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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Krigare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rock the Casbah. Krigare has chosen Achtung Pantzer by Raubtier as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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164 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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167 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Krigare!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krigare looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
Krigare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hardy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hardy looks to land a combination but Krigare avoids it well.
Hardy misses with a head kick.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Krigare jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hardy throws a jab when Krigare was well out of range.
Hardy misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Hardy misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a straight left.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt.
Krigare tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krigare lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Hardy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krigare dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krigare fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy swinging wildly here.
Krigare scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Krigare fails to land with a series of punches.
Krigare ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a combination
letting Krigare counter with a right hand.
Krigare's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Krigare duly obliges.
Paul Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krigare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krigare has taken the fight to the clinch.
Krigare breaks from the clinch.
Hardy throws a jab when Krigare was well out of range.
Hardy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Krigare lands with a good body shot.
Krigare cracks Hardy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Krigare shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardy's guard.
Krigare thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hardy working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krigare throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hardy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Krigare trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardy managing to control the position.
Krigare loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Krigare missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Krigare wants to stand but Hardy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hardy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Krigare dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hardy has his takedown stuffed
and Krigare cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Hardy misses.
Krigare cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
Krigare takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hardy throws the left hand but Krigare avoids the punch easily.
Krigare closes the distance and pushes Hardy back into the cage.
Krigare tries a knee to the head but Hardy blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Krigare presses Hardy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krigare.
Krigare escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krigare shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hardy has hold of Krigare's hands but Krigare slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Krigare thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Krigare not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hardy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Krigare is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardy has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Krigare trying to control but Hardy is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krigare is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardy has wrist control.
Krigare postures up.
Krigare trying to move into half guard but instead Hardy has managed to sweep!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Krigare holds on and takes a little breather.
Krigare pushes Hardy off and gets back to his feet.
Hardy slips a jab from Krigare.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Krigare keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hardy misses with a hook to the body
and Krigare counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hardy!
Krigare throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hardy is in a horrible position here. Krigare smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krigare throws a wild left hand from mount and Hardy manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Krigare is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Krigare pulls his head out easily.
Krigare is looking to advance position but Hardy won't allow it.
Krigare thows a huge punch but Hardy dodges it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Krigare.
Krigare throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Krigare has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krigare trying to control from half guard but Hardy is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Krigare showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hardy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy moves out of range as Krigare strikes.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Krigare slips the punch.
Krigare closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hardy circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krigare closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Krigare is working Hardy over with some ground and pound from side control.
The strikes coming from Krigare are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Krigare goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Hardy has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Krigare but great work by Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy throws an elbow but Krigare slips to the side and avoids it well.
Krigare is looking for a sweep.
Hardy decides to stand up, so the ref orders Krigare to his feet.
Daniel Krigare seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hardy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krigare counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hardy thinking.
Krigare throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krigare throws a looping overhand right but Hardy ducks down to avoid it.
Hardy throws a right and a left that Krigare avoids nicely.
Hardy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krigare manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Paul Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krigare avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krigare scores with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Krigare misses the target.
Hardy tries to move into range but Krigare moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Daniel Krigare is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a hook. Krigare ducked under it nicely.
Krigare clinches.
Hardy working hard to break the clinch.
Krigare breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A shot to the liver by Krigare. Beautiful body shot.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krigare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Krigare moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Krigare showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy throws the left hand but Krigare avoids the punch easily.
Hardy throws a sloppy head kick
and Krigare counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Paul Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krigare is stalling in the full guard.
Hardy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Krigare tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardy is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Krigare comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Krigare has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Krigare!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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