PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Collins
vs
Dunham

183 cm
31
180 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

180 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dylan Dunham!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunham throws out a loose jab but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.

Dunham fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Collins, pushing him back against the cage.
Collins is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunham has double underhooks.
Collins managing to block the knees to the body from Dunham.

Collins breaks from the clinch.
Dunham shoots in but no luck this time.
Collins misses with a head kick.
Dunham scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Collins doesn't seem bothered though.
Collins moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Dunham 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice takedown defense from Collins. No joy for Dunham on that attempt.
Dunham shoots in but no luck this time.
Steve Collins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Dunham.
Collins thuds a left hand into Dunham's body.
Dunham misses with a straight left.
Dunham has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dunham clinches up with Collins and pushes him back against the cage.
Dunham prevents Collins from breaking the clinch.

Dunham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collins looks to throw the jab but Dunham is out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dunham is defended easily by Collins.
Collins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That kick from Collins tenderised Dunham's leg. Dunham is trying to keep his angry face on.
Collins swats away the attempt to clinch by Dunham.
Dunham throws a shot from downtown. Collins moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins misses with a straight left.
Dunham tries to clinch up.
Collins throws a leg kick but Dunham sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dunham looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dunham takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dunham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Collins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Collins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dunham.
Collins throws a series of punches but Dunham avoids them all with ease.

Dunham drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Collins keeping moving, preventing Dunham from controlling successfully.
Collins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dunham on the ground.
Dunham is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham advances position into side control!

Dunham goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Collins has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Dunham but great work by Collins.
Collins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dunham keeps working.

Collins decides to stand back up.
Collins throws a series of punches but Dunham avoids them all with ease.
Collins connects with a right hand. Dunham shakes it off.
Dunham looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Collins is fending him off so far but Dunham persists. Nope, Collins circles away and we're back to standing.
Dunham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham staying out of range there.
Good exchange - Collins coming out on top.
Collins lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Dylan Dunham has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dunham checks a leg kick.
Dunham on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dunham has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Collins.
Collins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dunham at a distance.
Collins misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dunham has managed to clinch.
Dunham looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Collins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dylan Dunham'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.

Dunham lands with a nice body punch.
Dunham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dunham misses with a straight left.
A good leg kick by Collins.
Dunham looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Collins is fending him off so far but Dunham persists. Nope, Collins circles away and we're back to standing.
Collins tries to land a leg kick but Dunham saw it coming and moves away.
Collins connects with a high kick.

Dunham is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Collins. That's going to slow Dunham down.
Dunham is still on wobbly legs! Can Collins finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collins connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Dunham covering up! Collins comes in with a big uppercut and Dunham goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Steve Collins!