PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Redhair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter comes to the cage accompanied by The DOC vs Earshot. Jake Hunter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hunter
vs
Redhair

180 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Redhair!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redhair misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Redhair misses.
Hunter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hunter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Redhair - the referee stops the clock and Hunter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Redhair. Hunter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Redhair is looking to clinch but Hunter is avoiding it.
Redhair lands a head kick. Hunter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Redhair chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Redhair misses with a leg kick.
Redhair wants to clinch up but Hunter keeps it at a distance.
Redhair tries to clinch up.
Redhair doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.
Hunter misses with an uppercut. Redhair saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redhair rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Redhair tries to clinch up.
Redhair doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.
Hunter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Redhair tries to clinch but Hunter moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Redhair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Redhair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Redhair throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Redhair doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.

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.
Hunter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Redhair pinned against the cage. Redhair gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Redhair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Redhair throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Richard Redhair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redhair throws a sloppy head kick and Hunter moves out of range easily.
Redhair throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Redhair looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Redhair tries to clinch but Hunter is having none of it.
Redhair throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Redhair goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redhair is looking to clinch.
Redhair looks to land a body kick but Hunter moved away.
Richard Redhair is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Redhair throws a head kick but Hunter moves out of range.
Redhair tries to clinch up but Hunter circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunter blocks a leg kick.

Redhair lands a big head kick that sends Hunter tumbling to the mat! Redhair takes a step backwards and waves Hunter back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Jake Hunter has been cut.
Redhair throws a push kick but Hunter slaps the foot to one side.
Redhair tries to clinch but Hunter moves out of range.
Redhair misses with a head kick.
Hunter shoots in and drives through. Redhair sprawls well.
Redhair is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redhair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redhair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redhair lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hunter's sensitive parts.
Hunter swats away the attempt to clinch by Redhair.
Hunter looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Redhair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Redhair misses with an attempted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Redhair misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Redhair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Hunter's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Redhair throws a head kick that misses.
Redhair fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hunter.
Redhair tries to clinch but Hunter moves out of range.
Redhair throws a right and a left that Hunter avoids nicely.
Hunter takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Redhair throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redhair lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunter circles away quickly and effectively.
Redhair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Redhair walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hunter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Redhair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunter.
Jake Hunter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Redhair tries to clinch but Hunter moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redhair lands a head kick!
Redhair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Redhair tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hunter is able to avoid easily.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Redhair shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hunter checks a low kick from Redhair.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Redhair wants to clinch up but Hunter keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redhair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redhair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hunter avoids the body shot from Redhair.
Redhair is looking to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Redhair.

Redhair gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hunter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Redhair manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redhair controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hunter tries to get to full guard but Redhair has control of the leg.
Redhair with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hunter actively working from the bottom here.
Redhair not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Redhair content to control rather than advance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hunter looking for subs from the bottom but Redhair mounts him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Redhair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jake Hunter's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Redhair throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hunter blocks a head kick by Redhair.
Hunter avoids the head kick by Redhair.
Redhair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hunter fails with a takedown attempt.
Redhair tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter throws a series of punches but Redhair avoids them all with ease.
Redhair tries to clinch there but Hunter circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redhair defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hunter.
Redhair throws out a powerful jab.
Redhair pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richard Redhair seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Redhair gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Redhair is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Redhair wants to hit a switch here but Hunter passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Redhair there!

Hunter moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Redhair has worked his arm free - good work by Redhair!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redhair gets back to half guard.
Redhair keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Redhair is defending against the submission attempts here by Hunter.
Redhair is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redhair is doing well to control the position and prevent Hunter from advancing to side control.

Redhair is defending against the submission attempts here by Hunter.
Redhair controlling the position well.
Jake Hunter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hunter is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Redhair is just riding it out for now. Hunter eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Hunter is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Redhair preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Redhair comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Redhair 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Redhair!