PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slugger Dunes (ranked 774 p4p, 828 weight class) and Razmik Grigorian (ranked 116 p4p, 122 weight class). Dunes comes to the cage accompanied by The World's Greatest. Slugger Dunes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dunes
vs
Grigorian

180 cm
31
190
16 - 8 - 1

187 cm
26
193
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

Conviction
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slugger Dunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Razmik Grigorian!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunes sizes up Grigorian with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dunes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dunes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dunes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Torcida MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Dunes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grigorian looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dunes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dunes misses with a hook. Grigorian ducked under it nicely.
Dunes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Grigorian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dunes manages to avoid it.
Dunes throws a body punch but Grigorian moves out of range.
Grigorian looks to land a right hand but Dunes moved out of range.
Grigorian defending well as Dunes loads up on a big left hand.
Dunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dunes throws a low kick, looking for Grigorian's leg but Grigorian calmly moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grigorian. Dunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grigorian throws a hook but Dunes blocks it.
Dunes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grigorian staying out of range there.
Dunes misses with a leg kick.
Slugger Dunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grigorian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Dunes misses the target.
Dunes throws a body punch but Grigorian moves out of range.
Dunes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorian misses with a wild body shot.
Grigorian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dunes with a nice calf kick.
Jab, jab by Dunes - just one landing.
Grigorian defending well as Dunes loads up on a big left hand.
Grigorian throws a good cross that connects.
Dunes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grigorian's hands.
Dunes connects with a right hand. Grigorian shakes it off.
Dunes slips under a jab from Grigorian.
Grigorian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Grigorian slips a jab from Dunes.
Grigorian connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grigorian.
Grigorian misses with a lunging right hand
and Dunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grigorian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dunes throws the left hand but Grigorian avoids the punch easily.
Dunes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grigorian ducks under a wild hook from Dunes.
Grigorian throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Grigorian.
It looked like Dunes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian blocks a leg kick.
Grigorian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A quick step to the side and Dunes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigorian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grigorian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigorian.
Grigorian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dunes misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Grigorian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dunes slips a straight right by Grigorian.
Dunes avoids the body shot from Grigorian.
Dunes stuns Grigorian with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dunes lands a body shot.
Dunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grigorian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunes moves away.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Dunes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Grigorian on the side of the head.
Dunes thuds a left hand into Grigorian's body.
Dunes swings for the body but Grigorian moves out of range.
A nice side step and Grigorian releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dunes connects with a body shot that sends Grigorian's belly button to the back.
Grigorian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunes.
Dunes throws an overhand right that lands on Grigorian's shoulder, as Grigorian tries to avoid the shot.
Grigorian is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dunes rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes looks to throw the jab but Grigorian is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Grigorian misses.
Dunes looks to land a right hand but Grigorian moved out of range.
Dunes misses the jab.
Dunes wants to slow Grigorian down by chopping away at his legs.
Dunes avoids the body shot from Grigorian.
Grigorian paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Grigorian.
Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dunes.
Grigorian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dunes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Grigorian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dunes looks to land a left hand but Grigorian moved out of range nicely.
Grigorian tries to move into range but Dunes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dunes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Grigorian.
Dunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grigorian was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunes.
Grigorian cracks Dunes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dunes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grigorian wants to slow Dunes down by chopping away at his legs.
Grigorian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grigorian staying out of range there.
Grigorian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Grigorian finds it's way through Dunes's defenses.
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 slapping leg kick lands for Dunes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian ducks under a wild hook from Dunes.
Grigorian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circling - Grigorian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes moves out of range of the strikes.
Grigorian misses with a low kick as Dunes jumps back.
Decent striking displayed by Grigorian there.
Grigorian takes one to the side of the head.
Grigorian avoids the body shot from Dunes.
Dunes misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dunes, as that shot connected.
Dunes throws a solid leg kick but Grigorian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dunes.
Grigorian throws a big shot that misses.
Dunes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dunes lands a lovely overhand right.
Dunes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Grigorian does no damage.
Dunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grigorian was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunes.
Dunes misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Grigorian misses.
Grigorian slips under a jab.
Dunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grigorian throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Slugger Dunes dominated that round.
That's time! Dunes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dunes.
Dunes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grigorian blocks a jab.
Grigorian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dunes cracks Grigorian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Slugger Dunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Dunes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunes moves away.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
Grigorian throws a leg kick but Dunes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dunes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grigorian's sensitive parts.
Dunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grigorian can do to turn this around?
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Grigorian.
Dunes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dunes.
Dunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grigorian.
Grigorian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grigorian lands a jab to the head.
Dunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grigorian defending well as Dunes loads up on a big left hand.
Dunes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dunes throws a hook but Grigorian blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grigorian.
Dunes misses with a left hand
enabling Grigorian to counter with a crisp jab.
Grigorian avoids the body shot from Dunes.
Dunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigorian defending well as Dunes loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Grigorian releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dunes misses with a double jab
and Grigorian counters with a right hand to the body.
Dunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grigorian throws out the jab.
Good work by Grigorian as he checks the leg kick.
Dunes throws a leg kick that misses.
Dunes slips under a jab from Grigorian.
Dunes misses with a wild body shot.
Grigorian swings for the body but Dunes moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunes.
Dunes catches Grigorian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Grigorian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A left lands for Dunes.
Dunes slips a straight right by Grigorian.
Grigorian slips a straight right by Dunes.
A swing and a miss from Dunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dunes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grigorian.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigorian scores with the left hand. Dunes knows he should have avoided that one.
Dunes cracks Grigorian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dunes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Grigorian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dunes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grigorian was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunes.
Grigorian jabs at Dunes's body.
Dunes throws a hook but Grigorian avoids it easily.
Grigorian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dunes throws a jab but it's blocked by Grigorian.
Grigorian throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dunes connects with a solid leg kick.
Grigorian blocks a low kick nicely.
Grigorian tries to work over Dunes's front leg with a kick but Dunes checks it.
Dunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Grigorian takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunes. Grigorian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunes scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dunes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grigorian.
Dunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigorian.
Grigorian lands with a shot to the body.
Dunes thuds a left hand into Grigorian's body.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
Dunes avoids the body shot from Grigorian.
Grigorian takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grigorian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Grigorian misses with a hook. Dunes ducked under it nicely.
Grigorian lands a nice looking body shot.
Dunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grigorian flicks out a counter leg kick but Dunes steps away.
Nice defenses there by Dunes.
Dunes misses with a low kick.
Grigorian jabs at Dunes's body.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Dunes throws out a loose jab but Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunes misses with an uppercut
and Grigorian makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grigorian throws out the jab.
Grigorian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grigorian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheers as Grigorian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dunes doesn't seem phased though.
Dunes digs a good hook to Grigorian's body.
Grigorian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dunes.
Some wild striking there from Grigorian.
Dunes looks to land a combination but Grigorian avoids it well.
Dunes throws a leg kick but Grigorian checks it.
Dunes walks into a left hand.
Grigorian throws a right and a left that Dunes avoids nicely.
Dunes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dunes misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Dunes.
A telegraphed right hand from Dunes misses the target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Grigorian might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dunes has got the better of the exchanges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes takes a swing at Grigorian's ribcage but misses.
Dunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Grigorian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigorian.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Slugger Dunes will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dunes feints and then cracks Grigorian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grigorian down.
Grigorian misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunes. Grigorian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grigorian takes a swing at Dunes's ribcage but misses.
Dunes is looking to counter punch.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunes moves away.
Dunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grigorian.
A big right from Grigorian misses.
Dunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grigorian throws a chopping leg kick but Dunes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grigorian was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunes.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
Dunes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dunes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunes slips a straight right by Grigorian.
Dunes misses with a hook.
Grigorian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dunes can pounce on him.
Grigorian swings for the body but Dunes moves out of range.
Dunes avoids the body shot from Grigorian.
Grigorian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dunes.
Grigorian throws an off balance right hand
and Dunes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Grigorian is just out of range.
Dunes misses the shot to the body.
Grigorian takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grigorian tries to move into range but Dunes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dunes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dunes slips a jab from Grigorian.
Nice defenses there by Grigorian.
Grigorian throws a jab when Dunes was well out of range.
Grigorian swings for the body but Dunes moves out of range.
Grigorian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dunes with a nice cross.
Dunes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grigorians jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dunes with the inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigorian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grigorian avoids the body shot from Dunes.
Dunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Slugger Dunes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes throws a leg kick but Grigorian checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grigorian. Dunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grigorian lands with an overhand left.
Dunes thumps Grigorian with a low kick.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Dunes misses the target.
Dunes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grigorian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dunes.
Dunes scores with a jab to the body.
Grigorian works the jab nicely.
Dunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Dunes misses.
Grigorian misses with a series of wild punches.
Dunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grigorian moves away.
Grigorian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dunes.
It seemed like Grigorian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dunes misses the jab.
Dunes throws a shot to the body.
Dunes just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Grigorian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Razmik Grigorian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grigorian lands a nice hook to Dunes's body. Dunes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dunes staying out of range there.
Grigorian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dunes at a distance.
Grigorian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
Dunes throws an off balance right hand
and Grigorian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grigorian throws a jab when Dunes was well out of range.
Dunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Grigorian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Grigorian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dunes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grigorian misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Dunes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Grigorian.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dunes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grigorian connects with a right hand. Dunes shakes it off.
Dunes throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes connects with a solid leg kick.
Dunes checks a leg kick.
Grigorian staying out of range there.
Grigorian lunges at Dunes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dunes's hand.
A punch lands to the side of Grigorian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dunes throws an overhand right that lands on Grigorian's shoulder, as Grigorian tries to avoid the shot.
Dunes connects with a right hand. Grigorian shakes it off.
Dunes throws a big shot that misses.
Dunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grigorian throws out the jab.
Dunes slips a straight right by Grigorian.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunes. Grigorian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grigorian throws a hook but Dunes blocks it.
Dunes misses with a straight right.
Grigorian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes cracks Grigorian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grigorian throws a lazy right hand but Dunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grigorian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grigorian moves out of range of the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Slugger Dunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dunes 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slugger Dunes!
After winning the bout, Slugger Dunes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.