PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aziz Shavershian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shavershian has chosen John O'callaghan - Zyzz Version V2, - Find Yourself feat. Sarah Howells (Re as his entrance music. Andre Hardy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hardy
vs
Shavershian

189 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aziz Shavershian!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shavershian clobbers Hardy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shavershian scores with a body shot.

Hardy gets tackled into the cage by Shavershian. Shavershian maintains the clinch.
Hardy tries to pull guard but Shavershian holds him up against the cage and eventually Hardy drops back down to his feet.
Shavershian lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Shavershian.
Shavershian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Nice body punch from Shavershian - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shavershian missing with knees to the body.
Hardy tries to pull guard but Shavershian won't allow it.
Shavershian lands an elbow just above Hardy 's eye.
Shavershian lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shavershian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shavershian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shavershian.
Shavershian lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
Shavershian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hardy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Shavershian to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shavershian lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
Shavershian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Hardy takes a shot to the head.
Shavershian controlling the action here for a moment.
Shavershian stops a takedown attempt from Hardy.
Hardy tries to pull guard but Shavershian forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Shavershian pushes Hardy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Shavershian.
Shavershian cracks Hardy with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shavershian lands a damaging elbow.
Shavershian lands with a right to the head.
Shavershian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shavershian lands an elbow inside.
Shavershian lands an elbow inside that Hardy shrugs off.
Shavershian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shavershian lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardy won't want to take too many of those.
Shavershian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shavershian lands a damaging elbow.
Shavershian lands an elbow inside that Hardy shrugs off.
Hardy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shavershian fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Aziz Shavershian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy is breathing heavily.

Hardy gets tackled into the cage by Shavershian. Shavershian maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shavershian is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short uppercut from Shavershian.
Shavershian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shavershian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Shavershian stalling.
Hardy has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Shavershian after a bit of a struggle.
Hardy tries to pull guard but Shavershian holds him up against the cage and eventually Hardy drops back down to his feet.
Nice elbow from Shavershian.
Shavershian works on Hardy's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shavershian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Shavershian on the inside.
Shavershian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shavershian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shavershian landing knees to the body.
Shavershian lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
Shavershian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shavershian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Shavershian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardy takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Shavershian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Shavershian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Shavershian does it's job there.

Shavershian forces Hardy back against the cage and clinches.
Shavershian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardy takes an elbow to the temple.

Hardy is rocked!
Shavershian creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Hardy! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Shavershian.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aziz Shavershian!
Post fight, Aziz Shavershian stared into the camera and said 'U mirin brah? I kno u mire! FUUUAAAARRRK!'.