PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Ngo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ambitionz Az A Ridah. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hardy
vs
Ngo

178 cm
25
195 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Ngo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy's corner calls for a 1-2. Hardy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hardy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hardy throws the left hand but Ngo avoids the punch easily.
Andre Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ngo fails to land the takedown.
Hardy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hardy with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ngo circles away quickly and effectively.
Hardy jabs Ngo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Ngo avoids them all with ease.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Ngo throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
Ngo walks into a straight right hand from Hardy.
Andre Hardy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Ngo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngo has his takedown stuffed
letting Hardy counter with a right hand.
Hardy lands a jab-cross combination.
Ngo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
Hardy looks to land a right hand but Ngo moved out of range.
Ngo closes the distance and clinches up with Hardy, looking for a takedown. Ngo pushes Hardy against the cage but Hardy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andre Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ngo is defended easily by Hardy.
Hardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab lands there for Hardy.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Ngo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ngo shoots in looking for a takedown but Hardy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ngo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ngo moves away.
Hardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy digs a good hook to Ngo's body.
Ngo checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Hardy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ngo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hardy as he jumps to the side.
Hardy lands a nice hook to Ngo's body. Ngo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hardy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hardy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ngo has time to react.
Andre Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardy connects with a single shot there.
Ngo fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy throws a hook but Ngo avoids it easily.
Ngo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ngo fails with the takedown.
Hardy lands a nice hook to Ngo's body. Ngo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hardy scores with a shot to the body.

Ngo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Ngo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hardy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ngo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
An elbow from Ngo crashes against the mat.
Ngo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Ngo tries for a kimura but Hardy is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ngo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hardy, who protects the arm well.

Ngo has hold of Hardy's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Hardy seems comfortable defending it but Ngo has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Hardy is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Hardy is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Ngo couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Henry Ngo!
Henry Ngo very nearly forgot to thank MMA ANIMAL amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.