PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardly comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem- Not Afraid. Filipovic has chosen Crepitating Bowel Erosion, Carcass as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hardly
vs
Filipovic

180 cm
28
182 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

178 cm
31
180 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

[JMFC] 160!

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardly misses with a body shot.

Filipovic moves into range and clinches up with Hardly.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hardly tries for a takedown. No joy.
Filipovic lands a right hand.
Filipovic looking to throw knees to the head but Hardly is blocking nicely.
Hardly gets through Filipovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hardly dodges an elbow strike from Filipovic.
Filipovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardly trying to land knees to the body.
Hardly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filipovic blocks a body shot from Hardly.
Filipovic prevents a body shot from Hardly.
Filipovic is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hardly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardly looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hardly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Filipovic backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic has a couple of punches blocked by Hardly.
Filipovic blocking some punches.
Hardly blocks a body shot from Filipovic.
Hardly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hardly misses with a punch to the body.
Hardly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Filipovic is working Hardly over against the cage.
Filipovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardly misses with a body punch.
Hardly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filipovic is leaning against Hardly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Filipovic can't find room to land a body shot as Hardly controls the action.
Hardly tries a body shot but Filipovic blocks it.
Hardly trying to land knees to the body.
Hardly is working Filipovic over against the cage.
Filipovic misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardly has a couple of punches blocked by Filipovic.
Filipovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardly working aggressively here.
Hardly can't break the clinch.
Filipovic scores with a hook to the body.
Filipovic scores with a hook to the body.
Filipovic misses with a body punch.
Filipovic tries a body shot but Hardly blocks it.
Hardly trying to stall but Filipovic improves his position.
Filipovic tries a body shot but Hardly blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Filipovic.
Hardly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Filipovic.
Hardly avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardly avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filipovic.
Filipovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Hardly gets an underhook and turns Filipovic into the cage.
Hardly lands with a right to the head.
Filipovic lands with a right to the head.
Filipovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Hardly.
Filipovic blocking some punches.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardly is defending well for now.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Hardly's ribcage.
Hardly is breathing heavily.
Filipovic avoiding damage as Hardly throws knees to the body.
Filipovic scores with a shot to the side of Hardly's head.
Filipovic can't find room to land a body shot as Hardly controls the action.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hardly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Filipovic misses with some punches.
Filipovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filipovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardly controls his hands.
Hardly prevents a body shot from Filipovic.
Hardly scores with a shot to the side of Filipovic's head.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Hardly gets an underhook and turns Filipovic into the cage.
Hardly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Filipovic lands a shot to the body.
Filipovic leaning against his opponent.
Filipovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Filipovic - that landed with a thud.
Filipovic blocks a body shot from Hardly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirill Filipovic dominated that round.
That's time! Hardly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hardly circles away from the clinch attempt.

Filipovic scores with a takedown into Hardly's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Filipovic throwing strikes from guard but Hardly blocks nicely.
Filipovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hardly's head.

Filipovic stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Hardly throws up his legs and catches Filipovic in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Filipovic tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Hardly! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Dan Hardly!
A relieved looking Dan Hardly thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.