PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wesley Hardin (ranked 959 p4p, 1138 weight class) and Kurt Zweihander (ranked 110 p4p, 131 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardin
vs
Zweihander

200 cm
25
275
8 - 2 - 0

219 cm
25
265
12 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wesley Hardin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kurt Zweihander!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zweihander misses with a body shot.
Zweihander swings for the body but Hardin moves out of range.
Hardin throws a body punch but Zweihander moves out of range.
Zweihander looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hardin misses with a body shot
and Zweihander counters with a straight right hand.
Hardin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zweihander looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big right from Zweihander misses.
Hardin throwing a counter right hand but Zweihander manages to avoid it.
Hardin throws a sloppy body shot
and Zweihander counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardin misses with a shot to the body
letting Zweihander counter with a right hand.
Hardin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zweihander manages to avoid it.
Hardin blocks a head kick by Zweihander.
Hardin cracks Zweihander with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Kurt Zweihander has been cut.
Zweihander uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardin.
Hardin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zweihander counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circling - Hardin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zweihander slips under a jab from Hardin.
Hardin throws a body shot but no joy.
Zweihander throws out a counter right but Hardin avoids it with no problem.
Zweihander misses with a straight right.

Hardin lands a big right hand that sends Zweihander crashing to the mat! Hardin stays standing though and waves Zweihander back to his feet!

Zweihander is rocked!
Hardin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zweihander connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like John Wesley Hardin has been cut.
Zweihander has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hardin throws an off balance right hand

and Zweihander counters with a nice right hand that sends Hardin toppling to the canvas! Hardin scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zweihander finish him?!

Hardin is rocked!
We've been told by Hardin's head coaches at Outlaw MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BAM! Zweihander delivers a spinning backfist that drops Hardin like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Kurt Zweihander!
After winning the bout, Kurt Zweihander thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, John Wesley Hardin stepped up to the mic, saying 'This is a very disappointing loss for my camp. We'll bust our asses to improve and run this one back.'.