PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Hunt (ranked 810 p4p, 104 weight class) and Bill Oddie (ranked 1500 p4p, 182 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hunt
vs
Oddie

178 cm
29
166 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

169 cm
21
158 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Oddie!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oddie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hunt momentarily.
Hunt misses with an uppercut
and Oddie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oddie takes one to the side of the head.
Oddie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Hunt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hunt throws a hook but Oddie avoids it easily.
Hunt misses with a left hand
and Oddie counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Oddie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oddie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hunt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Oddie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hunt checks a leg kick nicely.
Hunt tests Oddie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oddie ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Oddie slips a straight right by Hunt.
Oddie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oddie lands a jab to the head.
Oddie's corner calls for a 1-2. Oddie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hunt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Oddie.
Hunt throws the left hand but Oddie avoids the punch easily.
Oddie lands a nice shot to the body.
Hunt tries to clinch but Oddie is having none of it.
Oddie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt throws the left hand but Oddie avoids the punch easily.
Hunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Oddie.
Hunt throws a jab when Oddie was well out of range.
Tim Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Oddie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oddie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oddie.
Oddie misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Oddie slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oddie walks into a stiff left hand from Hunt.
Oddie staying out of range there.
Oddie throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
Oddie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hunt scores with a nice right hand.
Hunt misses with a shot to the body
and Oddie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oddie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Oddie darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oddie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oddie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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?
Oddie lands with a right hand.
Hunt cracks Oddie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hunt throws a hook but Oddie blocks it.
Oddie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt misses with a hook. Oddie ducked under it nicely.
Oddie slips a jab from Hunt.
Oddie ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Oddie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hunt is able to avoid easily.
Hunt throws a hook but Oddie blocks it.
Oddie flicks out a counter leg kick but Hunt steps away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oddie. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Oddie misses with a head kick.
Hunt throws the left hand but Oddie avoids the punch easily.
Hunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oddie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hunt scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oddie throws a push kick but Hunt slaps the foot to one side.
Oddie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hunt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oddie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Oddie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Hunt clinches.
Oddie lands with a right to the head.
Hunt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oddie prevents a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunt.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oddie.
Oddie gets through Hunt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oddie gets through Hunt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tim Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hunt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Hunt misses.
Oddie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hunt's head.
Oddie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oddie.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oddie.
Oddie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hunt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
Oddie ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Hunt is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Oddie misses with a body kick.
Oddie throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oddie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hunt throwing a counter right hand but Oddie manages to avoid it.
Hunt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Oddie doesn't seem bothered though.
Oddie scores with a sloppy right hand. Hunt should have avoided that one.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oddie was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Oddie throws out a counter right but Hunt avoids it with no problem.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands with an overhand left.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Oddie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oddie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oddie.
Oddie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt jabs at Oddie's body.
Oddie scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from Hunt does it's job there.
Oddie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oddie works Hunt's body with a nice hook.
Hunt tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Oddie! But no joy.
Oddie slips a jab from Hunt.
Oddie feints a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oddie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
No joy there for Oddie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tim Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Oddie blocks a jab.
Oddie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oddie throws a head kick but Hunt moves out of range.
Oddie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt cracks a nice hook into Oddie's ribs.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oddie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Oddie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oddie.
Hunt throws the left hand but Oddie avoids the punch easily.
Oddie replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hunt blocks it well.
Hunt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a right hook to the body.
Oddie moves out of range of the strikes.
Oddie scores with a nice head shot.
Oddie delivers a nice body kick.
Oddie lands a nice shot that snaps Hunt's head back.
Hunt throws an overhand right that lands on Oddie's shoulder, as Oddie tries to avoid the shot.
Oddie throws the kick towards the body but Hunt avoids it.
Hunt takes one to the chin there.
A solid body kick from Oddie.
A jab from Oddie misses.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Oddie is out of range.
Oddie throws a combination. Hunt tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oddie slips under a jab from Hunt.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Oddie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oddie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hunt slips under a jab from Oddie.
Oddie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hunt takes a step back to recover.
Oddie cracks Hunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt slips under a jab.
A jab from Hunt finds it's way through Oddie's defenses.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Hunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Oddie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oddie scores with a jab.
Hunt catches Oddie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hunt throws a body punch but Oddie moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bill Oddie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Oddie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oddie throws a low kick, looking for Hunt's leg but Hunt calmly moves out of range.
Oddie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Oddie doesn't seem bothered though.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt tries to clinch up.
Hunt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Oddie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oddie throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt is looking to clinch but Oddie is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Oddie is out of range.
Oddie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hunt throws an overhand right that lands on Oddie's shoulder, as Oddie tries to avoid the shot.
Oddie misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt misses with an uppercut
and Oddie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oddie slips a straight right by Hunt.
Nice defenses there by Oddie.
Oddie scores with a nice right hand.
Oddie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Hunt is rocked!
Oddie moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Oh Hunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt staying out of range there.
Oddie throws a leg kick that misses.
Hunt throws the left hand but Oddie avoids the punch easily.
Hunt seems to have got his legs back now.
Hunt throws a hook but Oddie avoids it easily.

Hunt instigates a clinch.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Oddie.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Oddie.
Oddie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hunt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Oddie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.

Oddie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oddie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hunt lands an overhand right.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Oddie.
Oddie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oddie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oddie slips under a jab from Hunt.
Oddie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hunt defending well as Oddie loads up on a big left hand.
Hunt seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Hunt moves into range and clinches up with Oddie.
Oddie misses with the head strike.
Hunt misses with the head strike.
A short right from Oddie.
Hunt lands a shoulder strike.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oddie's elbow.
Oddie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is working Oddie over against the cage.
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Oddie.
Hunt lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Oddie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Hunt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunt.
Oddie blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Oddie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunt.
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt misses with the head strike.
Oddie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tim Hunt!
During a confident post fight interview, Tim Hunt thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.