PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bunting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harald Friedricksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Friedricksen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Pursuit of Vikings by Amon Amarth kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bunting
vs
Friedricksen

208 cm
22
297 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
275 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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160!
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bunting!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Harald Friedricksen!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunting avoids the head kick by Friedricksen.
Friedricksen throws a head kick but Bunting moves out of range.
Bunting scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Harald Friedricksen has been cut.
Bunting throws a right and a left that Friedricksen avoids nicely.
Bunting misses with a looping left.
Bunting punishes Friedricksen's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunting avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bunting throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A big left from Friedricksen misses.
Friedricksen lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like John Bunting has been cut.
Bunting fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Friedricksen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Friedricksen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bunting takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bunting.
Friedricksen looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bunting closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bunting passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Friedricksen!
Bunting controlling from the full mount.
Bunting looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bunting lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunting throws some wild stikes that Friedricksen manages to avoid easily.
Bunting lands a big shot there that rocks Friedricksen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunting with a couple of short strikes.
Bunting looking to finish with strikes here!
Friedricksen is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Friedricksen is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bunting postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Friedricksen in real trouble here! The ref calls for Friedricksen to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Bunting!
John Bunting retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking John Bunting made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.