PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francois Dumont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francois Dumont has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dumont
vs
Bean

209 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Island's Forbidden Fruits

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Francois Dumont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Bean!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bean clinches up against the cage.
Dumont lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bean backwards.
Dumont connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bean's face.
Bean wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dumont has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bean.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dumont.
Bean lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dumont doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dumont throws an elbow but misses.
Dumont lands an elbow inside that Bean shrugs off.

It looks like Johnny Bean has been cut.
Bean dodges an elbow strike from Dumont.
Bean managing to block the knees to the body from Dumont.
Bean wants to get back to striking at distance but Dumont won't allow it.
Dumont struggles to land a body shot inside as Bean controls his hands.
Dumont takes a shot to the head.
Dumont lands a good knee to the midsection. Bean won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bean avoiding damage as Dumont throws knees to the body.
Bean blocks a body shot from Dumont.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dumont.
Dumont connects with a knee to the head.

Bean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bean has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dumont.
Dumont takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean tries to clinch up
and Dumont counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jab from Bean.
Bean swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dumont counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Bean misses its intended target.
Dumont uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bean.
Bean lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Francois Dumont has been cut.
Dumont thuds his shin into the meat of Bean's side.
Bean tries to clinch up.
It looked like Dumont was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bean.
Bean moves out of range as Dumont strikes.
Dumont looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bean swings widly with a right hand
and Dumont counters with a low kick, right behind Bean 's knee.
Bean throws a jab but it's blocked by Dumont.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean wants to clinch up but Dumont keeps it at a distance.
Dumont throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dumont moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Bean.
Bean tries to clinch but Dumont is having none of it.
Dumont appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dumont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bean lands with an uppercut that bounces Dumont off the cage and back into range.
An inside leg kick lands from Dumont.
Dumont avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dumont definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bean throws a body punch but Dumont moves out of range.
Bean cracks Dumont with an open hand slap.
Bean darts in trying to clinch
enabling Dumont to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dumont paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dumont rushes Bean and presses him up against the cage.
Dumont tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dumont misses with a knee to the head.
Dumont lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Dumont on the inside.
Bean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dumont lands a nice elbow.
Bean managing to block the knees to the body from Dumont.
Bean working aggressively here.
Bean lands with a right to the head.
Bean lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dumont swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bean lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bean scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bean has had enough of the clinch but Dumont keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Bean fails to land.
Dumont lands a body shot.
Dumont has Bean pressed against the cage, preventing Bean from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dumont working Bean over with knees to the body.
Bean looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dumont.
Bean working aggressively here.
Dumont blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bean avoiding damage as Dumont throws knees to the body.
Dumont lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bean.
Dumont lands a knee to the head.
Bean blocks a body shot from Dumont.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dumont.
Dumont putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bean in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bean softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Dumont.
Dumont lands a good knee to the midsection. Bean won't want to take too many of those.
Dumont lands with a short shot to the head.
Bean takes an elbow to the temple.
Dumont connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bean's face.
Bean fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Dumont.
Bean lands with a light punch inside.
Bean working aggressively here.
Dumont tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dumont landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dumont lands a good knee to the midsection. Bean won't want to take too many of those.
Dumont misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bean.
Dumont working aggressively here.
Dumont is leaning against Bean and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dumont misses with a knee strike.
Dumont tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dumont lands a nice uppercut.
Bean swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bean is looking to break free of the clinch but Dumont has double underhooks.
Bean is looking to break free of the clinch but Dumont has double underhooks.
Bean working hard to break the clinch.
Dumont connects with a knee to the head.
Bean takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bean tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dumont tries to land a knee to the head but Bean blocks with his arms.
Dumont misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dumont just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bean's brow.
Bean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands with a short shot to the head.
Dumont swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Dumont.
Bean digs a right hand underneath Dumont's ribcage. Dumont let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dumont throws an elbow but it misses.
Dumont can't find room to land a body shot as Bean controls the action.
Bean lands with a light punch inside.
Bean scores with a shoulder strike.
Dumont looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dumont can't find room to land a body shot as Bean controls the action.

Bean manages to break the clinch.
Bean with a jab.
Bean darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bean misses with a right hand
and Dumont counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bean misses with the combination.
Bean misses with a left hand
and Dumont counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dumont moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bean stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bean darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dumont slips under a jab.
Bean moves in looking to clinch but Dumont pushes him off.
Dumont is looking to counter with head kicks.
Dumont scores with a kick to the body.
Bean scores with a jab to the body.
Dumont listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Bean moves into the clinch.
Dumont misses with a knee strike.
Dumont landing knees to the body.
Dumont lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dumont misses with a punch to the body.
Bean throws a punch but it's blocked by Dumont.
Bean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dumont misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dumont.
Dumont connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bean's face.
Bean blocks an uppercut.
Dumont pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bean is trying to break the clinch but Dumont has him pressed against the cage.
Dumont tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bean prevents a body shot from Dumont.

Bean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Bean.
Dumont thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bean is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dumont had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bean throws a lazy right hand but Dumont sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bean takes a swing at Dumont's ribcage but misses.
Bean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bean throws a jab when Dumont was well out of range.
Bean loads up on a big right hand but Dumont slips the punch.
Dumont appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dumont misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bean.
Bean throws an overhand right that lands on Dumont's shoulder, as Dumont tries to avoid the shot.
Bean throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dumont.
Nice body punch from Bean.

Bean gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bean scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Bean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Dumont lands but Bean takes it in his stride.

Dumont gets tackled into the cage by Bean. Bean maintains the clinch.
Bean lands a right hand.
Dumont lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bean fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dumont looking to throw knees to the head but Bean is blocking nicely.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dumont.
Dumont lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bean backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Francois Dumont will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Good standup being displayed there by Bean as he connects with a hook.
Dumont lands a leg kick that knocks Bean off balance momentarily.
Dumont slips under a jab.
Dumont throws a head kick but Bean moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Dumont.

Bean moves into the clinch successfully.
Francois Dumont has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dumont misses with the head strike.
Bean is trying to break free.
Dumont blocking some punches.
Bean pushes Dumont back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dumont lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dumont misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bean.
A short right from Bean.
Bean blocks a body shot from Dumont.
Bean lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dumont can't find room to land a body shot as Bean controls the action.
Dumont lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dumont throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bean.
Bean is trying to break free.
Bean avoids the elbow strike from Dumont, against the cage.
Dumont pushes off an throws an elbow but Bean leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dumont prevents Bean from breaking the clinch.
Bean stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bean can't break the clinch.
Bean wants to get back to striking at distance but Dumont won't allow it.
Bean lands a nice uppercut.
Bean is trying to break the clinch but Dumont is controlling him.
Bean pushes Dumont back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bean lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bean breaks from the clinch.
Dumont walks into a straight right hand from Bean.
Bean swings widly with a right hand
and Dumont counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bean on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dumont. Dumont obviously looking to wear him down.
Bean jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean looks to land a left hand but Dumont moved out of range nicely.
As Bean backs away, Dumont returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nice body punch from Bean.
Bean throws a nice looking combination but Dumont bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dumont looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Bean lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bean.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bean moves to clinch but Dumont breaks away
enabling Dumont to counter with a crisp jab.
Bean misses with an uppercut
and Dumont counters with a left and a right that stings Bean.

Bean forces Dumont back against the cage and clinches.
Bean pushes Dumont back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Bean - that landed with a thud.
Bean tries to break free but Dumont pushes him back against the cage.
Dumont with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bean lands an uppercut.
Bean presses Dumont against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bean wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dumont has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Bean.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bean lands a shot to the body.

Bean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bean throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dumont stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bean throws a lazy right hand but Dumont sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnny Bean seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bean lands a two punch combo.
Bean clobbers Dumont with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bean lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bean is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnny Bean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dumont slips under a jab.
Bean scores with a hook.
Bean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dumont sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dumont moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dumont moves into the clinch.
Dumont swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bean blocks an elbow strike.
Dumont throws an elbow that misses.
Dumont keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bean's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Bean's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bean lands a body punch.
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Dumont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean lands a shoulder strike.
Bean looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dumont.
Dumont misses with a knee to the head.
Dumont lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bean lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bean creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Dumont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bean wants to break free but Dumont has control.

Bean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bean sizes up Dumont with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dumont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bean dips to his left and cracks Dumont with an uppercut!
Bean lands a really nice looking cross but Dumont seems unphased.
Bean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dumont moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dumont lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bean misses with a body punch
and Dumont counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean misses with a two punch combination.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dumont slips a jab from Bean.
Nice defenses there by Dumont.
Bean misses with an uppercut.
Bean just misses with a punch to the body.
Dumont misses with a low kick.
Dumont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bean loads up on a big right hand but Dumont slips the punch.
Dumont throws a leg kick which misses Bean's front leg but catches the back leg as Bean tries to avoid it.
Bean lands with a hook. Dumont tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bean throws a right hand that Dumont ducks under and follows up with a left that Dumont also avoids with ease.
Bean misses with a right hand
and Dumont counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Bean clinches.
Dumont lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dumont.
Bean blocks an uppercut.
Dumont struggles to land a body shot inside as Bean controls his hands.
Dumont looking to throw knees to the head but Bean is blocking nicely.
Dumont pushes off an throws an elbow but Bean leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bean wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dumont doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dumont lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bean backwards.
Bean tries to break the clinch but Dumont is controlling the position.
Bean working aggressively here.
Dumont misses with some punches.
Dumont blocking some punches.
Bean pushes Dumont back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bean throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by Dumont.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bean.
Bean throws a punch but it's blocked by Dumont.
Dumont lands a hook that snaps the head of Bean backwards.
Dumont lands a knee to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dumont has a couple of punches blocked by Bean.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean wants to get back to striking at distance but Dumont won't allow it.
Bean is trying to push Dumont away but Dumont has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bean blocking some punches.
Bean lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dumont backwards.
Dumont throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bean blocks it with crossed arms.
Bean prevents a body shot from Dumont.
Bean lands a body shot.
Bean working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Bean as the two fighters clinch.
Bean lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bean.
Bean lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dumont working aggressively here.
Bean's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bean lands a hook that snaps the head of Dumont backwards.
Dumont throws an elbow that misses.
Bean is trying to break the clinch but Dumont is controlling him.
Bean cracks Dumont with a nice body shot.
Bean lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bean softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bean scores with a shoulder strike.
Dumont takes a shot to the head.
Bean avoids a wild elbow strike from Dumont.
Bean lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dumont backwards.
Bean tries to break free but Dumont pushes him back against the cage.
Bean working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Francois Dumont has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bean.
Bean wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bean lands a shoulder strike.
Bean lands a nice uppercut.
Bean stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bean is leaning against Dumont and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bean scores with a shot to the side of Dumont's head.
Bean lands with a short shot to the head.
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!
Bean lands a right hand.

Dumont is rocked!
Dumont throws an elbow that misses.
Oh Dumont is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Bean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bean cracks Dumont with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bean pounces like a tiger and cracks Dumont with a vicious hook! Dumont is down but not out! Bean follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johnny Bean!