PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Holt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Jimmy Hunter has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jimmy Hunter seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hunter
vs
Holt

180 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Holt!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter fails in his attempt to clinch.

Holt moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hunter.
Hunter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hunter looking for a takedown.
Holt wants to stall.
Hunter misses with a punch to the body.
Hunter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Still in the clinch, Hunter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hunter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Holt is keeping busy.
Holt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunter lands a body punch.
Hunter lands with a light punch inside.
Hunter controlling the action here for a moment.
Hunter has had enough of the clinch but Holt keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Hunter.
Hunter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunter lands a body punch.
Hunter missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hunter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunter's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Holt leaning against his opponent.

Hunter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holt tries to clinch up
and Hunter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holt has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hunter misses with the combination.

Holt forces Hunter back against the cage and clinches.
Hunter can't break the clinch.
Hunter is trying to break free.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Holt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Holt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hunter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hunter is keeping busy.
Holt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holt wants to stall.
Hunter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hunter.
Holt landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holt is trying to stall.
Holt looks gassed!
Hunter blocks an elbow strike.
Hunter could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Holt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hunter is keeping busy.
Holt struggles to land a body shot inside as Hunter controls his hands.
Holt tries to land knees in the clinch but Hunter avoids the damage to the body.
Holt looking to slow down the pace here.
Hunter lands a left hand.
Holt is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Holt.

Hunter forces Holt back against the cage and clinches.

Hunter jumps into guard, dragging Holt to the mat.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet but Holt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hunter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Holt manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holt striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Hunter wants to control from the top but Holt keeps moving.
Holt has momentary wrist control but Hunter slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter wants to control from the top but Holt keeps moving.
Hunter looking to pass the guard.
Holt pulls Hunter in to control the position.
Hunter trying to control but Holt is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Holt darts in and clinches Hunter up against the cage.
Holt landing knees to the head.
Holt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Hunter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hunter throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holt.
Hunter tries to clinch up but Holt circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunter with a hook.
Holt wants to clinch.
Holt stuffs the takedown.
Holt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter lands with a right hand.
Hunter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hunter swings for the body but Holt moves out of range.
Hunter works the jab nicely.
Holt darts in trying to clinch
letting Hunter counter with a right hand.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt

and Hunter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hunter can't find room to land a body shot as Holt controls the action.
Holt stalling in the clinch.
Hunter is trying to stall.
Hunter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hunter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holt blocks it with crossed arms.
Holt taking a breather.
Hunter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holt throws an elbow but it misses.
Still in the clinch, Holt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Holt - that landed with a thud.
Hunter is working Holt over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hunter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Hunter dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Holt shoots in for a double leg but Hunter sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Holt blocks a leg kick.
Holt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Holt tries to keep at a distance but Hunter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hunter is looking to control Holt's arms but Holt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hunter has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Hunter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holt avoiding damage as Hunter throws knees to the body.
Hunter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hunter managing to block the knees to the body from Holt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Holt connects with a knee to the head.
Hunter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunter misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Holt.
Hunter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holt blocks it with crossed arms.
Hunter tries to stall but Holt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hunter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holt with a knee to the head.
Hunter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holt misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter scores with a shot to the side of Holt's head.
Holt is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holt trying to land knees to the body.
Hunter is working for takedown but Holt is calmly controlling the position for now.
Holt holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hunter misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunter.
A nice left hand lands by Hunter.
Holt holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Holt trying to land knees to the body.
Hunter lands a nice uppercut.
Holt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hunter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holt connects with a knee to the head.
Holt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hunter.
Hunter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Holt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holt throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Hunter has Holt pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Hunter pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Holt tumbling to the mat - Hunter dives into Holt's guard.
Hunter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Hunter drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Holt dives on top into guard.
Hunter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holt is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt landing some decent shots from guard.
Holt is working Hunter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hunter looking for a sweep. Not yet Hunter, not yet.
Holt must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hunter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hunter 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.
Holt wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.

Hunter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Holt trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holt looking to pass the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hunter dodges the punch combination from Holt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunter has a takedown stuffed.
Holt scores with a jab.
Holt moves out of range of the body kick from Hunter.
Hunter misses with a series of wild punches.
Holt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Hunter darts in and clinches Holt up against the cage.
Holt scores with a shot to the side of Hunter's head.
Holt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holt is trying to maintain a safe position but Hunter gets an underhook and turns Holt into the cage.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Holt prevents Hunter from breaking the clinch.
Hunter avoiding damage.
Hunter swings wildly with an uppercut but Holt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holt missing with knees to the body.
Hunter lands a shoulder strike.
Holt is trying to stall.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Hunter lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hunter backwards.
Holt stalling in the clinch but Hunter improves position.
Hunter looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, Holt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hunter tries to stall but Holt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Holt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hunter is trying to break the clinch but Holt has him pressed against the cage.
Hunter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hunter stalling in the clinch.
Hunter scores with a shot to the side of Holt's head.
Holt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hunter blocks it with crossed arms.
Holt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hunter blocks it with crossed arms.
Holt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hunter blocks it with crossed arms.
Hunter gets through Holt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Holt wants to stall.
Hunter is looking to break free of the clinch but Holt has double underhooks.
Holt tries a knee to the head but Hunter blocks it.
Nice body punch from Holt.
Holt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hunter works on Holt's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holt.
Hunter is trying to stall.
Hunter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holt missing with knees to the body.

Hunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holt lands with a straight right. Hunter didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jimmy Hunter 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. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Hunter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Holt throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Hunter misses.
Holt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Holt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hunter misses with a two punch combination.

Holt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Holt won't allow Hunter to sweep him here.
Hunter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hunter keeping moving, preventing Holt from controlling successfully.
Hunter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holt is one step ahead there.
Hunter keeping full guard, as Holt tries to pass.
Holt lands a couple of elbows.
Holt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hunter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Holt tries to get to full guard but Hunter has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holt keeps working.
Hunter seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Holt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunter slips a nice elbow through Holt's hands, connecting with Holt's forehead.
Holt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hunter.
Hunter is nestled in close to Holt, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hunter drops an elbow to the side of Holt's head.
Holt wants to improve his position but Hunter is controlling well.
Hunter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hunter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holt's head.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Holt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hunter lunges at Holt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Holt's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Hunter feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Holt can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hunter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holt is keeping the position for now.
Hunter won't allow Holt to get back to his feet.

Holt has his feet on Hunter's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Holt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Holt stuffs the takedown.
Holt darts in trying to clinch
and Hunter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Holt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hunter stalks Holt and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Holt's face. Holt staggers backwards, shaken.
Hunter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jimmy Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hunter.

Hunter closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Holt moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hunter won't allow Holt to sweep him here.
Holt keeping full guard, as Hunter tries to pass.
Hunter stopping the sweep attempt from Holt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter trying to control the position from guard on top but Holt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hunter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hunter wants to control from the top but Holt keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hunter swats away the attempt to clinch by Holt.
Hunter doesn't manage to clinch there - Holt circles away.
Holt doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.
Hunter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Holt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hunter connects with a looping right hand.
Holt moves out of range as Hunter throws a body kick.
Hunter throws the kick towards the body but Holt avoids it.
Michael Holt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Hunter tries a head kick but it misses.
Hunter misses with a two punch combination.
Hunter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice uppercut lands for Hunter. That snapped Holt's head back.

Holt drives through and clinches with Hunter against the cage.
Holt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hunter blocks it with crossed arms.
Hunter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hunter stalling in the clinch.
Holt is trying to maintain a safe position but Hunter gets an underhook and turns Holt into the cage.
Hunter changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Holt fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Holt tries to clinch
and Hunter counters with a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Hunter.
Hunter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Holt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for Hunter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hunter tries to clinch there but Holt circles away.
Hunter throws a leg kick but Holt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Holt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunter has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Holt backs up against the cage.
Hunter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holt dodges the punch combination from Hunter.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jimmy Hunter.
Well Hunter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Hunter!