PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Willie Nelson - Whiskey River as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hardy
vs
Williams

164 cm
23
144 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

174 cm
24
143 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

ANABOLIC **160** LAUNDRY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maxwell Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Hardy throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Williams tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Hardy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardy.
Hardy with a jab.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Hardy slips a straight right by Williams.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Williams tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Williams scores with a jab to the jaw.
No joy there for Hardy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Hardy tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Williams throws a body punch but Hardy moves out of range.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Hardy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Hardy looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Hardy misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Hardy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hardy.
Hardy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Hardy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams swings for the body but Hardy moves out of range.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hardy throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
Hardy wants to land a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Williams slips under a jab from Hardy.
Williams takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams checks the leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Hardy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Hardy throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Williams takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Williams misses with a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hardy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A good leg kick by Hardy.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Williams is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hardy rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Williams.
That kick from Williams tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hardy.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Hardy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams lands an overhand right.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling him.
Hardy struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy dodges an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams is looking to control Hardy's arms but Hardy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Williams has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Williams up against the cage.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Hardy breaks from the clinch.
Hardy staying out of range there.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Hardy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Hardy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Hardy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hardy throws a leg kick but Williams sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Williams scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Evan Williams will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hardy moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Williams feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Williams scores with a body shot.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Hardy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Hardy misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Hardy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Hardy throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hardy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Williams blocks the body kick.
A low kick from Hardy misses
and Williams makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Williams staying out of range there.
Williams blocks a leg kick.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy lands with a right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
Evan Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Williams. That one must have hurt.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Williams.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams swings for the body but Hardy moves out of range.
A jab from Hardy misses.
Hardy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams blocks a leg kick.
Williams keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hardy throws a front kick aimed at Williams's knee but Williams avoids it well.
Williams 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 checks a leg kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Hardy.
A head kick misses from Hardy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Hardy throws the kick towards the body but Williams avoids it.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Williams has time to react.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Williams is looking to chop away at Hardy's legs.
Williams connects with the punch.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hardy throws out the jab.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.
Hardy ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Good leg kick by Hardy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hardy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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.
Good work by Williams as he checks the leg kick.
Williams slips a straight right by Hardy.
Hardy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Hardy tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Hardy checks a leg kick.
Hardy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Williams checks it well.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Hardy back into the cage.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Hardy.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Hardy avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hardy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Williams lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Hardy's knee but Hardy avoids it well.
Williams looks for the body kick but Hardy saw that one coming.
Williams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hardy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hardy misses with a leg kick
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy slips under a jab from Williams.
Williams lands a nice looking body kick.
Hardy checks a low kick from Williams.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hardy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
Hardy misses with a leg kick.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Williams misses.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
Williams thuds his right hand into Hardy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardy throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Hardy back into the cage.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardys head.
Hardy is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams looking to stall.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Hardy blocks it.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
A short right from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams has Hardy pushed against the cage.
Hardy avoiding damage.
Williams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Williams throws an elbow but misses.
Evan Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Williams breaks the clinch.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hardy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hardy tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Maxwell Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Williams.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Hardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams checks a leg kick.
Hardy throws a low kick, looking for Williams's leg but Williams calmly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Hardy.
Hardy cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Hardy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Williams looks for the body kick but Hardy saw that one coming.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.

Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardy lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hardy or not.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Evan Williams.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evan Williams!
An out of breath and clearly excited Evan Williams thanked ANABOLIC **160** LAUNDRY for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).