PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Dupree (ranked 3711 p4p, 3630 weight class) and Luis Naranja (ranked 414 p4p, 408 weight class). Dupree comes to the cage accompanied by Big Game Hunter. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Dupree
vs
Naranja

203 cm
21
282
2 - 2 - 0

203 cm
20
278
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Seventh Circle Clothing

White Gorilla

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Dupree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Naranja!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naranja looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Naranja dips to his left and cracks Dupree with an uppercut!

It looks like Felix Dupree has been cut.
Naranja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dupree tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Naranja manages to circle out of the way.
Naranja misses the jab.
Dupree seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Naranja connects with a nice looking jab.
Dupree blocks a head kick by Naranja.
Dupree is looking to counter the offense by Naranja and move into the clinch.
Naranja tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dupree has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Naranja.
Dupree definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Naranja scores with a leg kick.
Naranja connects with a solid leg kick.
Naranja thuds his right hand into Dupree's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naranja scores with a leg kick.
Naranja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Naranja.
Naranja connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Naranja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Naranja scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dupree in his tracks.
A left lands for Naranja.
Naranja feints and then cracks Dupree's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dupree down.
Dupree on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Naranja. Naranja obviously looking to wear him down.
Dupree is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dupree avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dupree seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naranja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naranja connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naranja swinging wildly here.
Naranja tries to clinch up but Dupree circles away and keeps his distance.
Naranja swinging wildly here.
Naranja clobbers Dupree with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Felix Dupree's cut is getting worse.
A head kick misses from Naranja.
Dupree seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Naranja fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupree tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Naranja gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Naranja landing knees to the body.
Naranja lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dupree.

It looks like Luis Naranja has been cut.
Dupree working aggressively here.
Dupree pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Naranja lands a good knee to the midsection. Dupree won't want to take too many of those.
Dupree is breathing heavily.
Naranja connects with a knee to the head.
Naranja working Dupree over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Naranja.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Naranja presses Dupree against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dupree's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Naranja lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dupree backwards.
Naranja landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Naranja unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Naranja breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naranja lands a slapping body shot.
Naranja connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dupree sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dupree is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Oooooh!!! Naranja has knocked Dupree down with a huge combo! Naranja steps away and waves a wobbly Dupree back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Dupree is rocked!

Felix Dupree's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Naranja closes the distance and pushes Dupree back into the cage.
Oh Dupree is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Naranja crunches a lovely knee into Dupree's ribcage.
Naranja stalls.
Naranja working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Jeez, Felix Dupree's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Naranja pressing his opponent against the cage.
Naranja crunches a lovely knee into Dupree's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Naranja taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dupree seems to have got his legs back now.
Naranja maintains plum control as Dupree tries to back straight out! Naranja connects with one knee! Two knees! Three, four, five, six...seven unasnwered knees! Dupree blocks the eight but eats the ninth - then collapses! Oh the brutality!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knees). Luis Naranja!
After winning the bout, Luis Naranja thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Felix Dupree stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm, ow you say, sorry. Next time, I punch im so ard es ears will fall off.'.