PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kaivo Huone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Fortune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaivo Huone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Huone
vs
Fortune

167 cm
18
143 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

168 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaivo Huone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grant Fortune!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Huone misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Huone. That snapped Fortune's head back.
Fortune defending well as Huone loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Huone.
Fortune throws a leg kick but Huone sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Fortune shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Poor strikes thrown by Fortune there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huone tries to lock up and control but Fortune gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fortune landing strikes from the mount and Huone is in trouble!
Fortune lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortune unloads with some shots from mount but Huone bucks and avoids them well.
Fortune throws some wild stikes that Huone manages to avoid easily.
Fortune cracks Huone with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Huone is in a horrible position here. Fortune smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fortune controlling the pace for now.
Fortune with the ground and pound from mount.
Huone is bucking up trying to escape but Fortune cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fortune throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fortune punching from mount but Huone doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortune punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fortune scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Huone?
A nice elbow there by Fortune.

Huone is rocked!
Fortune postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Huone looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Huone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fortune loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Huone scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Fortune land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Fortune stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Fortune!