PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hardy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Van damme - streets of Siam. This should be fireworks!

Hardy
vs
Murdock

186 cm
37
221 lbs
25 - 20 - 0

185 cm
21
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy scores with a jab to the head.
A solid body kick from Hardy.
Hardy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murdock lands a two punch combo.
Hardy cracks Murdock with an open hand slap.
Hardy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Murdock circles away.
Hardy misses with a kick to the body.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murdock.
Murdock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hardy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murdock wants to clinch but Hardy slips to the side
and Hardy counters with a good low kick that Murdock was not able to check.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy lands a high kick!
Murdock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hardy closes the distance and clinches.

Murdock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murdock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Murdock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hardy.
Hardy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Murdock takes a step back to recover.
Hardy misses with a left hand
and Murdock counters with a straight right hand.
Hardy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Murdock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murdock misses with the combination.
Hardy scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hardy!
An inside leg kick from Hardy misses.
Hardy misses with a body kick.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Murdock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Hardy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hardy misses with a right hand
and Murdock counters with a two punch combo.
A leg kick checked by Murdock.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hardy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hardy. That's going to slow Murdock down.
Hardy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters circling a little - Hardy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Murdock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murdock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hardy connects with an inside leg kick.
Hardy misses with a body kick.
Hardy scores with a nice body kick.
Hardy looks to land a right hand but Murdock moved out of range.
Hardy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Murdock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hardy finds it's way round the side to connect with Murdock's head.
Will Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murdock on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Murdock.
Hardy misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Murdock has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hardy.
Hardy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hardy fakes the leg kick and cracks Murdock in the body.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Hardy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hardy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murdock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock wants to clinch up but Hardy keeps it at a distance.
Murdock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Hardy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Murdock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A telegraphed right hand from Hardy misses the target.
Hardy throws a leg kick but Murdock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hardy throws a nice head kick!
Mike Murdock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hardy.
Hardy tries a head kick but it misses.
Murdock checks the leg kick nicely there.
Murdock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Hardy misses.
Murdock blocks the body kick.
Hardy thuds his shin into the meat of Murdock's side.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hardy!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hardy cracks the inside of Murdock's front leg.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Murdock.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murdock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hardy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murdock can do to turn this around?
Murdock throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Hardy tries to land a leg kick but Murdock saw it coming and moves away.
Hardy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murdock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hardy misses with a body kick.
Hardy connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Murdock.
Murdock connects with a body shot.
Will Hardy is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murdock.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murdock was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Hardy throws a head kick but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy throws a wild body kick that Murdock sees coming a mile off.
Murdock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Murdock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hardy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Murdock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hardy.
Hardy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murdock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Hardy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hardy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hardy stalling.
Hardy is trying to stall.
Nice body punch from Murdock.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock blocks the elbow strike.
Hardy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murdock is stalling here.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Murdock circles away and keeps his distance.
Murdock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy throws a front kick aimed at Murdock's knee but Murdock avoids it well.
Murdock checks a leg kick.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murdock misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Hardy dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Hardy.
Murdock fails in his attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Hardy.
Murdock throws a hook but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murdock if he has to take too many more of those.
Hardy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A slow jab from Hardy misses its intended target.
Murdock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Jab from Murdock.
Murdock misses with a two punch combination.
Hardy tries to land a leg kick but Murdock saw it coming and moves away.
Murdock stuns Hardy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murdock takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
Murdock avoids the head kick by Hardy.
Murdock checks a leg kick.
Murdock is looking to clinch but Hardy is avoiding it.
Murdock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hardy scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardy tries to clinch but Murdock is having none of it.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy walks into a left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hardy.
Will Hardy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy staying out of range there.
Hardy digs a good hook to Murdock's body.
Murdock tries to clinch up.
Hardy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Hardy lands a jab to the head.
Hardy scores with a decent looking hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hardy.
Hardy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murdock steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hardy. That one must have hurt.
Hardy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Murdock misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Murdock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hardy.
Murdock lands with a nice combination. Hardy backs away looking to recover.
Hardy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murdock checks it well.
Hardy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Murdock pushes him off.
Murdock throws a shot to the body.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Murdock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murdock throws a sloppy body shot
and Hardy counters with a head kick. That will keep Murdock thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Murdock scores with a body shot.
Mike Murdock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy throws a push kick but Murdock slaps the foot to one side.
Hardy fakes the leg kick and cracks Murdock in the body.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hardy lands a head kick. Murdock smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Murdock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murdock throws a series of punches but Hardy avoids them all with ease.
Murdock takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hardy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murdock. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock lands a right hook to the body.
Hardy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hardy delivers a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Hardy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hardy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Hardy!
An out of breath Will Hardy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.