PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fletcher Huntington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Worthington III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huntington comes to the cage accompanied by Verdi - Triumphal March from Aida. Worthington III comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Send me an angel kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Warren Worthington III will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Huntington
vs
Worthington III

167 cm
21
151 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Superior Ki Supplements

Marvel Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fletcher Huntington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Warren Worthington III!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Worthington III throws a big shot that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huntington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Worthington III lands a head shot.
Huntington tries to score with a low kick but Worthington III moves his leg out of the way.
Worthington III misses with the combination.
Worthington III missing with a left hand there. Huntington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huntington ducks under a wild hook from Worthington III.
Huntington ducks under a wild hook from Worthington III.
Worthington III jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington III avoids the body shot from Huntington.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Huntington.
Worthington III misses with a straight right.
Worthington III scores with a three punch combo!
Huntington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Worthington III circles away from the clinch attempt.

Worthington III gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huntington prevents Worthington III from getting back to his feet.

Huntington drops back looking for a leg! Worthington III is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Worthington III manages to kick Huntington off! Huntington jumps back into Worthington III's guard.
Worthington III wants to stand but Huntington is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Huntington thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Huntington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Huntington trying to control the position from guard on top but Worthington III is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Huntington thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Huntington shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Worthington III pinned against the cage. Worthington III gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthington III looks to land a combination but Huntington avoids it well.
Worthington III swings for the body but Huntington moves out of range.
Worthington III misses with a jab to the body

and Huntington counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Huntington 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.
Huntington trying to pass the guard but Worthington III defending well.

Huntington is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Worthington III defends it well.
Worthington III blocking the ground and pound attempt from Huntington.

Huntington seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huntington working Worthington III over with strikes.
Worthington III is trying to stand back up but Huntington is controlling him
Huntington seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Worthington III does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Worthington III is trying to stand up here but Huntington is controlling him well.

Huntington is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Worthington III throws a jab when Huntington was well out of range.
Huntington takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Worthington III throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fletcher Huntington will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Huntington avoids a punch combination nicely.

Huntington moves into range and clinches up with Worthington III.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Huntington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Worthington III's brow.
Huntington pushes off an throws an elbow but Worthington III leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Huntington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Worthington III is trying to force a seperation but Huntington has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huntington landing knees to the body.
Huntington misses with an elbow strike.
Worthington III has had enough of the clinch but Huntington keeps him there for the moment.
Huntington looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington III has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Huntington connects with a knee to the head.
Huntington throws a knee to the head but misses.

Huntington gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Huntington passes Worthington III's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Huntington is looking for a kimura but Worthington III is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Huntington to get the leverage.
Worthington III wants to get back to his feet.
Worthington III really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Huntington. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Huntington sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Huntington is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Worthington III tries to kick Huntington off but Huntington keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Huntington is trying for a kimura here. Worthington III looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Huntington wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fletcher Huntington!