Humphries v Bunting mic'd-up final
- A mic'd-up final clip from the 2026 Hyde Park Darts Championship, Humphries v Bunting, was posted on YouTube on July 9 featuring player audio. - The YouTube upload titled 'MIC'D UP FINAL' identifies the final competitors Humphries and Bunting and presents in-game microphone audio throughout and crowd reactions. - Video was published on YouTube July 9 and remains on the channel for replay worldwide. (youtube.com)
The Professional Darts Corporation posted a replay of the 2026 Hyde Park Darts Championship final between Luke Humphries and Stephen Bunting on YouTube on July 9, packaging it as a “MIC’D UP FINAL” clip with player audio and crowd sound throughout. (youtube.com) What is newly notable here is the format rather than a fresh tournament announcement. The upload is presented as full final coverage with in-game microphones, giving viewers access to player chatter and on-stage reactions during the match, not just edited highlights. The YouTube listing says, “Watch full coverage from the 2026 BST Hyde Park Championship final between Luke Humphries and Stephen Bunting!” (youtube.com) The matchup itself fits the event PDC had already promoted in May. On May 26, the PDC said Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting, Nathan Aspinall and Fallon Sherrock would compete in the second staging of the BST Hyde Park Darts Championship on Wednesday, July 8, at the Great Oak Stage in London’s Hyde Park. (pdc.tv) That means the July 9 video functions as the immediate replay package from the day after the live event. The official PDC YouTube channel is the distributor, and the clip was available for replay worldwide on the platform as of Thursday. (youtube.com) The post also shows the PDC leaning again on a format it has used before for Hyde Park content. A 2025 Hyde Park playlist on the same channel included a “PLAYERS MIC’D UP!” celebrity pro-am video and a separate short announcing Humphries as that year’s Hyde Park winner. (youtube.com) For viewers trying to place the event, BST Hyde Park’s event page described the 2026 championship as a PDC pro-am tournament featuring Humphries, Sherrock, Aspinall and Bunting, alongside media and entertainment personalities. The final replay confirms Humphries and Bunting were the last two players standing in this year’s edition. (bst-hydepark.com) The practical upshot is simple: the final is no longer just something attendees in Hyde Park saw live on July 8. It is now a replayable PDC video product built around access — player microphones, crowd noise and the full Humphries-Bunting final — on the organization’s main YouTube feed. (youtube.com)
