PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Capital Punishment (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by I Surrender. Punishment has chosen Everybody by: Yo Gotti as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hunt
vs
Punishment

180 cm
28
255 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

196 cm
22
225 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Capital Punishment!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt throws a series of punches but Punishment moves out of range.
Hunt swinging wildly here.
Hunt tries to clinch but Punishment moves out of range.
Punishment is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Punishment is defended easily by Hunt.
Hunt throws a body kick that misses.
Punishment wants to counter with a clinch but Hunt pushes him away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Punishment.
Hunt wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Punishment rushes Hunt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punishment struggles to land a body shot inside as Hunt controls his hands.
A short right from Punishment.
Punishment with a knee to the head.
Punishment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Punishment manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
I was talking to Hunt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hunt really is a fat lump.
Hunt dodges an elbow strike from Punishment.
Punishment misses with an elbow strike.
Hunt misses with an elbow over the top.
Punishment throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hunts head.
Punishment stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Punishment throws a knee to the head but misses.
Punishment throws an elbow but it misses.
Punishment with a knee to the head.

It looks like Richard Hunt has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punishment avoiding damage.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike.
Punishment tries a knee to the head but Hunt blocks it.
Punishment misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punishment trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Punishment tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hunt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hunt misses with the head strike.
Punishment with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Punishment throws an elbow but it misses.
Hunt takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punishment landing knees to the head.
Hunt takes a shot to the head.
Punishment tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Punishment using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Punishment misses with a body punch.
Punishment throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt avoiding damage as Punishment throws knees to the body.
Punishment blocking some punches.
Punishment swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punishment tries to land a knee to the head but Hunt blocks with his arms.
Hunt avoids a wild elbow strike from Punishment.
Punishment looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punishment with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Punishment is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Punishment looking to throw knees to the head but Hunt is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Punishment.
Hunt avoiding damage as Punishment throws knees to the body.
Punishment tries a knee to the head but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Punishment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hunt misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Capital Punishment dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Hunt's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Some wild striking there from Hunt.
Hunt works over Punishment's head and body with a nice combination.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.
Hunt lands a head kick!
Punishment shoots for a takedown but Hunt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Punishment looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hunt!
Punishment tries to move to mount but Hunt blocks the move with his legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Punishment looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Punishment tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Punishment has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ground and pound from Punishment seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sloppy strikes there by Punishment.
Punishment controlling from side mount.
Punishment has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Punishment wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hunt, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punishment trying to control the position but Hunt is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Punishment is trying to get an arm triangle but Hunt is defending well.
Punishment trying to control the position but Hunt is working away.
Punishment throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Punishment is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hunt knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Punishment has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Punishment moves into full mount!
Capital Punishment has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Punishment looking to isolate an arm here. Hunt doesn't see it coming and as Punishment extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Capital Punishment!
Capital Punishment decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.