PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Babaloli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babaloli comes to the ring accompanied by Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'. Dan Hardy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mitch Babaloli's chin.

Babaloli
vs
Hardy

188 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Future Pharmaceuticals (144 Recovery for $15)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mitch Babaloli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Babaloli feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Babaloli is in close to Hardy's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Babaloli thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Babaloli wants to control from the top but Hardy keeps moving.
Babaloli tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardy is retaining full guard.
Hardy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Babaloli is controlling him.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Babaloli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hardy can't keep his opponent in guard - Babaloli advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hardy trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Hardy wants to control but Babaloli is having none of it.
Babaloli lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardy hang on?
Babaloli avoids the attempt from Hardy to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babaloli lands a big shot there that rocks Hardy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hardy tries to reverse the position but Babaloli maintains control.
Babaloli with a couple of short strikes.
Hardy is squirming around, avoiding Babaloli's attempts to control the action.
Babaloli with a couple of short strikes.
Babaloli trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Babaloli lands with some strikes.
Babaloli landing strikes, looking to finish!

It looks like Dan Hardy has been cut.
Babaloli with the ground and pound from mount.
Babaloli can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hardy is looking to escape.
Babaloli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hardy gets back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy trying to control from the bottom.
Babaloli lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Babaloli there.
Babaloli looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Babaloli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Babaloli working Hardy over with strikes.
Babaloli drops an elbow to the side of Hardy's head.
Hardy trying to control here.
Hardy looks gassed!
Hardy tries to roll over but Babaloli keeps him under control.
Babaloli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babaloli looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Babaloli keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Babaloli scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Babaloli scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hardy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Babaloli looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Babaloli connects with a couple of short punches.
Babaloli postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Babaloli trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babaloli passes Hardy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babaloli seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hardy has hold of Babaloli's hands but Babaloli slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hardy is not content to let Babaloli control the position.
Hardy tries to roll over but Babaloli keeps him under control.
Hardy taking some punishment here, with Babaloli in his half guard.
Babaloli takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Babaloli lands a nice short elbow.
Babaloli winds up and cracks Hardy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Babaloli lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Babaloli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Babaloli winds up and cracks Hardy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Babaloli lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Babaloli working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Babaloli lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Babaloli lands strikes from half guard.
Babaloli winds up and cracks Hardy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hardy is looking for a sweep. Babaloli is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Babaloli lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Babaloli working the head and body with strikes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Babaloli there.
Babaloli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Babaloli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Babaloli scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Babaloli works his way into full mount!
Babaloli is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Babaloli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hardy is working to get back to half guard.
Babaloli landing strikes from the mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Babaloli fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Babaloli looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Babaloli in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Babaloli landing shots from mount.
Babaloli pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Babaloli cracks Hardy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Babaloli lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Babaloli controlling from mount.
Babaloli landing shots from mount.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Babaloli lands a big elbow.
Babaloli trying to control but Hardy is having none of it.
Babaloli putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Babaloli scoring with strikes but Hardy is staying in there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Babaloli.
Hardy is trying desperately to improve position.
Babaloli working Hardy over with strikes here.

Hardy is rocked!

That has opened up Dan Hardy's cut even more.
Babaloli loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hardy scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Babaloli land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Babaloli stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitch Babaloli!