PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Techno Viking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kanye West - I Don't Like (Remix) Feat. Pusha T, Chief Keef, Big Sean, & J. On his way into the ring it seems that Brandon Hunter has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Brandon Hunter seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hunter
vs
Viking

193 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
28
202 lbs
1 - 20 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Techno Viking!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter moves in looking to clinch but Viking pushes him off.
Viking looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Viking avoids the head kick by Hunter.
Viking fails to land with a series of punches.
Viking tries to clinch up.
Viking fails to land the takedown.
Hunter misses with a two punch combination.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hunter counters with a two punch combo.
Viking lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunter circles away quickly and effectively.

Hunter forces Viking back against the ropes and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viking is trying to force a seperation but Hunter has the dominant position.
Hunter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Viking stops a takedown attempt from Hunter.
Hunter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hunter wants a takedown.
Viking is pressed up against the ropes. Hunter has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Viking down to the mat. Viking avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Viking dives in and grabs Hunter's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hunter pushes down on Viking's head and hops out.
Viking tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hunter swivels and escapes.

Hunter drives through with a takedown into Viking's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hunter stops Viking from standing up.

Hunter stands up and waves to Viking to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hunter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hunter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Viking wants to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunter doesn't manage to clinch there - Viking circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter throws a sloppy head kick and Viking moves out of range easily.
Viking stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Viking wants it to stay on the feet.
Hunter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hunter wants it to stay on the feet.
Hunter shoots in for a takedown but Viking shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hunter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hunter fails with a takedown attempt.
Hunter blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is looking to land body kicks.
Viking tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Viking misses with a head kick.

Hunter darts in and clinches Viking up against the ropes.
Viking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hunter's efforts to push away.

Hunter breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hunter gets tackled into the ropes by Viking. Viking maintains the clinch.
Hunter is trying to force a seperation but Viking has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Hunter dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hunter tries to clinch there but Viking circles away.
Hunter fails with a takedown attempt.
Hunter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Viking sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Viking closes the distance and clinches.
Hunter has Viking pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Viking manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunter blocks an elbow strike from Viking.
Hunter is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Viking gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Viking is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Hunter can't fight it off and eventually Viking manages to take the fight to the floor. Hunter looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hunter trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viking throwing strikes from guard but Hunter blocks nicely.
Hunter pulls Viking in close to prevent any damage.
Viking trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Hunter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Viking's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viking wants to stand but Hunter is controlling the position.
Hunter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Viking's guard.
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. Hunter connects with a nice short shot to Viking's temple.
Hunter passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Viking!
Viking is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Hunter has control of Viking's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Viking regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viking trying desperately to get to his feet.

Hunter working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hunter raining down shots from the mount!

Hunter looking to secure an arm triangle but Viking defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viking is trying to stand.
Hunter throws some wild stikes that Viking manages to avoid easily.
Viking really wants to buck Hunter off and get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Viking can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hunter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hunter with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Viking is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Hunter dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hunter tries to clinch up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hunter.

Hunter clinches up against the ropes.
Viking has had enough of the clinch but Hunter keeps him there for the moment.
Hunter is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Viking is defending well.
Viking crunches a lovely knee into Hunter's ribcage.
Hunter fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Viking's guard.
Hunter stands and throws Viking's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Hunter wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Viking, who protects the arm well.
Brandon Hunter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hunter stands up and beckons Viking to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Viking closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hunter quickly recovers to half guard.
Viking is stalling here. Hunter is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Viking seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hunter has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hunter lands some shots froms side control.
Hunter lands an elbow.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
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!

Hunter stands up.
Hunter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Viking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viking swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hunter counters with a series of strikes. Viking will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brandon Hunter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hunter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Viking, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hunter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunter tries to work over Viking's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Viking is trying to maintain a safe position but Hunter gets an underhook and turns Viking into the ropes.

Hunter manages to break the clinch.
Hunter dives in and grabs Viking's left leg, looking for a takedown. Viking pushes down on Hunter's head and hops out.

Viking takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viking missing with knees to the body.
Viking tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hunter avoids it.
Hunter trying to land knees to the body.
Hunter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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

Hunter has closed the distance and engaged Viking in a clinch.
Hunter trying to control the position but instead, Viking has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hunter into the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Viking trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Hunter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hunter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Hunter!
Brandon Hunter bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.