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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Preston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Monkey -Sage Francis. Dean Preston struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dean Preston will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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155 lbs
4 - 8 - 0 |
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168 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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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
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dean Preston!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Preston blocks a jab.
Hunter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Preston darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hunter tries to kick Preston off but Preston keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hunter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Preston scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hunter pushes Preston off looking to stand but Preston dives back in and keeps control.
Hunter might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Preston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Preston looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hunter!
Hunter is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter is breathing heavily.
Preston unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Preston looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Preston has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Preston is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hunter to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hunter shrugs it off.
Hunter is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Preston landing strikes from the mount.
Preston working Hunter over with strikes here.
Preston unloading with bombs!
Preston with good strikes from the mount here!
Hunter wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Preston landing strikes from the mount and Hunter is in trouble!
Hunter wants to try and get back to his feet.
Preston working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Hunter looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Preston! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dean Preston!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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