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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Wildside- Motley Crue. Austin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Who's your Daddy by Mook N Fair. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Austin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Austin throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Hunt closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Austin trying to control here.
Hunt passes into side control, despite Austin's attempt to control the position.
Hunt has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Hunt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Austin is fending him off so far but Hunt persists. Nope, Austin circles away and we're back to standing.
Austin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Austin throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Austin misses with a body shot.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Austin jabs at Hunt's body.
Austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Austin misses with a wild combination.
Austin stuffs the takedown attempt from Hunt. Hunt gets slowly back to his feet.
Hunt slips under a jab from Austin.
Hunt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Austin avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Austin misses.
Hunt really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hunt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hunt stands up and beckons Austin to join him on the feet.
Hunt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Austin avoids it really well and circles away.
Hunt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Austin.
Hunt slips a straight right by Austin.
Austin throws a right and a left that Hunt avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Austin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Austin misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Hunt slips under a jab from Austin.
Hunt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Austin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hunt is defended easily by Austin.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Hunt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hunt avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Austin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hunt is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
James Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Austin checks it well.
Austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Austin.
Austin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Austin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Austin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Austin!
It looks like Mike Hunt has been cut.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.
Hunt lands a two punch combo.
Austin throws a series of punches but Hunt moves out of range.
Austin misses with a series of wild punches.
Mike Hunt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Hunt.
A big right from Austin misses.
Some wild striking there from Austin.
Austin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Austin just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin misses with a wild combination.
Hunt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Austin misses.
Hunt misses with a few strikes there.
Hunt shoots in for a takedown but Austin shows good takedown defense.
Austin throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Austin misses with a wild body shot.
James Austin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Austin swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.
Hunt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Austin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hunt rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Austin coming out on top.
Austin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Austin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hunt.
Austin misses the shot to the body.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Austin.
Austin misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Hunt fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a double jab
and Hunt counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hunt is controlling the pace.
Hunt wants to stand but Austin has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hunt decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Austin.
Austin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hunt.
Austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
Austin moves out of range as Hunt throws a body kick.
Austin misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt fails with the takedown.
Hunt shoots in and drives through. Austin sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Austin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Hunt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hunt slips a jab and a cross from Austin.
Austin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hunt counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Austin is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hunt pulls his head out easily.
Hunt will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hunt seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Austin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hunt decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Austin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hunt.
Hunt shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Austin fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Austin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin misses with a combination
and Hunt decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Austin's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Austin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Austin tries to strike from the bottom.
Hunt trying to stand up but can't free himself from Austin's guard.
Austin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Austin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hunt is one step ahead there.
Hunt trying to control but Austin is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Austin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hunt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hunt won't allow Austin to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunt shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin lands with a nice body punch.
Hunt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Austin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a double jab.
Austin throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt walks into a stiff left hand from Austin.
James Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Austin misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Austin misses the target.
Austin with a nice cross.
Hunt moves away from the strike by Austin.
Austin swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Austin misses with a combination
and Hunt counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
James Austin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Austin trying to control the position.
Austin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Austin keeping full guard, as Hunt tries to pass.
Mike Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hunt advances position into side control!
Austin struggling a bit here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Austin 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Austin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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