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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny comes to the cage accompanied by Hunter-Fallen. Hardwood has chosen Stone Sour - Last Of The Real as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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163 lbs
26 - 33 - 0 |
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145 lbs
11 - 15 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Skip Squint and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Hardwood.
Hardwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Wietrzny throws a leg kick but Hardwood sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Hardwood misses.
Hardwood scores with a hook.
Hardwood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A left lands for Hardwood.
Wietrzny has Hardwood up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardwood manages to break the clinch.
Wietrzny drives through and clinches with Hardwood against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardwood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wietrzny moves in looking to clinch but Hardwood pushes him off.
Hardwood swats away the attempt to clinch by Wietrzny.
Wietrzny tries to clinch there but Hardwood circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wietrzny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardwood throws a right and a left that Wietrzny avoids nicely.
Lance Hardwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wietrzny looks to land a right hand but Hardwood moved out of range.
Wietrzny takes a swing at Hardwood's ribcage but misses.
Hardwood throws a hook but Wietrzny blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hardwood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wietrzny misses with a punch on the inside.
Wietrzny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardwood wants to break free but Wietrzny has control.
Hardwood is trying to force a seperation but Wietrzny has the dominant position.
Hardwood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardwood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wietrzny has him pressed against the cage.
Hardwood is trying to break the clinch but Wietrzny has him pressed against the cage.
Wietrzny is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hardwood breaks from the clinch.
Wietrzny rushes Hardwood and presses him up against the cage.
Hardwood avoiding damage as Wietrzny throws knees to the body.
Wietrzny prevents Hardwood from breaking the clinch.
Wietrzny gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hardwood is refusing to be controlled, as Wietrzny sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny stops Hardwood from getting back to his feet.
Wietrzny not doing much here.
Hardwood looks like he's trying to stand up.
It looks like Wietrzny is going to stand back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardwood tries to bum rush Wietrzny with a series of wild strikes but Wietrzny uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but Hardwood moves out of range.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardwood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Hardwood connects with a right hand. Wietrzny shakes it off.
Horrible takedown attempt by Wietrzny or perhaps it was just good defense by Hardwood, which made it look bad.
Nice uppercut there from Hardwood.
Hardwood scores with a nice strike.
Hardwood staying out of range there.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardwood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice cross by Hardwood.
Wietrzny fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny dodges the punch combination from Hardwood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardwood moves away from the strike by Wietrzny.
Good exchange - Hardwood coming out on top.
Wietrzny fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wietrzny shoots in and bounces Hardwood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hardwood is wriggling around but Wietrzny manages to pass to half guard.
Hardwood tries to kick Wietrzny off but Wietrzny keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Hardwood dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wietrzny takes one to the side of the head.
Hardwood scores with a nice head shot.
Nice shot lands for Hardwood.
Wietrzny jabs Hardwood right on the nose. Hardwood blinks but takes it well.
Wietrzny throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hardwood tries a quick counter leg kick but Wietrzny is wise to it.
Lance Hardwood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardwood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wietrzny's head backwards.
A left and a right from Hardwood both land. Nice combination.
Hardwood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Hardwood slips under a jab.
Hardwood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Wietrzny misses.
Hardwood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hardwood.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Hardwood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wietrzny shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardwood's guard.
Hardwood keeping moving, preventing Wietrzny from controlling successfully.
Hardwood is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Wietrzny dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood is trying to get back to his feet.
The referee asks Wietrzny politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wietrzny prefers to stall for the moment though.
Hardwood is trying to get back to his feet.
Wietrzny stands up.
Wietrzny throws a right and a left that Hardwood avoids nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Hardwood as he connects with a hook.
Hardwood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hardwood scores with a nice head shot.
Hardwood lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hardwood.
Hardwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wietrzny moves away.
Wietrzny looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hardwood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Wietrzny misses.
Hardwood connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardwood swings for the body but Wietrzny moves out of range.
Hardwood jabs at Wietrzny's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wietrzny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardwood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wietrzny takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hardwood scores with a jab to the body.
Wietrzny throws a leg kick but Hardwood sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd cheers as Hardwood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wietrzny doesn't seem phased though.
Hardwood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hardwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wietrzny throws out the jab.
A left and a right from Hardwood both land. Nice combination.
Hardwood leaves Wietrzny with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lance Hardwood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wietrzny doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardwood circles away.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lance Hardwood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardwood throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Hardwood tries to get set, Wietrzny tries to push him back and clinch up but Hardwood manages to avoid the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up but Hardwood circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardwood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A punch combination from Hardwood misses.
Wietrzny misses with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hardwood.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardwood throws out a counter right but Wietrzny avoids it with no problem.
Hardwood scores with a hook to the body. Wietrzny takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hardwood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wietrzny will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hardwood feints and then cracks Wietrzny's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wietrzny down.
Hardwood stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Igor Wietrzny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardwood scores with a sloppy right hand. Wietrzny should have avoided that one.
Wietrzny takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wietrzny has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hardwood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardwood moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hardwood throws a sloppy head kick and Wietrzny moves out of range easily.
Wietrzny takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A punch combination from Hardwood misses.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood scores with a sloppy right hand. Wietrzny should have avoided that one.
Hardwood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hardwood lands with a hook. Wietrzny tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wietrzny is rocked!
Wietrzny gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hardwood.
Oh Wietrzny is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A bone on bone clash there as Hardwood blocks the leg kick.
Wietrzny seems to have got his legs back now.
Hardwood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hardwood throws a good cross that connects.
Hardwood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A left and a right from Hardwood both land. Nice combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardwood. Wietrzny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardwood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wietrzny walks into a straight right hand from Hardwood.
Wietrzny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardwood moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardwood stalks Wietrzny and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wietrzny's face. Wietrzny staggers backwards, shaken.
Wietrzny doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardwood circles away.
Hardwood lands with a shot to the body.
Wietrzny clinches up against the cage.
Wietrzny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Hardwood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Wietrzny needs to keep his hands up - Hardwood had a free shot at his head there.
Hardwood staying out of range there.
Wietrzny walks into a stiff left hand from Hardwood.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardwood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wietrzny takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hardwood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Hardwood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wietrzny fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hardwood, pushing him back against the cage.
Hardwood breaks the clinch.
Wietrzny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardwood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wietrzny's hands.
Wietrzny takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardwood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wietrzny shoots in but no luck this time.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hardwood!
Hardwood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hardwood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hardwood throws a series of punches but Wietrzny avoids them all with ease.
Wietrzny seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wietrzny doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardwood circles away.
Hardwood lands with a nice combination. Wietrzny backs away looking to recover.
Hardwood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hardwood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
Hardwood misses with the combination.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up.
Hardwood cracks Wietrzny with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Hardwood. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Hardwood cracks Wietrzny with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wietrzny closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wietrzny shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hardwood but Hardwood pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Despite the aggression on Hardwood's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wietrzny walks into a left hand.
Hardwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hardwood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wietrzny.
Wietrzny connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hardwood. Hardwood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Igor Wietrzny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wietrzny waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hardwood.
Wietrzny cracks Hardwood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A combination from Wietrzny does no damage.
Hardwood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardwood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hardwood connects with the punch.
Hardwood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wietrzny fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hardwood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wietrzny's head backwards.
Wietrzny needs to keep his hands up - Hardwood had a free shot at his head there.
Wietrzny misses with a straight right.
Hardwood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wietrzny backs up against the cage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hardwood.
Hardwood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hardwood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wietrzny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hardwood throws a right hand that Wietrzny ducks under and follows up with a left that Wietrzny also avoids with ease.
Wietrzny rushes Hardwood and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood manages to break the clinch.
Wietrzny takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardwood cracks a nice hook into Wietrzny's ribs.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardwood lands a leg kick that knocks Wietrzny off balance momentarily.
Wietrzny has closed the distance and engaged Hardwood in a clinch.
Wietrzny fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Igor Wietrzny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wietrzny tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardwood prevents a body shot from Wietrzny.
Hardwood manages to break the clinch.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wietrzny shoots in for a takedown but Hardwood shows good takedown defense.
Hardwood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wietrzny.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hardwood.
Hardwood stalks Wietrzny and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wietrzny's face. Wietrzny staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wietrzny loads up on a big right hand but Hardwood slips the punch.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardwood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hardwood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardwood jabs at Wietrzny's body.
Wietrzny is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hardwood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wietrzny swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hardwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hardwood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hardwood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hardwood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up but Hardwood circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardwood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hardwood sizes up Wietrzny with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hardwood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wietrzny is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hardwood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardwood lands a nice hook to Wietrzny's body. Wietrzny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wietrzny looks to land a left hand but Hardwood moved out of range nicely.
Wietrzny drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hardwood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Hardwood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hardwood winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Hardwood!
An out of breath Lance Hardwood thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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