PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ko Van Den Born (ranked 568 p4p, 915 weight class) and Slugger Dunes (ranked 92 p4p, 149 weight class). Dunes has chosen The World's Greatest as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Van Den Born
vs
Dunes

190 cm
31
190
18 - 10 - 0

180 cm
31
190
17 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ko Van Den Born!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slugger Dunes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Den Born throws a lazy right hand but Dunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunes swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Van Den Born to counter with a crisp jab.
Dunes lands with a hook. Van Den Born tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Van Den Born looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Den Born moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Van Den Born wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've been told by Van Den Born's head coaches at potato place that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dunes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dunes duly obliges.
Dunes misses with an uppercut.
Dunes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Den Born lands a jab to the nose.
Dunes throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Van Den Born.
Van Den Born misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunes.
Van Den Born throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunes.
Dunes digs a good body shot into Van Den Born's ribs.
Dunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Van Den Born counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Den Born slips under a jab from Dunes.
Van Den Born throws a shot from downtown. Dunes moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Den Born throws a leg kick but Dunes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dunes throws a poor cross that misses
and Dunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunes throws a jab when Van Den Born was well out of range.
Dunes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Den Born gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Van Den Born throws a lazy right hand but Dunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunes throws a chopping leg kick but Van Den Born manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Van Den Born throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Slugger Dunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Van Den Born.
Dunes loads up on a big right hand but Van Den Born slips the punch.
Dunes throws a shot to the body.
Dunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dunes lands with a straight right. Van Den Born didn't see that one coming.
Dunes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van Den Born in his tracks.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Van Den Born counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Den Born moves forwards but Dunes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dunes throws a jab when Van Den Born was well out of range.
Van Den Born throws a shot from downtown. Dunes moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes stuns Van Den Born with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dunes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Den Born throws a looping overhand right but Dunes ducks down to avoid it.
Van Den Born sets himself, and Dunes steps forward looking for the clinch! Van Den Born avoids it this time.
Van Den Born misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Den Born tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Den Born.
Dunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dunes misses the jab.
Dunes misses with an uppercut. Van Den Born saw that one coming.
It appears Van Den Born was looking to counter with a kick there.
Van Den Born moves out of range as Dunes strikes.
Dunes loads up on a big right hand but Van Den Born slips the punch.
Dunes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Den Born takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Den Born is looking to slow Dunes down with leg kicks.
Van Den Born misses with an uppercut. Dunes saw that one coming.
Dunes misses with a hook
and Van Den Born connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dunes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Van Den Born had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Van Den Born is predictable there
and Dunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Den Born defending well as Dunes loads up on a big left hand.
Van Den Born misses with a hook. Dunes ducked under it nicely.
Van Den Born throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Dunes counters with an inside leg kick.
Dunes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dunes throws a shot from downtown. Van Den Born moves away and avoids it.
Van Den Born swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dunes lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Den Born's head.
Van Den Born loads up on a big right hand but Dunes slips the punch.
Van Den Born throws a looping overhand right but Dunes ducks down to avoid it.
Van Den Born throws a lazy head kick
and Dunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes with a nice calf kick.
Van Den Born just misses with a punch to the body.
Dunes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Den Born.
Dunes throws a leg kick which misses Van Den Born's front leg but catches the back leg as Van Den Born tries to avoid it.
Dunes tries to work over Van Den Born's front leg with a kick but Van Den Born checks it.
Dunes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Den Born cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunes misses the shot to the body.
Dunes misses with a hook. Van Den Born ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Den Born scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A low kick lands for Dunes.
Dunes throws a body punch but Van Den Born moves out of range.
Dunes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Van Den Born throws a hook but Dunes avoids it easily.
Dunes throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Den Born.
Dunes misses with a low kick.
Van Den Born takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dunes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Den Born.
Dunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Den Born moves out of range as Dunes strikes.
Dunes lands a nice hook to Van Den Born's body. Van Den Born takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dunes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Den Born throws a body kick that misses.
Dunes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Den Born keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dunes throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Den Born counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Slugger Dunes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dunes misses with a looping left.
Dunes loads up on a big right hand but Van Den Born slips the punch.
Van Den Born fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dunes manages to avoid it.
Van Den Born displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Van Den Born will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from Dunes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Den Born throws a lazy right hand but Dunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dunes jabs Van Den Born to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Den Born bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Den Born takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Den Born slips a straight right by Dunes.
Van Den Born throws a jab when Dunes was well out of range.
Dunes unleashes a big counter combination but Van Den Born bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Van Den Born moves out of range of the strikes.
Dunes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dunes lands a slapping body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Van Den Born might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Den Born moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dunes misses with a right hand
letting Van Den Born counter with a right hand.
Dunes scores with a decent looking hook.
Van Den Born scores with a jab.
Dunes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Den Born throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunes.
Dunes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Van Den Born misses with a body shot.
Dunes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Van Den Born chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dunes can pounce on him.
Van Den Born throws a hook but Dunes avoids it easily.
Dunes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
Dunes throws a series of punches but Van Den Born avoids them all with ease.
Dunes throws out a loose jab but Van Den Born uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Den Born connects with a single shot there.
A low kick lands for Dunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes connects with a looping right hand.
A low kick from Dunes is predictable there
and Van Den Born counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Den Born takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Den Born drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Van Den Born takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dunes tests Van Den Born's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dunes loads up on a big right hand but Van Den Born slips the punch.
Dunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunes lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Den Born's head.
Van Den Born chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dunes can pounce on him.
Dunes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Den Born.
A jab lands there for Dunes.
Dunes scores with a nice head shot.
Dunes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Den Born is looking to counter punch.
Dunes misses with a body punch
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Van Den Born counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunes moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Den Born misses with a looping left.
Dunes lands a slapping body shot.
Van Den Born looks to land a left hand but Dunes moved out of range nicely.
Dunes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dunes tries a low kick but Van Den Born avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dunes.
Van Den Born checks a low kick from Dunes.
A little feinted left hand from Van Den Born on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Den Born is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dunes misses the body punch
and Van Den Born cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Den Born takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dunes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dunes misses the jab.
Dunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Den Born loads up on a big right hand but Dunes slips the punch.
Van Den Born fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dunes on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Den Born misses with a straight right.
Van Den Born has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dunes finds it's way round the side to connect with Van Den Born's head.
Dunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Den Born misses with a looping left.
Dunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Den Born has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dunes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dunes.
Dunes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Van Den Born counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Den Born.
Dunes throws the left hand but Van Den Born avoids the punch easily.
Van Den Born swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Den Born avoids the body shot from Dunes.
Van Den Born is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dunes lands with a shot to the body.
Dunes scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes misses with an uppercut. Van Den Born saw that one coming.
Van Den Born slips a straight right by Dunes.
Dunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dunes connects with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Slugger Dunes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Dunes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Van Den Born looks to score with a jab to the body but Dunes is just out of range.
Van Den Born misses with a hook.
Dunes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Den Born scores with a nice body kick.
No joy there for Van Den Born, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Den Born takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Den Born lands a jab to Dunes's midsection.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van Den Born.
Dunes throws an off balance right hand
and Van Den Born counters with a nice body kick.
Van Den Born shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dunes lands a jab to Van Den Born's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Den Born cracks Dunes with a good jab.
Van Den Born connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Den Born misses with an uppercut.
Dunes misses with a looping left.
Van Den Born throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Den Born throws out a powerful jab.
A big right from Dunes misses.
Decent striking displayed by Dunes there.
Dunes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes lands the left hand.
Van Den Born checks a low kick from Dunes.
Van Den Born lands a jab to the head.
Dunes misses with a hook
and Van Den Born counters with a nice body shot.
A low kick from Dunes is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dunes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dunes drops his hands momentarily and Van Den Born takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Slugger Dunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Van Den Born.
Dunes looks to throw the jab but Van Den Born is out of range.
Van Den Born takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Den Born misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dunes misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Van Den Born on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ko Van Den Born has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Slugger Dunes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes throws an overhand right that lands on Van Den Born's shoulder, as Van Den Born tries to avoid the shot.
And Van Den Born counters with a quick kick to the body but Dunes blocks it.
Van Den Born throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Dunes is rocked!
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Van Den Born.
Dunes swings for the body but Van Den Born moves out of range.
Dunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Den Born was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunes.
Dunes cracks Van Den Born with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dunes misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dunes.
Dunes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dunes with a nice calf kick.
Dunes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dunes jabs at Van Den Born's body.
Dunes throws a low kick but Van Den Born moves out of range easily.
Dunes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Van Den Born counters with a nice uppercut.
Dunes is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Den Born finish him?
Dunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Den Born.
Dunes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Dunes misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Den Born doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dunes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dunes seems to have recovered his senses.
Dunes connects with a solid leg kick.
A big right from Van Den Born misses.
Dunes blocks a jab.
Dunes lands a lovely overhand right.
Van Den Born looks to land a right hand but Dunes moved out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dunes.
Van Den Born throws out a loose jab but Dunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunes lands a nice looking body shot.
Dunes moves out of range as Van Den Born strikes.
Dunes blocks a jab.
Dunes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Van Den Born blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Den Born misses the target.
Van Den Born misses with a wild body shot.
Van Den Born throws a shot from downtown. Dunes moves away and avoids it.
Dunes throws a right hand that misses
and Van Den Born connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Den Born just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Den Born missing with a left hand there. Dunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Den Born slips under a jab from Dunes.
Dunes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dunes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Den Born is out of range and Dunes settles back down.
Dunes swings for the body but Van Den Born moves out of range.
Van Den Born is looking to counter punch.
Dunes looks to land a left hand but Van Den Born moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Dunes misses the target.
Van Den Born throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Den Born takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dunes moves out of range of the body kick from Van Den Born.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Den Born counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Den Born moves into range and connects with a jab.
Van Den Born looks to land a left hand but Dunes moved out of range nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ko Van Den Born.
Well Dunes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slugger Dunes!
A relieved looking Slugger Dunes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.