PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Little Hardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Licud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Hardon
vs
Licud

170 cm
22
167 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
168 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Little Hardon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Licud!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardon tries to score with a low kick but Licud moves his leg out of the way.
Licud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardon.
Licud takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hardon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hardon scores with a jab to the body.
Hardon is looking to clinch but Licud is avoiding it.
Licud throws a leg kick
and Hardon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hardon tries to clinch up but Licud circles away and keeps his distance.
Licud takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hardon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Licud shoots in and drives through. Hardon sprawls well.
Hardon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Licud blocks a head kick by Hardon.
Licud tried to score with a low kick but Hardon checks it.
Hardon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Licud throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardon moves out of range as Licud strikes.
Hardon lands a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardon throws a head kick but Licud moves out of range.
No luck for Licud with that takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Hardon.
Hardon looks to land a combination but Licud avoids it well.
Licud throws a sloppy head kick and Hardon moves out of range easily.
Hardon looks to land a body kick but Licud moved away.
Licud motions for Hardon to come forward. Licud throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hardon blocks a head kick by Licud.
Hardon lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hardon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Licud shoots in but no luck this time.
Little Hardon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Licud.
Licud ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardon moves away.
Licud shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hardon defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Hardon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hardon is looking to land body kicks.
Hardon misses with a body kick.
Hardon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That kick from Hardon tenderised Licud's leg. Licud is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardon misses with a low kick.
Licud misses with a body shot.
Little Hardon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Licud throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardon.
Hardon catches Licud with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Licud looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hardon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Licud swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardon staying out of range there.
Licud throws a head kick that misses.
Licud avoids the head kick by Hardon.
Hardon throws an overhand right that lands on Licud's shoulder, as Licud tries to avoid the shot.
Licud's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hardon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Licud scrambles back to his feet.
Hardon scores with a jab. Licud acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Licud takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Hardon blocks the leg kick.
Licud throws a head kick that misses.
Licud misses the shot to the body.
Hardon with a hook.
Hardon scores with a leg kick.
Hardon's corner calls for a 1-2. Hardon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hardon is looking to clinch.
Hardon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Licud circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardon lands a slapping body shot.
Licud just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardon throws out a leg kick but Licud moves out of range and Hardon only half commits.
Hardon throws a leg kick which misses Licud's front leg but catches the back leg as Licud tries to avoid it.
Licud dives in and grabs Hardon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hardon pushes down on Licud's head and hops out.
Hardon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Licud is trying desperately to land a takedown but Hardon is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Licud.
Hardon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Licud misses with a body shot
letting Hardon counter with a right hand.

Hardon clinches up against the cage.
Hardon stalls.
A knee to the head by Hardon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardon lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Little Hardon dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Licud misses with an uppercut. Hardon saw that one coming.

It looks like Alex Licud has been cut.
Licud fails with the takedown.

Hardon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Licud has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hardon after a bit of a struggle.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
Hardon lands a damaging elbow.
Hardon with a knee to the head.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
Hardon looking to throw knees to the head but Licud is blocking nicely.
Hardon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Hardon.
Hardon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Licud has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardon scores with a knee to the head.

Licud breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Licud tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardon was well out of range. Poor timing from Licud.
Hardon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Licud closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hardon quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Licud.
Hardon is controlling Licud's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Licud not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hardon is not content to let Licud control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Licud is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Licud not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Licud thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hardon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hardon regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Licud.
Licud throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hardon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Licud is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardon has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Licud tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardon is retaining full guard.
Licud makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Licud throws a big right hand that misses.
Licud is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardon has wrist control.
Licud not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Licud trying to control but Hardon is working from the bottom.
Licud is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardon has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Licud wants to control from the top but Hardon keeps moving.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alex Licud wasn't active enough on the ground.
Licud takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Licud misses with a head kick.
Licud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardon tries to land a leg kick but Licud saw it coming and moves away.
Hardon lands a leg kick that knocks Licud off balance momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Licud closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hardon circles away.
Little Hardon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Licud.
Hardon misses with a low kick as Licud jumps back.
Licud is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hardon rather than just go for the knockout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Licud showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Licud's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Hardon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Licud.
Hardon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Licud.
Hardon feints and then cracks Licud's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Licud down.
Licud throws a half hearted mid kick.
Licud moves out of range of the body kick from Hardon.
Licud misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Licud throws an off balance right hand
and Hardon counters with a body kick that stops Licud in his tracks momentarily.
Licud takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hardon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Little Hardon is winning the standup battle so far.
Licud on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Licud looking to score a takedown here. Hardon is defending well but Licud drives through and ends up in Hardon's guard.
Hardon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Licud pushing down on Hardon's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hardon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Licud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardon is refusing to be controlled, as Licud sits in half guard.
Licud thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Licud not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Licud not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Licud not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Licud sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hardon defending well though.
Hardon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Licud scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Licud missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Licud is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hardon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hardon tries to get out of the position.
Licud looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hardon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hardon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Licud content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Licud is trying to control the action in half guard but Hardon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Licud not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Licud controlling the action here.
Licud not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Licud is keen to just control but Hardon is a slippery customer.
Licud has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Alex Licud hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hardon throws a head kick that half lands.
Licud throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardon sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Licud misses with a hook.

Licud gets tackled into the cage by Hardon. Hardon maintains the clinch.
Licud wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardon has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Licud as Hardon tries to tie him up.
Licud takes an elbow to the temple.
Licud tries to circle away but Hardon has him pinned against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hardon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Licud's brow.
Hardon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Licud pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Licud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Licud comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Licud has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Licud!