PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Levko Serdyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy has chosen England Belongs to Me-Cock Sparrer as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Serdyuk
vs
Hardy

177 cm
22
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Levko Serdyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hardy drives through and clinches with Serdyuk against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Serdyuk.
Serdyuk has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hardy after a bit of a struggle.

Hardy breaks from the clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Serdyuk rushes Hardy and presses him up against the cage.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Serdyuk avoids it.
Hardy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Serdyuk wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Hardy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Serdyuk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Serdyuk is trying to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling him.
Hardy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Serdyuk's efforts to push away.
Serdyuk working hard to break the clinch.
Serdyuk tries to circle away but Hardy has him pinned against the cage.
Hardy is trying to push Serdyuk away but Serdyuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Serdyuk is trying to push Hardy away but Hardy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Serdyuk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardy looking to throw knees to the head but Serdyuk is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy has Serdyuk pressed against the cage, preventing Serdyuk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Hardy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Serdyuk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Serdyuk is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hardy's half guard.
It looks like Serdyuk is going to stand back up.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet.
Serdyuk winds up and cracks Hardy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hardy is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy looks winded!
Serdyuk working the head and body with strikes.
Serdyuk working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Serdyuk with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Serdyuk stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Serdyuk is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Hardy. Those never looked like landing.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Serdyuk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Serdyuk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Serdyuk misses with a leg kick.

Hardy gets tackled into the cage by Serdyuk. Serdyuk maintains the clinch.

Serdyuk is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hardy can't fight it off and eventually Serdyuk manages to take the fight to the floor. Hardy looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Serdyuk working some strikes from top position.
Serdyuk connects with a couple of short punches.
Serdyuk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Serdyuk postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Serdyuk is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hardy keeping moving, preventing Serdyuk from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hardy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Serdyuk lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Serdyuk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hardy is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Serdyuk stands up over Hardy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Serdyuk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hardy on the ground.
Serdyuk trying to control but Hardy is working from the bottom.
Serdyuk landing with the ground and pound.
Serdyuk wanted to stand there but Hardy had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hardy wants to stand up but Serdyuk is controlling him.
Serdyuk is working Hardy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Serdyuk scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet but Serdyuk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Serdyuk distracts Hardy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Serdyuk scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Serdyuk is working Hardy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Serdyuk makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet but Serdyuk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hardy keeping moving, preventing Serdyuk from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Levko Serdyuk dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Serdyuk shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardy's guard.
Serdyuk works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Serdyuk scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Serdyuk lands with a punch from half guard.

Hardy has one foot on Serdyuk's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
A punch combination from Hardy misses.

Serdyuk forces Hardy back against the cage and clinches.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Serdyuk blocks with his arms.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Serdyuk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is keeping an eye on Serdyuk - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Serdyuk can't get the takedown.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Serdyuk keeps control of Hardy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Serdyuk lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy prevents the takedown attempt.
Serdyuk's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hardy is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hardy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Serdyuk's brow.

Serdyuk has hold of one of Hardy's legs. Hardy is fighting the takedown attempt but Serdyuk gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Hardy is looking to stand up but Serdyuk isn't so interested in that idea.
Serdyuk landing with the ground and pound.
Serdyuk postures up and lands a big shot to Hardy's brow.
Serdyuk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
Serdyuk working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hardy's head.
Serdyuk postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hardy wants to stand and escape but Serdyuk is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk wants to get up but he can't break Hardy's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Serdyuk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serdyuk connects with a couple of short punches.
Serdyuk scoring with some ground and pound.
Serdyuk scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hardy keeping moving, preventing Serdyuk from controlling successfully.
Serdyuk working some strikes from top position.
Serdyuk controlling from the top position.
Hardy wants to stand up but Serdyuk is controlling him.
Serdyuk trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Serdyuk decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Serdyuk shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Levko Serdyuk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Serdyuk seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hardy is trying to stand.
Serdyuk scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Serdyuk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hardy keeps working.

Serdyuk is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk 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.
Hardy taking some punishment here, with Serdyuk in his half guard.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serdyuk seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Serdyuk there.
Hardy is trying to stand back up but Serdyuk is controlling him
Serdyuk is nestled in close to Hardy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Serdyuk lands strikes from half guard.
Hardy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Serdyuk scores with a couple of nice shots.
Serdyuk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Levko Serdyuk dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Serdyuk throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Serdyuk keeps it at a distance.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Serdyuk as he jumps to the side.
Serdyuk throws a combination. Hardy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hardy checks a leg kick.
Hardy swinging wildly here.
Serdyuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.

Serdyuk takes the fight into the clinch.
Serdyuk is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Serdyuk jumps guard but Hardy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hardy is trying to break free.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Serdyuk lands a takedown into guard.
Serdyuk keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hardy's head.

Serdyuk thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Serdyuk tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardy is retaining full guard.

Serdyuk stands up from Hardy's guard - Serdyuk perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hardy checks the leg kick nicely there.

Serdyuk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Serdyuk works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy wants to stand up but Serdyuk is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk distracts Hardy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Serdyuk stops Hardy from standing up.
Serdyuk lands a couple of digs.
Serdyuk connects with a couple of short punches.
Serdyuk landing some decent shots from guard.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet but Serdyuk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Serdyuk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Serdyuk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Serdyuk tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardy is retaining full guard.
Serdyuk postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Serdyuk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Serdyuk distracts Hardy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Serdyuk chips away with some ground and pound.
Serdyuk won't allow Hardy to get back to his feet.
Serdyuk makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Serdyuk looking to pass the guard.
Hardy wants to stand but Serdyuk is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serdyuk has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Serdyuk landing with the ground and pound.
Serdyuk looking to sit in guard and control but Hardy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Levko Serdyuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Serdyuk wants to get back to his feet but Hardy is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dan Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Serdyuk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Levko Serdyuk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Serdyuk has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Levko Serdyuk!