PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damo Bodhidharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Josh Gardner was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bodhidharma
vs
Gardner

180 cm
24
265 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

188 cm
24
230 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Damo Bodhidharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner throws the left hand but Bodhidharma avoids the punch easily.

Gardner gets tackled into the cage by Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma maintains the clinch.

Gardner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bodhidharma moves into the clinch.
Gardner misses with a body punch.

Gardner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bodhidharma throws a head kick that misses.
Gardner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bodhidharma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gardner was well out of range. Poor timing from Bodhidharma.

Bodhidharma moves into range and clinches up with Gardner.
Gardner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bodhidharma scores with a hook to the body.

Bodhidharma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gardner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gardner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gardner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gardner avoids the head kick by Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bodhidharma fails to land with a series of punches.
Bodhidharma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gardner moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gardner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma is looking to clinch.
Bodhidharma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch but Gardner is having none of it.
Gardner keeps the fight on the outside.
Bodhidharma misses with a head kick.
Gardner lands a jab to the nose.
Gardner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bodhidharma moves into the clinch.

Bodhidharma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gardner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bodhidharma's sensitive parts.
Josh Gardner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch up but Gardner circles away and keeps his distance.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch but Gardner moves out of range.
Gardner misses with a body kick.
Bodhidharma fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bodhidharma darts in and clinches Gardner up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner tries to break the clinch but Bodhidharma is controlling the position.
Gardner scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gardner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gardner lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gardner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gardner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bodhidharma is breathing heavily.
Bodhidharma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bodhidharma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gardner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bodhidharma blocks an elbow strike.
Gardner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gardner misses with a body punch.
Gardner throws a head punch that misses.
Gardner tries to break free but Bodhidharma pushes him back against the cage.
Gardner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gardner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bodhidharma backwards.

Gardner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bodhidharma tries to close the distance and clinch but Gardner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bodhidharma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gardner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bodhidharma takes one to the chin there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gardner, as that shot connected.
Gardner thuds his shin into the meat of Bodhidharma's side.
Bodhidharma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bodhidharma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bodhidharma closes the distance and clinches.
Gardner misses with a body punch.
Gardner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gardner tries to circle away but Bodhidharma has him pinned against the cage.
Gardner scores with a hook to the body.
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!
A right hand to the body from Gardner.
Bodhidharma prevents a body shot from Gardner.

Gardner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gardner cracks Bodhidharma with a good jab.
Gardner lands with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bodhidharma throws a sloppy head kick
and Gardner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gardner connects with a jab.
Gardner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gardner lands a nice shot to the body.
Gardner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gardner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gardner.
Gardner cracks Bodhidharma with a good jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gardner.
Gardner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gardner keeps Bodhidharma at a distance using the push kick.
Gardner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gardner cracks Bodhidharma with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bodhidharma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner scores with a push kick.
Gardner scores with a jab.
Bodhidharma avoids the body shot from Gardner.
Bodhidharma will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gardner misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Gardner dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bodhidharma walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bodhidharma is looking to clinch but Gardner is avoiding it.
Gardner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gardner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bodhidharma's calf.
Bodhidharma lands a leg kick that knocks Gardner off balance momentarily.
Gardner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bodhidharma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gardner blocks a head kick by Bodhidharma.
Gardner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bodhidharma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gardner scores with a decent looking hook.
Gardner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bodhidharma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardner clobbers Bodhidharma with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gardner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gardner cracks the inside of Bodhidharma's front leg.
Gardner lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bodhidharma will feel that in the morning.
Gardner lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner scores with a sloppy right hand. Bodhidharma should have avoided that one.
Bodhidharma is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gardner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bodhidharma at a distance.
Josh Gardner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gardner lands with a right hand.
Bodhidharma wants to clinch up but Gardner keeps it at a distance.
Bodhidharma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gardner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gardner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bodhidharma walks into a stiff left hand from Gardner.
Gardner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bodhidharma takes a step back to recover.
Gardner scores with a leg kick.
Bodhidharma doesn't manage to clinch there - Gardner circles away.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bodhidharma moves away.
Bodhidharma is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gardner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardner thuds his right hand into Bodhidharma's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gardner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gardner connects with a body shot that sends Bodhidharma's belly button to the back.
Gardner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bodhidharma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gardner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bodhidharma takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bodhidharma avoids the body shot from Gardner.
Bodhidharma throws a head kick that misses.
Gardner connects with the punch.
Gardner tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Gardner does no damage.
Gardner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bodhidharma blocks the body kick.
Gardner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bodhidharma looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bodhidharma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gardner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gardner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bodhidharma's head backwards.
Bodhidharma misses with a body shot.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch but Gardner is having none of it.
Gardner misses with a head kick.
Gardner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bodhidharma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good shot there by Gardner.
Bodhidharma throws a sloppy head kick and Gardner moves out of range easily.
Gardner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bodhidharma is looking to chop away at Gardner's legs.
Gardner misses with a kick to the body
and Bodhidharma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bodhidharma throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma is looking to wear down Gardner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gardner thuds his right hand into Bodhidharma's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gardner with a hook.
Gardner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bodhidharma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bodhidharma drops his hands momentarily and Gardner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Gardner throws a lazy body kick

and Bodhidharma holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gardner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bodhidharma.

Gardner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damo Bodhidharma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gardner explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gardner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gardner slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gardner lands with a nice body punch.
Bodhidharma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bodhidharma takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gardner works the jab nicely.
Gardner throws a head kick that Bodhidharma semi-blocks.
Gardner lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Gardner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gardner scores with a hook.
Gardner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch but Gardner moves out of range.
Gardner misses with a head kick.
Bodhidharma looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bodhidharma takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch up.
The crowd cheers as Gardner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bodhidharma doesn't seem phased though.
Gardner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bodhidharma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gardner just misses with a punch to the body.
Bodhidharma throws a sloppy head kick and Gardner moves out of range easily.
Gardner throws a series of punches but Bodhidharma moves out of range.
Gardner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Gardner. Beautiful body shot.
Gardner feints and then cracks Bodhidharma's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bodhidharma down.
Bodhidharma's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gardner under the eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardner cracks Bodhidharma with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bodhidharma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gardner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gardner tests Bodhidharma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gardner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gardner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gardner lands with an uppercut that bounces Bodhidharma off the cage and back into range.
A head kick misses from Gardner.
Gardner jabs Bodhidharma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bodhidharma wants to clinch.
Gardner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bodhidharma.
Gardner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bodhidharma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gardner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bodhidharma wants to clinch up but Gardner keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bodhidharma blocks the body kick.
Bodhidharma ducks under a wild hook from Gardner.
Gardner misses with a low kick.
Bodhidharma wants to clinch up but Gardner keeps it at a distance.
Bodhidharma on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bodhidharma misses with a double jab
and Gardner counters with a body kick.
Bodhidharma wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bodhidharma takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bodhidharma takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Good leg kick by Bodhidharma there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bodhidharma moves away.
Gardner thuds his right hand into Bodhidharma's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gardner finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Gardner. That snapped Bodhidharma's head back.
A slow jab from Gardner misses its intended target.
Bodhidharma ducks right into an uppercut from Gardner.
Gardner misses the shot to the body.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gardner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gardner scores with a spinning back kick!
Gardner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gardner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bodhidharma was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardner.

Bodhidharma pushes Gardner up against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Gardner as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gardner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardner with a jab.
Bodhidharma takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gardner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gardner jabs at Bodhidharma's body.
Sloppy strikes from Bodhidharma. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner misses with a head kick.
Gardner misses with a kick to the body.
Gardner scores with a jab to the head.
Bodhidharma takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bodhidharma moves away.
Gardner scores with a jab. Bodhidharma acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bodhidharma avoids a kick to the body.
Josh Gardner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bodhidharma tries to close the distance and clinch but Gardner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gardner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bodhidharma tries to clinch but Gardner is having none of it.
Gardner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bodhidharma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gardner throws a push kick but Bodhidharma slaps the foot to one side.
Damo Bodhidharma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big left from Gardner misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Gardner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gardner 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Gardner!