PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Manhoef might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Steady Mobbin'. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Manhoef
vs
Hunter

184 cm
23
187 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

182 cm
23
184 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Melvin Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vincent Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Manhoef.

Hunter closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Hunter is looking for a kimura here.
Hunter is trying to control the action in half guard but Manhoef is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Manhoef is trying to stand back up but Hunter is controlling him

Hunter looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hunter trying to control the action but Manhoef is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter lands strikes from half guard.
Hunter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Manhoef does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hunter is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hunter tries to control but Manhoef wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter controlling the pace for now.
Hunter landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hunter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Manhoef is looking to escape.
Hunter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunter tries to control but Manhoef wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter misses with a head shot.
Hunter controlling from mount.
Manhoef is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hunter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Manhoef is looking to escape.
Hunter controlling the position easily from mount.
Manhoef on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Manhoef tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hunter lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Manhoef hang on?
Hunter throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hunter connects with a bit shot that sees Manhoef covering up! More strikes from Hunter and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hunter is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Hunter!