PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Blunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dillinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blunt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Danzig - Mother. John Dillinger acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Blunt
vs
Dillinger

188 cm
21
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
193 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

WIN Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bob Blunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Dillinger!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillinger wants to clinch up but Blunt keeps it at a distance.
Dillinger is looking to clinch but Blunt is avoiding it.
Dillinger avoids the head kick by Blunt.
Dillinger moves in looking to clinch but Blunt pushes him off.
Dillinger doesn't manage to clinch there - Blunt circles away.
Dillinger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Blunt does no damage.
Blunt tries to clinch there but Dillinger circles away.
Blunt circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blunt counters with a stiff right hand.
Blunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dillinger tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Blunt to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like John Dillinger has been cut.
Dillinger tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blunt counters with a series of strikes. Dillinger will be more careful next time no doubt.
John Dillinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dillinger tries to clinch

and Blunt counters by moving into the clinch.
Dillinger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dillinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blunt landing knees to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but Blunt blocks with his arms.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but Blunt blocks it.
Blunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger looking to throw knees to the head but Blunt is blocking nicely.
Dillinger misses with a knee to the head.
Dillinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Blunt won't want to take too many of those.
Blunt is breathing heavily.
Dillinger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Dillinger misses with a knee strike.
Blunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blunt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillinger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but Blunt blocks it.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but Blunt blocks with his arms.
Blunt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillinger blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dillinger as Blunt tries to tie him up.
Dillinger pushes off an throws an elbow but Blunt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dillinger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blunt tries to pull guard but Dillinger holds him up against the cage and eventually Blunt drops back down to his feet.
Blunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Blunt.
Blunt looking to slow down the pace here.
Dillinger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blunt is defending well for now.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blunt avoids it.
Blunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks with his arms.
Dillinger with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger lands a knee to the body.
Dillinger scores with a knee to the head.
Dillinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blunt's face.
Blunt misses with a knee strike.
Blunt avoiding damage as Dillinger throws knees to the body.
Blunt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dillinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Dillinger.
Blunt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dillinger connects with a knee to the head.
Blunt trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dillinger obliges.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but Blunt blocks it.
Dillinger blocks an elbow strike.
Dillinger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blunt.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dillinger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blunt tries to pull guard but Dillinger won't allow it.
Dillinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blunt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blunt misses with a knee to the head.
Dillinger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blunt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dillinger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks with his arms.
Dillinger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blunt is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blunt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillinger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillinger looking to throw knees to the head but Blunt is blocking nicely.
Blunt with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Blunt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blunt wants to stall.
Dillinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Blunt avoids the damage to the body.
Dillinger lands a knee to the body.

Blunt jumps into guard, dragging Dillinger to the mat.
Dillinger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blunt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dillinger.
Blunt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Blunt working a defensive guard here.
Dillinger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blunt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Blunt looking to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dillinger tries to clinch up

and Blunt counters by moving into the clinch.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blunt avoids it.
Blunt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blunt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dillinger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blunt tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Dillinger with a knee to the head.
Blunt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dillinger lands a nice knee to the body.
Dillinger is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dillinger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dillinger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blunt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dillinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Blunt avoids the damage to the body.
Dillinger managing to block the knees to the body from Blunt.
Blunt trying to land knees to the body.
Dillinger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dillinger misses with a knee strike.

Blunt jumps guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Blunt working for a triangle but Dillinger defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Dillinger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Dillinger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dillinger closes the distance but Blunt moves to the side

and Blunt counters by moving into the clinch.
Dillinger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blunt connects with a knee to the head.
Dillinger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dillinger landing knees to the head.
Blunt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blunt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dillinger just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dillinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Blunt avoids the damage to the body.
Blunt looking to throw knees to the head but Dillinger is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Dillinger.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dillinger.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blunt looking to throw knees to the head but Dillinger is blocking nicely.
Dillinger misses with a knee strike.
Blunt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dillinger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blunt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dillinger just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dillinger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blunt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dillinger smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Blunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dillinger closes the distance looking to clinch

and Blunt counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Blunt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillinger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blunt blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dillinger.
Blunt looking to throw knees to the head but Dillinger is blocking nicely.
Blunt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dillinger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dillinger trying to land knees to the body.
Blunt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dillinger walks away with a smile on his face. Blunt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Blunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Dillinger.
Dillinger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob Blunt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dillinger clinches up with Blunt and pushes him back against the cage.
Dillinger lands a nice elbow.
Blunt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillinger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillinger trying to land knees to the body.
Dillinger misses with a knee to the head.
Blunt blocks an elbow strike from Dillinger.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks with his arms.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dillinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blunt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dillinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger misses with a knee strike.
Dillinger looking to throw knees to the head but Blunt is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blunt obliges.
Blunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blunt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blunt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dillinger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dillinger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blunt blocks it with crossed arms.
Blunt lands a knee to the body.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but Blunt blocks with his arms.
Blunt scores with a knee to the head.
Dillinger avoids the elbow strike from Blunt, against the cage.
Dillinger lands an elbow just above Blunt 's eye.
Dillinger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blunt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
John Dillinger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dillinger managing to block the knees to the body from Blunt.
Blunt fails to pull guard.
A knee to the head by Dillinger.
Blunt misses with the head strike.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt dodges an elbow strike from Dillinger.
Blunt lands a knee to the head.
Dillinger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blunt blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blunt misses with a knee to the head.
Blunt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blunt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dillinger walks away with a smile on his face. Blunt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Dillinger takes the fight into the clinch.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blunt avoids it.
Blunt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blunt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dillinger connects with a knee to the head.
Blunt tries to pull guard but Dillinger won't allow it.
Blunt avoiding damage as Dillinger throws knees to the body.
Blunt missing with knees to the body.
Dillinger with a knee to the head.
Blunt stalling in the clinch but Dillinger improves position.
Dillinger is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blunt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillinger blocks it with crossed arms.
Blunt misses with a knee to the head.
Dillinger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blunt's defenses.
Dillinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillinger tries a knee to the head but Blunt blocks it.
Blunt misses with a knee strike.
Blunt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Blunt trying to control the position but instead, Dillinger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blunt into the cage.
Dillinger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dillinger obliges.
Dillinger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dillinger looking to throw knees to the head but Blunt is blocking nicely.
Blunt misses with a knee to the head.
Dillinger looking to throw knees to the head but Blunt is blocking nicely.
Dillinger lands a knee to the head.
Dillinger trying to land knees to the body.
Dillinger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillinger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blunt.
Blunt avoiding damage as Dillinger throws knees to the body.
Blunt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dillinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blunt's face.
Blunt misses with a knee to the head.
Blunt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillinger blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Dillinger.
Blunt tries to land knees in the clinch but Dillinger avoids the damage to the body.
Dillinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blunt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dillinger with a knee to the head.
Dillinger connects with a knee to the head.
Blunt misses with a knee strike.
Dillinger misses with a knee strike.
Blunt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dillinger avoids it.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but Blunt blocks with his arms.
Blunt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillinger blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dillinger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Dillinger's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Blunt throws a shot to the body.
Blunt tries to score with a low kick but Dillinger moves his leg out of the way.
Blunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Dillinger.
Blunt wants to clinch.
Blunt misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dillinger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Dillinger rushes Blunt and presses him up against the cage.
Blunt landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillinger misses with a knee to the head.
Blunt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt takes an elbow to the temple.
Dillinger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dillinger lands an elbow inside that Blunt shrugs off.
Dillinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dillinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blunt tries a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks it.
Dillinger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger landing knees to the head.
Dillinger missing with knees to the body.
Blunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blunt lands a nice knee to the body.
Blunt misses with a knee strike.
Blunt tries to land a knee to the head but Dillinger blocks with his arms.
Dillinger working Blunt over with knees to the body.
Dillinger scores a nice knee to the body.

Blunt ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Blunt no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dillinger must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dillinger postures up.
Blunt is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dillinger is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dillinger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dillinger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blunt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dillinger!

Blunt has hold of Dillinger's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dillinger manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger is looking to improve his position but Blunt isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Blunt working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Dillinger swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dillinger working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Blunt goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Dillinger is on top in guard.

Blunt is looking for a triangle but Dillinger pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dillinger drops back looking for a leg! Blunt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blunt manages to kick Dillinger off! Dillinger jumps back into Blunt's guard.
Dillinger throwing strikes but missing.
Dillinger is looking to work some ground and pound but Blunt has wrist control.
Blunt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blunt has momentary wrist control but Dillinger slips an elbow through the middle.
Dillinger trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Blunt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dillinger!
Dillinger working to try and regain half guard.
Bob Blunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Blunt is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dillinger can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Blunt prevents Dillinger from getting the reversal.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Blunt stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Blunt tries to clinch up.
Blunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Dillinger wants to clinch up but Blunt keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Blunt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dillinger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Dillinger!