PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zorba The Dancing Buddha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stewart Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Dancing Buddha comes into the arena with Zorba Time blaring out of the sound system. Hunter has chosen Scotland The Brave as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Dancing Buddha
vs
Hunter

190 cm
20
216 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry (93%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zorba The Dancing Buddha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stewart Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Hunter misses its intended target.
Stewart Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Dancing Buddha jabs at Hunter's body.
The Dancing Buddha just misses with a punch to the body.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hunter misses with a body shot
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hunter lands a nice looking body shot.
Hunter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Hunter as he connects with a hook.
Hunter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Dancing Buddha manages to avoid it.
The Dancing Buddha connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Dancing Buddha staying out of range there.
The Dancing Buddha takes a swing at Hunter's ribcage but misses.
The Dancing Buddha lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Hunter does it's job there.
Hunter connects with a jab.
Hunter throws a right hand that misses
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hunter throws a lazy right hand but The Dancing Buddha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Dancing Buddha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunter.
Hunter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Dancing Buddha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hunter misses with a looping right.
The Dancing Buddha throwing a counter right hand but Hunter manages to avoid it.
Hunter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunter misses with an uppercut. The Dancing Buddha saw that one coming.
Zorba The Dancing Buddha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hunter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunter wants to counter with a clinch but The Dancing Buddha pushes him away.
The Dancing Buddha swinging wildly here.
Hunter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha slips under a jab from Hunter.
Hunter with a nice cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Dancing Buddha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hunter throws a body punch but The Dancing Buddha moves out of range.
The Dancing Buddha was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice uppercut there from Hunter.

Hunter moves into range and clinches up with The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a body punch.
Hunter tries to score a body lock takedown but The Dancing Buddha shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The Dancing Buddha is looking to break free of the clinch but Hunter has double underhooks.
The Dancing Buddha is trying to break free.
A short right from Hunter on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Dancing Buddha blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha blocks a body shot from Hunter.
The Dancing Buddha is working Hunter over against the cage.
Hunter working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hunter.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Dancing Buddha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha throws an elbow that misses.
The Dancing Buddha lands a hook that snaps the head of Hunter backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hunter blocking some punches.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a shot to the kidneys.

The Dancing Buddha breaks from the clinch.
The Dancing Buddha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter throws a jab when The Dancing Buddha was well out of range.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Dancing Buddha takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No joy there for The Dancing Buddha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The Dancing Buddha on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Dancing Buddha looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunter is just out of range.
Hunter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Dancing Buddha looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunter is just out of range.
Hunter takes a swing at The Dancing Buddha's ribcage but misses.

Hunter instigates a clinch.
The Dancing Buddha lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zorba The Dancing Buddha will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from The Dancing Buddha misses.
Hunter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hunter throws a predictable looking body shot
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Hunter shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in The Dancing Buddha's guard.
Hunter throwing strikes from guard but The Dancing Buddha blocks nicely.
The Dancing Buddha has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hunter preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter chips away with some ground and pound.
The Dancing Buddha tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The Dancing Buddha keeping moving, preventing Hunter from controlling successfully.
Hunter throwing strikes from guard but The Dancing Buddha blocks nicely.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha trying to keep a closed guard but Hunter is proving a slippery customer.
The Dancing Buddha seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The Dancing Buddha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hunter lands with a straight right. The Dancing Buddha didn't see that one coming.
Hunter lands a nice hook to The Dancing Buddha's body. The Dancing Buddha takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hunter shoots in looking for a takedown but The Dancing Buddha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hunter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The Dancing Buddha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunter.
Hunter feints the counter takedown.
The Dancing Buddha lands the left hand.
The Dancing Buddha throws a hook to the side of Hunter's head but Hunter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunter with the counter takedown but The Dancing Buddha avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter misses with an uppercut. The Dancing Buddha saw that one coming.
The Dancing Buddha works the jab nicely.

Hunter shoots in and gets a takedown into The Dancing Buddha's guard.
The Dancing Buddha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hunter.
Hunter throwing strikes from guard but The Dancing Buddha blocks nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hunter's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hunter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hunter lands a couple of elbows.
The Dancing Buddha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The Dancing Buddha wants to control but Hunter passes easily into half guard.
The Dancing Buddha wants to improve his position but Hunter is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha trying to control from the bottom.
Hunter works his way into full mount!
The Dancing Buddha takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hunter lands a big shot there that rocks The Dancing Buddha but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hunter is landing with some decent strikes but The Dancing Buddha is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hunter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hunter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. The Dancing Buddha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha tries to hold on but Hunter pushes him away.
Hunter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Dancing Buddha looks a forlorn figure.
The Dancing Buddha in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hunter cracks The Dancing Buddha with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The Dancing Buddha is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hunter landing shots from mount.

The Dancing Buddha is rocked!
Hunter lands a big shot there that rocks The Dancing Buddha but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh The Dancing Buddha is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunter loads up with a big shot that hurts The Dancing Buddha! He's pulled Hunter in close but Hunter has postured up and lands more strikes. Can The Dancing Buddha survive? More strikes from Hunter and The Dancing Buddha is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stewart Hunter!
Stewart Hunter took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Looks like this lad that they put me in the cage to maul may be better suited for another line of work! Bring on the next one, because they are all going to fall to The Loch Ness Monster!'.