PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Heloise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badr Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heloise comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark . Dustin Heloise could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Badr Hardy's chin.

Heloise
vs
Hardy

196 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

197 cm
26
254 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Heloise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Badr Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hardy clinches with his opponent.

Hardy gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Hardy stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Heloise connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heloise is looking to clinch.
A jab from Hardy does it's job there.
Heloise misses with a hook to the body

and Hardy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Heloise doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardy circles away.
Hardy feints a jab promting Heloise to slip. Hardy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Heloise slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hardy misses with a body kick.
Heloise fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Hardy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hardy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Heloise throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Heloise throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heloise throws a leg kick but Hardy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Heloise.
Heloise throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hardy looks gassed!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Heloise.
Heloise walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hardy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
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!
Heloise doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardy circles away.
Hardy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hardy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Heloise. Heloise obviously looking to wear him down.
Heloise misses with a low kick.
Heloise tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hardy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heloise pushes Hardy away with a front kick.
Heloise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heloise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heloise tries to clinch up but Hardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Heloise lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Badr Hardy has been cut.
Heloise tries to clinch up but Hardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Heloise lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
Heloise throws a quick inside leg kick.
Heloise fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Heloise fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heloise throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Heloise moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
Heloise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heloise lands a front kick.
Heloise pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heloise lands a nice hook to Hardy's body. Hardy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Heloise lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heloise is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
Heloise tries to clinch up

and Hardy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hardy is looking to break free of the clinch but Heloise has double underhooks.
Heloise wants to break free but Hardy has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heloise.
Hardy tries to circle away but Heloise has him pinned against the cage.
Hardy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heloise has him pressed against the cage.
Heloise tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heloise.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Heloise.
A frustrated look appears on Heloise's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Heloise wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Heloise looking to throw knees to the head but Hardy is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to pull guard but Heloise won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heloise landing knees to the body.
Heloise tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy is looking to take this one to the mat.
Heloise with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heloise throws a knee to the head but misses.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Dustin Heloise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heloise lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hardy will feel that in the morning.
That kick from Heloise tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heloise connects with a leg kick. Hardy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heloise dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardy. That did some damage!
Heloise lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Heloise throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Heloise dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Badr Hardy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Heloise tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heloise misses with a head kick.
Heloise pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Heloise throws a leg kick but Hardy checks it.
Heloise throws a leg kick that misses.
Heloise wants to clinch.
Hardy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Hardy closes the distance and pushes Heloise back into the cage.
Heloise with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hardy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Heloise tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heloise looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Heloise is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
Heloise misses with a knee strike.
Hardy jumps guard but Heloise stands there with Hardy around his waist. Hardy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heloise tries to clinch up.
Heloise misses with a head kick.
Heloise tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Heloise connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hardy's hands.
Heloise looks to clinch

and Hardy moves into the clinch.
Hardy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Heloise walks away with a smile on his face. Hardy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Heloise tries to score with a low kick but Hardy moves his leg out of the way.
Heloise throws a nice head kick!
Heloise does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Heloise - that will leave a mark!
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heloise buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heloise.
Heloise misses with a low kick as Hardy jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heloise bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hardy's head backwards.
Heloise tries to clinch up but Hardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Heloise lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hardy will feel that in the morning.
Heloise tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heloise lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
Hardy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Heloise buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Heloise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Heloise, right into the meat.
Heloise connects with a leg kick. Hardy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Heloise bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Heloise can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Heloise there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heloise lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hardy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dustin Heloise is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Heloise. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Heloise throws a nice head kick!

That has opened up Badr Hardy's cut even more.
Heloise tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heloise lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice body kick there by Heloise.
Heloise is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heloise turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Heloise throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Heloise throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heloise fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Heloise misses with a head kick.
Heloise moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
Heloise with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Heloise tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
That kick from Heloise tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heloise connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hardy 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.
Heloise tries to clinch up.
Hardy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Heloise.
Heloise lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Heloise tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hardy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Heloise tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heloise lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heloise connects with an inside leg kick.
Heloise lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hardy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Heloise dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Badr Hardy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Heloise is looking to clinch.
A good leg kick by Heloise.
Badr Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heloise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Heloise throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Heloise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hardy throws the left hand but Heloise avoids the punch easily.
Hardy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Heloise.
Heloise moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heloise tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heloise swings for the body but Hardy moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Heloise.
Heloise lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Heloise misses its intended target.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hardy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a double jab.
Heloise tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heloise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A good leg kick by Heloise.
Hardy blocks a low kick nicely.
Heloise with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heloise.
Heloise attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hardy blocks a low kick nicely.
Heloise goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hardy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hardy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heloise tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Hardy as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heloise fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Heloise.
Heloise lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from Heloise.
Heloise fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heloise thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hardy if he has to take too many more of those.
Heloise feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Heloise.
Good leg kick by Heloise there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heloise looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heloise.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Heloise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heloise fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Heloise throws a quick inside leg kick.
Heloise throws a head kick that misses.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heloise tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heloise moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heloise lands with a thumping leg kick.
Heloise misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Heloise.
Heloise tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.
Hardy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Heloise bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Heloise throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Heloise wants to clinch.
Heloise throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Heloise lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Heloise with a hook.
Heloise lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Heloise buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heloise attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Heloise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Badr Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heloise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Heloise showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Heloise, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Heloise!
A victorious Dustin Heloise thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.