PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe The One Armed Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bunting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The One Armed Man's entrance music is Stand Up To be C**ted. A fine choice. John Bunting will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

The One Armed Man
vs
Bunting

185 cm
30
240 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

208 cm
28
297 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

The Big Kabosh

Heisenberg
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe The One Armed Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bunting!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The One Armed Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Bunting wants to clinch

and The One Armed Man counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bunting won't be happy with that.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bunting taking a bit of punishment here - The One Armed Man scoring with strikes.
Bunting taking a bit of punishment here - The One Armed Man scoring with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The One Armed Man tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bunting gets back to half guard.
Bunting avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The One Armed Man.
Bunting is pressing down on The One Armed Man's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The One Armed Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The One Armed Man stopping the sweep attempt from Bunting.
The One Armed Man's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man trying to control but Bunting is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunting looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The One Armed Man throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bunting works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The One Armed Man postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The One Armed Man sitting in guard here, content to control.
The One Armed Man missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bunting is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bunting keeping moving, preventing The One Armed Man from controlling successfully.
Bunting looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A chopping leg kick lands by The One Armed Man.

The One Armed Man shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The One Armed Man showed some decent athleticism there.

The One Armed Man is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The One Armed Man is trying to control the action in half guard but Bunting is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The One Armed Man throws a strike but Bunting avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The One Armed Man throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The One Armed Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man passes Bunting's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The One Armed Man is trying to control the action in half guard but Bunting is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bunting is trying to control but The One Armed Man passes into side control!
The One Armed Man lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bunting down.

The One Armed Man tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The One Armed Man throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The One Armed Man is trying to ground and pound but Bunting uses the momentary lack of control by The One Armed Man to regain half guard.
The One Armed Man is looking to take a break and control but Bunting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunting moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bunting is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bunting preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The One Armed Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bunting is trying to keep The One Armed Man in close.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bunting keeping moving, preventing The One Armed Man from controlling successfully.
The One Armed Man scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe The One Armed Man dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The One Armed Man lands a right hook to the body.
The One Armed Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunting is just out of range.
Bunting tries to clinch up.
Bunting tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from The One Armed Man misses

and Bunting counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bunting.

The One Armed Man gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bunting regains guard.
The One Armed Man trying to control but Bunting is working from the bottom.
Bunting is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The One Armed Man has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The One Armed Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The One Armed Man preventing the sweep.
Bunting has control of The One Armed Man's left arm, preventing The One Armed Man from doing any damage.
Bunting is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Bunting is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The One Armed Man lands a couple of elbows.
The One Armed Man lands a couple of elbows.
The One Armed Man trying to control but Bunting is working from the bottom.
Bunting is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bunting is looking to stall here but The One Armed Man recovers full guard.
The One Armed Man keeping moving, preventing Bunting from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bunting is one step ahead there.
Bunting trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bunting throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The One Armed Man is looking for a triangle but Bunting pushes his legs off easily.

The One Armed Man escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bunting gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bunting postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bunting slips nicely into half guard.
The One Armed Man might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man gets full guard.

The One Armed Man looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bunting has picked The One Armed Man up and slammed him! The One Armed Man can't keep hold of the triangle and Bunting manages to pass to side control!
The One Armed Man defending against the ground and pound.
The One Armed Man is not content to let Bunting control the position.
Bunting is putting a hurting on The One Armed Man here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joe The One Armed Man will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bunting wants to clinch but The One Armed Man slips to the side

so The One Armed Man counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The One Armed Man throws a strike but Bunting rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bunting trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The One Armed Man pulls Bunting in close to prevent any damage.
Bunting working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man wants to sweep but no luck.
Joe The One Armed Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bunting wants to control from the top but The One Armed Man keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bunting postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The One Armed Man throws a nice inside leg kick.
The One Armed Man thows a leg kick but Bunting checks it
and Bunting counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Joe The One Armed Man has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunting tries to clinch there but The One Armed Man circles away.
The One Armed Man misses with a looping left.
Bunting looks to clinch

and The One Armed Man counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bunting!
The One Armed Man is chipping away with strikes.
John Bunting has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The One Armed Man scores with punches from side control.
Bunting is trying to control The One Armed Man's posture but The One Armed Man avoids it.
The One Armed Man is looking to take a break and control but Bunting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bunting tries to bench press The One Armed Man off him but The One Armed Man keeps the position.
The One Armed Man scoring with punches from side control.
Bunting tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but The One Armed Man wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man is looking to take a break and control but Bunting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bunting tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bunting on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bunting manages to work his way to half guard, despite The One Armed Man's best efforts.
Ground and pound from The One Armed Man.
The One Armed Man takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bunting tries to roll over but The One Armed Man keeps him under control.
The One Armed Man is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The One Armed Man working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bunting wants to get back to full guard.
The One Armed Man working over Bunting with some ground and pound. Bunting looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bunting manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The One Armed Man is in close to Bunting's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The One Armed Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The One Armed Man won't allow Bunting to sweep him here.
Bunting trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The One Armed Man is in close to Bunting's body, working some short punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe The One Armed Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The One Armed Man, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Joe The One Armed Man!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Joe The One Armed Man!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Joe The One Armed Man!

Joe The One Armed Man wins by unanimous decision!
Joe The One Armed Man thanked the fans post fight for their support.