PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Radioactive-Imagine Dragons. Liam Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anderson
vs
Hunt

200 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt is looking to clinch.
Liam Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunt fails to land the takedown.
Hunt tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
Hunt wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.

Anderson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Anderson landing with the ground and pound.
Anderson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hunt on the ground.
Hunt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hunt is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anderson is aware though and is defending well.
Anderson cracks Hunt with a solid left hand.
Anderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson stands up over Hunt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.

Hunt pushes a forearm under Anderson's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Anderson is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Hunt!