PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Dumonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Foster has chosen Friggin In The Riggin as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Dumonte
vs
Foster

188 cm
33
212 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

182 cm
29
217 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Dumonte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremy Foster!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dumonte scores with a jab.
Nice body punch from Dumonte.
Foster defending well as Dumonte loads up on a big left hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Foster blocks the leg kick.
Jeremy Foster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Foster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dumonte moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dumonte leaves Foster with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dumonte throws a right and a left that Foster avoids nicely.
Foster fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dumonte.
Dumonte keeps the fight on the outside.
Foster wants to slow Dumonte down by chopping away at his legs.
Dumonte fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Foster.
Dumonte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dumonte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Foster misses with a low kick.

Foster pushes Dumonte up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dumonte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Foster uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dumonte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumonte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dumonte moves in looking to clinch but Foster pushes him off.
Foster throws a nice outside leg kick.
Foster swats away the attempt to clinch by Dumonte.
Dumonte misses with a looping right.
Dumonte misses with a hook.
Foster jabs at Dumonte's body.
Foster throws a nice inside leg kick.
Foster misses with a body shot
and Dumonte counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The fight stays on the outside here - Foster looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Foster blocks the body kick.
Dumonte throws a right and a left that both miss.
Foster displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dumonte throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Foster closes the distance and pushes Dumonte back into the cage.
Foster lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dumonte.
Dumonte scores with a hook to the body.
Dumonte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foster scores with a shot to the side of Dumonte's head.
Dumonte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dumonte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Foster backwards.

Foster gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Dumonte regains guard.
Foster preventing the sweep.
Dumonte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Foster missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Foster's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dumonte keeping full guard, as Foster tries to pass.
Foster postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster postures up in Dumonte's guard and throws a big left but Dumonte blocks it.
Dumonte controls Foster momentarily but Foster frees himself.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dumonte holds on and takes a little breather.
Foster trying to control but Dumonte is working from the bottom.
Foster is looking to work some ground and pound but Dumonte has wrist control.
Foster throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dumonte works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dumonte keeping moving, preventing Foster from controlling successfully.
Foster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dumonte preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Foster content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Foster working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumonte manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Foster manages to get himself to full guard.
Foster has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dumonte loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Foster is controlling Dumonte's posture.
Dumonte wants to pass the guard but Foster is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Foster dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dumonte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foster.
Foster tries to clinch but Dumonte moves out of range.
Foster shoots in but no luck this time.
Dumonte misses with a shot to the body
enabling Foster to counter with a crisp jab.
Dumonte throws a shot from downtown. Foster moves away and avoids it.
Dumonte has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Foster.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dumonte. Foster does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dumonte misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dumonte throws a low kick, looking for Foster's leg but Foster calmly moves out of range.
Paul Dumonte is winning the standup battle so far.
Foster looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Foster dips to his left and cracks Dumonte with an uppercut!
Foster bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dumonte throws a big shot that misses.
Dumonte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Foster was well out of range. Poor timing from Dumonte.
Dumonte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paul Dumonte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumonte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dumonte scores with a kick to the body.
Dumonte misses with a low kick.
Dumonte throws a hook but Foster blocks it.
Both fighters circling a little - Foster finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Foster pushes Dumonte up against the cage in a clinch.
Foster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Foster is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dumonte is defending well.
Foster makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dumonte lands a nice shot to the body.
Dumonte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Dumonte.
Foster managing to block the knees to the body from Dumonte.
Foster throws a punch but it's blocked by Dumonte.

Foster's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foster checks the leg kick.
Dumonte cracks Foster with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumonte lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dumonte takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Foster misses with a kick to the body.
Foster misses with a wild body shot.
Dumonte defending well as Foster loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Dumonte misses.
Foster throws a low kick, looking for Dumonte's leg but Dumonte calmly moves out of range.
Dumonte scores with a hook.
Dumonte missing with a left hand there. Foster was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Foster turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Foster tries to clinch there but Dumonte circles away.
Foster blocks a leg kick.
Dumonte throws a jab but it's blocked by Foster.
Foster tries to close the distance and clinch but Dumonte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster throws a body punch but Dumonte moves out of range.
Foster blocks a head kick by Dumonte.
Dumonte keeps the fight on the outside.
Foster checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice body kick from Foster.

Dumonte gets caught flat footed, as Foster shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Foster pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dumonte is keeping the position for now.
Foster postures up in Dumonte's guard and throws a big left but Dumonte blocks it.
Dumonte has momentary wrist control but Foster slips an elbow through the middle.
Dumonte trying to control the position.
Dumonte looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foster throws a big right hand that misses.
Dumonte is trying to control the position but Foster postures up.
Foster content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foster missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Foster cracks Dumonte with a solid left hand.
Foster with a nice head shot there.
Dumonte preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Foster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Foster wants to control from the top but Dumonte keeps moving.
Dumonte wants to stand and escape but Foster is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dumonte tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Foster throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dumonte is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Foster showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Foster throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dumonte counters with a nice uppercut.
Foster tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dumonte sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Foster somewhat.
Dumonte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Foster throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dumonte.
Dumonte throws a hook but Foster avoids it easily.
Dumonte takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dumonte throws a nice head kick!
Dumonte is looking to clinch but Foster is avoiding it.
A big left from Dumonte misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dumonte.
Dumonte moves out of range of the leg kick from Foster.
Foster stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dumonte.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dumonte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Foster checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster misses with a wild body shot.
Dumonte slaps away a takedown attempt from Foster, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dumonte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dumonte throws a head kick but Foster moves out of range.
Foster lands a nice shot to the body.
Foster throws a lazy body kick
and Dumonte counters with a nice uppercut.
Dumonte scores with a head kick. Foster tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Foster shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dumonte as he jumps to the side.
Paul Dumonte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Foster.
Dumonte works the jab nicely.
Dumonte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fosters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Foster swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster misses with a leg kick.
Dumonte moves out of range of the strikes.
Foster lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dumonte circles away quickly and effectively.
Dumonte throws a leg kick that is checked
and Foster counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Foster misses.
Dumonte checks a low kick from Foster.
A slow jab from Foster misses its intended target.
Foster throws out a leg kick but Dumonte moves out of range and Foster only half commits.
Dumonte misses with a looping right.
Foster is looking to slow Dumonte down with leg kicks.
Dumonte misses with a hook. Foster ducked under it nicely.
Dumonte misses with a low kick.
Foster avoids the head kick by Dumonte.
Dumonte swings for the body but Foster moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Dumonte misses.
Foster circles away from the clinch attempt.

Foster gets tackled into the cage by Dumonte. Dumonte maintains the clinch.
Foster misses with the head strike.
Dumonte lands a nice shot to the body.
Foster jumps guard but Dumonte stands there with Foster around his waist. Foster gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Foster.
A short left from Dumonte.
Dumonte lands a hook that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Foster misses with a body punch.
Dumonte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Foster's elbow.

Foster successfully pulls guard.
Dumonte has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Foster is proving hard to escape from.
Dumonte is looking to advance position but Foster has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Jeremy Foster is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foster lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Dumonte that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Foster looking to control but Dumonte is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dumonte is looking to improve his position but Foster isn't that keen on the idea.
Paul Dumonte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Foster avoids the attempt from Dumonte to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Foster with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Dumonte.
I think Foster 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Foster!
Jeremy Foster is the new light heavyweight champion!