PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Minozzio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Bunnyhubby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Minozzio
vs
Bunnyhubby

170 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Angelo Minozzio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aaron Bunnyhubby!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bunnyhubby.

Minozzio darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bunnyhubby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bunnyhubby is looking to escape.
Bunnyhubby is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Minozzio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Minozzio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunnyhubby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Minozzio.
Minozzio thows a huge punch but Bunnyhubby dodges it nicely.

Bunnyhubby has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Minozzio is on him like a limpet, forcing Bunnyhubby back against the cage.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minozzio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Bunnyhubby gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Bunnyhubby uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Minozzio fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Minozzio backing away here, and Bunnyhubby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Minozzio swats away the attempt to clinch by Bunnyhubby.
Minozzio fails with a takedown attempt.
Bunnyhubby is looking to clinch but Minozzio is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bunnyhubby has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bunnyhubby wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Minozzio has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunnyhubby scores a nice knee to the body.
Minozzio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Minozzio prevents Bunnyhubby from breaking the clinch.
Minozzio has Bunnyhubby pressed against the cage, preventing Bunnyhubby from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bunnyhubby is looking to break free of the clinch but Minozzio has double underhooks.
Bunnyhubby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bunnyhubby lands a good knee to the midsection. Minozzio won't want to take too many of those.
Minozzio is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Bunnyhubby.

Bunnyhubby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Minozzio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angelo Minozzio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bunnyhubby moves in looking to clinch but Minozzio pushes him off.

Bunnyhubby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bunnyhubby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bunnyhubby - that will leave a mark!
Aaron Bunnyhubby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minozzio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bunnyhubby as he jumps to the side.
Minozzio takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Bunnyhubby takes the fight into the clinch.

Bunnyhubby manages to break the clinch.
Bunnyhubby turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Bunnyhubby has closed the distance and engaged Minozzio in a clinch.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Minozzio is looking to clinch.
Minozzio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bunnyhubby but Bunnyhubby pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Bunnyhubby clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunnyhubby utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Bunnyhubby breaks from the clinch.
Bunnyhubby lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minozzio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bunnyhubby is fending him off so far but Minozzio persists. Nope, Bunnyhubby circles away and we're back to standing.
Bunnyhubby lands a nice looking body shot.

Bunnyhubby closes the distance and clinches.

Bunnyhubby breaks from the clinch.
Bunnyhubby scores with a head kick.
Bunnyhubby fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Bunnyhubby moves into the clinch successfully.
Minozzio prevents Bunnyhubby from breaking the clinch.
Bunnyhubby utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bunnyhubby scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Bunnyhubby dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick from Bunnyhubby lands but Minozzio takes it in his stride.

Minozzio closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bunnyhubby quickly recovers to half guard.

Bunnyhubby has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Minozzio is on him like a limpet, forcing Bunnyhubby back against the cage.

Minozzio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bunnyhubby drives through and clinches with Minozzio against the cage.
Bunnyhubby has had enough of the clinch but Minozzio keeps him there for the moment.
Minozzio is trying to break the clinch but Bunnyhubby has him pressed against the cage.

Bunnyhubby breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minozzio throws a combination that misses
and Bunnyhubby counters with a body kick that stops Minozzio in his tracks momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Bunnyhubby clinches.
Minozzio tries to pull guard but Bunnyhubby won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bunnyhubby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bunnyhubby slaps away a takedown attempt from Minozzio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bunnyhubby thinks about the counter body kick.

Bunnyhubby moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch.

Bunnyhubby has Minozzio up against the cage in a clinch.
Bunnyhubby lands an elbow that stopped Minozzio in his tracks for a moment.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch.
Bunnyhubby throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Bunnyhubby has closed the distance and engaged Minozzio in a clinch.

Bunnyhubby breaks from the clinch.
Aaron Bunnyhubby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bunnyhubby moves into the clinch successfully.

Bunnyhubby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bunnyhubby has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bunnyhubby is trying to break free.
Minozzio wants to break free but Bunnyhubby has control.
Minozzio takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Minozzio shoots in for a takedown but Bunnyhubby shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angelo Minozzio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bunnyhubby lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunnyhubby lands a head kick!
Bunnyhubby tries to clinch there but Minozzio circles away.
Angelo Minozzio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bunnyhubby is looking to clinch but Minozzio is avoiding it.
Bunnyhubby throws a leg kick which misses Minozzio's front leg but catches the back leg as Minozzio tries to avoid it.
Bunnyhubby throws a head kick that Minozzio semi-blocks.

Bunnyhubby rushes Minozzio and presses him up against the cage.
Bunnyhubby scores a nice knee to the body.

Bunnyhubby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bunnyhubby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Minozzio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Minozzio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Minozzio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bunnyhubby clinches.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bunnyhubby drives through and clinches with Minozzio against the cage.
Minozzio is trying to pull guard but Bunnyhubby turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch.

Bunnyhubby has Minozzio up against the cage in a clinch.
Minozzio takes a knee to the side of the body.

Bunnyhubby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Minozzio shoots in and drives through. Bunnyhubby sprawls well.
Bunnyhubby scores with a spinning back kick!

Bunnyhubby closes the distance and pushes Minozzio back into the cage.

Bunnyhubby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bunnyhubby forces Minozzio back against the cage and clinches.
Bunnyhubby has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bunnyhubby wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bunnyhubby working hard to break the clinch.
Bunnyhubby landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bunnyhubby wants to get back to striking at distance but Minozzio won't allow it.
Bunnyhubby is looking to break free of the clinch but Minozzio has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Bunnyhubby's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bunnyhubby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bunnyhubby throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Minozzio's head.

Minozzio shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bunnyhubby is trying to defend but Minozzio finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bunnyhubby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Bunnyhubby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bunnyhubby moves into range and clinches up with Minozzio.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunnyhubby throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bunnyhubby throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Minozzio.
Bunnyhubby lets loose with a powerful body kick. Minozzio will feel that in the morning.

Bunnyhubby clinches with his opponent.
Bunnyhubby is trying to push Minozzio away but Minozzio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Bunnyhubby breaks from the clinch.
Minozzio shoots in for a takedown but Bunnyhubby shows good takedown defense.
And Bunnyhubby responds with a good body kick, but Minozzio manages to step out the way in time.

Bunnyhubby gets a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bunnyhubby takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bunnyhubby lands an elbow just above Minozzio 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bunnyhubby.
Bunnyhubby is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bunnyhubby breaks from the clinch.
Minozzio shoots in for a double leg but Bunnyhubby sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Minozzio fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bunnyhubby sprawls well initially but Minozzio persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bunnyhubby wants to get back to his feet.
Minozzio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bunnyhubby tries to kick Minozzio off but Minozzio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Minozzio throws a strike but Bunnyhubby avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bunnyhubby utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bunnyhubby wants to get back to his feet but Minozzio is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bunnyhubby can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minozzio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bunnyhubby wants to stand up but Minozzio is controlling him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Minozzio tries to keep at a distance but Bunnyhubby has taken the fight into the clinch.

Minozzio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Minozzio shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bunnyhubby defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angelo Minozzio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bunnyhubby has closed the distance and engaged Minozzio in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minozzio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bunnyhubby pulls his leg out and moves away.

Bunnyhubby has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunnyhubby connects with a high kick.
Bunnyhubby tries to clinch but Minozzio is having none of it.
Bunnyhubby throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Bunnyhubby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bunnyhubby rushes Minozzio and presses him up against the cage.

Bunnyhubby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice sprawl there from Bunnyhubby as Minozzio shoots in.
Bunnyhubby goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bunnyhubby fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Minozzio, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bunnyhubby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bunnyhubby moves into the clinch.
Bunnyhubby is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch.

Bunnyhubby closes the distance and clinches.

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Minozzio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bunnyhubby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aaron Bunnyhubby is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bunnyhubby displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Minozzio.
And Bunnyhubby responds with a good body kick, but Minozzio manages to step out the way in time.
Minozzio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Angelo Minozzio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bunnyhubby breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Bunnyhubby comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bunnyhubby has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Bunnyhubby!