PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beach Bumm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chen Hardham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bumm
vs
Hardham

173 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Beach Bumm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chen Hardham!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardham scores with a nice right hand.
Bumm throws a sloppy body shot
and Hardham counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bumm misses with a hook. Hardham ducked under it nicely.
Hardham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hardham's coach down at Basics -LOD- was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hardham's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bumm looks to land a right hand but Hardham moved out of range.
Beach Bumm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardham swats away the attempt to clinch by Bumm.
Bumm fails to land the takedown.
Bumm throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bumm misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Hardham.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bumm definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hardham gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bumm misses with a shot to the body
and Hardham counters with a stiff right hand.
Bumm throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hardham's waist but Hardham gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bumm off to one side.
Bumm tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hardham sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bumm somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beach Bumm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot to the body from Bumm misses
and Hardham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hardham stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab from Bumm misses.
Hardham throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bumm makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bumm swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hardham connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bumm tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardham lands a head shot.

Bumm is rocked!
Bumm tries to clinch up
and Hardham counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chen Hardham!
Chen Hardham spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.