PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jethro Walrustitty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hardy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill. Walrustitty has chosen The Fish Slapping Dance as his entrance music. Will Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hardy
vs
Walrustitty

186 cm
25
214 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

180 cm
21
219 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q159 Rec/Stamina

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jethro Walrustitty!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walrustitty shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hardy as he avoids it easily.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Walrustitty circles away.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Walrustitty keeps it at a distance.

Walrustitty shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardy's guard.
Walrustitty preventing the sweep.
Walrustitty looking to sit in guard and control but Hardy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Walrustitty working a defensive guard here.

Walrustitty looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walrustitty wants to sweep but no luck.

Walrustitty looking for a guillotine here but Hardy defends easily.
Hardy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Walrustitty is proving hard to escape from.

Walrustitty isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hardy stacks Walrustitty on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Hardy!

Hardy stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a head kick but Walrustitty moves out of range.
Walrustitty fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hardy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Walrustitty shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Walrustitty trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Walrustitty controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Walrustitty is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Walrustitty is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Walrustitty manages to regain half guard. Good work.
It looks like Hardy is going to stand back up.
Walrustitty tries to roll over but Hardy keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy wants to stand up but Walrustitty has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Walrustitty wants to improve his position but Hardy is controlling well.
Hardy wants to stand up but Walrustitty has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Hardy stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Walrustitty has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jethro Walrustitty will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Walrustitty avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Will Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Hardy as Walrustitty shoots in.
Walrustitty fails with a takedown attempt.

Hardy clinches.
Hardy with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jethro Walrustitty has been cut.
Walrustitty jumps guard but Hardy stands there with Walrustitty around his waist. Walrustitty gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Will Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jethro Walrustitty.
Walrustitty avoids the elbow strike from Hardy, against the cage.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Walrustitty blocks it.
Walrustitty dodges an elbow strike from Hardy.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walrustitty tries to pull guard but Hardy won't allow it.
Hardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walrustitty's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hardy throws an elbow but misses.
Hardy tries to land knees in the clinch but Walrustitty avoids the damage to the body.
Walrustitty tries to pull guard but Hardy won't allow it.
Walrustitty avoiding damage as Hardy throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardy obliges.
Walrustitty takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walrustitty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walrustitty.
Hardy misses with an elbow strike.
Hardy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hardy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Walrustitty tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hardy smiles and moves away.
Walrustitty swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Walrustitty keeps it at a distance.
Hardy tries to clinch but Walrustitty is having none of it.

Hardy clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Walrustitty jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hardy walks away with a smile on his face. Walrustitty gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Walrustitty tries to land a knee to the head but Hardy blocks with his arms.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hardy.
Hardy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hardy tries to land knees in the clinch but Walrustitty avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Hardy tries to land knees in the clinch but Walrustitty avoids the damage to the body.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Walrustitty blocks it.
Walrustitty avoids a wild elbow strike from Hardy.
Walrustitty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walrustitty tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hardy smiles and moves away.
Hardy tries to clinch but Walrustitty is having none of it.
Hardy lands a head kick!

Hardy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Walrustitty blocks with his arms.
Walrustitty takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walrustitty tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hardy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hardy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walrustitty is keeping busy.
Walrustitty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Hardy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hardy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Walrustitty looking to throw knees to the head but Hardy is blocking nicely.
Hardy pushes off an throws an elbow but Walrustitty leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hardy tries to land knees in the clinch but Walrustitty avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Hardy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walrustitty is defending well for now.

Walrustitty is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hardy can't fight it off and eventually Walrustitty manages to take the fight to the floor. Hardy looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walrustitty prevents Hardy from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walrustitty tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardy is retaining full guard.
Hardy wants to stand up but Walrustitty is controlling him.
Walrustitty looking to pass the guard.

Walrustitty drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hardy manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Walrustitty has Hardy in his guard.

Walrustitty has his foot on Hardy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hardy works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Hardy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jethro Walrustitty's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch but Walrustitty moves out of range.

Walrustitty shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hardy napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hardy wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Walrustitty wants to control but Hardy is keeping him busy.
Hardy prevents Walrustitty from moving into mount.
Walrustitty trying to control the position but Hardy is working away.

Walrustitty tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hardy is trying to buck Walrustitty off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walrustitty has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Hardy is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Walrustitty yanks on the arm and Hardy is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Walrustitty.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jethro Walrustitty!