PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tari Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunha comes to the cage accompanied by Chains. Stewart has chosen Celly cel - Its Goin Down Tonight as his entrance music. Donald Stewart has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tari Cunha's chin.

Cunha
vs
Stewart

182 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tari Cunha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donald Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart jabs Cunha to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cunha is looking to clinch but Stewart is avoiding it.
Cunha shoots in for a takedown but Stewart shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cunha shoots in but no luck this time.
Stewart avoids the body shot from Cunha.
Jab by Stewart.
Cunha shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stewart as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tari Cunha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot by Stewart.
Stewart connects with an inside leg kick.

Cunha rushes Stewart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stewart is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Cunha jumps guard and drags Stewart to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Stewart slips nicely into half guard.
Stewart thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cunha is not content to let Stewart control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stewart is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cunha looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stewart is one step ahead there.
Stewart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart stopping the sweep attempt from Cunha.
Stewart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cunha controls Stewart momentarily but Stewart frees himself.
Stewart trying to control the position from guard on top but Cunha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stewart is looking to advance position but Cunha has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cunha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Cunha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stewart is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Cunha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stewart can't escape the position.
Stewart sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunha thows a huge punch but Stewart dodges it nicely.
Cunha drops an elbow to the side of Stewart's head.

Cunha is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha throwing shots but Stewart is blocking nicely.
Stewart moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cunha accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Stewart is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stewart looking to control but Cunha passes into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cunha not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stewart avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cunha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Donald Stewart will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cunha will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stewart throws a lazy right hand but Cunha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cunha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stewart circles away.
Cunha misses with a takedown
and Stewart counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tari Cunha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stewart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cunha.

Cunha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stewart, pushing him back against the cage.
Stewart is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Stewart goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cunha prevents it.
Stewart drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cunha is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cunha is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stewart pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stewart gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Cunha gets back to full guard.
Stewart postures up.
Stewart looking to sit in guard and control but Cunha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cunha throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cunha throwing strikes but missing.
Tari Cunha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cunha working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart controls Cunha momentarily but Cunha frees himself.
Stewart preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cunha connects with a couple of short punches.
Cunha scoring with some ground and pound.
Cunha with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cunha cracks Stewart with a solid left hand.
Cunha works over Stewart with some ground and pound from guard.
Cunha lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cunha throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cunha works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Stewart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Cunha is trying to work for a kimura but Stewart is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stewart avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cunha.
Cunha moves nicely into side control.
Cunha working the head and body with strikes.
Stewart is not content to let Cunha control the position.
Cunha scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cunha lands a few punches from side control.
Cunha avoids the strikes from the bottom by Stewart.
Cunha scoring with punches and elbows.
Cunha grinds an elbow into Stewart's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cunha works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cunha has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cunha lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stewart down.
Stewart wants to control but Cunha postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cunha throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Cunha working the head and body with strikes.
Cunha working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tari Cunha dominated that second round.
That's time! Cunha's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Cunha shoots in but Stewart avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stewart looks to score with a jab to the body but Cunha is just out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Stewart as he connects with a hook.
Cunha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stewart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cunha shoots in looking for a takedown but Stewart manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cunha's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cunha misses with a wild body shot.
Cunha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stewart.
Cunha uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stewart defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cunha.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tari Cunha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cunha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stewart circles away.
Cunha shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stewart but Stewart pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stewart connects with the punch.
Tari Cunha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stewart closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Stewart.
Stewart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cunha misses with a body shot.
Stewart lands a body shot.
Cunha thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cunha is defended easily by Stewart.

Stewart gets a double leg takedown into Cunha's guard.
Stewart seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Stewart is looking to advance position but Cunha has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cunha thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Stewart wants to control but Cunha is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunha throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Stewart because Cunha loaded up on that one.

Cunha swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Stewart is now in Cunha's guard. A big mistake from Cunha there, giving up the dominant position!
Stewart trying to control but Cunha is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart tries to free his leg and advance position but Cunha is retaining full guard.
Cunha lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stewart!
Stewart really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cunha with the ground and pound from mount.

Cunha is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Stewart to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Stewart shrugs it off.
Cunha scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cunha raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stewart is looking to improve his position but Cunha isn't that keen on the idea.
Cunha postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stewart looks a forlorn figure.
Cunha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cunha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Stewart is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cunha landing punches.
Stewart is still in real trouble! Can Cunha finish him?
Cunha looking to finish Stewart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stewart!
Cunha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tari Cunha showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cunha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tari Cunha!
Tari Cunha decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.