PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fungus Mcanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcanus's entrance music is Gubben i Lådan. A fine choice. Hunt has chosen Comfortably Numb as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mcanus
vs
Hunt

178 cm
20
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Fungus Mcanus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcanus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mcanus counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
Mcanus wants to slow Hunt down by chopping away at his legs.
Mcanus lands a head shot.
Fungus Mcanus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcanus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mcanus counters with a stiff right hand.
Mcanus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
Nice uppercut there from Mcanus.
Mcanus scores with a punch to the head.
Mcanus scores with a nice right hand.
Hunt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mcanus tries to avoid it but Hunt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mcanus to the ground. Mcanus escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mcanus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mcanus misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Mcanus misses.
Hunt tries to clinch up
and Mcanus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mcanus scores with a hook to the body. Hunt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hunt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mcanus on the side of the head.
Hunt shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mcanus pinned against the cage. Mcanus gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mcanus jabs at Hunt's body.
Hunt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mcanus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt tries for a takedown but Mcanus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fungus Mcanus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Merik Hunt.
Mcanus throws a nice looking combination but Hunt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mcanus misses with a body kick.
Mcanus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mcanus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mcanus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mcanus works Hunt's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcanus lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunt off the ropes and back into rage.
Mcanus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hunt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Hunt scores a takedown into full mount!
Hunt lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mcanus is working to get back to half guard.
Hunt looking to finish with strikes here!
Mcanus tries to reverse the position but Hunt maintains control.
Hunt lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mcanus tries to lock up and control but Hunt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mcanus is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mcanus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hunt on the ground.
Mcanus is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hunt controlling from mount.
Mcanus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hunt looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hunt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hunt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hunt avoids the attempt from Mcanus to control.
Hunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mcanus is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt content just to control the position here.
Hunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mcanus is looking to escape.
Mcanus is looking to get to half guard.
Hunt has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mcanus's face.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hunt pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mcanus is looking to escape.
Hunt unloading with bombs!
Hunt raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hunt lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mcanus hang on?
Mcanus is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hunt has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mcanus's face.

It looks like Fungus Mcanus has been cut.
Mcanus taking shots to the head.

Fungus Mcanus's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt wants to control the pace but Mcanus is squirming around nicely.
Mcanus on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mcanus tries to get out of the position.
Mcanus tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mcanus is looking to escape.
Hunt looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hunt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hunt putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mcanus is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hunt scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mcanus?
Mcanus working to try and regain half guard.
Hunt lands a big shot there that rocks Mcanus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mcanus wants to get back to his feet.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Jeez, Fungus Mcanus's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fungus Mcanus's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Merik Hunt!