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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trzy Trzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trzy has chosen XXX as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Paul Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trzy Trzy!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt lands with a right hand.
Trzy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Trzy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hunt closes the distance and clinches.
Hunt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hunt gets through Trzy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hunt is leaning against Trzy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trzy takes a shot to the head.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trzy gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt looking for submissions off his back.
Trzy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trzy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hunt holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Trzy throwing shots but Hunt is blocking nicely.
Trzy winds up and cracks Hunt with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt is not content to let Trzy control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trzy lands strikes from half guard.
Hunt is trying to control but can't.
Trzy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trzy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trzy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hunt wants to control but Trzy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Trzy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Trzy wants to control but Hunt is keeping him busy.
Hunt has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Trzy escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Trzy!
Hunt is trying to control Trzy's posture but Trzy avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is trying to improve his position.
Trzy wants to control but Hunt is keeping him busy.
Trzy is putting a hurting on Hunt here, landing some big shots from side control.
Trzy trying to control the position but Hunt is working away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hunt wants to control but Trzy postures up.
Trzy cracks Hunt with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Trzy working the body and head with strikes.
Trzy cracks Hunt with a big right hand but Hunt just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Trzy looks up at the clock and then as Hunt takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Trzy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hunt taking a bit of punishment here - Trzy scoring with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trzy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hunt to see if he's OK.
Trzy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hunt sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Trzy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hunt is staying active underneath Trzy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Trzy prevents Hunt from improving his position.
Hunt moves into full guard.
Trzy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hunt looking for a guillotine here but Trzy defends easily.
Trzy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Trzy defends it easily.
Trzy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Trzy trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
Hunt looking to control but Trzy passes into half guard.
Hunt trying to control from the bottom.
Hunt manages to get to full guard.
Trzy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hunt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trzy Trzy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Trzy tries to move into range but Hunt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Trzy blocks the leg kick.
Trzy drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hunt defends it well.
A low kick from Hunt misses
and Trzy counters with a shoot takedown. Hunt fights it but they end up in guard.
Trzy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trzy Trzy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trzy trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
Hunt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Trzy defends well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trzy wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
Hunt controlling Trzy's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt is trying to keep Trzy in close.
Trzy wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
Hunt looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Trzy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hunt is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Trzy is aware though and is defending well.
Hunt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Trzy trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hunt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hunt has his foot on Trzy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Trzy works his way back into a safe position though.
Trzy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Let's hope that Trzy has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Trzy from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Trzy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Trzy from controlling successfully.
Trzy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Trzy wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good exchange - Hunt coming out on top.
Trzy gets the takedown into side control.
Hunt takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Trzy trying to control the position but Hunt is working away.
Hunt is trying to improve his position.
Trzy trying to control the position but Hunt is working away.
Hunt struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking to regain half guard here but Trzy keeps moving and retains side control.
Hunt can't do much from the bottom here.
Hunt controls the position for a moment.
Hunt wants to control but Trzy postures up.
Hunt regains half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hunt trying to control here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Trzy connects with a nice short shot to Hunt's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trzy Trzy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hunt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Trzy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt lands a really nice looking cross but Trzy seems unphased.
Trzy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hunt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Trzy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trzy takes one to the side of the head.
Hunt is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trzy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trzy is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a head kick but Trzy moves out of range.
Trzy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Trzy avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Hunt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trzy scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Trzy is staying tight to Hunt's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Trzy lands an elbow.
Hunt tries to improve position but can't.
Trzy working away.
Hunt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Trzy connects with a decent elbow.
Trzy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Trzy Trzy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is not content to let Trzy control the position.
Trzy lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trzy scoring with punches from side control.
Hunt stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Trzy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hunt keeps working.
Trzy working away.
Hunt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Trzy landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trzy wants to control but Hunt is keeping him busy.
Hunt tries to improve position but can't.
Hunt struggling a bit here.
Hunt tries to bench press Trzy off him but Trzy keeps the position.
Hunt takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Trzy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hunt takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hunt is trying to escape the position but Trzy is controlling the position.
Trzy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hunt down.
Hunt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Trzy scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trzy controlling the position.
Trzy cracks Hunt with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Trzy lands an elbow.
Trzy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hunt is not content to let Trzy control the position.
Hunt is looking to regain half guard here but Trzy keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hunt on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Trzy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hunt to see if he's OK.
Paul Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hunt tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trzy Trzy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Trzy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trzy Trzy!
During a confident post fight interview, Trzy Trzy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Paul Hunt spoke after the fight, saying 'vittu'.
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energy
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hype
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