PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nero Hardy (ranked 1612 p4p, 1382 weight class) and Mousa Ndombele (ranked 206 p4p, 183 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hardy
vs
Ndombele

180 cm
30
174
18 - 14 - 0

180 cm
37
170
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nero Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mousa Ndombele!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Ndombele has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hardy throws a jab when Ndombele was well out of range.
Ndombele misses with a hook.
Ndombele lands with a right hand.
Ndombele lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ndombele slips under a jab.
Ndombele digs a good body shot into Hardy's ribs.
Hardy moves away from the strike by Ndombele.
Hardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ndombele misses with a low kick.
Ndombele connects with a jab.
Hardy works the jab nicely.

It looks like Mousa Ndombele has been cut.
Ndombele getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've been hearing reports that Hardy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ndombele feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hardys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hardy misses with a straight left.
Ndombele throws a one two combo.
A swing and a miss from Ndombele.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Ndombele throws a low kick but Hardy avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Hardy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ndombele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ndombele bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ndombele scores with a punch to the head.
Ndombele ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Ndombele as he connects with a hook.
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy dips to his left and cracks Ndombele with an uppercut!
Ndombele misses with a right hand
and Hardy counters with a right hand to the body.
Hardy throws a shot from downtown. Ndombele moves away and avoids it.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Ndombele.
Hardy moves forwards but Ndombele connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ndombele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mousa Ndombele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Hardy misses.
Ndombele is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hardy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hardy misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ndombele on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ndombele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Nice cross by Ndombele.
Hardy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ndombele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
Ndombele ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Ndombele misses with a straight right.
Ndombele throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ndombele misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
Ndombele misses with a body shot.
Ndombele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ndombele looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Ndombele throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy throwing a counter right hand but Ndombele manages to avoid it.
Ndombele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ndombele walks straight into a right hand from Hardy - that's dropped him! Hardy jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Ndombele from any more punishment! Ndombele complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nero Hardy!
Nero Hardy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.