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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puska's entrance music is You Ain't Stoppin Me !!!! . A fine choice. Hunt has chosen London Calling as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Silik Hunt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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World class MT
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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
35 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Puska!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Silik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puska throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
Puska moves out of range of the body kick.
No joy there for Puska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puska keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puska.
Hunt cracks a nice hook into Puska's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Puska. Those never looked like landing.
Hunt moves out of range as Puska throws a body kick.
Puska tries to score with a low kick but Hunt moves his leg out of the way.
Puska gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Puska moved away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puska.
Puska looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hunt is fending him off so far but Puska persists. Nope, Hunt circles away and we're back to standing.
Hunt blocks a low kick nicely.
Puska slips under a jab.
Hunt throws a body punch but Puska moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska just misses with a punch to the body.
Puska lands with a hook. Hunt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hunt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Puska at a distance.
Puska misses with a wild combination.
Hunt scores with a kick to the midsection.
Puska buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puska swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puska moves away.
Hunt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puska. Puska obviously looking to wear him down.
Puska paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hunt sizes up Puska with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Mike Puska has been cut.
Puska moves out of range as Hunt throws a body kick.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Puska moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Hunt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt avoids the body shot from Puska.
Hunt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Puska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Hunt misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Puska as he connects with a hook.
Puska showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hunt.
Puska throws a front kick that sends Hunt stumbling back into the cage.
Puska looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Puska uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Puska throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska looks for the body kick but Hunt saw that one coming.
Hunt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puska can pounce on him.
Puska throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt counters with a nice body shot.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puska.
Puska thows a body shot but no joy.
Hunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Puska thows a body shot but no joy.
Puska keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Silik Hunt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Puska takes one on the button.
Puska has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Puska does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puska waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Puska scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No luck for Puska with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Puska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puska walks into a left hand.
Puska steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Some bone on bone action there as Puska checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Puska avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Puska is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silik Hunt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Puska's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hunt scores with a sloppy right hand. Puska should have avoided that one.
Puska fails to land the takedown.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Puska is just out of range.
Puska checks a low kick from Hunt.
Puska changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hunt looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Puska tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hunt is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska working away.
Puska is trying to get an arm triangle but Hunt is defending well.
Puska wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hunt, who protects the arm well.
Puska tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Puska stalls from top position.
Hunt manages to work his way to half guard, despite Puska's best efforts.
Hunt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Puska trying to control from half guard but Hunt is working away.
Puska looks to land a strike but Hunt avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska is looking to advance position but Hunt has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hunt trying to control but Puska is having none of it.
Hunt controlling the pace for now.
Puska is squirming around, avoiding Hunt's attempts to control the action.
Hunt avoids the attempt from Puska to control.
Hunt wants to stand but Puska is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puska bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Puska drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hunt manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Puska has Hunt in his guard.
Hunt wants to stand but Puska is controlling his posture from full guard.
Puska trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puska is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hunt is aware though and is defending well.
Puska working a defensive guard but Hunt passes into half guard.
Hunt tries to stand but can't do so whilst Puska controls his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mike Puska will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Puska's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Puska swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Puska misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Puska chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Puska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hunt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Puska looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puska. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Puska.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Puska throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puska.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Puska misses the target.
Puska throws a right and a left that Hunt avoids nicely.
Puska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a combination
and Puska connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Puska moved away.
Silik Hunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puska.
Puska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puska tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Puska on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hunt defending well as Puska loads up on a big left hand.
Puska misses with a low kick.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Puska on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Puska ducks down to avoid it.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt lands a leg kick that knocks Puska off balance momentarily.
Puska wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
Hunt lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt throws a leg kick but Puska moved away.
Hunt checks a leg kick nicely.
A big left from Puska misses.
Puska misses with an uppercut
and Hunt counters with a good low kick that Puska was not able to check.
Puska swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hunt lands a body shot.
Puska goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mike Puska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt misses with a straight right.
Puska misses with a wild body shot.
Puska thows a body kick. Hunt tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Puska sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Puska throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hunt on the side of the head.
Puska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Hunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Puska.
Puska looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Puska is looking to wear down Hunt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Puska does no damage.
Hunt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Puska is able to avoid easily.
Sloppy strikes from Puska. Those never looked like landing.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puska.
Puska tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Puska moved out of range nicely.
Hunt slips under a jab from Puska.
Puska misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Puska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Puska's head but Puska sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Puska bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hunt's head.
Hunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Puska sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Silik Hunt just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Mike Puska's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Puska misses with an uppercut
and Hunt counters with a thumping low kick.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Puska sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Puska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Puska.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hunt, right into the meat.
Hunt lands a right hook to the body.
Puska fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Puska shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hunt sprawls well. Hunt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Puska gets slowly back to his feet.
Hunt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Puska misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Puska throws a low kick, looking for Hunt's leg but Hunt calmly moves out of range.
Hunt misses with a hook
and Puska counters with an inside leg kick.
Puska misses the shot to the body.
Puska on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big right from Puska misses.
Puska scores with a body shot.
Puska connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Puska.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Puska looks to land a combination but Hunt avoids it well.
Hunt connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hunt.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hunt misses with a lunging right hand
and Puska counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hunt's knee momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puska keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Hunt dips to his left and cracks Puska with an uppercut!
Puska moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
Puska finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No luck for Puska with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Puska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt throws a lazy uppercut
and Puska makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Hunt as Puska shoots in.
Hunt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska cracks Hunt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Puska takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hunt blocks the body kick.
Hunt moves out of range as Puska strikes.
Puska goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Puska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puska throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puska looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puska manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Puska.
Puska looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Puska throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hunt wants it to stay on the feet.
Hunt scores with a nice head shot.
Puska looks to land a body kick but Hunt moved away.
Hunt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Puska does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puska throws a combination that misses
and Hunt counters with a three punch combo that has Puska backing up. Puska nods at Hunt to acknowledge the strikes.
Hunt misses with a two punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puska. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt stuffs the takedown.
Puska pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silik Hunt dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Mike Puska's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Puska moves out of range as Hunt throws a body kick.
Hunt thows a leg kick but Puska checks it
and Puska counters with a nice body shot.
Hunt works Puska's body with a nice hook.
Hunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Puska.
Puska scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Puska changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Puska shoots in for a takedown but Hunt shows good takedown defense.
Hunt catches Puska with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Puska tries for a takedown but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hunt lands a jab.
Puska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Puska misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Puska moved out of range.
Puska throws a body kick that misses.
Puska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Puska closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Puska fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Puska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puska is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hunt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Puska misses with a body kick.
Hunt's jab looks to have found its range, popping Puska under the eye.
Puska staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Puska is out of range.
Hunt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hunt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Puska fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hunt is out of range.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Puska is just out of range.
Hunt moves away from the strike by Puska.
Puska swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska throws a quick inside leg kick.
Puska swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Puska is out of range.
Puska changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt keeps the fight on the outside.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Puska keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Puska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt throws a combination. Puska tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Puska throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puska connects with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Puska. Beautiful body shot.
Silik Hunt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hunt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Puska thows a leg kick but Hunt checks it
and Hunt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hunt tries to move into range but Puska moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Puska's head but Puska sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mike Puska has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puska misses with a low kick.
Hunt is looking to slow Puska down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puska misses the jab.
Puska takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt feints and then cracks Puska's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puska down.
Hunt throws an overhand right that lands on Puska's shoulder, as Puska tries to avoid the shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Puska.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Silik Hunt.
I think Hunt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silik Hunt!
Silik Hunt is the new featherweight champion!
Silik Hunt seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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