PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Ehtoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes into the arena with Comfortably Numb blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hunt
vs
Ehtoo

175 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
181 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Veikko Ehtoo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Ehtoo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ehtoo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt throws a jab when Ehtoo was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ehtoo.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hunt.
Ehtoo avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Ehtoo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ehtoo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ehtoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Ehtoo.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Ehtoo moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Hunt misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ehtoo lands a head kick!
Hunt scores with a body shot.
Ehtoo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Jab from Ehtoo.
Ehtoo moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
Ehtoo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hunt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ehtoo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hunt checks it well.
Ehtoo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Ehtoo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ehtoo sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ehtoo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Merik Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ehtoo.
Merik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Hunt is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Ehtoo ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Hunt clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Veikko Ehtoo!
Veikko Ehtoo decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.