PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Murat Orgun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt has chosen Cold Blooded as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Orgun
vs
Hunt

170 cm
33
155 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

170 cm
30
154 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Murat Orgun!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orgun fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orgun throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
Nice shot by Orgun.
Orgun wants to clinch.
Orgun connects with a leg kick. Hunt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Orgun looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Orgun fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hunt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Orgun darts in and clinches Hunt up against the cage.
Orgun digs a right hand into Hunt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hunt's gas tank.
Hunt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orgun.
Hunt is trying to stall.
Orgun lands an uppercut.
Orgun tries for a takedown but Hunt manages to get underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orgun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orgun missing with knees to the body.
Hunt prevents a body shot from Orgun.
Hunt trying to land knees to the body.
Hunt is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Orgun lands a body shot.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orgun looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orgun tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hunt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Orgun lands a jab.
Orgun misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Orgun getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Orgun digs a good body shot into Hunt's ribs.
Orgun with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Orgun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Orgun.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Orgun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Orgun.
Orgun throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Orgun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Orgun.

Orgun shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Orgun lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hunt hang on?
Hunt tries to hold on but Orgun postures up.
Orgun unloading with bombs!
Orgun controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hunt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Orgun trying to control but Hunt is having none of it.
Orgun looking to control and managing it successfully.
Orgun trying to control but Hunt is having none of it.
Orgun breaks from Hunt's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Orgun connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Orgun looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Orgun can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hunt is looking to escape.
Orgun looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Orgun landing strikes from the mount.
Orgun scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hunt is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hunt tries to hold on but Orgun postures up.
Orgun lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt is desperately trying to improve his position but Orgun has a good base and remains in mount.
Hunt wants to control but Orgun is having none of it.
Hunt keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murat Orgun dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Orgun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Orgun.
Hunt slips a jab and a cross from Orgun.
Orgun tries to clinch but Hunt is having none of it.
Orgun throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hunt.
Orgun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orgun misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Orgun.
Orgun lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hunt at a distance.
Orgun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Orgun throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Orgun checks it well.
Hunt throws a nice head kick!
Orgun throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Orgun connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hunt wants to land a leg kick but Orgun is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orgun throws a right and a left that both miss.
Orgun throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orgun fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hunt is out of range.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Orgun connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hunt's hands.
Hunt leaves Orgun with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Orgun lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunt circles away quickly and effectively.
Murat Orgun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orgun darts in trying to clinch
and Hunt counters with a leg kick.
Orgun throws a nice looking combination but Hunt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Orgun misses with a low kick.
Orgun is looking to wear down Hunt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sloppy strikes from Orgun. Those never looked like landing.
Murat Orgun is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Orgun checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hunt slips under a jab.
Hunt keeps the fight on the outside.
Orgun takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Orgun throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orgun manages to avoid it.
Orgun misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Orgun lands a slapping body shot.
Orgun wants to clinch.
Murat Orgun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orgun lands a two punch combo.
Orgun is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunt can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Hunt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt thuds his shin into the meat of Orgun's side.

Orgun closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hunt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orgun has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orgun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orgun avoiding damage as Hunt throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Orgun can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Orgun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunt trying to land knees to the body.
Orgun unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hunt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orgun tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orgun tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Orgun back against the cage.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orgun avoids it.

Orgun manages to break the clinch.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Orgun checks it.
Hunt moves away from the strike by Orgun.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orgun loads up on a big right hand but Hunt slips the punch.
Hunt moves out of range as Orgun strikes.
A big right from Orgun misses.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orgun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orgun takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Orgun clinches up against the cage.
Hunt tries a knee to the head but Orgun blocks it.
Orgun unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hunt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orgun using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orgun managing to block the knees to the body from Hunt.
Orgun taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orgun digs a right hand underneath Hunt's ribcage. Hunt let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hunt wants to break free but Orgun has control.
A body shot lands from Orgun.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Orgun changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hunt fights it off and pushes away nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murat Orgun dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Orgun takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Hunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orgun throws out the jab.
Orgun shoots in for a double leg but Hunt sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hunt pushes Orgun away with a front kick.
Orgun swinging wildly here.
Orgun takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.
Hunt lands with a shot to the body.
Orgun fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Orgun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.

Orgun drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunt can't do much from the bottom here.
Hunt is not content to let Orgun control the position.
You can see the frustration on Hunt's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Orgun trying to control the action but Hunt is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orgun passes the guard and advances to mount!
Murat Orgun overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hunt keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Orgun with a couple of short strikes.
Hunt is squirming around, avoiding Orgun's attempts to control the action.
Orgun lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orgun looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Orgun scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hunt?
Hunt really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Orgun trying to control but Hunt is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orgun scoring with strikes but Hunt is staying in there.
Orgun tries to control but Hunt wriggling away.
Orgun with shots to the head and body - Hunt looks very uncomfortable down there.
Orgun controlling from the full mount.
Orgun landing strikes from the mount.

Hunt is rocked!
Orgun postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Hunt badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Orgun around the waist but Orgun pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Orgun is the winner by TKO! Orgun jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murat Orgun!
Murat Orgun retains his featherweight title!
Murat Orgun decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.