PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dio Delle Donne (ranked 3345 p4p, 3256 weight class) and Malig Hunt (ranked 316 p4p, 310 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Delle Donne
vs
Hunt

182 cm
25
166
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dio Delle Donne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Malig Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Delle Donne.
Hunt scores with a shot to the body.
Delle Donne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Delle Donne throws a lazy uppercut
and Hunt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Delle Donne takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big left from Delle Donne misses.
Delle Donne throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
Malig Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.
Hunt tries to clinch but Delle Donne is having none of it.
Delle Donne is looking to counter punch.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Delle Donne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Delle Donne blocks a jab.
Delle Donne throws out a leg kick but Hunt moves out of range and Delle Donne only half commits.
Delle Donne throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Delle Donne manages to avoid it.
Delle Donne jabs Hunt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hunt lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Delle Donnes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circling - Delle Donne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunt staying out of range there.
A jab from Hunt does it's job there.
Hunt cracks Delle Donne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Delle Donne misses with a straight right.
Hunt swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Delle Donne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Delle Donne avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Hunt swings for the body but Delle Donne moves out of range.
Hunt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice body punch from Hunt.
Hunt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Delle Donne.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hunt connects with a right hand. Delle Donne shakes it off.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Delle Donne definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Delle Donne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
Hunt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Delle Donne had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hunt scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hunt throws a predictable looking body shot
and Delle Donne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Delle Donne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Delle Donne.
Hunt works the jab nicely.
Delle Donne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hunt.
Jab by Delle Donne.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Delle Donne is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Delle Donne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hunt getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Delle Donne throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Hunt throws a jab when Delle Donne was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delle Donne lands a nice looking body shot.
Delle Donne throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Hunt. Those never looked like landing.
Delle Donne walks into a left hand.
Delle Donne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Delle Donne.
Delle Donne cracks Hunt with an open hand slap.
Hunt wants to clinch up but Delle Donne keeps it at a distance.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Delle Donne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hunt.
Good standup being displayed there by Hunt as he connects with a hook.
Hunt moves out of range as Delle Donne strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Delle Donne.
Hunt slips under a jab from Delle Donne.
Delle Donne misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Delle Donne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt cracks Delle Donne with a good jab.
Hunt throws the left hand but Delle Donne avoids the punch easily.
Delle Donne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hunt scores with a decent looking hook.
Delle Donne misses with an uppercut.
Hunt lands with a right hand.
Hunt tries to clinch up but Delle Donne circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hunt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Delle Donne.
Delle Donne blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malig Hunt dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hunt connects with a body shot that sends Delle Donne's belly button to the back.
Delle Donne misses with a hook.
Delle Donne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Delle Donne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Delle Donne circles away.
Hunt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Delle Donne misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Delle Donne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Delle Donne gets tackled into the cage by Hunt. Hunt maintains the clinch.
Delle Donne prevents a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt misses with the head strike.
Delle Donne prevents a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delle Donne breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Delle Donne misses its intended target.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt blocks a jab.
Delle Donne misses with an uppercut.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Delle Donne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Delle Donne on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Delle Donne.
Hunt jabs Delle Donne right on the nose. Delle Donne blinks but takes it well.
Delle Donne misses with an uppercut
and Hunt counters with a nice body shot.
Hunt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hunt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Delle Donne. Delle Donne circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Delle Donne has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Delle Donne there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt misses with a shot to the body
and Delle Donne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt cracks Delle Donne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Delle Donne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Delle Donne scores with the left hand. Hunt knows he should have avoided that one.
Hunt scores with a nice right hand.
Delle Donne takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hunt connects with the punch.
Delle Donne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Nice defenses there by Hunt.
Delle Donne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Delle Donne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sloppy strikes from Delle Donne. Those never looked like landing.
Hunt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Delle Donne is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Delle Donne moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Delle Donne misses the target.
Oh Delle Donne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Hunt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Delle Donne counters with a nice uppercut.
Delle Donne seems to have got his legs back now.
Hunt lands a jab to Delle Donne's midsection.
Delle Donne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Hunt throws a series of strikes that have Delle Donne backpedaling.
The fighters circling - Delle Donne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Delle Donne throws out a powerful jab.
Delle Donne throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
Delle Donne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hunt finds it's way round the side to connect with Delle Donne's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Delle Donne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Delle Donne avoids the body shot from Hunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delle Donne on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Delle Donne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
It looked like Delle Donne was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hunt.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Delle Donne misses with a looping left.
Delle Donne sets himself, and Hunt steps forward looking for the clinch! Delle Donne avoids it this time.
Delle Donne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hunt lands a nice looking body shot.
Delle Donne ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Delle Donne misses with the combination.
Hunt thuds a left hand into Delle Donne's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delle Donne jabs at Hunt's body.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Delle Donne slips the punch.
Delle Donne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malig Hunt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Hunt throws a hook to the side of Delle Donne's head but Delle Donne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Delle Donne takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Delle Donne throws a combination that misses
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
Delle Donne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hunt connects with a crisp jab.
A lazy left from Hunt finds it's target.
Hunt clobbers Delle Donne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Delle Donne misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Delle Donne. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt misses with a body shot
and Delle Donne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Delle Donne ducks down to avoid it.
Delle Donne swings widly with a right hand
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Hunt takes one to the chin there.
Hunt thuds a left hand into Delle Donne's body.
Delle Donne slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Delle Donne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Delle Donne walks into a stiff left hand from Hunt.
Delle Donne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Hunt looks to move away, Delle Donne throws a big counter combo but Hunt just gets out of the way.
Nice shot by Hunt.
Delle Donne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Delle Donne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt moves away from the strike by Delle Donne.
Hunt misses with a jab to the body
and Delle Donne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Delle Donne cracks Hunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Malig Hunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Delle Donne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Delle Donne throws a big shot that misses.
Hunt with a hook.
Hunt tries to clinch there but Delle Donne circles away.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Hunt finds it's way through Delle Donne's defenses.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Delle Donne misses with an uppercut
and Hunt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hunt throws a hook but Delle Donne blocks it.
Hunt misses with a body shot
and Delle Donne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hunt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delle Donne looks to throw the jab but Hunt is out of range.
Hunt misses with a jab to the body
and Delle Donne counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Delle Donne loads up on a big right hand but Hunt slips the punch.
It seemed like Hunt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Delle Donne ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Delle Donne misses the target.
Nice shot by Hunt.
Delle Donne takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Delle Donne misses with a body shot.
Delle Donne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Hunt clinches up against the cage.
Hunt holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Delle Donne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Delle Donne wants to get back to striking at distance but Hunt won't allow it.
Delle Donne is trying to force a seperation but Hunt has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a nice uppercut.

Delle Donne manages to break the clinch.
Delle Donne misses with a hook.
Delle Donne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delle Donne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt dips to his left and cracks Delle Donne with an uppercut!
Hunt cracks Delle Donne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hunt tests Delle Donne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab lands there for Delle Donne.
Delle Donne walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Delle Donne was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Jab by Hunt.
Dio Delle Donne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hunt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Malig Hunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hunt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malig Hunt!