PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aldous Wensleydale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wensleydale
vs
Hunter

170 cm
27
170 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
168 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aldous Wensleydale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Seth Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter tries a head kick but it misses.

Hunter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hunter lands an elbow just above Wensleydale 's eye.
Hunter is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wensleydale keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hunter's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Wensleydale.
Hunter wants to break free but Wensleydale has control.
Wensleydale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wensleydale blocks an elbow strike.
Wensleydale prevents Hunter from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wensleydale.
Knees to the body from Wensleydale.
Nice elbow from Wensleydale.
Wensleydale lands a good knee to the midsection. Hunter won't want to take too many of those.
Hunter looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunter is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wensleydale pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hunter looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wensleydale obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Our sources have told us that Wensleydale has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wensleydale.

It looks like Seth Hunter has been cut.

Wensleydale gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wensleydale showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wensleydale seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hunter for as long as he can get away with.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wensleydale accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hunter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wensleydale working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hunter's head.
Wensleydale content to stall in guard here.
Wensleydale has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wensleydale lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hunter looking to control but Wensleydale passes into half guard.
Wensleydale 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.
Wensleydale takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter tries to roll over but Wensleydale keeps him under control.
Wensleydale works his way into full mount!
Wensleydale lands a big elbow.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wensleydale is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hunter has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hunter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wensleydale controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is trying desperately to improve position.
We've been informed that Hunter has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Wensleydale controlling from mount.
Wensleydale connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wensleydale lands a couple of good shots and Hunter has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hunter defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Wensleydale lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldous Wensleydale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seth Hunter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wensleydale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Wensleydale has Hunter up against the cage in a clinch.
Hunter can't break the clinch.
Wensleydale blocks the elbow strike.
Hunter tries to break free but Wensleydale pushes him back against the cage.
Hunter throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wensleydale throws an elbow but misses.
Wensleydale throws an elbow but it misses.
Hunter misses with an elbow strike.
Aldous Wensleydale has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hunter avoiding damage as Wensleydale throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter pushes off an throws an elbow but Wensleydale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hunter misses with an elbow over the top.
Wensleydale blocks an elbow strike.
Hunter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wensleydale throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wensleydale blocks an elbow strike.
Wensleydale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hunter.
Wensleydale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hunter creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hunter lands an elbow that stopped Wensleydale in his tracks for a moment.
Wensleydale dodges an elbow strike from Hunter.
Wensleydale is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hunter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wensleydale wants to take the fight to the mat but Hunter manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hunter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wensleydale gets the underhooks and prevents it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wensleydale throws an elbow but misses.
Hunter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wensleydale.
Wensleydale misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is trying to push Wensleydale away but Wensleydale has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wensleydale lands a nice elbow.
Hunter blocks an elbow strike from Wensleydale.
Wensleydale trying to land knees to the body.
Wensleydale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hunter can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wensleydale.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wensleydale blocks an elbow strike.
Wensleydale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wensleydale tries to land knees in the clinch but Hunter avoids the damage to the body.
Wensleydale lands a hook that snaps the head of Hunter backwards.
Wensleydale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hunter avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wensleydale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunter's brow.
Wensleydale lands a knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Wensleydale.
Hunter is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Seth Hunter's cut even more.
Hunter blocks an elbow strike from Wensleydale.
Hunter pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Hunter is fighting off a takedown attempt but Wensleydale is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hunter to the mat. Hunter regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Hunter is looking to stand back up but Wensleydale counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hunter.

Wensleydale not doing much here.
Wensleydale has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wensleydale takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wensleydale landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wensleydale seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wensleydale is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunter can do to turn this around?
Wensleydale perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Aldous Wensleydale overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wensleydale is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wensleydale scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hunter is defending against the submission attempts here by Wensleydale.
Wensleydale takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wensleydale lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldous Wensleydale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Seth Hunter's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hunter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hunter misses with an elbow strike.

Wensleydale gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hunter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wensleydale. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wensleydale controlling the pace.
Wensleydale lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wensleydale with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wensleydale lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wensleydale thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hunter's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wensleydale is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wensleydale passes to side control.
Hunter tries to bench press Wensleydale off him but Wensleydale keeps the position.
A lull in the action here.
Wensleydale continues to stall.
Aldous Wensleydale is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wensleydale's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter moves away from the strike by Wensleydale.
Hunter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hunter throws a head kick that misses.
Hunter staying out of range there.

Wensleydale closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hunter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wensleydale prevents Hunter from breaking the clinch.
Hunter throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wensleydale missing with knees to the body.
Hunter wants to get back to striking at distance but Wensleydale won't allow it.
Wensleydale prevents Hunter from breaking the clinch.
Wensleydale trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wensleydale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunter's brow.
Hunter misses with an elbow strike.
Hunter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hunter throws an elbow that misses.
Hunter tries to pull guard but Wensleydale holds him up against the cage and eventually Hunter drops back down to his feet.
Wensleydale misses with an elbow strike.
Wensleydale missing with knees to the body.
Seth Hunter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wensleydale keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hunter's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hunter just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wensleydale's brow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aldous Wensleydale showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wensleydale, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Aldous Wensleydale!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for Aldous Wensleydale!
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Aldous Wensleydale!

Aldous Wensleydale wins by unanimous decision!
Aldous Wensleydale thanked the fans post fight for their support.