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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Stark!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Stark's half guard.
Stark is trying to get back to full guard.
Hardy controlling the action here.
Hardy prevents Stark from improving his position.
Hardy controlling the action here.
Stark wants to get back to full guard.
Hardy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Stark trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Hardy seems content to control.
Hardy stands up and beckons Stark to join him on the feet.
Hardy throws a right and a left that Stark avoids nicely.
Stark with a poor takedown
and Hardy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Stark won't be happy with that.
Stark gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hardy tries to control but Stark wriggling away.
Hardy controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Stark fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hardy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hardy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stark sprawls well initially but Hardy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stark is looking to improve his position.
Hardy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stark does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hardy postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Stark to stand up.
Hardy moves into the clinch successfully.
Stark tries to stall but Hardy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hardy is trying to break the clinch but Stark has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Stark wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Hardy avoiding damage as Stark throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stark as Hardy tries to tie him up.
Hardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dan Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy tries to clinch but Stark is having none of it.
Stark misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stark lands a slapping body shot.
Stark stuffs the takedown.
Hardy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Stark counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stark fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hardy wants to clinch
and Stark counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Stark counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy keeping moving, preventing Stark from controlling successfully.
Hardy uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hardy falls off balance throwing a combination
so Stark counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.
Stark looking to sit in guard and control but Hardy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stark, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Hardy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hardy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Stark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stark throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Hardy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Stark looking for a sweep. Not yet Stark, not yet.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Stark keeps moving.
Hardy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stark, up you get!
Stark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stark misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stark!
Stark tries to hold on but Hardy postures up.
Hardy controlling from the full mount.
Hardy can't control as he wanted to and Stark manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Stark trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is taking a breather. Stark says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hardy decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Stark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy misses with a takedown attempt
and Stark decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hardy's guard.
Hardy keeping moving, preventing Stark from controlling successfully.
Stark stopping the sweep attempt from Hardy.
Stark drops back looking for a leg! Hardy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hardy manages to kick Stark off! Stark jumps back into Hardy's guard.
Hardy pulls Stark in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark scoring with some ground and pound.
Hardy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hardy is trying to hold Stark in close to prevent damage but Stark has managed to pass into half guard.
Stark is keen to just control but Hardy is a slippery customer.
Hardy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Stark's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Stark's back!
Hardy is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hardy is looking to control Stark but Stark is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Hardy has good solid back control here.
Hardy tries to keep control of the position but Stark is staying busy.
Hardy is trying to control but Stark is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dan Hardy just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Stark throws a lazy head kick
and Hardy counters with a single leg into guard. Stark didn't expect that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Stark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Hardy dominated that second round.
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 misses with a takedown attempt - Stark sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stark swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stark lands with a kick to the temple. Hardy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hardy shoots in looking for a takedown. Stark tries to sprawl out of it but Hardy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stark drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hardy tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Stark presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Stark is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hardy can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy gets back to half guard.
Hardy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Stark seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hardy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hardy is holding on to half guard well.
Hardy wants to control but Stark is keeping busy.
Stark wants to take a breather but Hardy is having none of it.
Hardy is trying to stand back up but Stark is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stark takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Stark prevents Hardy from improving his position.
Hardy works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hardy looking for a sweep. Not yet Hardy, not yet.
Stark postures up and lands a big shot to Hardy's brow.
Hardy is trying to keep Stark in close.
Stark won't allow Hardy to sweep him here.
Hardy is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hardy shoots and misses
and Stark counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stark has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Stark is staying active underneath Hardy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hardy controlling the pace.
Stark is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hardy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hardy's back!
Hardy showing good submission defense here.
Hardy tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Stark can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hardy is looking to escape.
Hardy sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is positioning himself well to prevent Stark advancing to mount.
Hardy tries to kick Stark off but Stark keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hardy trying to control from the bottom.
Stark passes into side control, despite Hardy's attempt to control the position.
Hardy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Stark wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dan Hardy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hardy wants to control but Stark postures up.
Hardy tries to improve position but can't.
Frank Stark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stark scoring with punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Stark.
I think Hardy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Hardy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
72% |
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