PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cole Ohmsford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cole Ohmsford acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hardy
vs
Ohmsford

185 cm
30
210 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

188 cm
23
192 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cole Ohmsford!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ohmsford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hardy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ohmsford at a distance.
Ohmsford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ohmsford tries for a takedown but Hardy circles away easily
and Hardy counters with a nice uppercut.
Ohmsford's coach down at Elite Burn was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ohmsford's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hardy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ohmsford closes the distance but Hardy moves to the side
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Ohmsford avoids them all with ease.
Hardy misses with a double jab.
Hardy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy scores with a sloppy right hand. Ohmsford should have avoided that one.
Hardy tries to bum rush Ohmsford with a series of wild strikes but Ohmsford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ohmsford misses with a takedown
and Hardy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy scores with a hook to the body. Ohmsford takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ohmsford shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.
Marcus Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cole Ohmsford.
Hardy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ohmsford at a distance.
Hardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hardy wants it to stay on the feet.
Hardy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hardy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ohmsford momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohmsford takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hardy lands a nice shot that snaps Ohmsford's head back.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ohmsford is defended easily by Hardy.
Ohmsford looks winded!
Hardy scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hardy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hardy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ohmsford on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hardy lands a lovely overhand right.
Ohmsford walks into a left hand.
Hardy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hardy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hardy misses with a series of wild punches.
Ohmsford fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Hardy.

Ohmsford is rocked!

It looks like Cole Ohmsford has been cut.
Marcus Hardy is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardy lands with a right that hurts Ohmsford. Ohmsford looks to clinch but Hardy throws a short knee that drops Ohmsford. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Marcus Hardy!