PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Summers (ranked 1059 p4p, 1392 weight class) and Nero Hardy (ranked 146 p4p, 190 weight class). Nero Hardy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Samuel Summers's chin.

Summers
vs
Hardy

187 cm
23
170
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
174
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nero Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Summers definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Summers does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hardy clinches with his opponent.
Summers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Summers.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Summers.
Hardy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hardy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
Summers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardys head.
Hardy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Summers or not.

Summers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Summers looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Hardy slips a straight right by Summers.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hardy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summers slips a jab from Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Summers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Hardy misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Summers on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hardy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Summers to the mat! Summers manages to get full guard.
Hardy stands and throws Summers's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Summers taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hardy misses with the ground and pound.
Summers takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Summers avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hardy.
Summers avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hardy.
Summers defending against the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Hardy crashes against the mat.
Hardy trying to control the position but Summers is working away.
Hardy taking a breather here.
Summers is looking for a sweep.
Hardy is putting a hurting on Summers here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Summers is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Hardy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Summers, who protects the arm well.
Hardy throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hardy grinds an elbow into Summers's temple.
The strikes coming from Hardy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Summers avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hardy.
The referee asks Hardy politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hardy prefers to stall for the moment though.
Summers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hardy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy cracks Summers with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hardy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hardy happy to just control the position for now.
Hardy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hardy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hardy trying to control the action but Summers is working from the bottom.
Hardy throws a strike aimed at the side of Summers's head but Summers avoids it well.
Hardy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nero Hardy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Summers throws a body punch but Hardy moves out of range.
Summers throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Summers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Hardy finds it's way through Summers's defenses.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.
Summers just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Summers.
Summers throws a hook to the side of Hardy's head but Hardy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Hardy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Summers manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Summers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hardy on the ground.
Hardy throws a big right hand that misses.
Hardy with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy throwing strikes but missing.
Summers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hardy slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hardy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Summers is keeping the position for now.
Summers wants to sweep but no luck.
Hardy engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Summers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hardy cracks Summers with a solid left hand.
Summers can't keep his opponent in guard - Hardy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hardy connects with a nice short shot to Summers's temple.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hardy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Summers defending well though.
Hardy throwing shots but Summers is blocking nicely.
Hardy trying to control from half guard but Summers is working away.
Hardy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Summers's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy thows a huge punch but Summers dodges it nicely.
Summers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nero Hardy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hardy passes to full mount!
Hardy controlling the pace for now.
Summers is looking to improve his position but Hardy isn't that keen on the idea.
Hardy content just to control the position here.
Hardy scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy raining down shots from the mount!
Hardy controlling from mount.
Hardy lands with some strikes.
Hardy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Summers is rocked!
Summers is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Oh Summers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardy lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Summers bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Hardy and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nero Hardy!
Nero Hardy very nearly forgot to thank Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q) 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.