PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Kuntz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuntz comes to the cage accompanied by Check My Brain. Pope comes into a darkened arena with his song building. LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kuntz
vs
Pope

195 cm
33
270 lbs
33 - 11 - 1

198 cm
35
273 lbs
33 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

The Big Kabosh
Merciless Gladiators

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 33 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rusty Kuntz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Pope!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kuntz misses.
Pope looks to land a right hand but Kuntz moved out of range.

Kuntz tries to keep at a distance but Pope has taken the fight into the clinch.
I was talking to Kuntz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pope blocks an uppercut.
Kuntz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Kuntz fails to land.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Kuntz avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Kuntz.
Nice elbow from Pope.

It looks like Rusty Kuntz has been cut.
Kuntz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kuntz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kuntz misses with some punches.
Pope crunches a lovely knee into Kuntz's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kuntz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kuntz working aggressively here.
Pope lands a nice elbow.
Kuntz lands a shoulder strike.
Pope lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pope blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuntz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pope works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kuntz is breathing heavily.
Kuntz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuntz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuntz misses with some punches.
Pope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuntz takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pope throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pope unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kuntz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A hook to the body from Pope.

Pope breaks the clinch.
Good exchange - Pope coming out on top.
Kuntz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pope.
Kuntz walks into a stiff left hand from Pope.
Pope cracks Kuntz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pope lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pope tries to clinch up.
Kuntz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pope.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope checks the leg kick nicely there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pope.
Kuntz misses with a double jab.
Pope scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters circling a little - Pope finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kuntz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pope thumps Kuntz with a low kick.
Pope scores with a hook to the body. Kuntz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pope. Kuntz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pope scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pope lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kuntz will feel that in the morning.
Pope cracks the inside of Kuntz's front leg.
Pope lands a lovely overhand right.
Pope digs a good body shot into Kuntz's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kuntz tries to keep at a distance but Pope has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kuntz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kuntz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pope scores with a hook to the body.
Pope tries to stall but Kuntz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kuntz works on Pope's body with a couple of short punches.
Pope is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Pope.
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!
Pope pushes Kuntz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuntz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuntz dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
A hook to the body from Pope.
Pope lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kuntz being controlled against the cage.
Kuntz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kuntz tries to break free but Pope pushes him back against the cage.
Kuntz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pope leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kuntz.
Kuntz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pope has him pressed against the cage.
Pope lands with a short shot to the head.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuntz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pope misses with a knee strike.
Pope misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kuntz.
Kuntz misses with a body punch.
Kuntz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kuntz throws a punch but it's blocked by Pope.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Pope dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rusty Kuntz's cut.
That's time! Kuntz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pope lands a big right hand that sends Kuntz crashing to the mat! Pope stays standing though and waves Kuntz back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Kuntz misses.
A shot to the liver by Pope. Beautiful body shot.
Kuntz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pope.
Pope misses with an uppercut. Kuntz saw that one coming.
Pope throws a leg kick but Kuntz checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Pope.
Kuntz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pope lands a leg kick that knocks Kuntz off balance momentarily.
Kuntz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pope has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kuntz is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Pope throws a body kick that misses.
Pope lands a body shot.
Pope lunges at Kuntz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kuntz's hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuntz switches off momentarily and Pope cracks him with a monster right hand! Kuntz topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Pope dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Pope!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trent Pope!
After winning the bout, Trent Pope thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.