PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Josh Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Striker Accurate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hurt
vs
Accurate

173 cm
25
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Striker Accurate!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hurt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hurt effectively controlling the action here.
Accurate takes a knee to the side of the body.

Hurt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A good leg kick by Accurate.
Hurt avoids the head kick by Accurate.

Hurt clinches with his opponent.
Hurt is pushing Accurate up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hurt dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Accurate avoids it.
Accurate managing to block the knees to the body from Hurt.
Accurate avoiding damage as Hurt throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Accurate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hurt.
Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Accurate avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hurt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hurt has Accurate pushed against the cage.
Accurate blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Accurate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Accurate is looking to control Hurt's arms but Hurt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Accurate has his back to the cage.
Accurate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hurt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Accurate's coach down at Cozad MMA Las Vegas was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Accurate's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Accurate is looking to control Hurt's arms but Hurt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Accurate has his back to the cage.
Accurate is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Hurt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hurt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hurt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Accurate up against the cage.
Hurt just leaning against Accurate, taking a breather.
Hurt tries to land knees in the clinch but Accurate avoids the damage to the body.
Hurt lands a body punch.
Accurate is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hurt lands a good knee to the midsection. Accurate won't want to take too many of those.
Hurt misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Hurt.

Hurt manages to break the clinch.
Accurate throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hurt clinches up against the cage.
Hurt misses with a knee to the head.
Hurt prevents Accurate from breaking the clinch.
Hurt lands an elbow that stopped Accurate in his tracks for a moment.
Hurt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hurt lands a nice uppercut.
Hurt is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Accurate obliges.
Accurate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Accurate trying to control the position but instead, Hurt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Accurate into the cage.
Accurate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hurt misses with a knee strike.
Hurt effectively controlling the action here.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Accurate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Accurate landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Accurate taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hurt as Accurate tries to tie him up.
Accurate scores a nice knee to the body.
Accurate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hurt is defending well for now.
Hurt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Accurate wants to get back to striking at distance but Hurt won't allow it.
Accurate lands a good knee to the midsection. Hurt won't want to take too many of those.
Accurate with a knee to the head.
Accurate crunches a lovely knee into Hurt's ribcage.
Accurate lands a knee to the body.
Accurate stalling in the clinch but Hurt improves position.
Accurate scores with a knee to the head.
Hurt trying to land knees to the body.
Accurate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Accurate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hurt avoids it.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A knee to the head by Accurate.
Accurate working hard to break the clinch.
Accurate with a knee to the head.
Accurate connects with a knee to the head.
Accurate wants to stall.
Accurate has had enough of the clinch but Hurt keeps him there for the moment.
Accurate scores a nice knee to the body.
Hurt managing to block the knees to the body from Accurate.
Accurate landing knees to the head.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Accurate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Accurate.
Hurt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Accurate lands a good knee to the midsection. Hurt won't want to take too many of those.
Accurate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hurt's face.
Accurate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hurt avoids it.
Accurate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Striker Accurate dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Accurate.
Accurate throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Hurt darts in and clinches Accurate up against the cage.
Accurate is looking to control Hurt's arms but Hurt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Accurate has his back to the cage.
Hurt misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Hurt.
Hurt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hurt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Accurate up against the cage.
Hurt effectively controlling the action here.
Accurate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hurt pulls guard effortlessly.

Accurate stands and steps away. Hurt gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Accurate moves into the clinch.
Accurate with a knee to the head.

It looks like Josh Hurt has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Accurate misses with a knee to the head.
Accurate with a knee to the head.
Accurate wants to stall.

Hurt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Accurate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Accurate lands with a kick to the ribs.
Accurate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Accurate!
Hurt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Hurt rushes Accurate and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Accurate working Hurt over with knees to the body.
Accurate trying to stall but Hurt improves his position.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Accurate lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Accurate lands a good knee to the midsection. Hurt won't want to take too many of those.
Accurate lands a knee to the body.
Accurate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Accurate is trying to maintain a safe position but Hurt gets an underhook and turns Accurate into the cage.
Hurt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Accurate is defending well for now.
Accurate is looking to control Hurt's arms but Hurt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Accurate has his back to the cage.
Accurate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Accurate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Accurate is trying to maintain a safe position but Hurt gets an underhook and turns Accurate into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hurt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hurt tries to land a knee to the head but Accurate blocks with his arms.
Accurate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Accurate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Accurate is looking to control Hurt's arms but Hurt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Accurate has his back to the cage.
Accurate is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Striker Accurate.

Accurate drives through and clinches with Hurt against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Accurate blocks a body shot from Hurt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Accurate is looking to control Hurt's arms but Hurt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Accurate has his back to the cage.
Hurt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Accurate is keeping busy.
Accurate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hurt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hurt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Accurate scores a nice knee to the body.
Accurate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Accurate is trying to maintain a safe position but Hurt gets an underhook and turns Accurate into the cage.
Hurt wants to get back to striking at distance but Accurate won't allow it.
Accurate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Striker Accurate seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Accurate missing with knees to the body.
Accurate connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt is trying to stall.
Accurate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hurt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Accurate lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Accurate's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Accurate crunches a lovely knee into Hurt's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Accurate trying to control the position but instead, Hurt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Accurate into the cage.
Accurate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hurt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Accurate landing knees to the head.
Accurate looking to stall.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Accurate avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Striker Accurate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josh Hurt's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hurt darts in and clinches Accurate up against the cage.
Hurt scores with a hook to the body.
Hurt tries to land knees in the clinch but Accurate avoids the damage to the body.
Accurate lands a nice knee to the body.
Hurt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Accurate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hurt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Accurate working Hurt over with knees to the body.
Hurt managing to block the knees to the body from Accurate.
Good body shot from Hurt.
Hurt lands a nice elbow.
Accurate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Hurt.
Accurate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hurt.

Hurt wants the takedown. Accurate is fighting it off but Hurt persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Accurate's guard against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hurt looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hurt is looking to pass into half guard but Accurate pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Accurate is in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hurt is working an open guard so Accurate takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Hurt clinches.
Hurt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Accurate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hurt is defending well for now.
Accurate trying to land knees to the body.
Accurate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hurt.
Accurate tries to stall but Hurt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Accurate with a knee to the head.
Accurate wants to break free but Hurt has control.
Accurate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hurt avoids it.
Accurate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Accurate tries to stall but Hurt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Accurate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Accurate tries to break free but Hurt pushes him back against the cage.
Striker Accurate is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt tries to land knees in the clinch but Accurate avoids the damage to the body.
Accurate is looking to break free of the clinch but Hurt has double underhooks.
Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Accurate avoids it.
A knee to the head by Accurate.
Accurate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Accurate.
Accurate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hurt's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Accurate with a knee to the head.
Hurt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Accurate is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hurt as Accurate tries to tie him up.
Accurate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt tries a body shot but Accurate blocks it.
A knee to the head by Accurate.
Accurate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hurt tries for a takedown but Accurate manages to get underhooks.
Hurt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Accurate scores a nice knee to the body.
Accurate working Hurt over with knees to the body.
Hurt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hurt has Accurate pressed against the cage, preventing Accurate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hurt takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt is trying to maintain a safe position but Accurate gets an underhook and turns Hurt into the cage.
Accurate lands a nice knee to the body.
Accurate lands a good knee to the midsection. Hurt won't want to take too many of those.
Accurate landing knees to the body.
Hurt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Accurate managing to block the knees to the body from Hurt.
Accurate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Accurate landing knees to the head.
Accurate crunches a lovely knee into Hurt's ribcage.
Josh Hurt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Accurate crunches a lovely knee into Hurt's ribcage.
Accurate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Striker Accurate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Accurate winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Striker Accurate!