PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dum Debble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Debble
vs
Fitzgerald

181 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

183 cm
30
184 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dum Debble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Debble with a jab.
Debble throws out a loose jab but Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Debble lands a lovely overhand right.
Debble cracks a nice hook into Fitzgerald's ribs.
Fitzgerald misses with a wild body shot.
Debble swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Debble lands with a hook. Fitzgerald tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fitzgerald is looking to clinch.
Debble moves out of range of the strikes.
Fitzgerald avoids the body shot from Debble.
Fitzgerald misses with a body punch
and Debble counters with a nice body shot.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up but Debble circles away and keeps his distance.

Fitzgerald clinches up against the cage.
Debble lands a hook to the side of 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!
Debble pushes Fitzgerald back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Debble tries to throw a body punch but Fitzgerald avoids it by throwing Debble back against the cage.
Fitzgerald lands an uppercut.
Debble makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Debble breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fitzgerald swings away with a body shot that misses
and Debble counters with a stiff right hand.
Fitzgerald slips under a jab from Debble.
Fitzgerald tries a quick counter leg kick but Debble is wise to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Debble throws a jab when Fitzgerald was well out of range.
Fitzgerald throws out a counter right but Debble avoids it with no problem.
Fitzgerald tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Debble counters with a left to the body.
Debble dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Debble lands a nice looking body shot.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot.
Debble jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fitzgerald lands a jab-cross combination.
Debble digs a good hook to Fitzgerald's body.
Debble misses the shot to the body.
Fitzgerald throws a lazy right hand but Debble sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Debble tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fitzgerald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Debble.
Fitzgerald cracks Debble with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzgerald misses with a straight left.
Debble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fitzgerald.
Debble uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fitzgerald has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Debble punishes Fitzgerald's body with a nice straight punch.
Fitzgerald defending well as Debble loads up on a big left hand.
Fitzgerald gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Debble throws a body punch but Fitzgerald moves out of range.
Debble lands a nice looking body shot.
Debble throws a shot from downtown. Fitzgerald moves away and avoids it.
Fitzgerald stuns Debble with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fitzgerald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzgerald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fitzgerald dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Debble. That did some damage!
Fitzgerald lands a jab to the head.
Debble takes a swing at Fitzgerald's ribcage but misses.
Debble throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice side step and Fitzgerald releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Debble is looking to wear down Fitzgerald with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The fighters circling - Debble throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fitzgerald closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fitzgerald takes one to the chin there.
Debble shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Debble lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald misses with a right hand
and Debble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Debble catches Fitzgerald with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Debble misses with an uppercut
and Fitzgerald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Debble. Fitzgerald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from Debble on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fitzgerald takes a swing at Debble's ribcage but misses.
Debble darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fitzgerald is looking to clinch.
Debble throws a body shot but no joy.
Debble connects with a jab.
Debble throws out a loose jab but Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Debble throws a body punch but Fitzgerald moves out of range.
Debble moves away from the strike by Fitzgerald.
It looked like Debble was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fitzgerald.
Debble waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald tries a low kick but Debble avoids it.
Debble throws out a loose jab but Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzgerald shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fitzgerald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fitzgerald misses with a body punch
and Debble makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Debble tries to keep at a distance but Fitzgerald has taken the fight into the clinch.
Debble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Debble.
Debble lands a left hand.
Fitzgerald lands a body shot.
Debble lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Debble.
Debble gets through Fitzgerald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fitzgerald lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzgerald.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fitzgerald lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fitzgerald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fitzgerald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fitzgerald blocks a body shot from Debble.
Debble scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dum Debble dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fitzgerald fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Debble.
Fitzgerald takes one on the button.
Debble lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Debble.
Fitzgerald's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fitzgerald duly obliges.
Dum Debble is winning the standup battle so far.
Debble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fitzgerald was well out of range. Poor timing from Debble.
Debble tests Fitzgerald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fitzgerald lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Debble checks a leg kick.
Fitzgerald misses with a straight right.
Fitzgerald misses with a shot to the body
and Debble counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Debble misses.
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!
Fitzgerald throws a left and a right that both miss
and Debble counters with a straight right hand.
Fitzgerald jabs Debble right on the nose. Debble blinks but takes it well.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Debble.
Debble scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fitzgerald doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald misses with a right hand
and Debble counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fitzgerald moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up.
It looked like Debble was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald throws a body shot but no joy.
Fitzgerald stalks Debble and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Debble's face. Debble staggers backwards, shaken.
Debble connects with a body shot that sends Fitzgerald's belly button to the back.
Fitzgerald is breathing heavily.
A lazy left from Debble finds it's target.
Debble throws a body shot but no joy.
Debble misses with a straight left.
Debble scores with a sloppy right hand. Fitzgerald should have avoided that one.
Fitzgerald takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Debble connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fitzgerald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fitzgerald closes the distance looking to clinch
and Debble counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Debble uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Debble scores with a hook.
Fitzgerald cracks Debble with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fitzgerald has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Debble's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald forces Debble back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Fitzgerald on the inside.
Fitzgerald misses with the head strike.
Andy Fitzgerald seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fitzgerald throws a head punch that misses.
Debble tries a body shot but Fitzgerald blocks it.
Debble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald tries to throw a body punch but Debble avoids it by throwing Fitzgerald back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzgerald fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Debble lands a body shot.
Debble lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Debble.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Debble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fitzgerald can do to turn this around?
Debble digs a right hand into Fitzgerald's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fitzgerald's gas tank.
Debble throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Debble lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Debble doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Debble misses with some punches.
Debble lands a shot to the body.
Debble lands a right hand.
I was talking to Debble's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Debble.

Debble breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Debble throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fitzgerald on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Debble darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Fitzgerald is rocked!
Debble throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fitzgerald throws out a counter right but Debble avoids it with no problem.
Fitzgerald is still on wobbly legs! Can Debble finish him?
Fitzgerald has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fitzgerald. Debble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fitzgerald seems to have recovered his senses.
Fitzgerald looks to throw the jab but Debble is out of range.
Debble with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Debble lands with a nice body punch.
Debble connects with a body shot that sends Fitzgerald's belly button to the back.
Debble lands a nice shot to the body.
Debble lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Debble digs a good hook to Fitzgerald's body.
Debble connects with a jab.
Fitzgerald moves out of range as Debble strikes.
Debble pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Debble just misses with a punch to the body.
Debble moves into range and connects with a jab.
Debble lands with a shot to the body.
Debble takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzgerald closes the distance but Debble moves to the side
and Debble counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Debble manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Debble uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fitzgerald.
Debble is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dum Debble dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Debble cracks Fitzgerald with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Debble just misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Debble lands with an uppercut that bounces Fitzgerald off the cage and back into range.
Fitzgerald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Debble throws a shot from downtown. Fitzgerald moves away and avoids it.
Fitzgerald takes one to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fitzgerald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Debble was well out of range. Poor timing from Fitzgerald.
Debble dips to his left and cracks Fitzgerald with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Debble misses its intended target.
Debble throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fitzgerald on the side of the head.
Debble scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Debble uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Debble takes one on the button.
Fitzgerald takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fitzgerald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Debble.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Debble misses.
Nice shot lands for Debble.
Fitzgerald wants to clinch
and Debble counters with a straight right hand.
Debble misses with a body shot
letting Fitzgerald counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheers as Debble lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fitzgerald doesn't seem phased though.
Fitzgerald avoids the body shot from Debble.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fitzgerald looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Debble dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Debble jabs at Fitzgerald's body.
Fitzgerald looks to land a left hand but Debble moved out of range nicely.
Debble was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Debble lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Debble moves out of range of the strikes.
Debble is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Debble sends Fitzgerald crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Debble is motioning to the referee to let Fitzgerald up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Debble walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Fitzgerald drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Debble swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Fitzgerald's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dum Debble!
Dum Debble was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.