PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Attila Orban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Hunt could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Attila Orban's chin.

Hunt
vs
Orban

200 cm
27
245 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

205 cm
29
270 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Attila Orban!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt fails to land with a series of punches.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orban swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hunt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Orban wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hunt has him pressed against the cage.
Hunt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hunt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunt missing with knees to the body.
Orban on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orban is trying to push Hunt away but Hunt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hunt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hunt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orban.
Hunt wants a takedown.
Hunt lands a good knee to the midsection. Orban won't want to take too many of those.
Hunt missing with knees to the body.
Hunt has Orban pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Orban manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orban wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orban avoids it.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but Orban blocks with his arms.
Hunt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orban in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hunt.
Hunt trying to land knees to the body.
Orban drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hunt pulls his leg out and moves away.
Orban fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Orban misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Orban.
Hunt misses with a lunging right hand
and Orban counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orban. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Orban is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hunt rather than just go for the knockout.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Orban takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orban swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.

Hunt closes the distance and clinches.
Orban blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunt tries to land knees in the clinch but Orban avoids the damage to the body.
Hunt is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orban has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orban is trying to push Hunt away but Hunt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hunt has Orban pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Orban manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hunt trying to land knees to the body.
Hunt misses with an elbow strike.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but Orban blocks with his arms.
Hunt missing with knees to the body.
Hunt tries a knee to the head but Orban blocks it.
Hunt is looking for a takedown.
Hunt landing knees to the head.
Hunt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orban.
Orban is looking to break free of the clinch but Hunt has double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hunt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orban dodges an elbow strike from Hunt.
Hunt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orban is defending well for now.
Hunt tries to throw a body punch but Orban avoids it by throwing Hunt back against the cage.
Orban slows down the pace here.
Hunt missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt tries to land knees in the clinch but Orban avoids the damage to the body.
Orban is trying to push Hunt away but Hunt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hunt lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Hunt dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Orban thows a body shot but no joy.
Orban chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hunt can pounce on him.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
Orban slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt closes the distance but Orban moves to the side
and Orban counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hunt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hunt here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orban swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Orban.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Orban has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Orban dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
Hunt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hunt moves in looking to clinch but Orban pushes him off.
Hunt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hunt moves in looking to clinch but Orban pushes him off.
Orban swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.
Hunt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orban avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunt shoots in but no luck this time.
Tony Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Hunt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Orban is out of range and Hunt settles back down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orban dodges the punch combination from Hunt.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Tony Hunt has been cut.
Orban lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunt off the cage and back into range.
Hunt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hunt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Orban just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orban scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Hunt tried to score with a low kick but Orban checks it.
Orban throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Orban was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt throws a poor cross that misses
and Hunt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Orban with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orban leaves Hunt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orban throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hunt on the side of the head.
Orban checks a leg kick.
Tony Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orban throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orban wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Orban pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orban misses with a body shot.
Orban throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orban throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Attila Orban showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tony Hunt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Hunt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orban.
Orban swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunt.
Hunt looks to clinch
and Orban counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
Orban throws a series of punches but Hunt moves out of range.
Orban stuffs the takedown attempt from Hunt. Hunt gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orban fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hunt throws a head kick that half lands.
Hunt tries to score with a low kick but Orban moves his leg out of the way.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hunt tries to clinch up but Orban circles away and keeps his distance.
Orban misses the shot to the body.

Hunt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Orban wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Come on Orban - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hunt throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hunt struggles to land a body shot inside as Orban controls his hands.
Orban has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hunt avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Orban blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orban.
Orban takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but Orban blocks with his arms.
Hunt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orban avoids it.
Hunt tries a body shot but Orban blocks it.
Orban avoiding damage as Hunt throws knees to the body.
Hunt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orban's face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Orban avoiding damage as Hunt throws knees to the body.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orban avoids it.
Orban wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hunt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Orban tries to break free but Hunt pushes him back against the cage.
Hunt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orban.
Orban can't break the clinch.
Orban managing to block the knees to the body from Hunt.
Hunt trying to land knees to the body.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Orban.
Hunt is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orban blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orban blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hunt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Hunt!
Tony Hunt managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $69, into his post fight interview.