PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lamar Dominguez (ranked 24815 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Hardy (ranked 4682 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dominguez
vs
Hardy

154 cm
21
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

185 cm
25
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Lamar Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dominguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Hardy looks to move away, Dominguez throws a big counter combo but Hardy just gets out of the way.
Hardy lands a slapping body shot.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hardy as he jumps to the side.
Donk. Hardy catches Dominguez right on the button with a cross.
Dominguez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hardy lands an overhand right.
Hardy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dominguez darts in looking for a takedown but Hardy gets double underhooks and turns Dominguez into the cage.
Dominguez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hardy pinned against the cage. Hardy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lamar Dominguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hardy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hardy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Danga de danga de dang - Hardy scores with a four punch combination!
Hardy throws a one two combo.
Dominguez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hardy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jeff Hardy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardy lands a really nice looking cross but Dominguez seems unphased.
Hardy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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!
Hardy connects with a nice looking jab.
Jeff Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown but Hardy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hardy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hardy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hardy cracks Dominguez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hardy lands a glancing blow to the side of Dominguez's head.
Dominguez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hardy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dominguez's hands.
Hardy scores with a three punch combo!
Hardy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hardy scores with a sloppy right hand. Dominguez should have avoided that one.
Hardy throws a one two combo.
Dominguez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dominguez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hardy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dominguez thinking.
Hardy connects with a single shot there.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hardy as he jumps to the side.
Dominguez is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dominguez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dominguez throws a head kick that misses
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.
Hardy is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dominguez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dominguez tries a head kick but it misses.
Hardy connects with a nice looking jab.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hardy sprawls well. Hardy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dominguez gets slowly back to his feet.
Dominguez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hardy scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from Dominguez. Dominguez gets slowly back to his feet.
Hardy lands a jab to the head.
Dominguez drops his hands momentarily and Hardy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hardy as he avoids it easily.
Hardy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dominguez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hardy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hardy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dominguez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hardy scores with a nice head shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hardy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Hardy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lamar Dominguez'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 scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hardy throws a one two combo.
Hardy might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Dominguez.
A punch lands to the side of Dominguez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hardy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dominguez on the side of the head.
Dominguez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hardy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hardy throws a series of strikes that have Dominguez backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy cracks Dominguez with an open hand slap.
Decent striking displayed by Hardy there.
Dominguez misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Dominguez.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hardy throws out a powerful jab.
Hardy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hardy.
Hardy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardy throws a combination. Dominguez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hardy lands with a nice combination. Dominguez backs away looking to recover.
Dominguez shoots in but Hardy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hardy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from Dominguez. Dominguez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lamar Dominguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy looks to land a combination. Dominguez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hardy lands a two punch combo.
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!
Hardy lands a jab to Dominguez's midsection.
Dominguez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hardy's waist but Hardy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dominguez off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands with a cross.
Hardy connects with the punch.
Hardy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dominguez under the eye.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dominguez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Nice straight punches there by Hardy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hardy.
Hardy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Dominguez is rocked!
Hardy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oh Dominguez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardy punishes Dominguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Hardy scores with a nice right hand.
Hardy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dominguez in his tracks.
Hardy throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Dominguez crashing down! Dominguez tries to stagger back to his feet but Hardy just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Dominguez asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeff Hardy!