PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jens Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Fardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pedersen comes to the cage accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Fardy has chosen Smack My Bitch Up as his entrance music. Josh Fardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pedersen
vs
Fardy

188 cm
28
195 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

182 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jens Pedersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Fardy!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fardy misses with a wild combination.
Pedersen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fardy drops his hands momentarily and Pedersen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pedersen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pedersen tries to clinch but Fardy moves away

and Fardy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Fardy - that landed with a thud.
Fardy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fardy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fardy blocks an elbow strike from Pedersen.
Pedersen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fardy blocks an uppercut.
Fardy lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pedersen as Fardy tries to tie him up.
Fardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pedersen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fardy backwards.
Pedersen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fardy blocks an elbow strike.
Pedersen lands an elbow inside that Fardy shrugs off.

It looks like Josh Fardy has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fardy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fardy avoids the elbow strike from Pedersen, against the cage.
Pedersen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Pedersen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fardy is trying to break the clinch but Pedersen has him pressed against the cage.
Fardy lands with a short shot to the head.
Pedersen throws a punch but it's blocked by Fardy.
Pedersen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pedersen blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedersen.
Pedersen blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fardy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fardy can't find room to land a body shot as Pedersen controls the action.
Pedersen managing to block the knees to the body from Fardy.
Pedersen pushes Fardy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pedersen lands a shot to the body.
Pedersen blocks an uppercut.
Fardy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pedersen is leaning against Fardy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pedersen blocks a body shot from Fardy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Pedersen.
Pedersen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fardy lands with a left to the head.
Pedersen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fardy's defenses.

That has opened up Josh Fardy's cut even more.
Fardy lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Pedersen.
Fardy dodges an elbow strike from Pedersen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedersen.
Fardy working aggressively here.
Pedersen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fardy.
Pedersen pushes Fardy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pedersen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fardys head.

The cut above Josh Fardy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fardy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pedersen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fardy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pedersen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pedersen misses with a punch to the body.
Fardy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pedersen misses with some punches.
Fardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pedersen's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen swings wildly with an uppercut but Fardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pedersen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pedersen's elbow.
Pedersen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fardy backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Pedersen.
Fardy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pedersen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pedersen throws an elbow but it misses.
Pedersen lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Fardy is rocked!

Josh Fardy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Pedersen lands a hook that snaps the head of Fardy backwards.
Fardy is still on wobbly legs! Can Pedersen finish him?
Fardy can't find room to land a body shot as Pedersen controls the action.
Pedersen dips a shoulder and cracks Fardy with a mighty uppercut! Fardy falls back against the cage and Pedersen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Fardy is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Pedersen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jens Pedersen!
Jens Pedersen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.