PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Te Huna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laszlo Papp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papp has chosen Feet don't fail me now... as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Te Huna
vs
Papp

187 cm
26
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
218 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Te Huna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Laszlo Papp!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papp lands a head shot.
Te Huna throws a jab when Papp was well out of range.
Te Huna throws a poor cross that misses
and Papp counters with an outside leg kick.
Te Huna will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Papp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Papp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papp scores with the left hand. Te Huna knows he should have avoided that one.
Papp staying out of range there.
Te Huna takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papp stalks Te Huna and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Te Huna's face. Te Huna staggers backwards, shaken.

Papp gets a clinch.
Te Huna is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Papp is defending well.
Te Huna looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Te Huna. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Papp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Papp thumps Te Huna with a low kick.
Te Huna shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Papp as he avoids it easily.

Papp has Te Huna up against the ropes in a clinch.
Papp lands a hook that snaps the head of Te Huna backwards.

Te Huna is rocked!

Papp tightens his grip and picks Te Huna up, before dumping him to the ground. Te Huna manages to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Papp is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Papp throws a big right hand that misses.
Papp stopping the sweep attempt from Te Huna.
Papp is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Papp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Papp stopping the sweep attempt from Te Huna.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papp throws a big elbow that misses.
Papp slips nicely into half guard.
Papp not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Papp wants to take a breather but Te Huna is having none of it.
Te Huna is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Papp scores with a couple of nice shots.
Papp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Te Huna knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Papp on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna taking some punishment here, with Papp in his half guard.
Papp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Te Huna is breathing heavily.
Papp thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Papp is trying to control. Te Huna wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Papp sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Papp uses his free foot to push down on Te Huna's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Te Huna.
Papp raining down hammerfists from mount.
Te Huna wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Papp.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Te Huna that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Papp throws some wild stikes that Te Huna manages to avoid easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Te Huna can't escape the position.
Papp sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Papp controlling the position easily from mount.
Papp is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Te Huna is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papp postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Te Huna in real trouble here! The ref calls for Te Huna to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Laszlo Papp!
Our winner, Laszlo Papp, 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.