PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Montesh Dominguez (ranked 1778 p4p, 2314 weight class) and Adrian Atkins (ranked 233 p4p, 281 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dominguez
vs
Atkins

179 cm
24
158
7 - 10 - 0

184 cm
23
169
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Montesh Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Atkins!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Dominguez.
Atkins connects with a body shot.
Atkins smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Atkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dominguez moves away.
Dominguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atkins.
Atkins cracks Dominguez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dominguez throws a low kick, looking for Atkins's leg but Atkins calmly moves out of range.
Dominguez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atkins.
Dominguez thinks about countering with a head kick.
Atkins ducks under a wild hook from Dominguez.
Atkins tries to clinch but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dominguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atkins moves away.
Atkins misses the shot to the body.
Atkins blocks a jab.
A big right from Atkins misses.
And Dominguez counters with a quick kick to the body but Atkins blocks it.
Dominguez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dominguez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dominguez feints and then cracks Atkins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atkins down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd cheers as Dominguez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Atkins doesn't seem phased though.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins throws the left hand but Dominguez avoids the punch easily.
Dominguez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Atkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dominguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Dominguez.
Atkins blocks a low kick nicely.
Dominguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Atkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atkins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominguez. Atkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atkins looks to land a body kick but Dominguez moved away.
Atkins throws a lazy right hand but Dominguez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dominguez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A right-left combo lands from Atkins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Atkins on the side of the head.
Atkins misses with a hook.
Atkins slips under a jab.
Dominguez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Atkins lands a slapping body shot.
Dominguez throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throws out a powerful jab.

Atkins pushes Dominguez up against the cage in a clinch.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dominguezs head.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dominguez trying to stall but Atkins improves his position.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins misses with some punches.
Atkins has Dominguez pushed against the cage.
Dominguez scores with a knee to the head.
Dominguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Atkins lands with a right to the head.
Dominguez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dominguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Atkins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Atkins leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez has Atkins pressed against the cage.
Atkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dominguez tries a body shot but Atkins blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Atkins pushes Dominguez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominguez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Atkins takes a shot to the head.
Dominguez tries to work over Atkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dominguez.
Atkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dominguez misses with a knee to the head.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dominguez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Atkins lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dominguez throws an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Dominguez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Dominguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Atkins working aggressively here.
Dominguez misses with a knee to the head.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Atkins blocks an elbow strike.
Dominguez struggles to land a body shot inside as Atkins controls his hands.
Atkins misses with some punches.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Atkins.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dominguez is stalling here.
Dominguez stalling in the clinch but Atkins improves position.
Atkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Montesh Dominguez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Atkins slips under a jab.
Atkins avoids the head kick by Dominguez.
Montesh Dominguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Atkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atkins is looking to chop away at Dominguez's legs.
Dominguez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Atkins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dominguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominguez. Atkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.
Atkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Atkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.
Atkins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dominguezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dominguez scores with a leg kick.
Atkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.
Atkins tries to counter with a clinch but Dominguez shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez connects with an inside leg kick.
A big right from Atkins misses.
Dominguez throws a counter high kick but Atkins was just alert enough to avoid it.
Dominguez slips a jab from Atkins.
Dominguez just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick from Atkins, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dominguez moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dominguez defending well as Atkins loads up on a big left hand.
Atkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Atkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dominguez misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atkins. Dominguez does a little dance to reset his feet.

Atkins moves into the clinch successfully.
Atkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Atkins.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dominguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Atkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Atkins tries to work over Dominguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dominguez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Atkins's brow.
Atkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dominguez stalling against the cage.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dominguez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dominguez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Atkins's elbow.
Dominguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Dominguez trying to control the position but instead, Atkins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dominguez into the cage.
Atkins blocks a body shot from Dominguez.
Dominguez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dominguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Atkins.
Dominguez scores with a hook to the body.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Atkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atkins avoids it.
Dominguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Atkins.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atkins avoids it.
Atkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Dominguez lands a left hand.
Atkins lands a shot to the body.
Dominguez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dominguez looking to slow down the pace here.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Atkins lands a right hand.
Atkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez.
Dominguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Atkins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dominguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
Dominguez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Atkins lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Dominguez tries to throw a body punch but Atkins avoids it by throwing Dominguez back against the cage.
Dominguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Atkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A body shot lands from Dominguez.
Atkins avoiding damage as Dominguez throws knees to the body.
Dominguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominguez.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez works on Atkins's body with a couple of short punches.
Atkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dominguez trying to stall but Atkins improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dominguez looking to throw knees to the head but Atkins is blocking nicely.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dominguez tries to work over Atkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Adrian Atkins 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!

A jab from Atkins misses.
Dominguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atkins manages to avoid it.
Atkins cracks Dominguez with an open hand slap.
Atkins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dominguez's head.
Dominguez delivers a nice body kick.
Atkins lands a right hook to the body.
Atkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Atkins connects with a solid leg kick.
Dominguez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dominguez lands with a nice body punch.
Dominguez misses with a head kick.
Atkins now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dominguez connects with a body shot that sends Atkins's belly button to the back.
Atkins blocks a leg kick.
Dominguez is looking to wear down Atkins with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dominguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atkins manages to avoid it.
Atkins with a jab.
Atkins shoots in for a takedown but Dominguez shows good takedown defense.
Atkins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Atkins scores with a hook to the body. Dominguez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a leg kick that misses.
Dominguez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Atkins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dominguez ducks under a wild hook from Atkins.
Atkins lands with an overhand left.
Atkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dominguez counters with a good low kick that Atkins was not able to check.
Atkins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dominguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.
Atkins slips under a jab from Dominguez.
Atkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atkins scoring well with a low kick there.
Atkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Atkins misses with a looping left.
Dominguez scores with a decent looking hook.
Dominguez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominguez throws a head kick that misses
and Atkins counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins swings for the body but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez slips a jab from Atkins.
Dominguez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dominguez looks to throw the jab but Atkins is out of range.
Dominguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Atkins can pounce on him.
Dominguez staying out of range there.
Atkins moves away from the strike by Dominguez.
Atkins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Atkins tries to clinch there but Dominguez circles away.
Atkins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Atkins lands a jab to the head.
Dominguez throws a lazy head kick
and Atkins counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Atkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Atkins moves into range and clinches up with Dominguez.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Atkins.
Dominguez controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dominguez throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
Atkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dominguez lands with a right to the head.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Atkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Atkins tries to work over Dominguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominguez's elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Adrian Atkins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A body shot lands from Atkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins managing to block the knees to the body from Dominguez.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Atkins is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins lands with a left to the head.
Atkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dominguez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dominguez misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominguez's elbow.
Dominguez scores with a shoulder strike.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atkins lands a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Atkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Atkins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Atkins!
Adrian Atkins spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.