PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy comes into the arena with Johnny Be Goooode blaring out of the sound system. Howlett has chosen X-MEN as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hardy
vs
Howlett

172 cm
22
175 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000
[MMABR] Klinch

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Howlett!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy shoots in and drives through. Howlett sprawls well.

Howlett pushes Hardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Howlett lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Howlett lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Dan Hardy has been cut.
Howlett missing with knees to the body.
Howlett pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Howlett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardy is defending well for now.
Hardy is working for takedown but Howlett is calmly controlling the position for now.
Howlett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Howlett lands an elbow inside.
Howlett tries to land a knee to the head but Hardy blocks with his arms.
Howlett trying to land knees to the body.
Howlett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howlett gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howlett gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hardy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardy tries to score a body lock takedown but Howlett shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Howlett tries a knee to the head but Hardy blocks it.
Howlett tries to land a knee to the head but Hardy blocks with his arms.
Hardy takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardy is trying to force a seperation but Howlett has the dominant position.
Howlett trying to land knees to the body.
Hardy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Howlett with a knee to the head.
Howlett keeps control of Hardy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Howlett pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Howlett lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hardy.
Hardy wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Howlett throws an elbow but misses.
Howlett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Hardy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Howlett pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Howlett lands an elbow just above Hardy 's eye.
Hardy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Howlett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Howlett lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
Hardy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Howlett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Howlett avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Howlett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Howlett lands a nice elbow.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Howlett.
Howlett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howlett crunches a lovely knee into Hardy's ribcage.
Howlett trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Howlett obliges.
Howlett lands an elbow inside.
Howlett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardy is defending well for now.
Howlett lands a knee to the head.
Howlett trying to land knees to the body.
Howlett creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Hardy misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hardy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Howlett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hardy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Howlett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Howlett landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Howlett.
Howlett landing knees to the head.
Howlett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Howlett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howlett lands a knee to the head.
Howlett putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Howlett lands an elbow just above Hardy 's eye.
Nice elbow from Howlett.
Howlett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardy blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardy can't break the clinch.
Howlett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Howlett lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
Howlett working Hardy over with knees to the body.
Howlett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Howlett.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Howlett obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is working for takedown but Howlett is calmly controlling the position for now.
Howlett tries a knee to the head but Hardy blocks it.
Howlett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Howlett lands an elbow inside.
Howlett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hardy goes for a takedown attempt but Howlett pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Howlett moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
Hardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howlett tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Howlett is looking to clinch but Hardy is avoiding it.
Howlett tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Howlett avoids it really well and circles away.
Howlett wants to clinch up but Hardy keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Howlett tries to clinch up but Hardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Howlett tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.
Howlett slaps away a takedown attempt from Hardy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howlett wants to clinch.
Howlett is looking to clinch.
Howlett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Howlett tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Howlett. No joy for Hardy on that attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howlett is looking to clinch.

Howlett clinches.
Howlett missing with knees to the body.
Howlett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howlett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hardy's face.
A short uppercut from Hardy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Hardy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Howlett tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.
Howlett stuffs the takedown.
Howlett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hardy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Howlett wants to try and get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hardy breaks from Howlett's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hardy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Howlett hang on?
Hardy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hardy throws some wild stikes that Howlett manages to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy looking to finish with strikes here!
Hardy lands a heavy elbow.
Hardy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Howlett is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy throws some wild stikes that Howlett manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hardy goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Howlett is on top in guard.

Hardy looking for a guillotine here but Howlett defends easily.
Hardy is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hardy pulls Howlett in to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hardy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hardy controlling the pace.
Howlett pushes Hardy off looking to stand but Hardy dives back in and keeps control.
Hardy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hardy with the ground and pound but Howlett uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Hardy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hardy shoots in and bounces Howlett off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Howlett preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hardy is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hardy throws and elbow that misses. Howlett uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hardy's guard. Nice move by Howlett!
Hardy controlling the position.
Hardy trying to control the position.
Hardy wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hardy looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Howlett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hardy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Howlett would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hardy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hardy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Howlett defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy passes to side control.
Hardy moves into full mount!
Hardy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hardy with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hardy lands a big elbow.
Hardy landing shots from mount.
Hardy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hardy punishing his opponent with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Hardy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hardy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!