PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between MIhai Eminescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Applause by Lady Gaga kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Eminescu
vs
Hunter

184 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, MIhai Eminescu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eminescu throws a sloppy head kick and Hunter moves out of range easily.
Hunter goes for a double leg but Eminescu avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Eminescu continues to drive forward.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eminescu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eminescu is looking to clinch.
Eminescu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Eminescu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eminescu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hunter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Hunter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hunter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Hunter thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Hunter has an Americana. Eminescu didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Hunter is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Hunter hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Nathan Hunter!
Nathan Hunter decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.