PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Willer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willer comes to the cage accompanied by 50 Cent - Ready For War. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Willer
vs
Hardy

175 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

172 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Willer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hardy tries to avoid it but Willer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hardy to the ground. Hardy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Hardy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hardy is stalling in the full guard.
Willer is trying to keep Hardy in close.
Hardy won't allow Willer to sweep him here.
Hardy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Willer is trying to control the position but Hardy postures up.
Hardy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Willer keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.

Hardy gets to his feet - Willer follows without any prompting.
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from Willer. Willer gets slowly back to his feet.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willer swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy fails to land the takedown.
Willer misses with a takedown
and Hardy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Willer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy has a takedown stuffed.

Hardy darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willer has hold of Hardy's hands but Hardy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hardy is taking a breather. Willer says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Willer regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hardy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Willer keeps moving.
Hardy looking to pass the guard.
Hardy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy with a nice head shot there.
Willer is trying to keep Hardy in close.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Willer keeps moving.
Willer is breathing heavily.
Willer being controlled here, momentarily.
Hardy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Willer seems keen to control Hardy's posture.

Hardy stands and steps away. Willer gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Willer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hardy as he jumps to the side.

Hardy shoots in and bounces Willer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hardy works over Willer with some ground and pound from guard.

Hardy stands up from Willer's guard - Hardy perhaps looking for a knockout.
Willer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hardy gets the takedown into side control.

Hardy decides to stand back up. Hardy steps back and let's Willer get back to his feet.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy misses with a takedown

and Willer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Willer.
Hardy is looking to stand up but Willer isn't so interested in that idea.
Willer won't allow Hardy to sweep him here.
Hardy throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Willer wants to control from the top but Hardy keeps moving.
Hardy controlling Willer's posture.
Willer preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy keeping full guard, as Willer tries to pass.
Hardy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Willer is one step ahead there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hardy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hardy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hardy winds up and cracks Willer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy 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 nestled in close to Willer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Willer wants to get back to full guard but Hardy has mounted him!
Hardy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Willer taking shots to the head.
Willer is bucking up trying to escape but Hardy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hardy scoring with strikes but Willer is staying in there.
Hardy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Willer?
Willer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy landing strikes from the mount and Willer is in trouble!
Hardy breaks from Willer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Willer is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Willer?
Hardy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hardy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hardy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hardy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that Hardy has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hardy tries to control but Willer wriggling away.
Willer is looking to improve his position but Hardy isn't that keen on the idea.
Hardy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hardy scoring with strikes but Willer is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Willer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Hardy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Willer sprawls well initially but Hardy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hardy slips a nice elbow through Willer's hands, connecting with Willer's forehead.
Hardy tries to pass to full mount but Willer defends it.
Hardy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hardy wants to control but Willer is keeping him busy.
Hardy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hardy working over Willer with some ground and pound. Willer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hardy stalling.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Willer trying to control but Hardy postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Willer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy dips to his left and cracks Willer with an uppercut!
Willer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Willer counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hardy is pulling down on Willer's head to control his posture.
Dan Hardy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hardy trying to control the position.
Hardy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hardy is on top in guard.
Hardy is stalling in the full guard.
Hardy passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hardy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Willer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hardy gets to mount! Willer was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Hardy controlling his opponent.
Hardy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Willer working to try and regain half guard.
Willer is in a horrible position here. Hardy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Willer is looking to get to half guard.
Hardy controlling the position easily from mount.
Willer is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hardy lands a heavy elbow.
Hardy with shots to the head and body - Willer looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hardy with shots to the head and body - Willer looks very uncomfortable down there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Hardy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hardy 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Hardy!