PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolf Borjesson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by MMA Entrance Theme - Mark Hunt. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hunt
vs
Borjesson

178 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Hunt !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rolf Borjesson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.

Hunt steps into range and cracks Borjesson with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Borjesson flops backwards and Hunt dives into his guard looking to finish!
Borjesson trying to keep a closed guard but Hunt is proving a slippery customer.
Hunt is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hunt wants to control from the top but Borjesson keeps moving.

Hunt gets to his feet - Borjesson follows without any prompting.
Some wild striking there from Borjesson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Borjesson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Borjesson misses with the combination.
Borjesson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borjesson lands with an overhand left.
Borjesson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Borjesson lands a head kick. Hunt smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Mark Hunt has been cut.
Borjesson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Borjesson throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt throws a right hand that Borjesson ducks under and follows up with a left that Borjesson also avoids with ease.
Borjesson avoids the head kick by Hunt .
Hunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've been told by Hunt 's head coaches at Holding Cell that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borjesson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borjesson scores with a nice strike.
Borjesson throws an overhand right that lands on Hunt 's shoulder, as Hunt tries to avoid the shot.
Hunt lands with a shot to the body.
Borjesson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borjesson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hunt defends it well.
Hunt throws a sloppy head kick and Borjesson moves out of range easily.
Borjesson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hunt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Borjesson.
Hunt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hunt connects with a stiff jab that staggers Borjesson - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mark Hunt !
In his post fight interview, Mark Hunt started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.