PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Mastain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Dumonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Mastain
vs
Dumonte

182 cm
25
279 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

188 cm
33
212 lbs
26 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Mastain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Dumonte!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dumonte throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mastain.
Dumonte staying out of range there.
Dumonte misses with a body shot
and Mastain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dumonte tries to clinch up.
Dumonte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dumonte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mastain misses with a leg kick
letting Dumonte counter with a right hand.
Mastain wants to land a leg kick but Dumonte is out of range.
Dumonte 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.
Mastain moves out of range of the body kick.
Mastain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mastain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Dumonte pushes Mastain up against the cage in a clinch.
Dumonte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mastain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dumonte's elbow.
Dumonte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dumonte connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dumonte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mastain's elbow.
Mastain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Dumonte fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumonte trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Dumonte.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dumonte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mastain.
Dumonte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Dumonte.
Dumonte misses with a punch to the body.
Mastain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mastain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mastain swings wildly with an uppercut but Dumonte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dumonte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mastain backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dumonte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mastain scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Paul Dumonte has been cut.
Dumonte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mastain lands a nice shot to the body.
Dumonte tries to throw a body punch but Mastain avoids it by throwing Dumonte back against the cage.
Dumonte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mastain avoids it.
Dumonte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dumonte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mastain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dumonte backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mastain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mastain lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mastain.

Mastain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mastain swings for the body but Dumonte moves out of range.
Mastain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mastain. Dumonte shrugs it off though.
Dumonte looks to land a right hand but Mastain moved out of range.
Mastain misses with a hook. Dumonte ducked under it nicely.
Mastain misses with a hook. Dumonte ducked under it nicely.
Mastain lands a body shot.
Dumonte takes one on the button.
Dumonte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mastain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dumonte on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mastain lands with a good body shot.
Dumonte misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumonte throws an overhand right that lands on Mastain's shoulder, as Mastain tries to avoid the shot.
Mastain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dumonte's sensitive parts.
Mastain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dumonte throws out the jab.
Dumonte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mastain scores with the left hand. Dumonte knows he should have avoided that one.

Mastain forces Dumonte back against the cage and clinches.
Dumonte misses with the head strike.
Dumonte lands a hook that snaps the head of Mastain backwards.
Dumonte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Mastain.
Mastain tries to throw a body punch but Dumonte avoids it by throwing Mastain back against the cage.
Mastain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mastain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Mastain.
Dumonte looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mastain makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Mastain.
Mastain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mastain lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mastain lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mastain breaks from the clinch.
Mastain scores with a spinning back kick!
Mastain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dumonte gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice uppercut there from Mastain.
Dumonte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mastain moves away.
Mastain moves in looking to clinch but Dumonte pushes him off.
Mastain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mastain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dumonte was well out of range. Poor timing from Mastain.
A bone on bone clash there as Dumonte blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Dumonte misses
and Mastain counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mastain getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dumonte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mastain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mastain slips a jab from Dumonte.
Mastain misses with a hook. Dumonte ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Mastain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Dumonte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mastain looks to score with a jab to the body but Dumonte is just out of range.
Dumonte takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dumonte throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mastain lands a right hook to the body.
Dave Mastain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Mastain.
Dumonte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mastain lands the left hand.
Mastain tries to bum rush Dumonte with a series of wild strikes but Dumonte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mastain looks to score with a jab to the body but Dumonte is just out of range.
Mastain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dumonte throws a leg kick which misses Mastain's front leg but catches the back leg as Mastain tries to avoid it.

Mastain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mastain avoiding damage as Dumonte throws knees to the body.
Mastain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dumonte backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumonte misses the jab.
Dave Mastain is winning the standup battle so far.
Dumonte motions for Mastain to come forward. Dumonte throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dumonte plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mastain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mastain.
Mastain fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dumonte on the side of the head.
Dumonte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mastain blocks a head kick by Dumonte.
Mastain scores with the left hand. Dumonte knows he should have avoided that one.
Mastain doesn't manage to clinch there - Dumonte circles away.
Mastain connects with a body shot.
Mastain has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mastain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dumonte.
Mastain blocks a head kick by Dumonte.
Dumonte swats away the attempt to clinch by Mastain.
Mastain lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumonte moves out of range as Mastain strikes.
Mastain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mastain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mastain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dumonte.
Dumonte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dumonte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mastain pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dumonte avoids the body shot from Mastain.
Dumonte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dumonte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mastain.
Dumonte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mastain.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mastain. That's going to slow Dumonte down.
Mastain throws an overhand right that lands on Dumonte's shoulder, as Dumonte tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dumonte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dave Mastain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mastain stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dumonte takes a shot to the head.
Mastain throws a head punch that misses.
Dumonte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dumonte throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mastains head.
Dumonte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mastain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dumonte is breathing heavily.
Dumonte working aggressively here.

Mastain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dumonte works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mastain. Dumonte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dumonte circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dumonte counters with a right hand to the body.
Dumonte tries to clinch there but Mastain circles away.

Mastain instigates a clinch.
Mastain misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dumonte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dumonte lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mastain or not.
Mastain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dumonte backwards.
Dumonte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mastain digs a right hand underneath Dumonte's ribcage. Dumonte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mastain throws a head punch that misses.
Mastain blocking some punches.
Mastain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mastain lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mastain.

Mastain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mastain drives through and clinches with Dumonte against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dumonte fails to land.
Mastain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mastain is working Dumonte over against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mastain lands an uppercut.

Mastain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mastain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mastain displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Mastain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Dumonte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mastain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mastain throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mastain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dumonte manages to avoid it.
Mastain misses the shot to the body.
Mastain connects with a crisp jab.
Mastain wants to clinch but Dumonte slips to the side
and Dumonte counters with a left to the body.
Dumonte slips under a jab from Mastain.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dumonte. Mastain shrugs it off though.
Dumonte misses with a looping right.
Dumonte looks to land a left hand but Mastain moved out of range nicely.
Mastain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dumonte can pounce on him.
Dumonte tries to clinch up but Mastain circles away and keeps his distance.

Mastain instigates a clinch.
Dumonte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mastain lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumonte blocks a body shot from Mastain.
Dumonte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dumonte misses with a body punch.
Mastain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mastain lands a hook that snaps the head of Dumonte backwards.
Dumonte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dumonte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mastain tries to work over Dumonte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Dumonte fails to land.
Mastain tries to work over Dumonte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dumonte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mastain blocks it with crossed arms.
Dumonte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mastain has had enough of the clinch but Dumonte keeps him there for the moment.
Mastain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Dumonte.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mastain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dumonte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dumonte.
Mastain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dumonte misses with a body punch.
Mastain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mastain blocks a body shot from Dumonte.
A short right from Mastain on the inside.
Mastain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dumonte's elbow.
Dumonte is trying to break the clinch but Mastain is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Mastain.
Mastain is leaning against Dumonte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Mastain on the inside.

Mastain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mastain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dumonte can do to turn this around?
Mastain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mastain lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dumonte at a distance.
Mastain lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mastain throws a series of punches but Dumonte moves out of range.
Mastain takes a swing at Dumonte's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mastain. Dumonte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dumonte feints and then cracks Mastain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mastain down.
An inside leg kick lands from Mastain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mastain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dumonte.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mastain.
Dumonte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dumonte moves out of range of the body kick from Mastain.
Mastain lands with a hook. Dumonte tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mastain's corner calls for a 1-2. Mastain obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That kick from Mastain tenderised Dumonte's leg. Dumonte is trying to keep his angry face on.
A telegraphed right hand from Dumonte misses the target.
Mastain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dumonte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mastain.
Good work by Mastain as he checks the leg kick.
Mastain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dumonte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mastain is looking to slow Dumonte down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumonte throws a low kick but Mastain avoids it.
Mastain throws an off balance right hand
and Dumonte counters with a thumping low kick.
Dumonte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mastain checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dumonte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mastain.
Mastain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mastain throws out a leg kick but Dumonte moves out of range and Mastain only half commits.
Dumonte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mastain checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mastain sizes up Dumonte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Paul Dumonte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dumonte circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mastain tries to clinch there but Dumonte circles away.
Dumonte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mastain misses the jab.
Dumonte throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Mastain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mastain has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Mastain!
After winning the bout, Dave Mastain thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.