PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arin Yeskow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Yeskow
vs
Hunt

192 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arin Yeskow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phol Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Hunt.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Yeskow moved out of range nicely.
Hunt lands with a hook. Yeskow tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hunt tests Yeskow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hunt lands a really nice looking cross but Yeskow seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yeskow on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hunt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donk. Hunt catches Yeskow right on the button with a cross.
Hunt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yeskow in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yeskow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yeskow ducks right into an uppercut from Hunt.
A punch lands to the side of Yeskow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hunt lands a really nice looking cross but Yeskow seems unphased.
Hunt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Hunt.
Hunt lands a nice shot to the body.
Yeskow is breathing heavily.
Hunt lands an overhand right.
Yeskow takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Hunt cracks Yeskow with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Hunt has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Yeskow to stand back up!

Yeskow is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeskow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hunt stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arin Yeskow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt connects with a body shot.
Hunt scores with a punch to the head.
Yeskow takes one to the side of the head.
Hunt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yeskow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hunt connects with a looping right hand.
Hunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yeskow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yeskow staying out of range there.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Hunt lands a big right hand that sends Yeskow crashing to the mat! Hunt stays standing though and waves Yeskow back to his feet!
Oh Yeskow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hunt feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Yeskow sprawling to the canvas! Yeskow rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Hunt finish him?!
Hunt drops Yeskow with a huge uppercut! Yeskow drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Hunt is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phol Hunt!
A less than humble Phol Hunt misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.