PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Dizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Hunt is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hunt
vs
Dizzo

185 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Dizzo!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dizzo thows a body shot but no joy.
Hunt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dizzo's waist but Dizzo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hunt off to one side.

Dizzo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dizzo tries to control but Hunt wriggling away.

Dizzo swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hunt is now in Dizzo's guard. A big mistake from Dizzo there, giving up the dominant position!

Hunt has gone for a leg lock! Dizzo slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hunt's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dizzo wants to stand and escape but instead Hunt has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Dizzo managing to control the position.
Dizzo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hunt is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dizzo trying to control the position.
Dizzo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hunt!
Dizzo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dizzo gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Dizzo tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.

Dizzo moves into the clinch.

Hunt ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hunt no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dizzo wants to stand but Hunt is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hunt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dizzo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dizzo has given up his back here. Will Hunt look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Hunt avoiding Dizzo 's attempts to control his hands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Dizzo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dizzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunt paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dizzo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Dizzo from controlling successfully.

Dizzo drops back, looking for a kneebar! Hunt looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Hunt looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Hunt!
Dizzo regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dizzo is looking to get back to full guard here but Hunt has managed to pass to side control instead.

Dizzo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hunt.
Dizzo is looking to get to half guard.
Dizzo wants to hold on but Hunt pushes him away.

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.

Hunt is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dizzo has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dizzo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dizzo tries to lock up and control but Hunt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dizzo is trying to escape the mount.
Dizzo is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt fails to move to back control.
Dizzo is trying to escape the mount.
Dizzo regains half guard.
Dizzo is looking to improve his position.

That's four 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.
Dizzo wants to control the action here but instead Hunt manages to pass to full mount!
Dizzo wants to control but Hunt is having none of it.
Dizzo tries to control the position but Hunt now has his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dizzo tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Hunt has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Dizzo is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Hunt!