PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Berkeley Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ingemar Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Joker. Anders comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gods Son kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hunt
vs
Anders

175 cm
23
165 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

175 cm
20
151 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ultimate Fighting Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Berkeley Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ingemar Anders!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anders smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hunt slips under a jab.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
Anders slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Anders throws a shot to the body.
Hunt throws a jab when Anders was well out of range.
Anders misses with a double jab.
Anders connects with a crisp jab.
Anders scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hunt doesn't seem bothered though.
Crunch! Hunt slams his shin into Anders's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt slips under a jab from Anders.
A jab from Anders misses.
Hunt tries to work over Anders's front leg with a kick but Anders checks it.
Hunt lets loose with a powerful body kick. Anders will feel that in the morning.
Anders throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hunt. That's going to slow Anders down.
Anders swings widly with a right hand
and Hunt counters with a one-two to the body.
Anders steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hunt. That one must have hurt.
Nice shot by Hunt.
Anders closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anders throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunt finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt lands a jab.
Anders scores with a jab to the head.
Hunt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anders scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders thuds a left hand into Hunt's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anders. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt cracks Anders with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anders uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt takes a swing at Anders's ribcage but misses.
Anders steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hunt. That one must have hurt.
Anders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hunt lands with a hook. Anders tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Anders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunt connects with a solid leg kick.
Hunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Anders misses with a left hand
and Hunt counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders scores with a jab. Hunt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Anders throws a right and a left that Hunt avoids nicely.
Anders throws the left hand but Hunt avoids the punch easily.
Hunt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anders.
Hunt lands a leg kick that knocks Anders off balance momentarily.
Anders misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anders. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anders waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
Anders throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Anders.
Hunt scores with a jab to the head.
Anders misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a head kick. Anders tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Anders misses.
Anders misses the shot to the body.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Anders saw that one coming.
Hunt throws a sloppy head kick and Anders moves out of range easily.
Hunt tries to land a front kick but Anders steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anders lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hunt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ingemar Anders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anders throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anders.
Hunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anders. That did some damage!
Anders misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Berkeley Hunt dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Anders blocks a jab.
Hunt lunges at Anders with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anders's hand.
Hunt scores with a nice head shot.
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.
Hunt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anders if he has to take too many more of those.
Anders misses with a hook
and Hunt counters with a head kick.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Anders.
Anders lands a nice hook to Hunt's body. Hunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anders throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anders.
Anders smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anders throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Hunt.
Hunt lands a glancing blow to the side of Anders's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Anders blocks a jab.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Anders.
Anders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anders defending well as Hunt loads up on a big left hand.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. Anders looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anders has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hunt.
Anders throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
Anders tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Anders misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anders sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anders misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Anders throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anders's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hunt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Anders is breathing heavily.
Hunt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Berkeley Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hunt.
Anders's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hunt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anders scrambles back to his feet.
Anders takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
Anders misses the shot to the body.
Anders stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hunt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anders misses with a series of wild punches.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anders.
Hunt lands with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hunt.
Anders walks into a stiff left hand from Hunt.
Hunt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anders.
Hunt cracks Anders with an open hand slap.

Hunt lands a left and a right that send Anders crashing to the mat, dazed. Hunt thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Anders is rocked!
Hunt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Anders is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunt finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Hunt gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Anders is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Berkeley Hunt!
After winning the bout, Berkeley Hunt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.