PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Praust (ranked 1828 p4p, 2159 weight class) and Paul Hunter (ranked 301 p4p, 339 weight class). Marshall Praust is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Praust
vs
Hunter

191 cm
19
213
5 - 2 - 0

187 cm
21
218
7 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshall Praust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Praust with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hunter counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Marshall Praust has been cut.
Praust closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hunter circles away.
Hunter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Praust misses with a straight right.
Hunter throws out a loose jab but Praust uses good head movement to avoid it.
Praust fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Praust. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Praust gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hunter counters with a right hand to the body.
Praust defending well as Hunter loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Praust shoots for a takedown but Hunter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marshall Praust seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Praust walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Praust fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hunter to the ground. Praust is now in Hunter's guard.
Praust throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Praust sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hunter has control of Praust's left arm, preventing Praust from doing any damage.
Praust trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Praust is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Praust slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hunter parries the strikes from Praust easily there. Praust is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hunter to escape.
An elbow from Praust crashes against the mat.
Hunter prevents Praust from moving into mount.
Sloppy strikes there by Praust.
Hunter prevents Praust from improving position.
Praust taking a break here but Hunter is having none of it and regains half guard.
Hunter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Praust.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praust throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Praust throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Praust misses with a head shot. Hunter uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hunter trying to control the position here.
Praust has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Praust in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Praust wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Praust staying out of range there.
Hunter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hunter wants it to stay on the feet.
Hunter let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Paul Hunter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Praust avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Praust ducks under a wild hook from Hunter.
Praust's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hunter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Praust scrambles back to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Praust.
Hunter is trying to control Praust's posture but Praust avoids it.
Praust trying to control the action but Hunter is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Praust tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marshall Praust will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marshall Praust's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Hunter misses with a straight right.
Praust gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Hunter counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Praust is defended easily by Hunter.
Praust on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Praust shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Praust was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Praust is looking to take a break and control but Hunter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Praust looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Praust tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Praust has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Praust throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hunter wants to control but Praust postures up.
Praust trying to control the action but Hunter is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Praust throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hunter works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Hunter is staying active underneath Praust, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Praust wants to pass to mount but Hunter is defending the position.
Hunter is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Hunter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praust is looking to advance position but Hunter won't allow it.

Praust is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Praust is trying to control. Hunter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunter misses with a body shot.
Praust fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Praust. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunter looks to land a left hand but Praust moved out of range nicely.
Hunter lands a jab to Praust's midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Hunter. That snapped Praust's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hunter wants it to stay on the feet.
Hunter leaves Praust with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hunter lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Praust falls backwards - clearly groggy! Hunter dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Hunter!
Marshall Praust spoke after the fight, saying 'No worries. The Athletic Commission has just announced my opponent has once again tested positive for PEDs, so this fight will be declared a 'No-Contest.' '.