PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Star Dust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pelle Hermano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dust might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to For Heavy Metal we will die!. Hermano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deadhead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Dust
vs
Hermano

174 cm
34
147 lbs
26 - 16 - 1

150 cm
32
148 lbs
24 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Hellbent

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Star Dust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pelle Hermano!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dust throws an off balance right hand

and Hermano counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Dust looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hermano sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dust looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hermano puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hermano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hermano is stalling here. Dust is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hermano seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dust has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hermano is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hermano gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hermano wants to improve his position but Dust is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hermano trying to control from the bottom.
Hermano tries to roll over but Dust keeps him under control.
Dust scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hermano wants to improve his position but Dust is controlling well.
Dust missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dust missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dust trying to pass the guard but Hermano defending well.
Dust working over Hermano with some ground and pound. Hermano looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hermano is looking for a sweep. Dust is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dust wants to control but Hermano is keeping him busy.
Dust is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dust is trying to control the action in half guard but Hermano is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hermano tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Dust has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Hermano is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dust lands a big shot there that rocks Hermano but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hermano is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hermano tries to hold on but Dust postures up.
Dust lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hermano is desperately trying to improve his position but Dust has a good base and remains in mount.
Dust with good strikes from the mount here!
Dust looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dust landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dust in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hermano keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dust lands a couple of good shots and Hermano has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Dust is trying to stick to Hermano's back but Hermano is turning into Dust. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dust's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hermano.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dust is on top in guard.

Dust wants to control from the top but Hermano keeps moving.
Dust passes into half guard.
Dust is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hermano!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Star Dust dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hermano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dust throws a wild body kick that Hermano sees coming a mile off.
Dust checks a leg kick nicely.
Hermano thows a leg kick but Dust checks it

and Dust counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dust landing with the ground and pound.
Dust tries to free his leg and advance position but Hermano is retaining full guard.
Hermano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dust trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Star Dust overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hermano is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hermano pulls Dust in to control the position.
Hermano is trying to control the position but Dust postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dust is one step ahead there.
Hermano keeping moving, preventing Dust from controlling successfully.
Dust scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Hermano is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dust defends well.

Hermano looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dust passes into side control.
Check out the look on Dust's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dust is trying to get an arm triangle but Hermano is defending well.
Hermano takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hermano is trying to get back to half guard.
Hermano is still trying to improve position.
Hermano manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Dust wants to take a breather but Hermano is having none of it.
Dust works his way into full mount!
Dust looking to finish Hermano with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hermano!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermano is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dust is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hermano can do to turn this around?
Hermano wants to hold on but Dust pushes him away.
Hermano is desperately trying to improve his position but Dust has a good base and remains in mount.
Dust lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dust trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hermano tries to lock up and control but Dust gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dust with shots to the head and body - Hermano looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hermano is squirming around, avoiding Dust's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermano regains half guard.
Dust controlling the action here.
Dust thows a huge punch but Hermano dodges it nicely.
Dust is trying to control. Hermano wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hermano tries to roll over but Dust keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dust trying to control the pace.
Hermano is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Star Dust dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dust throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slow jab from Hermano misses its intended target.
Dust is looking to counter punch.
Dust ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hermano throws a leg kick

and Dust counters with a takedown into side control.
Dust scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hermano to see if he's OK.
Hermano is looking to regain half guard here but Dust keeps moving and retains side control.
Dust wants to control but Hermano is keeping him busy.
Hermano sneaks back into half guard.
Hermano wants to get back to full guard.
Dust is pressing down on Hermano's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hermano is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hermano's head.
Dust wants to pass to mount but Hermano is defending the position.
Hermano is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dust's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dust's back!
Dust wants to escape the position.
Hermano gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Hermano biding his time, controlling Dust.
I really don't envy Dust right now.
Dust tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dust is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pelle Hermano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermano content just to control the position here.
Hermano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hermano working Dust over with strikes here.
Hermano with shots to the head and body - Dust looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hermano controlling his opponent.
Hermano landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dust is looking to improve his position but Hermano isn't that keen on the idea.
Hermano landing strikes from the mount and Dust is in trouble!
Hermano lands a nice shot to the head.
Hermano scoring with strikes but Dust is staying in there.
Dust really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hermano dominating with strikes here.
Hermano putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hermano prevents Dust from getting the reversal.
Hermano lands a nice shot to the head.
Hermano with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hermano looking to control but Dust is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dust is trying desperately to improve position.
Dust regains half guard.
Hermano working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dust avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hermano.

Hermano is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hermano seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hermano slips a nice elbow through Dust's hands, connecting with Dust's forehead.
Dust avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hermano.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pelle Hermano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dust 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Star Dust!
A very excited looking Star Dust rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.