PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hairik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doctor Gonzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Down With The Sickness. Gonzo has chosen White Rabbit as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hunt
vs
Gonzo

193 cm
20
275 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
275 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hairik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Doctor Gonzo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzo tries to clinch up.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzo is just out of range.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Doctor Gonzo has been cut.

Gonzo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hunt's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gonzo won't allow Hunt to get back to his feet.
Gonzo landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzo throws a big right hand that misses.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Gonzo from controlling successfully.
Gonzo throws a big right hand that misses.
Hunt wants to sweep but no luck.
Gonzo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gonzo preventing the sweep.
Hunt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gonzo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzo throws and elbow that misses. Hunt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gonzo's guard. Nice move by Hunt!
Hunt prevents Gonzo from getting back to his feet.
Gonzo controls Hunt momentarily but Hunt frees himself.
Gonzo pulls Hunt in to control the position.
Hunt won't allow Gonzo to sweep him here.
Gonzo has a closed guard, preventing Hunt from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Doctor Gonzo hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hairik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt takes a swing at Gonzo's ribcage but misses.
Hunt takes a swing at Gonzo's ribcage but misses.

Gonzo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hunt to the mat! Hunt manages to get full guard.
Gonzo looking to sit in guard and control but Hunt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gonzo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Gonzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzo working a defensive guard here.
Hunt wants to stand but Gonzo is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Doctor Gonzo has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzo manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Hunt - just one landing.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gonzo misses with a head kick.
Gonzo fails with the takedown.

Hunt gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gonzo thows a big elbow that misses.
Hunt controls Gonzo momentarily but Gonzo frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doctor Gonzo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Doctor Gonzo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hunt looks to land a left hand but Gonzo moved out of range nicely.
Gonzo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt is looking to wear down Gonzo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gonzo slips a jab from Hunt.
No luck for Gonzo with that takedown attempt.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzo moves away.
Gonzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Gonzo tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gonzo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hunt pinned against the cage. Hunt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Good shot there by Hunt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt tests Gonzo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gonzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
A big right from Hunt misses.

Gonzo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gonzo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gonzo is keen to just control but Hunt is a slippery customer.
Gonzo prevents Hunt from improving his position.
Doctor Gonzo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gonzo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunt defending well though.
Gonzo working Hunt over with strikes.
Hunt wants to get back to full guard but Gonzo has passed into side control.
Gonzo looks up at the clock and then as Hunt takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gonzo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gonzo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gonzo slows the pace down.
Gonzo working the ground and pound from side control.
Hunt on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Hunt is rocked!
Hunt is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gonzo is controlling him well.
Oh Hunt is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt is looking to reverse the position.
Hunt seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzo scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Hunt is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Gonzo can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doctor Gonzo!