PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Airaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Huntington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Airaldi comes to the ring accompanied by Three days grace - Pain. Ricardo Airaldi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Airaldi
vs
Huntington

191 cm
20
243 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Airaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry Huntington!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Airaldi slips a jab and a cross from Huntington.
Huntington keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Airaldi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Airaldi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Airaldi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Huntington manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Airaldi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Huntington is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Huntington is trying to buck Airaldi off.

Airaldi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Airaldi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Airaldi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Airaldi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Huntington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Airaldi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Airaldi is breathing heavily.

Airaldi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Huntington tries to escape but Airaldi is in control.

That's two 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.

Airaldi decides to stand back up.
Airaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Airaldi misses with a double jab.

Airaldi gets a clinch.
Airaldi tries for a takedown. No joy.

Huntington breaks from the clinch.

Airaldi tries to keep at a distance but Huntington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Airaldi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Huntington gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Airaldi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huntington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Huntington gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Airaldi.
Huntington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Huntington prevents the takedown attempt.
Airaldi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Airaldi tries for a takedown but Huntington manages to get underhooks.
Airaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Airaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Huntington just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Huntington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Airaldi throws a knee to the head but misses.

Huntington manages to break the clinch.
Airaldi throws a combination. Huntington tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harry Huntington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Airaldi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Huntington but Huntington pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Huntington misses with a leg kick.
Airaldi tries to clinch up.
Airaldi wants to clinch.
Airaldi misses with a body kick.
Huntington tries to clinch but Airaldi is having none of it.
Huntington lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Airaldi sprawling to the canvas. Huntington follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Airaldi hang on?

It looks like Ricardo Airaldi has been cut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Airaldi moves into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Huntington gets to his feet - Airaldi follows without any prompting.
Huntington stuffs the takedown attempt from Airaldi. Airaldi gets slowly back to his feet.
Huntington misses with a two punch combination.
Huntington takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Airaldi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Huntington pinned against the cage. Huntington gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Huntington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Airaldi, pushing him back against the ropes.

Huntington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Huntington.
Airaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Huntington looks to land a body kick but Airaldi moved away.
Huntington misses with a leg kick.
Huntington misses with a double jab
and Airaldi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Huntington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Huntington should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Huntington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Huntington is looking to land body kicks.
Airaldi moves out of range of the body kick.
Airaldi fails with a takedown attempt.
Huntington is looking to clinch but Airaldi is avoiding it.
Huntington on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Airaldi.
Huntington throws a lazy body kick

and Airaldi counters with a shoot takedown. Huntington fights it but they end up in guard.
Airaldi passes into half guard.

Airaldi is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Huntington has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Airaldi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Airaldi is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Huntington manages to get to full guard.
Huntington keeping full guard, as Airaldi tries to pass.
Airaldi is looking to stand up but Huntington won't let him.
Airaldi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Huntington swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Airaldi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Airaldi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Airaldi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Airaldi advances position into side control!

Airaldi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Airaldi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Airaldi tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Airaldi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Huntington, who protects the arm well.
Airaldi is looking to take a break and control but Huntington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Airaldi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Huntington has escaped the position, nice work there.
Airaldi trying to control the position but Huntington is working away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Airaldi decides to stand back up. Airaldi steps back and let's Huntington get back to his feet.
Airaldi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Huntington tries to clinch but Airaldi moves away
and Airaldi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Huntington throws a series of punches but Airaldi moves out of range.
Airaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Huntington throws a push kick but Airaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Airaldi moves out of range as Huntington throws a body kick.

Huntington closes the distance and clinches.
Huntington looking to stall.

Huntington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huntington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Airaldi is looking to clinch.
Huntington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Huntington wants to clinch.
Airaldi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Huntington will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Airaldi doesn't manage to clinch there - Huntington circles away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Airaldi shoots in but Huntington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Airaldi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Huntington throws a leg kick
and Airaldi counters with a series of strikes. Huntington will be more careful next time no doubt.
Harry Huntington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huntington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Airaldi or perhaps it was just good defense by Huntington which made him look bad.
Airaldi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Huntington swinging wilding here.

Airaldi closes the distance and clinches.

Huntington manages to break the clinch.
Huntington doesn't manage to clinch there - Airaldi circles away.
Airaldi looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Airaldi tries to keep at a distance but Huntington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Huntington stops a takedown attempt from Airaldi.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huntington taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Airaldi tries to score a body lock takedown but Huntington shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Huntington manages to break the clinch.

Huntington takes the fight into the clinch.

Huntington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Airaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Airaldi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Huntington scoring well with a low kick there.
Huntington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Airaldi counters with a straight right hand.
Airaldi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Huntington circles away.
Huntington tries to clinch but Airaldi moves out of range.
Huntington swats away the attempt to clinch by Airaldi.

Airaldi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Airaldi looking to sit in guard and control but Huntington gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Huntington tries to stand but Airaldi is controlling from the bottom.
Airaldi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Airaldi is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Huntington has his hands clasped together but Airaldi extends an breaks Huntington's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Airaldi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Airaldi!