PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Affonso Villar (ranked 4060 p4p, 3298 weight class) and Mi Kunt (ranked 440 p4p, 386 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Villar
vs
Kunt

196 cm
19
210
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
212
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Can Moonwalk

BANZAI NUTRITION

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Affonso Villar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mi Kunt!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kunt tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Villar swivels and escapes.
Villar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Villar stuffs the takedown.
Villar appears to be looking for a big counter.

Kunt darts in and clinches Villar up against the cage.
Kunt goes for a takedown attempt but Villar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Affonso Villar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mi Kunt.
Kunt shoots in looking for a takedown but Villar manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kunt's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Villar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Villar stuffs the takedown attempt from Kunt. Kunt gets slowly back to his feet.
Kunt looks for the body kick but Villar saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villar throws a series of punches but Kunt moves out of range.

Kunt darts in and clinches Villar up against the cage.
Kunt is pushing Villar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kunt manages to break the clinch.

Villar gets tackled into the cage by Kunt. Kunt maintains the clinch.
Villar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kunt or not.

Kunt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Villar's head coaches at Rabid Dog that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Villar circles away.

Villar gets a clinch.

Kunt manages to break the clinch.
Villar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kunt fails with a takedown attempt.
Villar is looking for a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villar throws a body kick that misses.

Villar pushes Kunt up against the cage in a clinch.

Kunt jumps guard and drags Villar to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kunt lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Kunt is stalling in the full guard.
Kunt slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villar tries to escape but Kunt is in control.
Kunt fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Villar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kunt on the ground.
Villar takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Kunt has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kunt controls the position.

Kunt working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Villar being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kunt in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Villar is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mi Kunt!
Mi Kunt decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.