PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Hardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mays
vs
Hardon

190 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudy Mays!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Hardon!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardon lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Rudy Mays has been cut.
Mays lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mays stuffs the takedown attempt from Hardon. Hardon gets slowly back to his feet.

Hardon dives in and scores a takedown into Mays's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mays is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mays wants to sweep here but Hardon controlling him for the moment.
Hardon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardon preventing the sweep.
Hardon trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mays's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardon works over Mays with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardon wants to stand but Mays has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hardon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mays bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hardon's guard.

Mays postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mays chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardon throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mays is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hardon controlling Mays's posture.
Hardon wants to control the position but Mays says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mays.
Hardon has hold of Mays's hands but Mays slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mays thows a huge punch but Hardon dodges it nicely.
Hardon misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mays lands strikes from half guard.

Mays is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hardon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mays.
Hardon wants to get back to full guard.
Mays has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardon trying to hold on to Mays's head to control him but Mays postures up.

Mays is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Hardon looking for submissions off his back.
Mays takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mays seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mays controlling the action here.
Mays thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Hardon darts in and clinches Mays up against the cage.
Mays looking for a takedown.
Hardon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mays is keeping busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hardon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardon taking a breather.
Hardon presses Mays against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Mays dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rudy Mays's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hardon throws a head kick that half lands.
Hardon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hardon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardon throws a head kick that half lands.
Hardon darts in looking for a takedown but Mays gets double underhooks and turns Hardon into the cage.
Mays throws a big counter combination but Hardon scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hardon throws a series of punches but Mays moves out of range.
Mays stuffs the takedown attempt from Hardon. Hardon gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardon throws a head kick that misses

and Mays counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hardon!
Hardon is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Mays is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hardon is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardon is in a horrible position here. Mays smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hardon is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardon tries to hold on but Mays pushes him away.
Hardon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rudy Mays overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hardon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! Mays connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mays in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Mays has control of Hardon's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hardon regains control of the situation pretty easily.
BOOM! Mays connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardon is looking to improve his position but Mays isn't that keen on the idea.
Mays working Hardon over with strikes here.
Hardon tries to lock up and control but Mays gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mays lands with some strikes.
Hardon slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hardon has hold of Mays's hands but Mays slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hardon trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Mays manages to pass to mount!
Mays landing shots from mount.
Mays tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hardon is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hardon wants to try and get back to his feet.
Mays fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardon wants to hold on but Mays pushes him away.
Hardon can't escape the position.
Hardon tries to hold on but Mays pushes him away.
Mays lands with some strikes.
Mays controlling the pace for now.
Hardon is bucking up trying to escape but Mays cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hardon has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Mays dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rudy Mays's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mays rushes Hardon and presses him up against the cage.
Mays tries to score a body lock takedown but Hardon shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hardon prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mays fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudy Mays. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mays is trying to break free.

Hardon pulls guard.
Hardon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mays trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mays lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hardon trying to keep a closed guard but Mays is proving a slippery customer.

Hardon working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mays has passed into half guard!
Mays takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hardon trying to control but Mays postures up.

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.
Hardon is looking to get back to is feet but Mays passes into side control.
Hardon throws a few strikes from the bottom but Mays takes advantage and mounts!
Mays landing strikes from the mount.
Mays controlling from mount.
Mays raining down hammerfists from mount.
Mays is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardon can do to turn this around?
Mays lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays lands a couple of good shots and Hardon has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Hardon trying to control the position but Mays manages to sink in the hooks.
Hardon tries to roll but Mays sticks to his back.
Hardon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mays is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Mays gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Mays gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Mays apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Hardon moves into range and clinches up with Mays.
A short body shot lands from Mays as the two fighters clinch.

Hardon breaks from the clinch.

Hardon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Mays has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hardon regains guard immediately.

Hardon has an active guard here but Mays has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mays seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardon wants to control the action here but instead Mays manages to pass to full mount!
Mays is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hardon can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mays landing strikes from the mount.
Hardon is trying to escape the mount.
Ivan Hardon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rudy Mays is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rudy Mays showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mays, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rudy Mays!