PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hardy
vs
Garcia

183 cm
25
175 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

ParalLAX
ParalLAX

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonard Garcia !
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy takes a swing at Garcia 's ribcage but misses.
Hardy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garcia checks it well.
Hardy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hardy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia .
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Hardy throws a low kick, looking for Garcia 's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
Hardy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardy lands with a shot to the body.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Garcia throws a jab when Hardy was well out of range.
Garcia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hardy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garcia to score with a decent uppercut.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardy misses with an uppercut
and Garcia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Garcia .
Hardy is looking to wear down Garcia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hardy misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Garcia .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a double jab
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Garcia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hardy in his tracks.
Garcia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garcia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garcia is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
No joy there for Garcia , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hardy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garcia misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Garcia thumps Hardy with a low kick.
Hardy cracks Garcia with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garcia lands with a nice combination. Hardy backs away looking to recover.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia .
Hardy is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia punishes Hardy's body with a nice straight punch.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Nice defenses there by Garcia .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice body punch from Garcia .
Garcia moves into range and connects with a jab.
Garcia scores with a nice body kick.
Garcia lands a jab to the nose.
Hardy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hardy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia .
Hardy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garcia tests Hardy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hardy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garcia finds it's way round the side to connect with Hardy's head.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hardy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia .
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia misses with a head kick.
Hardy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a good body shot.
Hardy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garcia with a jab.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Garcia scores with a punch to the head.
A cross from Garcia lands.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garcia throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Garcia connects with a body shot that sends Hardy's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Garcia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Garcia lands with a straight right. Hardy didn't see that one coming.
Hardy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Garcia thows a body shot but no joy.
Garcia throws a series of strikes that have Hardy backpedaling.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garcia works Hardy's body with a nice hook.
Garcia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hardy's hands.
Garcia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab, jab by Garcia - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks Hardy with an uppercut!
Hardy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia .
Garcia scores with a head kick.
A nice combination there by Garcia .
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia works the jab nicely.
Garcia is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hardy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Garcia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Garcia .
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hardy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia throws a jab when Hardy was well out of range.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garcia is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hardy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia .
Hardy ducks under a wild hook from Garcia .
Hardy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Garcia dominated that round.
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 takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia .
Garcia feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcia lands a really nice looking cross but Hardy seems unphased.
Hardy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Garcia .
Dan Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by Garcia .
Garcia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garcia moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia .
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hardy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garcia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Hardy.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Hardy misses.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hardy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Hardy moved out of range nicely.
Garcia lands a lovely overhand right.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Hardy fails to land with a series of punches.
Garcia scores with a nice head shot.
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardy doesn't seem bothered though.
Hardy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Garcia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hardy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garcia on the side of the head.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Garcia .
Garcia lands a jab to the nose.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hardy throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia .
Hardy misses with a wild combination.
Nice cross by Garcia .
Garcia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hardy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garcia lands a jab.
Leonard Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Garcia .
Hardy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia punishes Hardy's body with a nice straight punch.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia .
Garcia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Garcia scores with a head kick.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia lands a high kick!
Garcia is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hardy tries to move into range but Garcia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Garcia .
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hardy moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.
Hardy walks into a jab.
Garcia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hardy on the side of the head.
Hardy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hardy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garcia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hardy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garcia cracks Hardy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hardy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Garcia catches Hardy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garcia scores with a push kick.
Hardy throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Donk. Garcia catches Hardy right on the button with a cross.
Garcia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Garcia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia sizes up Hardy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garcia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
A punch lands to the side of Hardy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hardy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hardy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garcia lunges at Hardy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hardy's hand.
Garcia lands a front kick.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia misses the jab.
Hardy drops his hands momentarily and Garcia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garcia connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Hardy's head but Hardy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Garcia as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy drops his hands momentarily and Garcia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hardy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garcia throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garcia works the jab nicely.
Hardy misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garcia .
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hardy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Garcia .
Jab, jab by Hardy - just one landing.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks Hardy with an uppercut!
Garcia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garcia throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy throws a leg kick but Garcia sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Hardy misses its intended target.
Hardy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hardy looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hardy counters with a thumping low kick.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Hardy moves out of range.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Hardy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Garcia .
Garcia throws a series of punches but Hardy avoids them all with ease.
Garcia jabs Hardy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia checks the leg kick.
Garcia takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Garcia 's corner calls for a 1-2. Garcia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Hardy. Beautiful body shot.
Hardy scores with a shot to the body.
Hardy misses with a double jab.
Hardy swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Hardy scores with a decent looking hook.
Garcia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garcia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Garcia .
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Hardy misses with a left hand
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garcia looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardy.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
No joy there for Hardy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hardy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Well,Hardy is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garcia punishes Hardy's body with a nice straight punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia .
Garcia with a jab.
Garcia works Hardy's body with a nice hook.
Garcia feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Hardy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garcia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hardy's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Garcia with a jab.
Hardy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body. Hardy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia .
Garcia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Hardy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garcia finds it's way round the side to connect with Hardy's head.
Garcia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hardy doesn't seem phased though.
Garcia tests Hardy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
A head kick from Garcia lands but Hardy takes it in his stride.
Garcia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hardy counters with a series of strikes. Garcia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
Garcia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia .
Hardy misses with a left hand
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia lands a glancing blow to the side of Hardy's head.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garcia misses with the combination.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Dan Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hardy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
Hardy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Garcia lands with a cross.
Garcia scores with a punch to the head.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Hardy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonard Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garcia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Leonard Garcia !
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Leonard Garcia !
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Leonard Garcia !

Leonard Garcia wins by unanimous decision!