PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Silik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hunt
vs
Diamond

175 cm
22
154 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

185 cm
23
158 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Silik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Diamond!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt is looking to land body kicks.
Silik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Diamond.
Hunt lands a jab to the nose.
Hunt lands with a shot to the body.
Hunt 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.
Diamond tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hunt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diamond.
Hunt lands a nice hook to Diamond's body. Diamond takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hunt throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Diamond counters with an outside leg kick.
Diamond misses with a body shot.
Diamond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diamond looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.

Diamond closes the distance and clinches.
Hunt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Diamond back against the cage.
Diamond lands a left hand.
Diamond lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hunt blocking some punches.
Diamond tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunt wants to break free but Diamond has control.
Diamond misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diamond tries to work over Hunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diamond lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hunt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike from Diamond.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diamond misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond is looking to control Hunt's arms but Hunt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diamond has his back to the cage.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diamond moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Hunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hunt checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hunt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hunt throws a body kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diamond throws a head kick that misses.
Diamond throws a leg kick which misses Hunt's front leg but catches the back leg as Hunt tries to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Diamond blocks the low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Diamond throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diamond avoids the head kick by Hunt.
Diamond tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamond on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hunt throws a low kick but Diamond moves out of range easily.
Hunt lands with a right hand.
Diamond blocks a head kick by Hunt.
Diamond walks into a jab.
Diamond lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hunt at a distance.
Diamond fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diamond is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Diamond throws out a leg kick but Hunt moves out of range and Diamond only half commits.
Diamond is looking to clinch but Hunt is avoiding it.
Diamond moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diamond looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diamond moves out of range of the strikes.
Hunt misses the jab.
Hunt misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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Diamond lands a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt scores with a hook to the body. Diamond takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hunt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diamond's calf.
Hunt slips under a jab from Diamond.

Diamond clinches.
Diamond is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Diamond misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt avoids the elbow strike from Diamond, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Diamond dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Diamond doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Diamond.
Diamond swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diamond staying out of range there.
Diamond sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hunt checks the leg kick.
Diamond scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hunt cracks Diamond with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hunt gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Diamond counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hunt is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hunt throws a poor cross that misses
and Diamond counters with an outside leg kick.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Diamond sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diamond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diamond wants to slow Hunt down by chopping away at his legs.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Diamond uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunt circles away.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Diamond's front leg but catches the back leg as Diamond tries to avoid it.
Diamond is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hunt rather than just go for the knockout.
Hunt throws a body kick that misses.
Diamond tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diamond wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
Diamond moves out of range of the body kick.
Hunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Diamond.
Hunt swings for the body but Diamond moves out of range.
Hunt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diamond's hands.
Hunt misses with a leg kick
and Diamond counters with a two punch combo.
Silik Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diamond.
Diamond blocks a jab.
Hunt takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diamond throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
A bone on bone clash there as Diamond blocks the leg kick.
Hunt lands a slapping body shot.
A punch combination from Hunt misses.
Diamond swinging wildly here.
Hunt misses with a leg kick.
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!
A jab from Hunt does it's job there.
A head kick by Diamond misses
and Hunt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hunt connects with a jab.
Diamond misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hunt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Diamond moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a nice right hand.
Hunt staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hunt throws the kick towards the body but Diamond avoids it.
Diamond walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
Diamond clobbers Hunt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hunt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hunt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Diamond closes the distance and pushes Hunt back into the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike from Diamond.

Diamond breaks from the clinch.
Hunt misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt thows a body shot but no joy.
Diamond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diamond.
Diamond throws a sloppy head kick and Hunt moves out of range easily.
Diamond takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diamond thows a body shot but no joy.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hunt cracks Diamond with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hunt throws a shot to the body.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silik Hunt dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Diamond tries to clinch but Hunt is having none of it.
Hunt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Diamond throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diamond scores with a nice body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diamond.
Hunt tries to score with a low kick but Diamond moves his leg out of the way.
Hunt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diamond wants to clinch.
Diamond fakes the leg kick and cracks Hunt in the body.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hunt misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond swings away with a body shot that misses
and Diamond takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diamond tries to clinch but Hunt is having none of it.
Diamond keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Hunt tries to score with a low kick but Diamond moves his leg out of the way.
Hunt checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hunt lands a jab to the head.
Hunt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Diamond checks a low kick from Hunt.
Diamond has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt scores with a hook.
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diamond avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Nice uppercut lands for Hunt. That snapped Diamond's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a decent looking hook.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Diamond fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hunt, pushing him back against the cage.
Diamond lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Diamond keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hunt's efforts to push away.
Hunt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diamond scores with a shot to the side of Hunt's head.

Diamond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diamond 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.
Hunt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hunt lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking to slow Diamond down with leg kicks.
Hunt thumps Diamond with a low kick.
Diamond goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Diamond slips the punch.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Diamond tries to clinch but Hunt is having none of it.
Diamond has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick.
Hunt thuds a left hand into Diamond's body.
Diamond takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hunt lands a nice shot that snaps Diamond's head back.
Diamond blocks a head kick by Hunt.
Diamond blocks a head kick by Hunt.
Hunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Diamond is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt works the jab nicely.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diamond checks it well.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt misses with a two punch combination.
Diamond's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diamond is looking to clinch but Hunt is avoiding it.
Diamond throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Diamond.
Hunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diamond. That did some damage!
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Diamond uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Diamond misses the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silik Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hunt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silik Hunt!
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