PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Logan Punish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan Punish looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Punish
vs
Hardy

181 cm
23
161 lbs
2 - 9 - 1

177 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Logan Punish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Punish gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Punish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Punish is looking to control Hardy's arms but Hardy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Punish has his back to the cage.

Hardy is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Punish can't fight it off and eventually Hardy manages to take the fight to the floor. Punish looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Punish keeps moving.
Hardy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Punish is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy throws a big right hand that misses.
Hardy is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hardy is looking to work some ground and pound but Punish has wrist control.
Punish is breathing heavily.
Hardy scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punish wants to sweep but no luck.
Hardy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hardy trying to control but Punish is working from the bottom.
Hardy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hardy is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Punish keeps moving.
Hardy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hardy throwing strikes but missing.
Hardy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hardy throwing strikes but missing.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Punish keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hardy chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Punish keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Punish looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hardy is one step ahead there.
Hardy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Punish. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Punish keeps moving.
Hardy is working Punish over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hardy working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy cracks Punish with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hardy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hardy is stalling in the full guard.
Hardy chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hardy postures up and lands a big shot to Punish's brow.
Hardy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Punish looking to control.
Hardy trying to control but Punish is working from the bottom.
Hardy landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hardy works over Punish with some ground and pound from guard.
Punish looking for a sweep. Not yet Punish, not yet.
Hardy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hardy landing some decent shots from guard.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Punish keeps moving.
Hardy working some strikes from top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Punish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardy working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hardy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Punish's half guard.
Punish is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hardy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hardy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hardy drops an elbow to the side of Punish's head.
Hardy slips a nice elbow through Punish's hands, connecting with Punish's forehead.
Hardy working the head and body with strikes.

Punish is rocked!
Hardy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hardy wants to take a breather but Punish is having none of it.
Hardy working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardy slips a nice elbow through Punish's hands, connecting with Punish's forehead.
Hardy lands strikes from half guard.
Hardy is pressing down on Punish's thigh, looking to free his foot. Punish is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy winds up and cracks Punish with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hardy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hardy working the head and body with strikes.
Hardy slows the pace down in half guard.
Ground and pound from Hardy.
Hardy 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.
Hardy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hardy is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Punish!

Hardy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hardy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Punish hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy raining down shots from the mount!
Punish takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Hardy's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Hardy!