PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Pete Dunham (ranked 403 p4p, 3408 weight class) and Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 58 p4p, 405 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dunham might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Im Forever Blowing Bubbles. Elizondo has chosen Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee as his entrance music. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dunham
vs
Elizondo

178 cm
34
170
18 - 19 - 0

187 cm
35
186
33 - 20 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Dunham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaizka Elizondo!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Elizondo clinches.
Elizondo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dunham has Elizondo pressed against the ropes, preventing Elizondo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Elizondo blocks an uppercut.
Dunham lands a left hand.
Elizondo is trying to stall.
Dunham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dunham misses with a punch on the inside.
Elizondo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Elizondo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Elizondo is trying to maintain a safe position but Dunham gets an underhook and turns Elizondo into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dunham throws a punch but it's blocked by Elizondo.
Dunham lands a nice elbow.
Dunham blocks the elbow strike.
Dunham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Elizondo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Elizondo looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elizondo's efforts to push away.
Dunham throws a head punch that misses.
Dunham swings wildly with an uppercut but Elizondo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunham working aggressively here.
Dunham has a couple of punches blocked by Elizondo.
Dunham lands an uppercut.
Dunham can't find room to land a body shot as Elizondo controls the action.
Dunham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dunham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dunham pushes Elizondo back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Elizondo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Elizondo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dunham missing with knees to the body.
Dunham working Elizondo over with knees to the body.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Dunham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunham misses with some punches.
Dunham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dunham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Elizondo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Elizondo is trying to push Dunham away but Dunham has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Elizondo tries to stall but Dunham uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right hook to the body lands for Dunham.
Dunham landing knees to the body.
Elizondo takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dunham.
Still in the clinch, Dunham scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Dunham scores with a nice short uppercut.
Elizondo missing with knees to the body.
Elizondo blocks the elbow strike.
Elizondo takes an elbow to the temple.
Dunham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dunham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elizondo misses with a leg kick

and before Elizondo can reset, Dunham rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Elizondo is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Dunham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dunham was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Dunham clinches up against the ropes.
Dunham looking to throw knees to the head but Elizondo is blocking nicely.
Dunham lands an elbow just above Elizondo 's eye.
Pete Dunham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Elizondo missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunham is working Elizondo over against the ropes.
Dunham creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Elizondo's defenses.

Elizondo is rocked!
Dunham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Elizondos head.
Elizondo is still on wobbly legs! Can Dunham finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunham creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Elizondo off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Elizondo is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Dunham is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Pete Dunham!
In defeat, Gaizka Elizondo stepped up to the mic, saying 'gonna take some time off '.