PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Axe MeatsFlesh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MeatsFlesh comes to the cage accompanied by Fatal. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

MeatsFlesh
vs
Hardy

182 cm
24
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Axe MeatsFlesh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dick Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MeatsFlesh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hardy swings for the body but MeatsFlesh moves out of range.
Hardy tries to clinch up but MeatsFlesh circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
MeatsFlesh lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Dick Hardy has been cut.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
MeatsFlesh definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hardy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. MeatsFlesh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
MeatsFlesh throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
MeatsFlesh avoids the body shot from Hardy.
MeatsFlesh throws a jab when Hardy was well out of range.
MeatsFlesh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
MeatsFlesh throwing a counter right hand but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Hardy throws a shot from downtown. MeatsFlesh moves away and avoids it.
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but MeatsFlesh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
MeatsFlesh catches Hardy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MeatsFlesh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by MeatsFlesh there.
MeatsFlesh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
MeatsFlesh throws a shot from downtown. Hardy moves away and avoids it.
Hardy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MeatsFlesh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - MeatsFlesh circles away.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
MeatsFlesh was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
MeatsFlesh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MeatsFlesh misses with a straight left.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
MeatsFlesh throws a hook but Hardy blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from MeatsFlesh. Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little feinted left hand from MeatsFlesh on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
MeatsFlesh looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Hardy moves to clinch but MeatsFlesh breaks away
and MeatsFlesh counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hardy thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MeatsFlesh misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
No joy there for MeatsFlesh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
MeatsFlesh looks to land a left hand but Hardy moved out of range nicely.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
MeatsFlesh throws a looping overhand right but Hardy ducks down to avoid it.
Hardy tries to counter with a clinch but MeatsFlesh shakes him off and moves away.
Nice uppercut there from MeatsFlesh.
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy tries to clinch but MeatsFlesh is having none of it.
MeatsFlesh misses with a hook.
Hardy misses with a shot to the body
enabling MeatsFlesh to counter with a crisp jab.
MeatsFlesh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MeatsFlesh was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from MeatsFlesh misses.
Hardy tries to clinch but MeatsFlesh is having none of it.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but MeatsFlesh is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MeatsFlesh missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy wants to clinch up but MeatsFlesh keeps it at a distance.
MeatsFlesh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
MeatsFlesh is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big right from MeatsFlesh misses.
Hardy moves out of range as MeatsFlesh strikes.
Hardy wants to clinch up but MeatsFlesh keeps it at a distance.
MeatsFlesh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy darts in trying to clinch
and MeatsFlesh counters with a nice uppercut.
Dick Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
MeatsFlesh misses with an uppercut.
MeatsFlesh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MeatsFlesh moves away from the strike by Hardy.
MeatsFlesh keeps the fight on the outside.

Hardy has managed to clinch.
MeatsFlesh struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hardy prevents a body shot from MeatsFlesh.
MeatsFlesh managing to block the knees to the body from Hardy.
MeatsFlesh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardy controlling the action here for a moment.
MeatsFlesh is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
MeatsFlesh tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardy misses with a knee strike.
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section. MeatsFlesh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
MeatsFlesh misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axe MeatsFlesh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Hardy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hardy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hardy takes a swing at MeatsFlesh's ribcage but misses.
Hardy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down MeatsFlesh rather than just go for the knockout.
MeatsFlesh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.
Hardy wants to counter with a clinch but MeatsFlesh pushes him away.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
MeatsFlesh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MeatsFlesh throws a shot to the body.
Dick Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardy moves out of range as MeatsFlesh strikes.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
MeatsFlesh throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy takes a swing at MeatsFlesh's ribcage but misses.
MeatsFlesh swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
MeatsFlesh misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MeatsFlesh fails to land with a series of punches.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from MeatsFlesh.
Hardy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from MeatsFlesh.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but MeatsFlesh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardy takes a swing at MeatsFlesh's ribcage but misses.
MeatsFlesh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MeatsFlesh.
Hardy misses with a double jab
and Hardy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
MeatsFlesh throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
Hardy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy is looking to clinch but MeatsFlesh is avoiding it.
MeatsFlesh is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
MeatsFlesh throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
MeatsFlesh ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Axe MeatsFlesh is winning the standup battle so far.
MeatsFlesh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
MeatsFlesh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
MeatsFlesh ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
MeatsFlesh misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
Hardy tries to bum rush MeatsFlesh with a series of wild strikes but MeatsFlesh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from MeatsFlesh does it's job there.
MeatsFlesh clobbers Hardy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but MeatsFlesh is just out of range.
Hardy swings for the body but MeatsFlesh moves out of range.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but MeatsFlesh manages to avoid it.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
MeatsFlesh avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Hardy swings for the body but MeatsFlesh moves out of range.
MeatsFlesh missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
MeatsFlesh getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hardy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Hardy is rocked!
MeatsFlesh connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Hardy covering up! MeatsFlesh comes in with a big uppercut and Hardy goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Axe MeatsFlesh!
Axe MeatsFlesh decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.