PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Narushima comes to the cage accompanied by Deepforces - Heartbeat. Hunt has chosen Smells Like Teen Spirit as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Narushima
vs
Hunt

190 cm
32
210 lbs
38 - 10 - 0

185 cm
30
215 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Hellbent

Mango Nutrition
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Narushima throws a right hand that misses

and Hunt counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hunt working the ground and pound but Narushima is defending the strikes.
Narushima controls the position for a moment.
Narushima wants to control but Hunt postures up.
Narushima tries to buck Hunt off but Hunt is having none of it.
Narushima prevents Hunt from improving position.
Narushima takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narushima can't do much from the bottom here.
Narushima tries to buck Hunt off but Hunt is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Narushima!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Narushima is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Narushima is working hard here to advance position.
Narushima tries to lock up and control but Hunt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Narushima slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hunt is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hunt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Narushima is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hunt throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Narushima can't escape the position.
Narushima wants to control but Hunt is having none of it.
Hunt looking to ground and pound but Narushima is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a big shot there that rocks Narushima but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt lands a big shot there that rocks Narushima but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Narushima regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Narushima manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Narushima trying to control the position.
Narushima is pulling down on Hunt's head. It's preventing any offense from Hunt, at least for the moment.
Narushima is trying to control the position but Hunt postures up.
Narushima has Hunt pulled in close to control his posture.
Hunt throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima has Hunt pulled in close to control his posture.
Hunt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ryo Narushima wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Narushima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryo Narushima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narushima manages to avoid it.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
Hunt lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Ryo Narushima has been cut.
Narushima throws a leg kick but Hunt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hunt scores with the left hand. Narushima knows he should have avoided that one.
Hunt clobbers Narushima with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
An inside leg kick from Narushima misses.
Narushima bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hunt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hunt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hunt takes a swing at Narushima's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Narushima lands a jab to the nose.
Narushima misses with a low kick as Hunt jumps back.
Narushima tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Narushima 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.
Narushima takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Narushima lands an overhand right.
Hunt lands with a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Narushima, right into the meat.
Ryo Narushima is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Narushima lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick from Narushima.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Narushima cracks Hunt with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hunt looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Narushima finish him?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Narushima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryo Narushima's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Narushimas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Mike Hunt has been cut.
Good shot there by Narushima.

Hunt is rocked!
Narushima delivers a nice body kick.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick from Narushima.
Narushima throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hunt on the side of the head.
Hunt is still on wobbly legs! Can Narushima finish him?
Narushima throws a front kick aimed at Hunt's knee but Hunt avoids it well.
Narushima scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hunt doesn't seem bothered though.
Narushima lands a front kick.
Hunt seems to have recovered his senses.
Hunt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Narushima can pounce on him.
Good work by Hunt as he checks the leg kick.
Narushima looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hunt fails to land the takedown.
Narushima on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hunt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima tries to work over Hunt's front leg with a kick but Hunt checks it.
Hunt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hunt, right into the meat.
Narushima wants to clinch.
Narushima connects with a leg kick. Hunt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hunt.
Narushima chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hunt can pounce on him.
Narushima throws a head kick that misses.

Narushima drops Hunt with a beautiful combination! Hunt stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Narushima is looking for the KO!
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!
Narushima throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Hunt stumbling backwards into the cage! Hunt bounces back off the cage towards Narushima, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Narushima lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Narushima celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ryo Narushima!
Ryo Narushima is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Ryo Narushima, 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.