PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Truman Roosevelt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roosevelt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gravel Pit by Wu Tang Clan. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Roosevelt
vs
Hunt

174 cm
27
155 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

180 cm
29
155 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Truman Roosevelt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roosevelt rushes Hunt and presses him up against the cage.
Roosevelt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hunt's face.

It looks like Mike Hunt has been cut.
Roosevelt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roosevelt goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hunt prevents it.
Hunt tries to break free but Roosevelt pushes him back against the cage.
Hunt dodges an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hunt lands a knee to the head.
Roosevelt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roosevelt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunt's brow.
Roosevelt blocks an elbow strike.
Roosevelt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow strike.
Hunt stalls.
Roosevelt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roosevelt throws an elbow that misses.
Roosevelt is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hunt is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow strike.
Hunt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but Roosevelt blocks with his arms.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hunt avoids the elbow strike from Roosevelt, against the cage.
Hunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Roosevelt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roosevelt throws an elbow but misses.
Roosevelt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunt pushes off an throws an elbow but Roosevelt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike.
Hunt misses with a knee strike.
Hunt misses with a knee strike.
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow over the top.
Roosevelt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Hunt misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roosevelt throws an elbow but misses.
Roosevelt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside.
Roosevelt is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Truman Roosevelt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roosevelt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roosevelt blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hunt pushes Roosevelt away with a front kick.
Roosevelt avoids the head kick by Hunt.
Hunt throws a combination that misses
and Roosevelt counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hunt looks gassed!
Roosevelt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roosevelt thows a body shot but no joy.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roosevelt throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roosevelt misses with a body kick.
A cross from Hunt lands.
Mike Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt avoids a kick to the body.
Roosevelt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A solid body kick from Hunt.
Roosevelt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Roosevelt saw that one coming.
Hunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roosevelt throws a sloppy head kick and Hunt moves out of range easily.
Roosevelt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hunt misses with a hook.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Roosevelt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick from Roosevelt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Roosevelt!
Hunt misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt fails to land with a series of punches.
Roosevelt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roosevelt catches Hunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Roosevelt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Roosevelt misses with a kick to the body.
Hunt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hunt fails to land with a series of punches.
Roosevelt misses with a kick to the body.
Hunt misses with a right hand
and Roosevelt counters with a nice body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hunt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Roosevelt - the referee stops the clock and Hunt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Roosevelt. Hunt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice body kick from Roosevelt.
A head kick from Roosevelt lands but Hunt takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt misses with the combination.
Roosevelt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Roosevelt misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Truman Roosevelt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Hunt's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hunt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roosevelt momentarily.
Hunt lands a jab to the head.
Roosevelt with a jab.
Roosevelt misses with a kick to the body.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt lands with a kick to the temple. Roosevelt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Roosevelt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hunt avoids the head kick by Roosevelt.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
Hunt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roosevelt is looking to land body kicks.
Roosevelt blocks a head kick by Hunt.

Roosevelt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Roosevelt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roosevelt goes for a takedown attempt but Hunt pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Roosevelt throws the left hand but Hunt avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt tries to land a front kick but Roosevelt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roosevelt scores with a nice body kick.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Roosevelt.
Hunt misses with a double jab
and Roosevelt counters with a slapping leg kick.
Roosevelt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hunt tries to avoid it but Roosevelt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hunt to the ground. Hunt escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Roosevelt closes the distance and pushes Hunt back into the cage.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hunt is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Truman Roosevelt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow over the top.
Roosevelt has Hunt pressed against the cage, preventing Hunt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roosevelt throws an elbow but misses.
Roosevelt pushes off an throws an elbow but Hunt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hunt misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt avoids a wild elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but Roosevelt blocks with his arms.
Roosevelt lands an elbow just above Hunt 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roosevelt has Hunt pressed against the cage, preventing Hunt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Roosevelt throws an elbow but it misses.
Hunt misses with a knee strike.
Hunt has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hunt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Roosevelt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow strike.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt looking to throw knees to the head but Hunt is blocking nicely.
Hunt managing to block the knees to the body from Roosevelt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roosevelt as Hunt tries to tie him up.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roosevelt backwards.
Hunt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roosevelt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roosevelt throws an elbow but misses.
Hunt tries a knee to the head but Roosevelt blocks it.
Hunt managing to block the knees to the body from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hunt.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside that Hunt shrugs off.
Roosevelt pushes off an throws an elbow but Hunt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hunt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hunt stalling in the clinch but Roosevelt improves position.
Hunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roosevelt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hunt misses with a knee to the head.
Roosevelt lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Mike Hunt's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a knee to the head.
Roosevelt lands an elbow that stopped Hunt in his tracks for a moment.
Hunt blocks an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Roosevelt.
Hunt blocks the elbow strike.
Hunt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hunt avoids the elbow strike from Roosevelt, against the cage.
Roosevelt throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roosevelt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunt's brow.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roosevelt crunches a lovely knee into Hunt's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roosevelt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hunt avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roosevelt blocking some punches.
Hunt misses with a knee strike.
Hunt takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Truman Roosevelt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Hunt's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A shot to the liver by Roosevelt. Beautiful body shot.
Roosevelt throws a wild body kick that Hunt sees coming a mile off.
Hunt lands with a kick to the temple. Roosevelt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Roosevelt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Roosevelt moves out of range as Hunt throws a body kick.
Hunt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hunt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Roosevelt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hunt has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Roosevelt.
Roosevelt looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Hunt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roosevelt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hunt's calf.
Roosevelt is looking to land body kicks.
Roosevelt misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosevelt scores with a leg kick.
Hunt misses with a few strikes there.
Roosevelt throws the kick towards the body but Hunt avoids it.
Roosevelt misses with a body kick.
A head kick by Hunt misses
and Roosevelt counters with a nice body kick.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick.
Hunt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Roosevelt clinches up with Hunt and pushes him back against the cage.
Roosevelt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hunt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunt lands with a light punch inside.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside that Hunt shrugs off.
Hunt blocks the elbow strike.
Hunt managing to block the knees to the body from Roosevelt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roosevelt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunt's brow.
Roosevelt pushes off an throws an elbow but Hunt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside that Hunt shrugs off.
Hunt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hunt is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hunt looking to throw knees to the head but Roosevelt is blocking nicely.
Roosevelt trying to land knees to the body.
Roosevelt lands an elbow just above Hunt 's eye.

The cut above Mike Hunt's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hunt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hunt takes an elbow to the forehead.

Mike Hunt's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hunt avoids a wild elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hunt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roosevelt blocks it with crossed arms.
Roosevelt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hunt's defenses.
Roosevelt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roosevelt lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Hunt's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Truman Roosevelt!
Truman Roosevelt bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.