PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Ace of Spades by Motorhead. Stark comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cmon Feel The Noise kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Thomas Stark was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Hunt
vs
Stark

191 cm
25
210 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

191 cm
30
211 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Hellbent, Inc.™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Stark!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Stark moves out of range.
Stark misses with a straight left.
Stark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt lands with a cross.
Hunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Stark's head but Stark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stark misses with a body punch
and Hunt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Stark as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark checks a leg kick nicely.
Hunt takes a swing at Stark's ribcage but misses.
Thomas Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark misses with a looping left.
Hunt scores with a hook to the body. Stark takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stark lands a jab to Hunt's midsection.
Hunt lands a two punch combo.
Stark wants to clinch.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Stark sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stark wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stark!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hunt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hunt throws a hook but Stark avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark works Hunt's body with a nice hook.
Stark pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stark tries to clinch but Hunt moves out of range.
Stark throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Stark moved out of range.
Stark fakes the leg kick and cracks Hunt in the body.
Hunt slips under a jab from Stark.
Hunt throws a sloppy head kick
and Hunt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stark misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Stark pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stark misses with a low kick.
Stark misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Stark dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Hunt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Stark throws a front kick aimed at Hunt's knee but Hunt avoids it well.
Hunt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stark.
Stark misses with a combination
and Hunt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
Hunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stark throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Stark misses with a straight left.
Stark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stark connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hunt. Hunt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hunt jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses with a wild combination.
Hunt cracks Stark with a good jab.
Hunt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stark thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hunt if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark dips to his left and cracks Hunt with an uppercut!

Stark darts in and clinches Hunt up against the cage.
Stark lands a knee to the body.
Hunt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hunt wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is trying to break the clinch but Stark is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stark.
Stark scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Hunt breaks the clinch.
Stark pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hunt is out of range and Stark settles back down.
Stark lands a slapping body shot.
Hunt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Stark. Those never looked like landing.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Stark ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands a nice looking body kick.
Stark lands a nice looking body kick.
Stark tries a head kick but it misses.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stark misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stark scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Stark.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hunt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Stark showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Stark tries to clinch but Hunt moves out of range.
Stark moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Stark checks a leg kick nicely.
A clash of legs there as Hunt blocks the low kick.
Hunt throws a head kick but Stark moves out of range.
Hunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Stark.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stark throws out a leg kick but Hunt moves out of range and Stark only half commits.
Hunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stark swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws the left hand but Stark avoids the punch easily.
Hunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stark on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Hunt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thomas Stark seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stark goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hunt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Stark misses with a low kick.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Stark is out of range.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Stark.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.
Stark slips a straight right by Hunt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Stark. That one must have hurt.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
Stark throws a head kick that misses.
No joy there for Stark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hunt tries to bum rush Stark with a series of wild strikes but Stark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stark looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hunt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stark is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stark looks to land a body kick but Hunt moved away.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stark connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stark smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hunt 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.
Jonny Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stark avoids the head kick by Hunt.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Stark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
Nice shot by Hunt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stark rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stark fails to land with a series of punches.
Stark lands an overhand right.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt misses with a wild combination.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stark.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Stark comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stark 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Stark!