PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bulkan Mayon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayon comes to the cage accompanied by Soul to Squeeze by RHCP. Jake Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mayon
vs
Hardy

185 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

183 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bulkan Mayon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mayon or not.
Mayon crunches a lovely knee into Hardy's ribcage.
Hardy looks gassed!

Mayon manages to break the clinch.

Mayon clinches.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayon lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mayon scores with a spinning back kick!
Good leg kick by Mayon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mayon.
Mayon scores with a nice body kick.
Mayon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.

Mayon clinches up against the cage.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mayon darts in and clinches Hardy up against the cage.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Hardy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Mayon takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Mayon.

Mayon breaks the clinch.
Mayon lands with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mayon moves into the clinch.
Mayon landing knees to the head.
Mayon connects with a knee to the head.
Mayon lands a nice elbow.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.

Mayon clinches up with Hardy and pushes him back against the cage.
Mayon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mayon moves into range and clinches up with Hardy.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mayon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hardy tries to break the clinch but Mayon is controlling the position.
Mayon lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.

Mayon breaks the clinch.

Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Mayon has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hardy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardy is trying to break the clinch but Mayon is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Mayon.
Hardy is trying to break the clinch but Mayon has him pressed against the cage.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayon circles away.

Mayon rushes Hardy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardy avoiding damage as Mayon throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mayon as Hardy tries to tie him up.
Hardy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mayon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Mayon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mayon managing to block the knees to the body from Hardy.
Mayon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mayon.
Bulkan Mayon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Mayon moves into the clinch successfully.
Hardy pushes Mayon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mayon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon being controlled against the cage.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayon scores a nice knee to the body.
Hardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.

Mayon moves into the clinch.
Hardy tries to circle away but Mayon has him pinned against the cage.

Mayon breaks the clinch.

Mayon moves into the clinch successfully.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Mayon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mayon takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mayon misses with a head kick.

Mayon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hardy wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mayon circles away quickly and effectively.

Mayon has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayon lands a nice elbow.
Mayon looking to throw knees to the head but Hardy is blocking nicely.
Mayon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mayon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayon.

Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Mayon has taken the fight into the clinch.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Mayon closes the distance and clinches.
Mayon keeps control of Hardy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mayon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Mayon keeps it at a distance.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Mayon.

Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Mayon has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bulkan Mayon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mayon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hardy.
Hardy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mayon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hardy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mayon throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Mayon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Mayon pushes him off.

Mayon clinches up against the cage.
Mayon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy is trying to break the clinch but Mayon is controlling him.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Mayon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardy wants to stall.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayon blocks a head kick by Hardy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Mayon misses
and Hardy counters with a three punch combo that has Mayon backing up. Mayon nods at Hardy to acknowledge the strikes.
Mayon throws a lazy head kick
and Hardy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Mayon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hardy, pushing him back against the cage.
Mayon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?

Mayon manages to break the clinch.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses.
Mayon tries to clinch up but Hardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Mayon connects with a high kick.

Mayon clinches with his opponent.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.

Mayon forces Hardy back against the cage and clinches.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy checks a low kick from Mayon.

Mayon moves into the clinch.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mayon has taken the fight to the clinch.

Mayon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mayon clinches up against the cage.

Mayon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mayon clinches up against the cage.
Mayon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hardy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.

Mayon closes the distance and clinches.
Mayon lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayon scores with a knee to the head.
Hardy avoiding damage as Mayon throws knees to the body.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bulkan Mayon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mayon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Hardy misses.
Bulkan Mayon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayon throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Hardy catches Mayon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Mayon gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Mayon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Mayon scoring well with a low kick there.
Mayon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Mayon forces Hardy back against the cage and clinches.
Hardy scores with a shoulder strike.
Mayon throws an elbow but it misses.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mayon moves into the clinch successfully.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Mayon tries to clinch up.
Hardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mayon. Mayon obviously looking to wear him down.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Mayon.
Mayon throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Mayon blocks a head kick by Hardy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Mayon keeps it at a distance.

Mayon clinches up with Hardy and pushes him back against the cage.
Mayon takes a shot to the head.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Mayon throws a push kick but Hardy slaps the foot to one side.
Mayon tries to clinch up but Hardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Mayon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bulkan Mayon is winning the standup battle so far.
Mayon scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy looks to throw the jab but Mayon is out of range.
Mayon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mayon scoring well with a low kick there.
Mayon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mayon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Mayon takes the fight into the clinch.
Mayon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Hardy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bulkan Mayon dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mayon misses with an attempted mid kick.

Mayon closes the distance and clinches.
Mayon trying to land knees to the body.

Mayon breaks the clinch.

Mayon moves into range and clinches up with Hardy.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Mayon.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Mayon pushes him off.

Mayon closes the distance and clinches.
Mayon has Hardy pressed against the cage, preventing Hardy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hardy looking to throw knees to the head but Mayon is blocking nicely.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Mayon blocks it.
Mayon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mayon looking to throw knees to the head but Hardy is blocking nicely.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Mayon avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mayon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Mayon circles away and keeps his distance.
Mayon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses
and Hardy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mayon throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hardy's head.
Mayon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
Mayon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hardy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mayon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hardy throws a right and a left that Mayon avoids nicely.
Hardy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mayon scores with a head kick.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mayon.
Mayon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mayon throws a sloppy head kick
and Hardy counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Mayon takes the fight into the clinch.

Hardy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mayon has managed to clinch.
Mayon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hand to the body from Hardy.
Mayon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hardy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mayon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mayon instigates a clinch.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike.
Hardy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mayon lands a damaging elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hardy.
Hardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.
Mayon is looking to clinch.
Hardy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mayon closes the distance and clinches.
Hardy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bulkan Mayon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mayon tries a knee to the head but Hardy blocks it.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Mayon tries a head kick but it misses.
Mayon throws a leg kick

and Hardy counters by moving into the clinch.
Mayon lands a knee to the body.
Mayon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardy's efforts to push away.
Hardy is looking to control Mayon's arms but Mayon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hardy has his back to the cage.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Mayon circles away and keeps his distance.

Mayon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hardy takes an elbow to the temple.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A good leg kick by Mayon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mayon.
A solid body kick from Mayon.

Mayon pushes Hardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Mayon blocks with his arms.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mayon feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.

Mayon takes the fight into the clinch.
Mayon takes a knee right on the jaw!

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mayon is looking to clinch but Hardy is avoiding it.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Mayon.
Hardy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayon circles away.
Mayon throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.

Hardy clinches up with Mayon and pushes him back against the cage.
Jake Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bulkan Mayon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mayon lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardy won't want to take too many of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bulkan Mayon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mayon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bulkan Mayon!