PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Tuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robin Tuck is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Hunt
vs
Tuck

185 cm
22
280 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
21
265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Fedor Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robin Tuck!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hunt closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tuck quickly recovers to half guard.
Hunt is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hunt is pressing down on Tuck's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tuck is holding on for now.
Tuck really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hunt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hunt passes to full mount!

Hunt with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuck prevents Hunt from taking his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Tuck defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hunt.
Hunt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hunt fails to advance to Tuck's back.

Hunt is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tuck has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hunt avoids the attempt from Tuck to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tuck is looking to escape.
Tuck prevents Hunt from taking his back.
Hunt tries to control but Tuck wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuck is controlling an arm, preventing Hunt from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Tuck felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Hunt looking for a guillotine from mount but Tuck is having none of it.
Tuck is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hunt controlling the position easily from mount.

Tuck defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt controlling the position easily from mount.
Hunt's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Hunt dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tuck has managed to clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tuck.
Hunt swings wildly with an uppercut but Tuck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tuck misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Tuck.
Hunt is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Tuck misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt wants to take the fight to the mat but Tuck manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hunt blocks an uppercut.
Tuck lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuck working aggressively here.
Tuck gets underhooks to prevent Hunt's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Tuck fails to land.
Tuck misses with a body punch.
Tuck is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Tuck gets underhooks to prevent Hunt's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tuck gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tuck is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Tuck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
Tuck lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hunt wants a takedown but no success here.
Hunt changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tuck fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hunt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tuck but Tuck pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tuck wants to counter the offense by Hunt and move into the clinch position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good exchange - Hunt coming out on top.
Robin Tuck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt shoots in and drives through. Tuck sprawls well.

Tuck looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hunt!
Hunt tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuck wants to control but Hunt is keeping him busy.
Hunt is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Tuck's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt trying to control here.
Tuck performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hunt has his hands clasped together around Tuck's back. He's all about the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking to improve his position.
Hunt trying to control but Tuck postures up.
Fedor Hunt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tuck doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunt circles away.
Tuck connects with a single shot there.
Tuck tries to clinch but Hunt is having none of it.
Tuck tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tuck. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hunt closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tuck did well to prevent Hunt getting side control.

Hunt looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tuck is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Tuck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Tuck gets caught napping as Hunt dives in and scores a takedown. Tuck manages to retain guard.
Hunt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tuck has Hunt pulled in close to control his posture.
Hunt sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tuck's guard.
Hunt performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hunt is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt controlling the action here.

Hunt is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tuck defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunt works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Hunt is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tuck knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tuck is being controlled here.
Hunt advances to mount.
Tuck wants to control but Hunt is having none of it.
Tuck can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt controlling from mount.
Hunt seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tuck for as long as he can get away with.
Tuck sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hunt content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hunt is working for a submission of some sort.
Tuck won't allow Hunt to pass to mount.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fedor Hunt!
In defeat, Robin Tuck stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fuck the refs!'.