PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zina da Fiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Fiel's entrance music is Bando de Loco. A fine choice. Hunt has chosen Ace of Spades by Motorhead as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

da Fiel
vs
Hunt

180 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

191 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

GTI-Roid Rage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zina da Fiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt punishes da Fiel's body with a nice straight punch.

da Fiel has Hunt up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hunt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Zina da Fiel has been cut.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Fiel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hunt swivels and escapes.
Hunt looks to clinch

and da Fiel counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hunt controlling the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
da Fiel has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hunt is proving hard to escape from.
Hunt is controlling da Fiel's posture.
Hunt is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hunt holds on and takes a little breather.
Hunt wants to stand up but da Fiel is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Hunt as da Fiel shoots in.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from da Fiel.
Hunt clinches but da Fiel breaks the clinch
and da Fiel counters with a body kick that stops Hunt in his tracks momentarily.
da Fiel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hunt tries to clinch
and da Fiel counters with a thumping low kick.

da Fiel scores a takedown into full mount!
da Fiel trying to control but Hunt is having none of it.
da Fiel misses with a head shot.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Fiel prevents Hunt from getting the reversal.
da Fiel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hunt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
da Fiel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hunt is looking to escape.
da Fiel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
da Fiel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hunt is looking to escape.
da Fiel controlling from mount.
Hunt is desperately trying to improve his position but da Fiel has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zina da Fiel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zina da Fiel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hunt tries to clinch but fails miserably

and da Fiel counters by moving into the clinch.
Hunt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Hunt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
da Fiel fails to pull the fight into his guard.
da Fiel is looking to control Hunt's arms but Hunt gets an underhook and turns him. Now da Fiel has his back to the ropes.
Hunt unloads a knee to the mid-section. da Fiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hunt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
da Fiel takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hunt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
da Fiel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Hunt breaks the clinch.
da Fiel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and da Fiel counters with a big head kick but Hunt shrugs it off.

Hunt clinches.
Hunt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hunt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Zina da Fiel's cut is getting worse.
Hunt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hunt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt stalling.
Hunt lands an elbow just above da Fiel 's eye.

Zina da Fiel's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Hunt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunt wants to clinch

and da Fiel counters with a shoot takedown. Hunt fights it but they end up in guard.
da Fiel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt pulls da Fiel in close to his closed guard and prevents da Fiel from doing any damage or advancing position.

Hunt pushes da Fiel off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but da Fiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hunt instigates a clinch.
Hunt keeps control of da Fiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
da Fiel fails to pull the fight into his guard.
da Fiel tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hunt just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zina da Fiel. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Fiel goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hunt prevents it.
Hunt lands a nice elbow.
Hunt lands an elbow inside that da Fiel shrugs off.

Jeez, Zina da Fiel's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hunt stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
da Fiel takes a knee right on the jaw!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zina da Fiel's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jonny Hunt!