PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wiremu Huia (ranked 1993 p4p, 266 weight class) and Johny Persecutioned (ranked 971 p4p, 131 weight class). Huia kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Poi E - Patea Maori Club. 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.

Huia
vs
Persecutioned

180 cm
26
175 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

191 cm
34
178 lbs
25 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Evil Empire Nutrition - 151Q $100

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wiremu Huia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johny Persecutioned!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huia throws a body shot but no joy.
Persecutioned lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Persecutioned clinches.
Huia lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Persecutioned has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Huia blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Persecutioned fails to land.
Huia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huia dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Huia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Persecutioned's elbow.
Huia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huia tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Persecutioned throws a head punch that misses.
Huia stalling the fight.
Huia blocking some punches.
Persecutioned creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huia's defenses.
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.
Persecutioned managing to block the knees to the body from Huia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persecutioned is pushing Huia up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Persecutioned misses with a body punch.
Persecutioned lands a nice uppercut.
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
Huia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Huia.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned throws a knee to the head but misses.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
Persecutioned swings wildly with an uppercut but Huia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huia blocks an elbow strike from Persecutioned.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned missing with knees to the body.
Persecutioned pushes Huia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
A short right from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned has Huia pressed against the cage.
Huia working aggressively here.
Persecutioned comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short left from Persecutioned.
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!
Huia wants a takedown but no success here.
Huia throws a head punch that misses.
Huia blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Huia has clasped his hands together around Persecutioned's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Huia wants to control but Persecutioned is keeping him busy.
Persecutioned is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Huia has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Persecutioned throws Huia to one side and escapes!

Persecutioned closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huia blocking some punches.
A short left from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned lands a nice uppercut.
Huia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Persecutioned gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wiremu Huia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Persecutioned makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
Huia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Persecutioned's elbow.
Huia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huia blocks an uppercut.
Persecutioned lands a left hand that snaps the head of Huia backwards.
Persecutioned stalling the fight.
Huia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Persecutioned misses with a body punch.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.
Huia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Huia misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Persecutioned.
Persecutioned tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Huia's elbow.
Persecutioned prevents a body shot from Huia.
Persecutioned pushes Huia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Persecutioned lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Persecutioned clinches with his opponent.
Persecutioned lands an elbow inside.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
Persecutioned misses with some punches.
Persecutioned has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Huia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Persecutioned lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Persecutioned.
Huia misses with a body punch.
Huia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Persecutioned working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Huia.
A head punch on the inside from Huia fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Persecutioned fails to land.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned misses with a punch to the body.
Huia stalling in the clinch but Persecutioned improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huia dodges an elbow strike from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Persecutioned lands a left hand that snaps the head of Huia backwards.
Huia blocks an uppercut.
Persecutioned misses with some punches.
Persecutioned has Huia pressed against the cage.
Persecutioned scores with a shoulder strike.
Persecutioned makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Persecutioned swings wildly with an uppercut but Huia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Persecutioned working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Huia misses with some punches.
Persecutioned doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Persecutioned.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Persecutioned.
Persecutioned lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Huia backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
Persecutioned lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Huia backwards.
Huia swings wildly with an uppercut but Persecutioned uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huia struggles to land a body shot inside as Persecutioned controls his hands.
Persecutioned throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Persecutioned blocks an uppercut.
Persecutioned lands a nice elbow.
Huia blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Persecutioned.
Persecutioned tries to work over Huia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Persecutioned lands a hook that snaps the head of Huia backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned scores with a shoulder strike.
Persecutioned misses with a punch to the body.
Persecutioned throws an elbow that misses.
Huia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Huia takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huia can't find room to land a body shot as Persecutioned controls the action.
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huia blocking some punches.
Persecutioned working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Huia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Persecutioned avoids it.
Huia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Persecutioned effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huia can't find room to land a body shot as Persecutioned controls the action.
Huia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huia lands a nice uppercut.
Persecutioned tries a knee to the head but Huia blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Persecutioned just misses with a elbow thrown towards Huia's brow.
Persecutioned pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Persecutioned swings wildly with an uppercut but Huia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huia can't find room to land a body shot as Persecutioned controls the action.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Persecutioned misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Persecutioned showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Persecutioned instigates a clinch.
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Persecutioned.
A head punch on the inside from Persecutioned fails to land.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Persecutioned makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huia missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Huia.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
Huia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Persecutioned's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huia misses with a punch to the body.
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Huias head.

Huia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Persecutioned moves out of range of the strikes.
Persecutioned unleashes a big counter combination but Huia bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huia shoots in for a takedown but Persecutioned shows good takedown defense.
Huia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Huia misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Huia.
Persecutioned unleashes a big counter combination but Huia bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Huia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Persecutioned counters with a stiff right hand.

Persecutioned moves into range and clinches up with Huia.
Persecutioned tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.

Huia breaks the clinch.
Huia throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Persecutioned counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Persecutioned blocks a head kick by Huia.
Persecutioned is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Huia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A countering left hand to the body from Persecutioned misses.
Persecutioned moves in looking to clinch but Huia pushes him off.
Wiremu Huia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huia throws a leg kick that is checked
and Persecutioned counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Persecutioned blocks a head kick by Huia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huia cracks a nice hook into Persecutioned's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huia doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Persecutioned cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Huia is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Persecutioned moves into range and clinches up with Huia.
Oh Huia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huia seems to have got his legs back now.
Persecutioned gets through Huia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huia blocking some punches.
Persecutioned stalling the fight.
Huia is looking to control Persecutioned's arms but Persecutioned gets an underhook and turns him. Now Huia has his back to the cage.
Persecutioned scores with a nice hook to the head.
Persecutioned lands a right hand.
Huia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huia prevents a body shot from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
Huia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huia blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned blocks a body shot from Huia.
Persecutioned can't find room to land a body shot as Huia controls the action.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Persecutioned doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Persecutioned tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Persecutioned has Huia pressed against the cage, preventing Huia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiremu Huia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huia tries a body shot but Persecutioned blocks it.
Persecutioned lands a right hand that snaps the head of Huia backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Persecutioned.
A knee to the head by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
Huia gets through Persecutioned's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Huia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Huia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Persecutioned is keeping busy.
Persecutioned lands a body shot in the clinch.
Johny Persecutioned is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Persecutioned.
Persecutioned tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huia lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Persecutioned.
Huia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johny Persecutioned comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Persecutioned 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johny Persecutioned!
Johny Persecutioned very nearly forgot to thank Evil Empire Nutrition - 151Q $100 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.