PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Gunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Hardy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hardy
vs
Gunter

183 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
21
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johan Gunter!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy looks for a takedown but Gunter sprawls well.
Hardy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gunter throws a combination. Hardy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gunter throws a series of strikes that have Hardy backpedaling.
Gunter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gunter scores with a one two! Hardy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hardy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunter looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Gunter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt.
Gunter lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunter lands with a shot to the body.
Gunter connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hardy's hands.
Gunter throws a shot to the body.
Gunter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gunter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hardy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gunter's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gunter duly obliges.
Gunter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hardy on the side of the head.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunter looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardy shoots in looking for a takedown but Gunter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hardy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gunter lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gunter misses with a series of wild punches.
Gunter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gunter thuds a left hand into Hardy's body.
Gunter pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hardy back to the cage. Gunter follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunter cracks Hardy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gunter lands a head shot.
Johan Gunter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gunter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gunter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gunter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hardy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gunter.
Gunter shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hardy eats them both and turns towards Gunter to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gunter lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gunter.
Gunter swinging wildly here.
Gunter misses with a two punch combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hardy. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hardy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gunter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gunter jabs at Hardy's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Johan Gunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunter swinging wildly here.
Gunter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Gunter dominated that round.
That's time! Hardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hardy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gunter connects with a body shot that sends Hardy's belly button to the back.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gunter.
Nice takedown defense from Gunter. No joy for Hardy on that attempt.
Adam Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gunter stuns Hardy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gunter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A nice combination there by Gunter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Gunter.
Gunter misses with a wild combination.
Hardy could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gunter catches Hardy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gunter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gunter pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hardy back to the cage. Gunter follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gunter misses with a two punch combination.
Gunter digs a good body shot into Hardy's ribs.
A left and a right from Gunter both land. Nice combination.
Johan Gunter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunter throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunter looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gunter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gunter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gunter, as that shot connected.
Hardy thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab by Gunter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunter lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunter misses with a few strikes there.
Gunter looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Gunter is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hardy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gunter.
Gunter connects with a crisp jab.
Gunter lands a glancing blow to the side of Hardy's head.
Gunter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gunter with a jab.
Gunter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gunter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gunter shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hardy eats them both and turns towards Gunter to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gunter throws out a powerful jab.
Gunter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hardy.
Gunter misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hardy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gunter swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Gunter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gunter scores with a punch to the head.
Gunter swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Gunter. Those never looked like landing.
Gunter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hardy. Hardy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gunter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hardy.
Gunter jabs at Hardy's body.
A jab lands there for Gunter.
Gunter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
No luck for Hardy with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunter scores with a sloppy right hand. Hardy should have avoided that one.
Hardy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gunter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gunter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Hardy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gunter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gunter scores with a three punch combo!
A right-left combo lands from Gunter.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hardy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gunter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hardy backs up against the cage.
Gunter throws a series of punches but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy tries for a takedown but Gunter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gunter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gunter looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Gunter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Gunter.
Gunter connects with a jab.
Hardy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunter lands an overhand right.
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gunter.
Gunter lands a jab-cross combination.
Gunter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hardy.
Gunter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Gunter.
A combination from Gunter does no damage.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Gunter.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Horrible takedown by Hardy or perhaps it was just good defense by Gunter which made him look bad.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown but Gunter shows good takedown defense.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johan Gunter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gunter 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 Dean Styles scores the fight for Johan Gunter!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Johan Gunter!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Johan Gunter!

Johan Gunter wins by unanimous decision!