PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Hardin (ranked 4967 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yewis Mybitch (ranked 2658 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hardin
vs
Mybitch

187 cm
19
189 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Hardin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yewis Mybitch!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mybitch has closed the distance and engaged Hardin in a clinch.
Mybitch throws an elbow but it misses.
Hardin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardin takes a shot to the head.
Hardin blocks the elbow strike.
Mybitch lands an elbow inside.

It looks like John Hardin has been cut.
Mybitch is working Hardin over against the cage.
Hardin is looking to control Mybitch's arms but Mybitch gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hardin has his back to the cage.
Mybitch lands a body shot.
Hardin takes an elbow to the temple.
Mybitch misses with a knee strike.
Mybitch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hardin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardin takes a shot to the head.
Hardin tries to break free but Mybitch pushes him back against the cage.
Hardin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mybitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardin is trying to break the clinch but Mybitch is controlling him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mybitch prevents Hardin from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mybitch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardin's defenses.
Mybitch lands a shot to the body.
Hardin is breathing heavily.
Mybitch cracks Hardin with a nice body shot.
Hardin tries to circle away but Mybitch has him pinned against the cage.
Hardin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mybitch throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mybitch lands an uppercut.
Mybitch has Hardin pushed against the cage.
Hardin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow.
Mybitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mybitch lands an elbow that stopped Hardin in his tracks for a moment.
Mybitch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardin's defenses.
Mybitch lands an elbow that stopped Hardin in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mybitch.
Mybitch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mybitch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardin backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hardin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardin tries to circle away but Mybitch has him pinned against the cage.
Mybitch lands with a left to the head.
Hardin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mybitch pushes Hardin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hardin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mybitch prevents Hardin from breaking the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mybitch scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hardin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A shot in the inside from Mybitch.
Hardin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mybitch avoids it.
Hardin is trying to break the clinch but Mybitch has him pressed against the cage.
Hardin trying to control the position but instead, Mybitch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardin into the cage.
Hardin is looking to break free of the clinch but Mybitch has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardin is trying to break the clinch but Mybitch has him pressed against the cage.
Mybitch pushes Hardin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mybitch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow.
Hardin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mybitch is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mybitch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mybitch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardins head.
A right hand to the body from Mybitch.
Mybitch scores with a shoulder strike.
Mybitch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hardin or not.
Hardin tries to throw a body punch but Mybitch avoids it by throwing Hardin back against the cage.
Mybitch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardin's defenses.
Hardin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mybitch pushes Hardin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mybitch - that landed with a thud.
Mybitch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mybitch lands an elbow inside that Hardin shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mybitch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mybitch presses Hardin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice elbow from Mybitch.
Nice elbow from Mybitch.
Mybitch lands a damaging elbow.
Hardin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mybitch keeps control of Hardin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mybitch lands an elbow that stopped Hardin in his tracks for a moment.
Mybitch lands an elbow inside that Hardin shrugs off.
Hardin working aggressively here.
Hardin has had enough of the clinch but Mybitch keeps him there for the moment.
Hardin is trying to force a seperation but Mybitch has the dominant position.
Hardin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mybitch lands a damaging elbow.
Mybitch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yewis Mybitch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Hardin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hardin cracks Mybitch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Mybitch closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mybitch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
John Hardin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mybitch has Hardin pressed against the cage, preventing Hardin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mybitch is struggling to control the position.
Hardin tries to break free but Mybitch pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mybitch as Hardin tries to tie him up.
Mybitch throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mybitch lands an elbow just above Hardin 's eye.
Hardin misses with some punches.
Hardin is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mybitch keeps control of Hardin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mybitch lands a damaging elbow.
Mybitch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardin's efforts to push away.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mybitch gets through Hardin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mybitch avoiding damage as Hardin throws knees to the body.
Mybitch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardin misses with the head strike.
Mybitch stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hardin stalling in the clinch but Mybitch improves position.
Mybitch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mybitch in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Mybitch is working Hardin over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mybitch is defending well for now.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow.
Hardin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hardin is trying to force a seperation but Mybitch has the dominant position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mybitch.
Stalling in the clinch from Mybitch.
Nice body punch from Mybitch - that landed with a thud.
Hardin tries to circle away but Mybitch has him pinned against the cage.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardin has a couple of punches blocked by Mybitch.
Mybitch lands an elbow just above Hardin 's eye.
Hardin is looking to break free of the clinch but Mybitch has double underhooks.
Mybitch stalls.
Mybitch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mybitch.
Mybitch lands an elbow inside.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow.
Hardin stalling in the clinch but Mybitch improves position.
Mybitch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardin throws a head punch that misses.
Yewis Mybitch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mybitch lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Mybitch.
A frustrated look appears on Hardin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hardin tries to break the clinch but Mybitch is controlling the position.
Mybitch stalling.
Mybitch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mybitch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Mybitch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Mybitch.
Hardin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mybitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardin takes an elbow to the forehead.

Hardin is rocked!

John Hardin's cut is getting worse.
Mybitch prevents a body shot from Hardin.
Oh Hardin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mybitch lands a right hand.
Mybitch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardin is trying to break the clinch but Mybitch has him pressed against the cage.
Mybitch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardin's defenses.
Hardin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mybitch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mybitch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Mybitch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mybitch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mybitch creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Hardin! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Mybitch.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yewis Mybitch!
After winning the bout, Yewis Mybitch thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.