PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Harry Gardiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Mars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mars has chosen Shout At The Devil as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gardiner
vs
Mars

177 cm
21
163 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

181 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Gardiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mick Mars!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardiner ducks under a wild hook from Mars.
Gardiner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gardiner tries to clinch but Mars moves away
and Mars counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gardiner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mars counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mars throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gardiner fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mars just manages to avoid it.
Mars takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harry Gardiner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mars ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Gardiner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Mars misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gardiner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mars backwards.
Mars is trying to break free.
A left hand lands to the body for Gardiner.
Gardiner pushes Mars back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mars misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gardiner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mars's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gardiner wants to clinch.

Gardiner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner throws a punch but it's blocked by Mars.
Mars fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Mars.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mars.
Gardiner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mars scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gardiner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gardiner tries to throw a body punch but Mars avoids it by throwing Gardiner back against the ropes.
Gardiner lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mick Mars has been cut.
Mars misses with a punch on the inside.
Gardiner tries to land knees in the clinch but Mars avoids the damage to the body.
Gardiner misses with a punch to the body.
Gardiner blocking some punches.
Mars blocks a body shot from Gardiner.
Gardiner lands a shoulder strike.
Mars working aggressively here.
Gardiner tries to throw a body punch but Mars avoids it by throwing Gardiner back against the ropes.
Mars blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gardiner struggles to land a body shot inside as Mars controls his hands.
Gardiner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardiner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marss head.
A head punch on the inside from Gardiner fails to land.
Gardiner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gardiner misses with the head strike.
Gardiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mars takes an elbow to the temple.
Mars misses with the head strike.
Mars is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short right from Mars on the inside.
Gardiner misses with a hook to the ribs.

Mars breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gardiner throws a nice looking combination but Mars bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gardiner misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Mars on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Mars blocks the leg kick.
Mars moves out of range of the body kick.
A big right from Mars misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mars misses with a body shot.
Mars uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gardiner.
Mars throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gardiner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Gardiner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mick Mars's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A shot to the liver by Mars. Beautiful body shot.
Mars checks a low kick from Gardiner.
A good leg kick by Gardiner.
Gardiner misses with a low kick.
Gardiner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gardiner avoids the body shot from Mars.
Gardiner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gardiner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gardiner throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gardiner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mick Mars seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gardiner swings for the body but Mars moves out of range.
Mars throws out a counter right but Gardiner avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut lands for Mars. That snapped Gardiner's head back.

Gardiner is rocked!
Mars misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mars scores with a shot to the body.
Mars lands an overhand right.
Oh Gardiner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mars fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gardiner manages to avoid it.
Mars's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gardiner connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mars scrambles back to his feet.
Gardiner seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner throws a sloppy body shot

and Mars counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Gardiner goes down! Will Gardiner beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!
Gardiner lands a body shot.
Mars scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gardiner throws a leg kick
and Mars counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Mars.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardiner throws a jab when Mars was well out of range.
Mars connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gardiner. Gardiner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mars jabs Gardiner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mars. Gardiner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gardiner slips a jab from Mars.
Mars fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mars looks to score with a jab to the body but Gardiner is just out of range.
Mars lands with a shot to the body.

Gardiner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mars tries to circle away but Gardiner has him pinned against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mars misses with the head strike.
Gardiner lands a left hand.
Mars lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gardiner backwards.
Gardiner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mars can't find room to land a body shot as Gardiner controls the action.
Gardiner has Mars pressed against the ropes, preventing Mars from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mars is trying to break the clinch but Gardiner is controlling him.
Mars working aggressively here.
Mars tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gardiner's elbow.
Gardiner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mars tries to throw a body punch but Gardiner avoids it by throwing Mars back against the ropes.

Mars manages to break the clinch.

Gardiner closes the distance and pushes Mars back into the ropes.
Gardiner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marss head.
Gardiner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marss head.
Mars stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mars blocks a body shot from Gardiner.
Mars lands a body punch.
Mars lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Mars scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mars misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Mars takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Mick Mars's cut.
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.

Mars lands with a nice body punch.
Gardiner misses with a leg kick
and Mars counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mars lands a nice hook to Gardiner's body. Gardiner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gardiner staying out of range there.
Mars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gardiner.
Gardiner tries to clinch but Mars moves out of range.
Gardiner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mars.
Mars cracks a nice hook into Gardiner's ribs.
Gardiner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mars counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mars throws a jab but it's blocked by Gardiner.
Mars misses with a wild body shot.
Gardiner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardiner scores with a nice head shot.
Mars lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardiner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mars takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mars has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Mars lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mars throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mars looks to score with a jab to the body but Gardiner is just out of range.
Gardiner dips to his left and cracks Mars with an uppercut!
Mars looks to land a combination but Gardiner avoids it well.
Gardiner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mars is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gardiner rather than just go for the knockout.
Mars scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mars ducks under a wild hook from Gardiner.
Mars lands a right hook to the body.
Mars lands a jab to the nose.
Mars throws a body punch but Gardiner moves out of range.
Mars throws out a loose jab but Gardiner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gardiner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mars ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gardiner moves away.
Mars smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardiner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mars.
Gardiner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gardiner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mars momentarily.

Gardiner walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Mars rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Gardiner has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Gardiner scores with a decent looking hook.
Mars throws out a loose jab but Gardiner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gardiner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mars.
Mars swings for the body but Gardiner moves out of range.
Gardiner misses with a hook.
Gardiner gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mars counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gardiner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mars.
Mars fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mars throws a body punch but Gardiner moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Mars.
Gardiner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mars now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Mars takes the third round.
The cut man is working on Mick Mars's cut.
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.

Mars catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Gardiner stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Gardiner walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Gardiner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mars throws out a counter right but Gardiner avoids it with no problem.
Gardiner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gardiner misses the shot to the body.
Gardiner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gardiner tries to land a leg kick but Mars saw it coming and moves away.
Mars fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gardiner manages to avoid it.
Gardiner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mars.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mars misses the jab.
Mars has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gardiner cracks Mars with an open hand slap.
Mars with a nice cross.
Mars lands with a nice body punch.
Mars on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mars throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gardiner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mars.
A little feinted left hand from Gardiner on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gardiner slips a straight right by Mars.
A telegraphed right hand from Gardiner misses the target.
Mars lands a slapping body shot.
Mars moves out of range of the body kick from Gardiner.
Nice uppercut there from Mars.
Mars misses with a body shot.
Mars on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Gardiner moves into range and clinches up with Mars.
Gardiner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gardiner has a couple of punches blocked by Mars.
Mars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mars working aggressively here.
Gardiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mars lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gardiner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardiner lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardiner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gardiner.
Mars misses with a punch to the body.
Gardiner misses with a short punch on the inside.

Mars breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardiner misses with a wild combination.
Mars takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mars lands a nice hook to Gardiner's body. Gardiner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Mars.
Mars jabs at Gardiner's body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gardiner moves away from the strike by Mars.
Mars ducks under a wild hook from Gardiner.
Mars avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Mars scored the knockdown and takes the final round.
The cut man is working on Mick Mars's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Gardiner throws an overhand right that lands on Mars's shoulder, as Mars tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Mars misses.
Gardiner misses with a wild body shot.
Mars appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Gardiner.
Mars fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mars tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gardiner was well out of range. Poor timing from Mars.
Gardiner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big right from Gardiner misses.
Gardiner missing with a left hand there. Mars was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gardiner slips a jab from Mars.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mars misses with a shot to the body
and Gardiner counters with a one-two to the body.
Gardiner walks into a jab.

Gardiner moves into range and clinches up with Mars.
Gardiner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gardiner misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardiner misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gardiner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mars working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gardiner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mars lands an uppercut.
Mars misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gardiner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gardiner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Mars's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mars uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gardiner.
Harry Gardiner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gardiner misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mars counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mars fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gardiner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Gardiner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mars lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardiner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardiner.
Mars is trying to break the clinch but Gardiner is controlling him.
Gardiner prevents a body shot from Mars.
Gardiner misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardiner misses with the head strike.
Gardiner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gardiner tries to land a knee to the head but Mars blocks with his arms.
Mars wants to break free but Gardiner has control.
Mars tries to break the clinch but Gardiner is controlling the position.
Gardiner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gardiner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mars gets through Gardiner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mars lands a nice shot to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gardiner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gardiner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mars lands a right hand.
Mars is trying to force a seperation but Gardiner has the dominant position.
Gardiner misses with some punches.
Gardiner lands a damaging elbow.
Gardiner misses with a punch to the body.
Gardiner prevents Mars from breaking the clinch.
Gardiner pushes off an throws an elbow but Mars leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mars tries to throw a body punch but Gardiner avoids it by throwing Mars back against the ropes.
Mick Mars is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Mars creates a bit of space and cracks Gardiner with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Gardiner is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mars ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gardiner moves away.
It looked like Gardiner was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mars.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mick Mars comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mars 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 42:49
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 42:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 42:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mick Mars!
Mick Mars decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.