PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Deontay Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hunter might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Juicy. Deontay Hunter is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hunter
vs
Davidyan

175 cm
25
195 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

189 cm
23
191 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Deontay Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gurgen Davidyan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hunter darts in trying to clinch
and Davidyan counters with a straight right hand.
Hunter swings for the body but Davidyan moves out of range.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan is having none of it.
Hunter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Deontay Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hunter takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidyan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter misses with a body punch.
Davidyan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hunter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davidyan's elbow.
Hunter lands with a right to the head.
Hunter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davidyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Davidyan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davidyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Davidyan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davidyan.

It looks like Deontay Hunter has been cut.
Hunter drops his hands momentarily and Davidyan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hunter darts in trying to clinch
and Davidyan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidyan. Hunter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunter tries to counter by clinching up but Davidyan breaks away and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davidyan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davidyan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunter throws a hook to the side of Davidyan's head but Davidyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is looking to clinch.
Davidyan keeps the fight on the outside.

Hunter closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hunter.
Davidyan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hunter or not.
Hunter lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hunter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Davidyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunter's elbow.
Davidyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davidyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunter's elbow.
Davidyan tries to work over Hunter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidyan.
Davidyan tries to work over Hunter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidyan.
Davidyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunter scores with a shoulder strike.
Hunter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
I was talking to Hunter's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hunter lands with a right to the head.
Hunter is working Davidyan over against the cage.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davidyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hunter swings wildly with an uppercut but Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunter lands with a right to the head.
Hunter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Davidyan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hunter seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Davidyan can turn it around.
Good body shot from Davidyan.
Davidyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davidyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hunter controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right hand to the body from Hunter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hunter misses with a body punch.
Davidyan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Davidyan tries a body shot but Hunter blocks it.
Hunter swings wildly with an uppercut but Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunter swings wildly with an uppercut but Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davidyan prevents a body shot from Hunter.
Hunter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Davidyan backwards.
Davidyan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Hunter.
Hunter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davidyan's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deontay Hunter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Deontay Hunter's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hunter pushes Davidyan up against the cage in a clinch.
Davidyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hunter controls his hands.
Hunter blocks a body shot from Davidyan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Davidyan tries to throw a body punch but Hunter avoids it by throwing Davidyan back against the cage.
Hunter working aggressively here.
Hunter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hunter misses with the head strike.
A short right from Davidyan.
Hunter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Davidyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunter's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hunter breaks the clinch.
A jab from Davidyan finds it's way through Hunter's defenses.
Hunter is looking to clinch but Davidyan is avoiding it.
Davidyan lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunter off the cage and back into range.
Davidyan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davidyan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davidyan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunter tries to clinch up
and Davidyan counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch but Davidyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davidyan swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunter.
Gurgen Davidyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan is having none of it.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davidyan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunter is looking to clinch but Davidyan is avoiding it.
Davidyan lands with an overhand left.
Hunter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hunter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hunter moves in looking to clinch but Davidyan pushes him off.
Davidyan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hunter wants to clinch
and Davidyan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hunter looks to clinch
and Davidyan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Davidyan circles away from the clinch attempt.

Hunter darts in and clinches Davidyan up against the cage.
Davidyan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davidyan digs a right hand underneath Hunter's ribcage. Hunter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davidyan digs a right hand underneath Hunter's ribcage. Hunter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davidyan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davidyan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter trying to control the position but instead, Davidyan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hunter into the cage.
Davidyan tries a body shot but Hunter blocks it.
Davidyan tries a body shot but Hunter blocks it.
Hunter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davidyan's elbow.
Davidyan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hunter.
Davidyan blocking some punches.
Hunter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davidyan lands a nice uppercut.
Davidyan is leaning against Hunter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davidyan tries to work over Hunter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davidyan tries a body shot but Hunter blocks it.
Davidyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Davidyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hunter backwards.
Davidyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davidyan tries to throw a body punch but Hunter avoids it by throwing Davidyan back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter tries to stall but Davidyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hunter gets through Davidyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Davidyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hunter controls his hands.
Davidyan tries to work over Hunter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Deontay Hunter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hunter lands with a light punch inside.
Davidyan tries to throw a body punch but Hunter avoids it by throwing Davidyan back against the cage.

Davidyan breaks the clinch.
Davidyan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hunter under the eye.

Deontay Hunter's cut is getting worse.
Hunter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Davidyan in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davidyan tests Hunter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hunter wants to clinch.
Davidyan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Davidyan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunter wants to clinch up but Davidyan keeps it at a distance.
Hunter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davidyan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Davidyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunter.
Hunter tries to clinch up
and Davidyan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hunter tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davidyan.
Davidyan swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunter.
Davidyan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch but Davidyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter darts in trying to clinch
and Davidyan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunter is looking to clinch but Davidyan is avoiding it.
Hunter tries to clinch up.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan is having none of it.
Hunter ducks under a wild hook from Davidyan.
Davidyan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davidyan wants to land a leg kick but Hunter is out of range.
Hunter is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davidyan! But no joy.
Hunter is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hunter rushes Davidyan and presses him up against the cage.
Davidyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunter.
Hunter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davidyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Davidyan is leaning against Hunter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Davidyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunter's elbow.
Davidyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunter's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidyan.
Hunter prevents a body shot from Davidyan.

Davidyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davidyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunter.
Davidyan cracks Hunter with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hunter wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch but Davidyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davidyan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hunter tries to clinch up but Davidyan circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunter tries to clinch up but Davidyan circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hunter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davidyan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunter moves in looking to clinch but Davidyan pushes him off.
Davidyan looks for the body kick but Hunter saw that one coming.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan is having none of it.
Davidyan keeps the fight on the outside.
Davidyan replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hunter blocks it well.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan is having none of it.
Davidyan swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidyan misses with a wild body shot.
Hunter tries to clinch but Davidyan is having none of it.
Hunter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch but Davidyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davidyan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Davidyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunter.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hunter tries to clinch up.
Davidyan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hunter tries to clinch there but Davidyan circles away.

Hunter closes the distance and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gurgen Davidyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Davidyan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gurgen Davidyan!
Gurgen Davidyan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Vandal & Laundry, into his post fight interview.