PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mika Zibanejadass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Zibanejadass
vs
Hardwood

170 cm
34
138 lbs
17 - 18 - 0

169 cm
33
142 lbs
20 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Walhalla Clothing
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mika Zibanejadass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Willy Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardwood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zibanejadass on the side of the head.
Willy Hardwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Zibanejadass tenderised Hardwood's leg. Hardwood is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardwood keeps the fight on the outside.
Hardwood blocks a head kick by Zibanejadass.
Zibanejadass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardwood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardwood connects with a crisp jab.
Hardwood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zibanejadass with a nice cross.
Zibanejadass looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hardwood misses with a body shot
and Zibanejadass makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zibanejadass chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Hardwood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zibanejadass comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
Hardwood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hardwood as Zibanejadass tries to tie him up.
Hardwood lands a right hand.
Hardwood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've been informed that Hardwood has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hardwood takes an elbow to the temple.
Zibanejadass being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zibanejadass blocks a body shot from Hardwood.
Zibanejadass is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zibanejadass is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hardwood is keeping busy.
Maybe Zibanejadass would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Zibanejadass pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardwood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardwood blocks the elbow strike.
Hardwood takes a shot to the head.
Hardwood prevents a body shot from Zibanejadass.
Zibanejadass misses with the head strike.
Hardwood is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zibanejadass throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zibanejadass throws an elbow but misses.
Hardwood scores with a shoulder strike.
Hardwood stalling against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zibanejadass is keeping busy.
Zibanejadass struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardwood controls his hands.
Zibanejadass misses with an elbow over the top.
Zibanejadass is trying to stall.
Zibanejadass is trying to stall.
Hardwood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zibanejadass or not.
Hardwood throws a head punch that misses.
Zibanejadass misses with an elbow strike.

Hardwood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Willy Hardwood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardwood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Hardwood moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Zibanejadass.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zibanejadass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hardwood avoids the elbow strike from Zibanejadass, against the cage.
Zibanejadass misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Zibanejadass throws an elbow that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Hardwood.
Hardwood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zibanejadass throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hardwood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hardwood takes a shot to the head.
Hardwood dodges an elbow strike from Zibanejadass.
A head punch on the inside from Hardwood fails to land.
Hardwood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood lands with a light punch inside.
Zibanejadass softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardwood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zibanejadass misses with the head strike.
Hardwood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zibanejadass is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zibanejadass.
Hardwood blocks an elbow strike from Zibanejadass.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zibanejadass throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardwood misses with the head strike.
Zibanejadass lands an elbow that stopped Hardwood in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hardwood.
Hardwood blocks the elbow strike.
Zibanejadass blocks an uppercut.
Zibanejadass misses with an elbow strike.
Zibanejadass lands an elbow that stopped Hardwood in his tracks for a moment.
Hardwood leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hardwood wants to break free but Zibanejadass has control.
Hardwood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hardwood trying to stall but Zibanejadass improves his position.
Zibanejadass pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hardwood scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mika Zibanejadass will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zibanejadass tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardwood throws a leg kick that misses.
Zibanejadass looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Zibanejadass tried to score with a low kick but Hardwood checks it.
Hardwood tries a quick counter leg kick but Zibanejadass is wise to it.
Zibanejadass scores with a nice body kick.
Nice body punch from Hardwood.
Hardwood lands an overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardwood. Zibanejadass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardwood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zibanejadass throws a head kick but Hardwood moves out of range.
Hardwood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zibanejadass appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zibanejadass goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardwood tries to score with a low kick but Zibanejadass moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick lands from Zibanejadass.
Hardwood misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zibanejadass throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hardwood.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zibanejadass gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hardwood misses with a punch on the inside.
Zibanejadass pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zibanejadass takes a shot to the head.
Zibanejadass keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardwood's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hardwood.
Hardwood throws a punch but it's blocked by Zibanejadass.
Zibanejadass swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zibanejadass throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Zibanejadass to work.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zibanejadass throws an elbow but misses.
Zibanejadass stalling in the clinch.
Hardwood dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hardwood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zibanejadass blocks an uppercut.
Zibanejadass misses with a punch to the body.
Hardwood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zibanejadass fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zibanejadass misses with an elbow strike.
Zibanejadass throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardwood.

Hardwood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hardwood misses the jab.
A jab lands there for Hardwood.
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!
Hardwood cracks the inside of Zibanejadass's front leg.
Hardwood misses with a straight right.
Zibanejadass swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zibanejadass checks a low kick from Hardwood.
Hardwood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zibanejadass takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hardwood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zibanejadass cracks Hardwood with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zibanejadass misses with an uppercut. Hardwood saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood lands a nice shot that snaps Zibanejadass's head back.

Zibanejadass is rocked!
Hardwood feints and then cracks Zibanejadass's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zibanejadass down.
Oh Zibanejadass is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardwood finds Zibanejadass's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Zibanejadass flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Hardwood lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Zibanejadass will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Willy Hardwood!
Willy Hardwood managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry), into his post fight interview.