PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eli Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Masters II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hunter
vs
Masters II

180 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Masters II!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter wants to slow Masters II down by chopping away at his legs.
Hunter looks to land a combination but Masters II avoids it well.
Masters II feints a jab promting Hunter to slip. Masters II then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hunter slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Masters II throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hunter.
Masters II paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Masters II pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hunter back to the cage. Masters II follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hunter clobbers Masters II with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Masters II swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Masters II as he connects with a hook.
Hunter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Masters II looks to land a combination but Hunter avoids it well.
Masters II throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Masters II closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marco Masters II seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masters II misses with a wild body shot.
Masters II swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Masters II moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hunter misses with a low kick as Masters II jumps back.
Some wild striking there from Masters II.
Hunter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Masters II throws a series of punches but Hunter moves out of range.
Masters II catches Hunter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hunter wants to land a leg kick but Masters II is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Masters II.
Hunter throws a push kick but Masters II slaps the foot to one side.
Hunter throws a leg kick but Masters II checks it.
Hunter fails to land with a series of punches.
Hunter misses with the combination.
Hunter throws a nice looking combination but Masters II bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hunter misses with a head kick.
Masters II punishes Hunter's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Masters II circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunter throws a low kick, looking for Masters II's leg but Masters II calmly moves out of range.
Masters II lands a nice hook to Hunter's body. Hunter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Masters II misses with a few strikes there.
Masters II lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hunter throws a leg kick but Masters II sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hunter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Masters II circles away quickly and effectively.
Masters II misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice straight punches there by Masters II. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Masters II.
Hunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Masters II misses with a few strikes there.
Masters II throws a right and a left that both miss.
Masters II connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hunter. Hunter circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hunter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masters II.
Hunter throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hunter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hunter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Masters II cracks Hunter with a right hand to the side of the head.
Masters II falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hunter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Masters II looks gassed!
Hunter throws a low kick, looking for Masters II's leg but Masters II calmly moves out of range.
Masters II moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Masters II throws a one two combo.
Masters II misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hunter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Masters II is out of range.
Masters II throws a right and a left that Hunter avoids nicely.
Masters II throws a series of punches but Hunter moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hunter. Those never looked like landing.
Hunter throws a head kick but Masters II moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter looks to score with a jab to the body but Masters II is just out of range.
Hunter misses with a wild combination.
Masters II is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hunter throws a right hand that Masters II ducks under and follows up with a left that Masters II also avoids with ease.
Masters II blocks a head kick by Hunter.
Masters II scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Masters II is out of range and Hunter settles back down.
Hunter misses with a kick to the body.
Masters II misses with a combination
and Hunter counters with a left and a right that stings Masters II.
Hunter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Masters II.
Some wild striking there from Masters II.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunter misses with a body kick.
Masters II listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marco Masters II will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hunter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Masters II throws a series of punches but Hunter moves out of range.
Hunter tries to land a leg kick but Masters II saw it coming and moves away.
Masters II takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunter tries to land a leg kick but Masters II saw it coming and moves away.
Hunter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunter throws a low kick but Masters II avoids it.
Masters II throws a right and a left that Hunter avoids nicely.
Masters II takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Masters II rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Masters II throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Masters II checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hunter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Masters II misses the shot to the body.
Masters II avoids the head kick by Hunter.
Hunter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masters II throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hunter.
Masters II is breathing heavily.
Masters II throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eli Hunter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters II falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hunter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hunter connects with a looping right hand.

Masters II is rocked!
Masters II showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hunter.
Masters II is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunter finish him?
A leg kick checked by Masters II.
Hunter tries to bum rush Masters II with a series of wild strikes but Masters II uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hunter misses with a few strikes there.
Hunter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Masters II circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hunter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hunter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Masters II checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice jab there from Masters II.
Masters II thuds a left hand into Hunter's body.
Hunter is looking to wear down Masters II with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hunter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Masters II swinging wildly here.
Hunter misses with a two punch combination.
Masters II seems to have recovered his senses.
Masters II misses with the combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masters II avoids a kick to the body.
Masters II misses with a series of wild punches.
Masters II throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Hunter does no damage.
Hunter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Masters II checks the leg kick.
Masters II feints a jab promting Hunter to slip. Masters II then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hunter slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hunter misses with a few strikes there.
Masters II fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Masters II stalks Hunter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hunter's face. Hunter staggers backwards, shaken.
Hunter throws a head kick that misses.
Masters II bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunter throws a right and a left that Masters II avoids nicely.
Masters II throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hunter.
Masters II throws a series of punches but Hunter avoids them all with ease.
Hunter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters II throws a nice looking combination but Hunter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Hunter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hunter slips a jab and a cross from Masters II.
Masters II showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hunter.
Nice shot lands for Hunter.
Hunter tries to score with a low kick but Masters II moves his leg out of the way.
Masters II misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hunter throws a low kick but Masters II moves out of range easily.
Eli Hunter is winning the standup battle so far.
Masters II throws a right and a left that Hunter avoids nicely.
Masters II swinging wildly here.
Hunter misses the shot to the body.
Hunter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masters II.
Masters II checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter tried to score with a low kick but Masters II checks it.
Some wild striking there from Hunter.
Masters II throws a right hand that Hunter ducks under and follows up with a left that Hunter also avoids with ease.
Masters II misses with a body shot.
Masters II blocks a leg kick.
Masters II moves into range and connects with a jab.
Masters II will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hunter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masters II swinging wildly here.
A combination from Masters II does no damage.
Hunter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Hunter dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hunter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hunter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Masters II throws a looping overhand right but Hunter ducks down to avoid it.
Hunter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hunter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Masters II throws a series of strikes that have Hunter backpedaling.
Hunter throws a leg kick
and Hunter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunter feints with a jab and clips Masters II right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Masters II is sent crashing into the canvas and Hunter leaps in for the kill! Masters II tries to get to his feet but Hunter is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Masters II is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Hunter!