PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Hardy (ranked 2879 p4p, 2140 weight class) and Peyton Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peyton Berry acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hardy
vs
Berry

178 cm
25
159
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
159
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ethan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Peyton Berry!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Ethan Hardy has been cut.
Berry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Berry lands a nice shot to the body.
Berry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry jabs at Hardy's body.
Berry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hardy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Berry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hardy looks to clinch
and Berry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice combination there by Berry.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy tries to clinch but Berry moves away
enabling Berry to counter with a crisp jab.
Berry works Hardy's body with a nice hook.
Hardy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Berry counters with a right hand to the body.
Hardy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hardy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Berry counters with a nice body shot.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut there from Berry.
Hardy tries to move into range but Berry moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Ethan Hardy's cut is getting worse.
Berry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hardy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Berry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy closes the distance but Berry moves to the side
and Berry counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berry lands a head shot.

Berry drops Hardy with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hardy looks back up at him and smiles so Berry waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Hardy is rocked!
Hardy looks to clinch
and Berry counters with a nice body shot.
Oh Hardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Berry cracks Hardy with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Berry has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Hardy to stand back up!
Ethan Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy backs away from a small jab... but Berry lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Hardy crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Berry with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Peyton Berry!