kick but Hardman moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardman.
Patterson tries to counter with a clinch but Hardman shakes him off and moves away.
Hardman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Patterson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Patterson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Hardman.
Hardman cracks Patterson with a good jab.
Hardman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patterson moves away.
Good exchange - Patterson coming out on top.
Patterson delivers a nice body kick.
Patterson tests Hardman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Patterson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardman doesn't seem bothered though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Patterson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Patterson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Floyd Patterson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hardman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Patterson backs away, Hardman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Patterson lands a jab.
Hardman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Patterson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Patterson slips a jab from Hardman.
Hardman throws a shot from downtown. Patterson moves away and avoids it.
Patterson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A punch lands to the side of Patterson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
BAM! Patterson delivers a spinning backfist that drops Hardman like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Floyd Patterson! Floyd Patterson retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Floyd Patterson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.