PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Hardie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Manuel
vs
Hardie

172 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Hardie!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manuel misses with a head kick.
Hardie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Manuel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hardie is out of range and Manuel settles back down.
Manuel lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Brandon Hardie has been cut.

Hardie has Manuel up against the cage in a clinch.

Manuel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manuel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hardie checks it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Manuel.

Hardie pushes Manuel up against the cage in a clinch.
Manuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardie avoids the damage to the body.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hardie.
Hardie wants to get back to striking at distance but Manuel won't allow it.
Hardie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Manuel lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Manuel breaks the clinch.
Matt Manuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manuel throws a lazy uppercut
and Hardie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manuel fails with the takedown
letting Hardie counter with a right hand.

Manuel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Manuel looking to throw knees to the head but Hardie is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manuel trying to land knees to the body.
Manuel goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hardie prevents it.
Hardie lands a nice shot to the body.
Manuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardie avoids the damage to the body.
Hardie keeps control of Manuel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Manuel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Manuel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Manuel is breathing heavily.

Hardie instigates a clinch.
Manuel lands a nice knee to the body.
Manuel lands a nice shot to the body.
Hardie managing to block the knees to the body from Manuel.
A bit of stalling here from Hardie.
Hardie avoiding damage as Manuel throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hardie.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardie tries to break the clinch but Manuel is controlling the position.
Manuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
Nice body punch from Manuel.
Hardie prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Manuel. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hardie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hardie.
Manuel can't break the clinch.
Hardie lands a nice shot to the body.
Hardie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manuel goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hardie prevents it.
Knees to the body from Manuel.
Hardie lands a shot to the body.
Manuel trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hardie as the two fighters clinch.
Manuel can't get the takedown.
Hardie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Manuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Manuel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardie cracks Manuel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hardie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Manuel moves in looking to clinch but Hardie pushes him off.

Manuel feints and as Hardie raises his hands in defense, Manuel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Manuel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Hardie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manuel, right into the meat.
Hardie jabs at Manuel's body.
A head kick misses from Manuel.
Manuel throws a head kick but Hardie moves out of range.
Hardie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Manuel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Manuel quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Manuel but it's paid off an Hardie is forced to tap! Nice work by Manuel.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Manuel!