PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Yocum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clinton Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yocum
vs
Hunt

161 cm
25
140 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

170 cm
30
140 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Yocum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clinton Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt works Yocum's body with a nice hook.

Hunt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hunt.
A body shot lands from Hunt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Hunt avoids a wild elbow strike from Yocum.
Hunt managing to block the knees to the body from Yocum.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike.
Yocum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hunt lands with a right to the head.
Yocum's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Hunt.
Hunt prevents a body shot from Yocum.
Hunt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hunt lands a body punch.
Hunt is leaning against Yocum and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Hunt.
Hunt blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yocum backwards.
Yocum misses with an elbow over the top.
Yocum throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hunt lands a nice shot to the body.
Hunt pushes Yocum back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Yocum is breathing heavily.
Yocum misses with a knee to the head.
Hunt lands a left hand.
Hunt lands a body shot in the clinch.
I was talking to Yocum's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Hunt.
Yocum misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yocum throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Hunt on the inside.

It looks like Johnny Yocum has been cut.
Hunt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yocum backwards.
Yocum throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hunt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hunt presses Yocum against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt lands a body punch.
Hunt lands an uppercut.
A short right from Hunt on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Hunt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hunt lands a body punch.
Hunt digs a right hand into Yocum's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yocum's gas tank.
Hunt scores with a shoulder strike.
Hunt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hunt avoids the elbow strike from Yocum, against the cage.
Hunt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yocum or not.
Hunt lands with a right to the head.

Yocum is rocked!
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Yocum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yocum.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Yocum.
Hunt misses with some punches.
Yocum seems to have got his legs back now.
Yocum looking to slow down the pace here.
Hunt lands a shot to the body.
Hunt gets through Yocum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hunt presses Yocum against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yocum throws an elbow but misses.
Yocum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Hunt.
Hunt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hunt works on Yocum's body with a couple of short punches.
Yocum pushes off an throws an elbow but Hunt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hunt lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hunt.
A right hook to the body lands for Hunt.
Hunt lands a body shot.
Hunt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yocum backwards.
Hunt dips a shoulder and cracks Yocum with a mighty uppercut! Yocum falls back against the cage and Hunt unloads with a barrage of strikes! Yocum is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Hunt screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clinton Hunt!
Clinton Hunt got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'