PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Plouman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hardy
vs
Plouman

195 cm
18
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

GREEN!160

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Plouman!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Plouman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hardy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hardy misses with a hook.
Hardy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hardy walks into a jab.
Plouman slips under a jab from Hardy.
Hardy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Plouman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardy.
Plouman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Plouman thuds a left hand into Hardy's body.
Plouman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hardy on the side of the head.
Hardy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Plouman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hardy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Plouman lands a jab to Hardy's midsection.
Plouman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Plouman looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Plouman digs a good hook to Hardy's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plouman misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Hardy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Plouman takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Hardy throws out a loose jab but Plouman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy throws out a loose jab but Plouman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plouman misses the shot to the body.
Plouman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Plouman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hardy has time to react.
Plouman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy throws a jab when Plouman was well out of range.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plouman.
Hardy walks into a stiff left hand from Plouman.
Plouman lands a jab to Hardy's midsection.
Hardy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Plouman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plouman.
Plouman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hardy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Plouman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Plouman throws a good cross that connects.
Plouman misses with a body shot.
Plouman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hardy's head backwards.
Hardy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Plouman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hardy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Plouman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hardy counters with a nice uppercut.
Plouman throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.
Plouman throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Plouman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardy misses with a left hand
and Plouman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Plouman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Plouman with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plouman cracks Hardy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Hardy is rocked!
Plouman drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hardy right on the button. Hardy goes down! Plouman follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Plouman gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Plouman!