PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommie Luna (ranked 23762 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Ambrose (ranked 7368 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luna
vs
Ambrose

182 cm
19
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommie Luna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dean Ambrose!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ambrose gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ambrose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luna tries to land a knee to the head but Ambrose blocks with his arms.
Luna looking to throw knees to the head but Ambrose is blocking nicely.
Luna's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ambrose is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luna takes a shot to the head.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luna backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ambrose as Luna tries to tie him up.
Luna displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ambrose up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ambrose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luna blocking some punches.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose misses with some punches.
Ambrose misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Ambrose tries a body shot but Luna blocks it.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ambrose misses with a body punch.
Ambrose has a couple of punches blocked by Luna.
Luna goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ambrose prevents it.
Ambrose misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ambrose as Luna tries to tie him up.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ambrose misses with a punch on the inside.
Ambrose tries to work over Luna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose misses with a punch on the inside.
Ambrose misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Ambrose on the inside.
Luna looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommie Luna. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ambrose scores with a shot to the side of Luna's head.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Ambrose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luna's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Luna fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ambrose closes the distance looking to clinch
and Luna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Ambrose has closed the distance and engaged Luna in a clinch.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luna blocking some punches.
Luna has Ambrose pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ambrose manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ambrose stalling.
Ambrose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Luna.

Ambrose jumps guard and drags Luna to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ambrose throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ambrose trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Luna is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
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.
Ambrose striking off his back but it's not causing Luna any problems.
Ambrose doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ambrose looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ambrose tries to strike from the bottom.
Ambrose has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Luna gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Ambrose fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luna is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ambrose tries to clinch up but Luna circles away and keeps his distance.
Ambrose closes the distance looking to clinch

and Luna counters with a single leg into guard. Ambrose didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ambrose has a closed guard, preventing Luna from standing up.
Luna trying to control the position from guard on top but Ambrose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ambrose throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Ambrose dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ambrose has managed to clinch.
Luna's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.

Luna breaks from the clinch.
Dean Ambrose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ambrose is looking to clinch.

Ambrose clinches with his opponent.
Luna changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ambrose fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ambrose closes the distance but Luna moves to the side

and Luna counters with a takedown into side control.
Ambrose is looking to reverse the position.
Ambrose has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ambrose throws a few strikes from the bottom but Luna takes advantage and mounts!
Ambrose sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ambrose is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Luna looking to control but Ambrose is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna with shots to the head and body - Ambrose looks very uncomfortable down there.
Luna blocks Ambrose's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ambrose is squirming around, avoiding Luna's attempts to control the action.
Ambrose slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Ambrose is defending against the submission attempts here by Luna.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luna blocks the strikes from Ambrose.
Ambrose gets full guard.
Luna has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ambrose is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ambrose throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ambrose striking off his back but it's not causing Luna any problems.
Ambrose will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ambrose throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ambrose throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Luna working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Luna trying to control but Ambrose is working from the bottom.
Luna is looking to stand up but Ambrose won't let him.
Ambrose tries to strike from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ambrose tries to clinch up.
Luna swats away the attempt to clinch by Ambrose.

Ambrose has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ambrose misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose throws a head punch that misses.
Ambrose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luna drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ambrose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luna is looking to control Ambrose's arms but Ambrose gets an underhook and turns him. Now Luna has his back to the cage.
Ambrose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ambrose lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ambrose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose misses with a body punch.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luna.
Luna stalls.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Dean Ambrose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ambrose throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Ambrose.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ambrose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ambrose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Ambrose showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.

Ambrose gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Luna.
Luna throws a head punch that misses.
Ambrose misses with a punch on the inside.
Ambrose has a couple of punches blocked by Luna.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Ambrose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luna takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Tommie Luna has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luna.
Luna is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose throws a head punch that misses.
Ambrose stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna blocking some punches.
Ambrose tries to throw a body punch but Luna avoids it by throwing Ambrose back against the cage.
Ambrose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ambrose lands with a light punch inside.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luna backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna prevents a body shot from Ambrose.
Luna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ambrose backwards.
Ambrose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luna swings wildly with an uppercut but Ambrose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Luna.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luna slows down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Luna.
A short uppercut from Ambrose.
Ambrose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Luna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna can't find room to land a body shot as Ambrose controls the action.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna blocks a body shot from Ambrose.
Luna blocks an uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ambrose scores with a shot to the side of Luna's head.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Luna.
Tommie Luna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dean Ambrose is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Luna blocks a body shot from Ambrose.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Ambrose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ambrose winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Ambrose!
Dean Ambrose took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.