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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott comes into the arena with Scotty Doesn't Know blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hardy's choice of entrance music: Run this town. Chad Hardy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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186 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Esteban Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chad Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Scott.
Hardy throws a shot to the body.
Scott tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Scott finds it's way through Hardy's defenses.
Esteban Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
Scott throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scott moves away.
Scott misses with a right hand
and Hardy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Scott moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hardy's coach down at Muayfit MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hardy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Scott lands a jab-cross combination.
Scott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
Scott looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
Scott fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Scott fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy scores with a three punch combo!
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from Scott. Scott gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Esteban Scott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hardy.
Scott closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Scott avoiding damage.
Scott gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott passes Hardy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hardy is staying active underneath Scott, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Well, if Scott is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy has hold of Scott's hands but Scott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hardy tries to get to full guard but Scott has control of the leg.
Scott is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hardy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Scott sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Scott missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy pushes Scott off looking to stand but Scott dives back in and keeps control.
Hardy wants to control but Scott is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Scott is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hardy defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hardy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott is stalling here but it's allowed Hardy to get half guard.
Scott wants to take a breather but Hardy is having none of it.
Scott missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Scott looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Scott is trying to control the action in half guard but Hardy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Scott is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hardy keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esteban Scott 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.
Scott shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hardy but Hardy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Scott misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scott drops his hands momentarily and Hardy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hardy throws a lazy body kick
and Scott counters with a nice leg kick.
Scott misses with a head kick.
Hardy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Scott closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hardy did well to prevent Scott getting side control.
Scott is looking for a kimura but Hardy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Scott to get the leverage.
Hardy is staying active underneath Scott, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Scott is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hardy defends it well.
Hardy is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott is trying to control the action in half guard but Hardy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Scott throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Scott frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hardy working to try and regain half guard.
Scott throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hardy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Scott trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is trying to escape the mount.
Scott lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardy hang on?
Scott trying to control but Hardy is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Scott cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Scott landing shots from mount.
Scott tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott wants to control the pace but Hardy is squirming around nicely.
Scott scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hardy is rocked!
Scott has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hardy's face.
Hardy is still in real trouble! Can Scott finish him?
Scott can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hardy is looking to escape.
Scott pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Scott is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Hardy goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Scott!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Esteban Scott!
An out of breath Esteban Scott thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Chad Hardy spoke after the fight, saying 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. Don't worry I'll be back.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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