PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nick Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Hutton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Hutton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hardy
vs
Hutton

190 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
27
270 lbs
12 - 9 - 1

Good knees
Cuts easily

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Harry Hutton!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hutton throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Nick Hardy has been cut.

Hutton moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Hutton.

Hutton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hutton.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick.
Hutton digs a good body shot into Hardy's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hutton misses with a head kick.
Nice body kick from Hutton.
Hardy is breathing heavily.

Hutton rushes Hardy and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Hutton.
Hutton landing knees to the head.
Hutton putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hutton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hardy's face.
Hutton lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The crowd are calling 'kneeees!' as Hutton has the Thai clinch. Hutton obliges, smashing a knee brutally into Hardy's nose and sending him crashing to the canvas! Will be beat the count?! 3,4,5,6,7,8...9... and he's up on 9! Wow, that was close! The referee takes a long look and is going to allow it to continue!

Nick Hardy's cut is getting worse.
Knees to the body from Hutton.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hutton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hutton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hardy.

Hutton breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Nick Hardy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hardy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hutton scores with a kick to the midsection.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hutton.
Hutton thuds his shin into the meat of Hardy's side.
Hutton throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hutton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hutton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hutton thows a body kick. Hardy tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutton thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hardy if he has to take too many more of those.
Hutton thuds his shin into the meat of Hardy's side.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Hutton! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Harry Hutton!
After winning the bout, Harry Hutton thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.