PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Black
vs
Dunham

178 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
169 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vincent Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Dunham!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dunham fails to land with a series of punches.
Black shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dunham but Dunham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Black shoots in for a takedown but Dunham shows good takedown defense.
Black shoots in looking for a takedown. Dunham tries to sprawl out of it but Black keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dunham manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Dunham does no damage.
No joy there for Dunham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Black tries to keep at a distance but Dunham has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dunham displaying some good clinch control by pressing Black up against the cage.
Dunham is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries for a takedown but Dunham manages to get underhooks.
Dunham just leaning against Black, taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dunham.
Black prevents Dunham from breaking the clinch.

Dunham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dunham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Dunham.
Dunham misses with a jab, cross combination.
A right-left combo lands from Dunham.
Pete Dunham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dunham looks to land a combination but Black avoids it well.
Dunham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dunham ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Black is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Black showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dunham.
Dunham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Black shoots in but Dunham avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Dunham closes the distance and clinches.
Dunham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dunham misses with an elbow over the top.
Dunham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dunham can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham is trying to break the clinch but Black has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dunham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Dunham tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
Dunham is pushing Black up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dunham is trying to break free.
Black has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dunham is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dunham working hard to break the clinch.
Dunham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunham throws an elbow that misses.
Dunham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Dunham breaks the clinch.
Dunham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Dunham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dunham displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Black.
Dunham tries to clinch there but Black circles away.
Pete Dunham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Black shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Black showed some decent athleticism there.
Black throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Still in half guard, Black seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Dunham dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Black scores with a takedown into Dunham's guard.
Black stops Dunham from standing up.
Black wants to control from the top but Dunham keeps moving.

Black stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dunham is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dunham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Dunham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Black gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dunham!

Black working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Black looking to secure an arm triangle but Dunham defends it well.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Black working for a guillotine from mount but Dunham is in no mood to give up.
Black controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black fails to advance to Dunham's back.
Black can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dunham is looking to escape.
Dunham is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Black has taken his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Dunham really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Black. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Black has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Dunham is in real trouble here. Black gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Dunham is tapping out! Black wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vincent Black!