PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Dunham (ranked 724 p4p, 441 weight class) and Kazuma Kiryu (ranked 110 p4p, 68 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dunham might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Im Forever Blowing Bubbles. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dunham
vs
Kiryu

178 cm
34
170
17 - 19 - 0

184 cm
31
194
13 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Dunham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kazuma Kiryu!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunham scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Kazuma Kiryu has been cut.
Kiryu misses with a body kick.
Dunham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dunham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dunham misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dunham throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dunham throws an overhand right that lands on Kiryu's shoulder, as Kiryu tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunham misses with a hook.
Kiryu scores with a nice right hand.
Kiryu misses the shot to the body.
Dunham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kiryu is out of range and Dunham settles back down.
Kiryu looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham tries to clinch
and Kiryu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Pete Dunham has been cut.
Kiryu staying out of range there.
Dunham lands with a right hand.
Dunham throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kiryu.
Kiryu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dunham looks to land a left hand but Kiryu moved out of range nicely.
Kiryu misses with a hook.
Kiryu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dunham sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Dunham misses the target.
Dunham throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiryu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunham scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dunham momentarily.
Dunham shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kiryu eats them both and turns towards Dunham to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Dunham tries a low kick but Kiryu avoids it.
Kiryu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dunham digs a good body shot into Kiryu's ribs.
Kiryu looks to throw a body kick
and Dunham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick from Dunham, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dunham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dunham throws a hook to the side of Kiryu's head but Kiryu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kiryu thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Dunham was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kiryu.
Kiryu misses with a lunging right hand
and Dunham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunham throws an overhand right that lands on Kiryu's shoulder, as Kiryu tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dunham tries to keep at a distance but Kiryu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kiryu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kiryu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Kiryu.
Dunham tries to land knees in the clinch but Kiryu avoids the damage to the body.
Dunham blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dunham.
Dunham lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kiryu.
Dunham lands a body punch.
Kiryu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dunham backwards.
A short body shot lands from Dunham as the two fighters clinch.
Dunham throws an elbow but it misses.
Dunham blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunham missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunham.
Dunham lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiryu backwards.
Dunham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kiryu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dunham seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kiryu can turn it around.
Dunham working aggressively here.
Kiryu misses with the head strike.
Dunham lands a good knee to the midsection. Kiryu won't want to take too many of those.
Kiryu looks winded!
Kiryu throws a head punch that misses.
Dunham cracks Kiryu with a nice body shot.
Dunham lands a nice knee to the body.
Dunham lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Dunham.
Kiryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dunham lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dunham lands with a short shot to the head.
Dunham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kiryu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dunham lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Kazuma Kiryu's cut even more.
Dunham lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunham is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kiryu managing to block the knees to the body from Dunham.
Dunham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kiryu backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Kiryu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Dunham dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A chopping leg kick lands by Dunham.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kiryu in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

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

Kiryu is rocked!
Kiryu tried to score with a low kick but Dunham checks it.
Kiryu is still on wobbly legs! Can Dunham finish him?
Dunham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Kiryu to counter with a crisp jab.

Dunham closes the distance and clinches.
Kiryu seems to have recovered his senses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dunham lands with a light punch inside.

The cut above Kazuma Kiryu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pete Dunham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kiryu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dunham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiryu lands a left hand.
Kiryu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dunham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kiryu backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham pushes off an throws an elbow but Kiryu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kiryu throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunham.
Kiryu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kiryu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiryu.
A shot in the inside from Kiryu.
Dunham lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kiryu avoids the elbow strike from Dunham, against the cage.
Dunham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kiryu backwards.
Kiryu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dunham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kiryu can do to turn this around?
Kiryu struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunham controls his hands.
Kiryu lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunham backwards.
Kiryu struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunham controls his hands.
Kiryu lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiryu wants to stall.
Kiryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dunham misses with the head strike.
Dunham swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiryu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiryu misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dunham lands a nice knee to the body.
Kiryu is breathing heavily.
Kiryu avoiding damage as Dunham throws knees to the body.
Dunham lands a knee to the body.
Kiryu blocks an elbow strike.
Kiryu misses with a punch on the inside.
Dunham lands a right hand.
Dunham lands an elbow that stopped Kiryu in his tracks for a moment.
Kiryu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dunham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kiryu backwards.
Dunham lands an uppercut.
Dunham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kiryu blocking some punches.
Dunham lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Dunham scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dunham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kiryu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiryu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kiryu tries to throw a body punch but Dunham avoids it by throwing Kiryu back against the cage.
Dunham lands a nice uppercut.

Kazuma Kiryu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kiryu fails to land.
Kiryu misses with a punch to the body.
Kiryu managing to block the knees to the body from Dunham.
Dunham misses with an elbow over the top.
Kiryu misses with a punch on the inside.
Kiryu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Kiryu - that landed with a thud.
Kiryu takes an elbow to the temple.
Dunham's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Kiryu throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunham.
Kiryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiryu misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Dunham.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kazuma Kiryu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pete Dunham!