PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Mangerociti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malig Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mangerociti
vs
Hunt

178 cm
25
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite 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 The Island, Mike Mangerociti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malig Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Hunt.

Hunt gets a clinch.
Mangerociti really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mangerociti tries to break free but Hunt pushes him back against the cage.
Hunt gets through Mangerociti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Hunt.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mangerociti's elbow.
Mangerociti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hunt.
Hunt scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hunt displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mangerociti up against the cage.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Mangerociti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt works on Mangerociti's body with a couple of short punches.
Hunt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mangerociti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mangerociti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mangerociti has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hunt is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands a shoulder strike.
Mangerociti tries to pull guard but Hunt holds him up against the cage and eventually Mangerociti drops back down to his feet.
Mangerociti is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Mangerociti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mangerociti drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hunt pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hunt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
Hunt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hunt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mangerociti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mangerociti shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hunt sprawls well. Hunt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mangerociti gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangerociti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body punch from Hunt.
Mangerociti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mangerociti shoots for a takedown but Hunt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hunt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mangerociti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunt cracks Mangerociti with a good jab.
Hunt lands a head shot.
Mangerociti shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hunt as he jumps to the side.
Mangerociti is breathing heavily.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Mangerociti's ribs.
Hunt lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Mangerociti goes down and covers up as Hunt starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malig Hunt!