PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Indiana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Reardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Indiana comes to the cage accompanied by Jay Z - 99 problems. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Indiana
vs
Reardon

189 cm
27
214 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

190 cm
26
210 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Indiana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Reardon!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Indiana takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Gary Indiana has been cut.
Indiana connects with a body shot.
Reardon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Indiana as he jumps to the side.
Reardon scores with a sloppy right hand. Indiana should have avoided that one.
Reardon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Indiana.
Reardon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Indiana as he avoids it easily.
Reardon throws the left hand but Indiana avoids the punch easily.
Indiana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reardon.
Reardon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Reardon checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice defenses there by Indiana.
Indiana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reardon.
Indiana slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Indiana. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Indiana.
Reardon walks into a jab.
Reardon misses with a few strikes there.
Indiana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reardon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Indiana displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reardon.
Gary Indiana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hank Reardon.
Reardon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Indiana counters with a nice kick to the body.
Indiana with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reardon misses with a looping right.
Indiana lands with a shot to the body.
Reardon misses with a takedown
and Indiana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reardon looks gassed!

Indiana feints and as Reardon raises his hands in defense, Indiana changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reardon working for a triangle but Indiana defends it easily.
Indiana passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Indiana thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Indiana grinds an elbow into Reardon's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Indiana wants to control but Reardon is keeping him busy.
Reardon can't do much from the bottom here.
Reardon tries to improve position but can't.

Indiana tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Indiana tries for a kimura but Reardon is defending well.
Reardon gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Reardon looking for submissions off his back.
Indiana throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Indiana thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reardon's head.
Indiana thows a huge punch but Reardon dodges it nicely.
Indiana thows a huge punch but Reardon dodges it nicely.
Reardon is trying to maintain the position but Indiana is very close to passing his half guard.
Reardon is trying to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reardon shoots and misses
and Indiana counters with a nice leg kick.
Reardon misses with a takedown
enabling Indiana to counter with a crisp jab.
Hank Reardon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Reardon gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Indiana to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Indiana works over Reardon with some ground and pound from guard.
Reardon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Indiana trying to control but Reardon is working from the bottom.
Indiana working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Indiana trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Indiana wants to control from the top but Reardon keeps moving.
Reardon throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Indiana trying to control the position from guard on top but Reardon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Reardon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reardon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reardon throws a jab when Indiana was well out of range.
Reardon misses with a looping right.
Reardon throws a jab but it's blocked by Indiana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Indiana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Indiana's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Indiana throws a combination. Reardon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Indiana misses with a wild body shot.
Indiana throws a push kick but Reardon slaps the foot to one side.
Reardon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Indiana counters with a shoot takedown. Reardon fights it but they end up in guard.
Indiana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Indiana postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Indiana throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reardon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Indiana wants to control from the top but Reardon keeps moving.
Indiana throwing strikes from guard but Reardon blocks nicely.
Indiana pushing down on Reardon's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Indiana is looking for a kimura but Reardon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Indiana to get the leverage.

Indiana is working for a kimura but Reardon is defending it quite comfortably.
Reardon trying to control but Indiana postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reardon tries to get to full guard but Indiana has control of the leg.
Reardon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Reardon has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Indiana can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Indiana stopping the sweep attempt from Reardon.
Indiana throws a big right hand that misses.
Indiana chips away with some ground and pound.
Indiana stopping the sweep attempt from Reardon.

Reardon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reardon is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Indiana wants to control from the top but Reardon keeps moving.
Reardon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick by Reardon misses
enabling Indiana to counter with a crisp jab.
Reardon throws the left hand but Indiana avoids the punch easily.
Reardon misses with a takedown attempt
and Indiana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Reardon 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.
Reardon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Indiana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Reardon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reardon there as he acknowledges the shot.

Indiana drives through with a takedown into guard.
Reardon can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Indiana controls the pace.
Indiana passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reardon is not content to let Indiana control the position.
Indiana looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reardon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Indiana is trying to control. Reardon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Indiana working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Indiana has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Reardon defend it? Indiana steps over the head and cranks it - Reardon is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Indiana!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gary Indiana!