PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francois Dubonet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devin Luke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dubonet comes to the cage accompanied by Kevin Chalfant - Hold on to the vision in your eyes. Luke has chosen 99 problems as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dubonet
vs
Luke

185 cm
26
161 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

173 cm
26
166 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francois Dubonet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Luke!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dubonet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dubonet.
Luke moves in looking to clinch but Dubonet pushes him off.
Dubonet scores with a one two! Luke had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Devin Luke has been cut.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Dubonet.

Luke moves into the clinch.
Luke prevents Dubonet from breaking the clinch.
Luke prevents Dubonet from breaking the clinch.
Dubonet is trying to break the clinch but Luke is controlling him.
The referee calls for Luke to work.
Dubonet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luke lands a left hand.
Dubonet tries to circle away but Luke has him pinned against the cage.
Dubonet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dubonet working hard to break the clinch.
Dubonet is looking to break free of the clinch but Luke has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dubonet's efforts to push away.
Dubonet wants to break free but Luke has control.
Dubonet tries to break free but Luke pushes him back against the cage.
Luke scores with a shot to the side of Dubonet's head.
Dubonet tries to break the clinch but Luke is controlling the position.

Luke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luke throws a right hand that Dubonet ducks under and follows up with a left that Dubonet also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dubonet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dubonet falls off balance throwing a combination

and Luke counters by moving into the clinch.
Dubonet is trying to force a seperation but Luke has the dominant position.
A right handed body shot lands from Luke.

Dubonet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Luke tries to clinch but Dubonet moves out of range.
Luke doesn't manage to clinch there - Dubonet circles away.
Dubonet throws a front kick aimed at Luke's knee but Luke avoids it well.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses.
Dubonet lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dubonet rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dubonet throws a head kick but Luke moves out of range.
Dubonet is looking to land body kicks.
Luke tries to clinch up.
Luke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luke blocks a head kick by Dubonet.
Dubonet throws a right and a left that Luke avoids nicely.
Luke takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luke is looking to clinch but Dubonet is avoiding it.
Luke is looking to clinch but Dubonet is avoiding it.
Dubonet throws a sloppy head kick and Luke moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dubonet, right into the meat.
Dubonet keeps the fight on the outside.
Luke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dubonet paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dubonet throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dubonet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dubonet tries to land a front kick but Luke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Luke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dubonet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luke is looking to clinch.
Dubonet throws a series of punches but Luke moves out of range.
Dubonet throws a head kick but Luke moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Luke crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dubonet - the referee stops the clock and Luke gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dubonet. Luke manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dubonet throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Luke's head.
Dubonet tries a head kick but it misses.
Luke is looking to clinch but Dubonet is avoiding it.
Dubonet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dubonet lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Luke wants to clinch.
Dubonet throws a sloppy head kick and Luke moves out of range easily.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Dubonet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francois Dubonet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devin Luke's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Luke wants to clinch.

Luke clinches.
Dubonet is trying to break the clinch but Luke has him pressed against the cage.

Dubonet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dubonet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dubonet throws a left and a right that both miss

and Luke counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dubonet tries to break the clinch but Luke is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dubonet tries to break the clinch but Luke is controlling the position.
Dubonet is trying to break free.
Luke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dubonet up against the cage.
Luke gets through Dubonet's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dubonet tries to circle away but Luke has him pinned against the cage.

Luke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dubonet looks to score with a jab to the body but Luke is just out of range.
Dubonet scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A head kick misses from Dubonet.
Luke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luke misses with the combination.
Luke moves in looking to clinch but Dubonet pushes him off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dubonet.
Luke tries to clinch but Dubonet is having none of it.

Luke has Dubonet up against the cage in a clinch.
Dubonet wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dubonet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luke's efforts to push away.

Luke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dubonet falls off balance throwing a combination

and Luke holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Dubonet breaks from the clinch.
Dubonet rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dubonet throws a head kick but Luke moves out of range.
Luke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Some wild striking there from Dubonet.
Dubonet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dubonet lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luke slips under a jab from Dubonet.
Dubonet throws a head kick but Luke moves out of range.
Dubonet misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Dubonet.
A head kick from Dubonet lands but Luke takes it in his stride.
Dubonet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dubonet throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Luke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dubonet paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dubonet thuds his shin into the meat of Luke's side.
Dubonet pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dubonet throws a sloppy head kick and Luke moves out of range easily.
Luke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luke blocks a head kick by Dubonet.
Dubonet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dubonet swats away the attempt to clinch by Luke.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dubonet throws a sloppy head kick and Luke moves out of range easily.

Luke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dubonet, pushing him back against the cage.
Dubonet can't break the clinch.
Dubonet is trying to break the clinch but Luke has him pressed against the cage.
Luke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dubonet or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francois Dubonet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Devin Luke's cut.
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!

Luke throws a right and a left that Dubonet avoids nicely.
Luke throws a series of punches but Dubonet moves out of range.
Francois Dubonet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luke avoids the head kick by Dubonet.
Dubonet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dubonet tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dubonet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Dubonet.
Dubonet misses with a double jab

and Luke counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dubonet can't break the clinch.

Dubonet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dubonet lands a head kick!

That has opened up Devin Luke's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dubonet keeps the fight on the outside.
Luke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luke tries to clinch up but Dubonet circles away and keeps his distance.
Luke ducks right into an uppercut from Dubonet.
Dubonet throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Luke's head.
Francois Dubonet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dubonet tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luke tries to close the distance and clinch but Dubonet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dubonet swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Luke counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Luke.
Dubonet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luke has him pressed against the cage.
Luke prevents Dubonet from breaking the clinch.
Luke scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luke lands a hook to the side of the head.

Luke breaks the clinch.
Dubonet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Devin Luke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dubonet throws a nice head kick!
Luke tries to clinch but Dubonet is having none of it.
Luke throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Luke clinches up with Dubonet and pushes him back against the cage.
Dubonet is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Dubonet manages to break the clinch.
Dubonet keeps the fight on the outside.
Dubonet throws a head kick but Luke moves out of range.
Luke wants to clinch.
Dubonet throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubonet is looking to land body kicks.
Luke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luke tries to clinch there but Dubonet circles away.
Dubonet looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some wild striking there from Luke.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dubonet.
Luke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dubonet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dubonet throws a sloppy head kick and Luke moves out of range easily.
Dubonet lands a high kick!
Luke tries to clinch up.
Francois Dubonet is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dubonet tries a head kick but it misses.
Dubonet misses with a head kick.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses.
Luke wants to clinch.
Dubonet lands a high kick!

The cut above Devin Luke's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dubonet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dubonet tries a head kick but it misses.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Francois Dubonet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Luke has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francois Dubonet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dubonet, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francois Dubonet!