PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinuhe Egyptian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egyptian comes to the cage accompanied by Egyptian Entrance Song. Hunt is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Comfortably Numb. Sinuhe Egyptian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Egyptian
vs
Hunt

182 cm
34
174 lbs
42 - 13 - 2

175 cm
29
170 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinuhe Egyptian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt throws a head kick but Egyptian moves out of range.
Egyptian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Egyptian throws a leg kick which misses Hunt's front leg but catches the back leg as Hunt tries to avoid it.
Hunt catches Egyptian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Egyptian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Egyptian tries to clinch up but Hunt circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunt misses with a hook
and Hunt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Egyptian misses with a body shot.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!

Egyptian closes the distance and clinches.
Hunt struggles to land a body shot inside as Egyptian controls his hands.
Egyptian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Egyptian.
Egyptian tries to stall but Hunt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hunt as Egyptian tries to tie him up.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egyptian.
Hunt can't find room to land a body shot as Egyptian controls the action.
Egyptian tries to stall but Hunt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Merik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egyptian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Egyptian throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hunt throws a combination that misses
and Egyptian counters with an outside leg kick.
Hunt lands with a nice body punch.
Hunt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Egyptian circles away.
Egyptian misses with a body kick.
Hunt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Egyptian makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd cheers as Hunt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Egyptian doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Egyptian cracks Hunt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hunt cracks the inside of Egyptian's front leg.
Hunt thows a leg kick but Egyptian checks it
and Egyptian makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Egyptian lands a glancing blow to the side of Hunt's head.

Egyptian closes the distance and pushes Hunt back into the cage.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Egyptian misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt swings wildly with an uppercut but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Hunt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Egyptian misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egyptian.
Hunt blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is trying to force a seperation but Egyptian has the dominant position.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Egyptian avoiding damage.
Egyptian struggles to land a body shot inside as Hunt controls his hands.
Egyptian pushes Hunt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Egyptian throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt misses with the head strike.
The referee calls for Egyptian to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Egyptian is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Egyptian misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunt's elbow.
Egyptian has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Egyptian blocks an uppercut.
Egyptian throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Egyptian.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian taking a breather.
Hunt is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Egyptian gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hunt cracks Egyptian with a nice body shot.
Egyptian has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Egyptian misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hunt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egyptian lands a body punch in the clinch.
Egyptian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinuhe Egyptian dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hunt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Egyptian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Egyptian swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Egyptian.
Egyptian throws out a leg kick but Hunt moves out of range and Egyptian only half commits.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body.
Egyptian wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
Egyptian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Egyptian tries to move into range but Hunt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Egyptian attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hunt cracks Egyptian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Egyptian.

Hunt shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Egyptian is trying to defend but Hunt finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hunt looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hunt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt working over Egyptian with some ground and pound. Egyptian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Egyptian keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Egyptian avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hunt.
Hunt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hunt throwing shots but Egyptian is blocking nicely.
Hunt is looking to pass Egyptian's guard but actually Egyptian recovers to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian trying to keep a closed guard but Hunt is proving a slippery customer.
Egyptian is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hunt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunt wants to control but Egyptian is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian trying to control the action but Hunt is working from the bottom.

Sinuhe Egyptian has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A low kick from Egyptian misses

and Hunt counters with a nice double leg into side control. Egyptian won't be happy with that.
Egyptian can't do much from the bottom here.
Hunt sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Egyptian is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Egyptian tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hunt throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Egyptian avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Egyptian is looking for a sweep.
Hunt trying to control the position but Egyptian is working away.
Egyptian tries to improve position but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt working away.
Egyptian is trying to buck Hunt off.
Egyptian is trying to work for a sweep but Hunt has mounted him!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt raining down hammerfists from mount.
Egyptian tries to hold on but Hunt postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Merik Hunt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Egyptian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Egyptian is looking to slow Hunt down with leg kicks.
Egyptian just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Egyptian misses its intended target.
Egyptian slips a jab from Hunt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Egyptian.
Hunt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crunch! Hunt slams his shin into Egyptian's torso.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Egyptian.
Hunt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hunt throws a right hand that misses
and Egyptian makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Egyptian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hunt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Egyptian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Egyptian moves into the clinch.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
Egyptian lands a left hand.
Egyptian is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hunt lands a right hand.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian.
Hunt swings wildly with an uppercut but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hunt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hunt fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Hunt.
Hunt working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian tries a body shot but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunt lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Egyptian blocks an uppercut.
Egyptian lands with a short shot to the head.
Egyptian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egyptian stalling against the cage.
Hunt misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Hunt.
Egyptian can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Egyptian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Hunt.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hunt breaks from the clinch.
Sinuhe Egyptian is winning the standup battle so far.
Hunt thumps Egyptian with a low kick.
Egyptian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Egyptian throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Egyptian.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Hunt.
Egyptian scores with a jab. Hunt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A big left from Egyptian misses.
Egyptian doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunt circles away.
Egyptian ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Egyptian blocks a jab.
Hunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Egyptian's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Egyptian walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Egyptian is looking to score with low kicks.
Egyptian lands a head kick. Hunt smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hunt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Egyptian's sensitive parts.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
Egyptian tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Egyptian moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hunt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Egyptian checks a leg kick.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Egyptian sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Merik Hunt just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hunt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Egyptian throws a leg kick that misses.
Hunt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Egyptian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Egyptian misses with a looping left.
Egyptian scores with a spinning back kick!
Egyptian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
Hunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Egyptian connects with an inside leg kick.
Hunt misses with a wild combination.

Egyptian moves into the clinch.
Egyptian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A frustrated look appears on Hunt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hunt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hunt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hunt working aggressively here.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Egyptian stalling in the clinch but Hunt improves position.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egyptian misses with the head strike.
Hunt lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hunt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Egyptian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunt is leaning against Egyptian and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hunt scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Hunt working aggressively here.
Egyptian manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
Egyptian has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Egyptian swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merik Hunt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egyptian holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egyptian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.
Hunt wants a takedown.
Egyptian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hunts head.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Egyptian lands with a right to the head.
Hunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egyptian is pushing Hunt up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Egyptian has Hunt pressed against the cage, preventing Hunt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A bit of stalling here from Egyptian.
A head punch on the inside from Hunt fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hunt is keeping busy.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sinuhe Egyptian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Egyptian darts in and clinches Hunt up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Egyptian controlling the action here for a moment.
Hunt scores with a nice hook to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Sinuhe Egyptian will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Egyptian throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Hunt counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hunt looking to pass the guard.
Egyptian keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Hunt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Egyptian's head.
Hunt postures up in Egyptian's guard and throws a big left but Egyptian blocks it.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Egyptian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hunt is fighting to break Egyptian's control of his arms but Egyptian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Egyptian has momentary wrist control but Hunt slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Egyptian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hunt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Egyptian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hunt trying to control but Egyptian is working from the bottom.
Hunt controls from within his opponent's guard.
Egyptian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hunt postures up in Egyptian's guard and throws a big left but Egyptian blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Egyptian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hunt. Hunt obviously looking to wear him down.
Egyptian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Egyptian on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Egyptian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunt closes this distance looking for a takedown but Egyptian circles away.
Hunt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Egyptian's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch lands to the side of Egyptian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hunt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Egyptian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hunt.
Egyptian checks a leg kick.
Hunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a head kick that half lands.
Hunt connects with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a two punch combination.
Egyptian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Egyptian.
Hunt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunt's corner calls for a 1-2. Hunt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt lands a jab to Egyptian's midsection.
Nice cross by Hunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian blocks the body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Egyptian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Egyptian ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Hunt clobbers Egyptian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Egyptian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hunt is looking to clinch but Egyptian is avoiding it.
Hunt thows a body kick. Egyptian tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hunt drops his hands momentarily and Egyptian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Egyptian is out of range.
Egyptian works the jab nicely.
Hunt fails with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Merik Hunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 47:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Merik Hunt!
Merik Hunt is the new welterweight champion!
Our winner, Merik Hunt, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.