PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardy
vs
Hardy

185 cm
25
207 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
207 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matt Hardy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jeff Hardy circles away.
Jeff Hardy shoots in looking for a takedown. Matt Hardy tries to sprawl out of it but Jeff Hardy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Matt Hardy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Matt Hardy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Matt Hardy showed some decent athleticism there.
Matt Hardy looks winded!
Jeff Hardy is trying to stand up here but Matt Hardy is controlling him well.
Jeff Hardy tries to get to full guard but Matt Hardy has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeff Hardy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matt Hardy.
Jeff Hardy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matt Hardy drops an elbow to the side of Jeff Hardy's head.
Jeff Hardy keeping hold of Matt Hardy's head, controlling as best he can.
Matt Hardy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matt Hardy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jeff Hardy is not content to let Matt Hardy control the position.

Matt Hardy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Matt Hardy is trying to control. Jeff Hardy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Matt Hardy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jeff Hardy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Matt Hardy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Matt Hardy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jeff Hardy's head.
Jeff Hardy is staying active underneath Matt Hardy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeff Hardy is looking for a sweep. Matt Hardy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Matt Hardy working his ground and pound in the gym.
Matt Hardy working the head and body with strikes.
Jeff Hardy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matt Hardy on the ground.
Matt Hardy prevents Jeff Hardy from improving his position.
Matt Hardy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Matt Hardy thows a huge punch but Jeff Hardy dodges it nicely.
Matt Hardy looks to land a strike but Jeff Hardy avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Matt Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Matt Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Jeff Hardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matt Hardy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jeff Hardy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jeff Hardy wants to sweep but no luck.
Jeff Hardy pulls Matt Hardy in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matt Hardy chips away with some ground and pound.
Matt Hardy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jeff Hardy wants to sweep but no luck.
Jeff Hardy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Matt Hardy's guard.

Matt Hardy keeping moving, preventing Jeff Hardy from controlling successfully.

Jeff Hardy stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Matt Hardy throws up his legs and catches Jeff Hardy in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Jeff Hardy tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Matt Hardy! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Matt Hardy!