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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hernan Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cortes comes to the cage accompanied by Hard to see. Hunt has chosen London Calling as his entrance music. Silik Hunt will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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146 lbs
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154 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Hernan Cortes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Silik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Hunt.
Hunt misses with a jab to the body
and Cortes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cortes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hunt avoids it really well and circles away.
Hunt lands a right hook to the body.
Cortes lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunt off the cage and back into range.
Hunt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cortes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hunt but Hunt pushes him off and we're back to square one.
No joy there for Hunt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Hunt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes tries for a takedown but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernan Cortes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Cortes moves away and avoids it.
Cortes shoots in but Hunt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cortes's head.
Hunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hunt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hunt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Hunt finds it's way through Cortes's defenses.
Horrible takedown by Cortes or perhaps it was just good defense by Hunt which made him look bad.
Hunt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes misses with an uppercut.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.
Cortes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hunt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cortes tries for a takedown but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt throws a series of punches but Cortes moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cortes circles away quickly and effectively.
Silik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Cortes moved out of range.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt misses with a low kick as Cortes jumps back.
Cortes tries to bum rush Hunt with a series of wild strikes but Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Cortes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hunt misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunt tries to improve position but can't.
Cortes tries to move to full mount but Hunt actually manages to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt has hold of Cortes's hands but Cortes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cortes prevents Hunt from improving his position.
Cortes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunt defending well though.
Cortes thows a huge punch but Hunt dodges it nicely.
Hunt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cortes throwing shots but Hunt is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cortes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cortes lands a nice short elbow.
Hunt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cortes.
Cortes working Hunt over with strikes.
Cortes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hunt's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Silik Hunt will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cortes dips to his left and cracks Hunt with an uppercut!
Hunt misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cortes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cortes decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Cortes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Hunt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cortes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cortes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hunt to the ground. Cortes is now in Hunt's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hunt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hunt tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernan Cortes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cortes trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hunt manages to pass to mount!
Cortes bucks Hunt off and manages to get back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Hunt blocks the leg kick.
Hunt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cortes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernan Cortes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cortes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Cortes checks it.
Hunt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cortes doesn't seem bothered though.
Cortes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hunt sprawls well. Hunt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cortes gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernan Cortes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt stuffs the takedown.
Cortes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Hunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cortes throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cortes checks it well.
Silik Hunt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cortes drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
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 Hernan Cortes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cortes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cortes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cortes shoots in looking for a takedown. Hunt tries to sprawl out of it but Cortes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hunt manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cortes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hunt circles away.
Cortes throws an overhand right that lands on Hunt's shoulder, as Hunt tries to avoid the shot.
Cortes walks into a jab.
Cortes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cortes moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Good shot there by Hunt.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cortes shoots in looking for a takedown but Hunt manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cortes's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernan Cortes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Cortes misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hunt. That's going to slow Cortes down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws an off balance right hand
and Cortes counters with a one-two to the body.
Hunt tried to score with a low kick but Cortes checks it.
Hunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cortes is able to avoid easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Hunt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cortes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hunt's waist but Hunt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cortes off to one side.
Hunt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cortes.
Hunt lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hunt pinned against the cage. Hunt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a right hand that misses
and Cortes counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hunt regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cortes won't allow Hunt to sweep him here.
Cortes prevents Hunt from getting back to his feet.
Hunt is looking to sweep but instead, Cortes has passed into half guard.
Hunt has hold of Cortes's hands but Cortes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hunt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cortes.
Hunt tries to roll over but Cortes keeps him under control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cortes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunt defending well though.
Hunt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cortes lands a nice short elbow.
Hunt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cortes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunt defending well though.
Hunt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cortes.
Cortes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hunt taking some punishment here, with Cortes in his half guard.
Cortes thows a huge punch but Hunt dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cortes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hunt taking some punishment here, with Cortes in his half guard.
Hunt trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Hernan Cortes did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Cortes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cortes misses with a takedown
and Hunt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hunt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab from Hunt finds it's way through Cortes's defenses.
Hunt throws a nice looking combination but Cortes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hunt pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cortes back to the cage. Hunt follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cortes moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Cortes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hunt but Hunt pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cortes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Cortes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt lands with an uppercut that bounces Cortes off the cage and back into range.
Cortes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hunt's waist but Hunt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cortes off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernan Cortes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Cortes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cortes slips a jab from Hunt.
Hunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cortes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cortes shoots in looking for a takedown. Hunt tries to sprawl out of it but Cortes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hunt manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a head kick.
Cortes has a takedown stuffed.
Horrible takedown by Cortes or perhaps it was just good defense by Hunt which made him look bad.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cortes.
Cortes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cortes is defended easily by Hunt.
Cortes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hunt but Hunt pushes him off and we're back to square one.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hunt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cortes moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries a low kick but Cortes avoids it.
Cortes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hunt misses with the combination.
Hunt lands a two punch combo.
Hunt thumps Cortes with a low kick.
Cortes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortes shoots for a takedown but Hunt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hunt stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hunt wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silik Hunt dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.
Cortes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hunt pinned against the cage. Hunt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hunt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hunt lands with a good body shot.
Cortes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hunt defends it nicely.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hunt.
Cortes takes one on the button.
Cortes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hunt sprawls well. Hunt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cortes gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernan Cortes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick from Hunt lands but Cortes takes it in his stride.
Cortes misses with a two punch combination.
Cortes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hunt's half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes with the ground and pound but Hunt uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Hunt trying to keep a closed guard but Cortes is proving a slippery customer.
Cortes stopping the sweep attempt from Hunt.
Cortes postures up in Hunt's guard and throws a big left but Hunt blocks it.
Cortes stops Hunt from standing up.
Cortes working some strikes from top position.
Hunt is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hunt is proving hard to escape from.
Cortes works over Hunt with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt pulls Cortes in close to prevent any damage.
Cortes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cortes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunt's head.
Cortes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hunt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cortes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hunt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hunt wants to stand up but Cortes is controlling him.
Cortes preventing the sweep.
Hunt is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Hunt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cortes 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.
Hunt seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes wants to control but Hunt is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like Hunt is going to stand back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Silik Hunt.
I think Hunt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Silik Hunt!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Silik Hunt!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Silik Hunt!
Silik Hunt wins by unanimous decision!
Silik Hunt is the new featherweight champion!
After the big win, Silik Hunt made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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hype
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