PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Warren Train (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Hardwick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardwick has chosen Elephant Man - Pon Di River as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Train
vs
Hardwick

190 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
220 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Warren Train!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Hardwick!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Train swings for the body but Hardwick moves out of range.
Train takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hardwick staying out of range there.
Hardwick connects with a nice looking jab.
Train misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardwick.
Hardwick moves out of range as Train strikes.
Train takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Train misses the shot to the body.
Hardwick digs a good hook to Train's body.
Train displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hardwick throws out the jab.
A big right from Train misses.
Hardwick closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardwick missing with a left hand there. Train was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Train waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hardwick.
Train takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Train fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardwick manages to avoid it.
Hardwick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardwick ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwick throws a nice outside leg kick.
Train has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jason Hardwick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardwick stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Train's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hardwick connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Train scrambles back to his feet.
Train takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Train is breathing heavily.
Hardwick scores with a jab. Train acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jason Hardwick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Train will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hardwick cracks Train with a right hand to the side of the head.

Train is rocked!
Train walks straight into a right hand from Hardwick - that's dropped him! Hardwick jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Train from any more punishment! Train complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jason Hardwick!
Jason Hardwick is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Jason Hardwick, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.