PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pat Magdaleno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrick Hardison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardison has chosen Get Low as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Magdaleno
vs
Hardison

172 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
28
131 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pat Magdaleno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kendrick Hardison!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magdaleno shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hardison as he jumps to the side.
Hardison moves in looking to clinch but Magdaleno pushes him off.
Magdaleno takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hardison shoots in for a takedown but Magdaleno shows good takedown defense.

Magdaleno scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Magdaleno is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hardison has escaped the position, nice work there.

Magdaleno tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Magdaleno in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Magdaleno decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hardison to his feet.
Pat Magdaleno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magdaleno shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hardison defends it nicely.

Magdaleno scores with a takedown into Hardison's guard.
Hardison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Magdaleno. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magdaleno postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hardison is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Magdaleno, into his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Magdaleno has his feet on Hardison's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Hardison fails with a takedown attempt.

Magdaleno closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hardison did well to prevent Magdaleno getting side control.
Magdaleno lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hardison is looking to control Magdaleno's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hardison avoid being mounted?

Magdaleno seems to be looking for submissions.

Magdaleno is working for a kimura but Hardison is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardison trying to hold on to Magdaleno's head to control him but Magdaleno postures up.

Magdaleno seems to be looking for submissions.
Hardison tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Magdaleno is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardison tries to get to full guard but Magdaleno has control of the leg.
Hardison is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Magdaleno looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Magdaleno decides to return to a standing position.
Hardison is looking to clinch.
Magdaleno misses with a takedown attempt

and Hardison counters with a shoot takedown. Magdaleno fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Magdaleno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardison prevents Magdaleno from getting back to his feet.
Magdaleno is breathing heavily.
Magdaleno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hardison throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardison wants to control from the top but Magdaleno keeps moving.
Magdaleno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hardison wants to control from the top but Magdaleno keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Magdaleno is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hardison dives into side control.

Hardison decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Hardison shoots in but Magdaleno avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Magdaleno feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardison wants to sweep but no luck.

Magdaleno postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hardison is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Magdaleno, into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Magdaleno dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Magdaleno shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hardison is trying to defend but Magdaleno finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hardison is looking to escape.

Magdaleno decides to return to a standing position.
Hardison shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Magdaleno pinned against the cage. Magdaleno gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Magdaleno stuffs the takedown attempt from Hardison. Hardison gets slowly back to his feet.
Magdaleno fails with a takedown attempt.
Hardison shoots in for a takedown but Magdaleno shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pat Magdaleno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendrick Hardison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magdaleno with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hardison counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pat Magdaleno is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Magdaleno throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hardison was covering up waiting for the punch and Magdaleno finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Magdaleno stands and steps away. Hardison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Magdaleno drives through with a takedown into Hardison's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Magdaleno landing some decent shots from guard.
Magdaleno stopping the sweep attempt from Hardison.

Hardison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Magdaleno defends well.
Pat Magdaleno overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magdaleno stands up from Hardison's guard - Magdaleno perhaps looking for a knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hardison tries to sprawl but Magdaleno drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Magdaleno throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hardison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Magdaleno stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hardison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Hardison shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hardison showed some decent athleticism there.

Magdaleno kicks Hardison off and gets back to his feet.
Magdaleno shoots in but Hardison avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hardison gets caught napping as Magdaleno dives in and scores a takedown. Hardison manages to retain guard.
Hardison striking off his back but it's not causing Magdaleno any problems.
Hardison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magdaleno.
Magdaleno postures up.
Hardison wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Magdaleno throwing strikes but missing.
Magdaleno working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hardison throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Magdaleno with a flurry of punches that miss.
Magdaleno works over Hardison with some ground and pound from guard.

Magdaleno decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hardison, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hardison shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Magdaleno as he avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magdaleno shoots in but Hardison avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Magdaleno gets the takedown into side control.

Magdaleno has hold of Hardison's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Hardison seems comfortable defending it but Magdaleno has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Hardison is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Hardison is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Magdaleno couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pat Magdaleno!
A less than humble Pat Magdaleno misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.