PBP Commentary

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

Faunus
vs
Hardham

185 cm
26
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mercurius Faunus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chen Hardham!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faunus with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Faunus.
Faunus misses with a leg kick.
Hardham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Faunus loads up on a big right hand but Hardham slips the punch.
Hardham moves out of range of the strikes.
Faunus lands with a good body shot.
Hardham moves away from the strike by Faunus.
Faunus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hardham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Faunus to score with a decent uppercut.
Hardham on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Faunus misses the target.
Faunus looks to land a combination but Hardham avoids it well.
Faunus jabs Hardham to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Faunus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faunus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hardham ducks under a wild hook from Faunus.
Faunus throws a jab when Hardham was well out of range.
Faunus throws a body punch but Hardham moves out of range.
Hardham looks to land a right hand but Faunus moved out of range.
Faunus throws a low kick but Hardham avoids it.
Faunus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Faunus looks to land a right hand but Hardham moved out of range.
Hardham's coach down at Island Top Team 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.
Faunus swings widly with a right hand
and Hardham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faunus is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Hardham misses with a straight left.
A big left from Faunus misses.
Hardham with a hook.
Hardham fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faunus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardham throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Faunus counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardham throws out a loose jab but Faunus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardham avoids the body shot from Faunus.
Faunus misses with a body kick.
That kick from Faunus tenderised Hardham's leg. Hardham is trying to keep his angry face on.
Faunus dodges the punch combination from Hardham.
Faunus just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faunus manages to avoid it.
Hardham throws a lazy uppercut
and Faunus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faunus connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faunus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hardham moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Faunus swings for the body but Hardham moves out of range.
Faunus connects with a jab.

Hardham is rocked!
Hardham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faunus.
Hardham is still on wobbly legs! Can Faunus finish him?
Faunus circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Hardham to the canvas! Hardham doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Faunus keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mercurius Faunus!
Mercurius Faunus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.