PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Whitehope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Comfortably Numb. Hunt has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Merik Hunt could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mark Whitehope's chin.

Hunt
vs
Whitehope

175 cm
38
170 lbs
48 - 27 - 0

179 cm
28
184 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 48 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Whitehope!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Whitehope both land. Nice combination.
Whitehope is looking to clinch.
Mark Whitehope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Whitehope fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hunt sprawls well initially but Whitehope persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Whitehope is nestled in close to Hunt, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Whitehope not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Whitehope throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Whitehope sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunt defending well though.
Whitehope not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Whitehope throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Whitehope missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt taking some punishment here, with Whitehope in his half guard.
Whitehope missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Whitehope lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Whitehope scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Whitehope thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hunt's head.
Whitehope is nestled in close to Hunt, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Whitehope missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Whitehope lands strikes from half guard.

Whitehope is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Whitehope lands strikes from half guard.
Whitehope seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Hunt is rocked!
Hunt has hold of Whitehope's hands but Whitehope slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Hunt is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whitehope scores with a big shot! Hunt's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Hunt! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Whitehope!
After the fight, Mark Whitehope was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.