PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAngelo Dunlop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Johnstone
vs
Dunlop

186 cm
22
201 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
197 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alan Johnstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, DeAngelo Dunlop!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunlop lands with a straight right. Johnstone didn't see that one coming.
Dunlop looks to land a left hand but Johnstone moved out of range nicely.
Johnstone goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dunlop misses with a straight right.

Johnstone drops Dunlop with a beautiful combination! Dunlop stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Johnstone is looking for the KO!

Dunlop is rocked!
Dunlop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dunlop is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnstone finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnstone misses the shot to the body.
Johnstone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnstone throws a hook to the side of Dunlop's head but Dunlop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dunlop seems to have recovered his senses.
Dunlop misses the shot to the body.
Dunlop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnstone.
Dunlop moves out of range as Johnstone strikes.
Dunlop avoids the body shot from Johnstone.
Johnstone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunlop.
Dunlop lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnstone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnstone lands with a shot to the body.
Alan Johnstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunlop stuns Johnstone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dunlop moves away from the strike by Johnstone.
Dunlop getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Alan Johnstone has been cut.
Dunlop tests Johnstone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Johnstone misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dunlop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnstone lands a slapping body shot.
Johnstone takes a swing at Dunlop's ribcage but misses.
Dunlop tests Johnstone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dunlop throws a jab when Johnstone was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Johnstone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnstone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunlop.
Dunlop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dunlop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dunlop digs a good body shot into Johnstone's ribs.
Johnstone misses the shot to the body.
Dunlop misses the shot to the body.
Johnstone on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johnstone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunlop.
Dunlop gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnstone. Dunlop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnstone misses the shot to the body.
Johnstone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dunlop.
Dunlop works the jab nicely.
Nice defenses there by Dunlop.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnstone.
Johnstone lands a slapping body shot.
Johnstone thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnstone missing with a left hand there. Dunlop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dunlop misses with a hook. Johnstone ducked under it nicely.
Dunlop avoids the body shot from Johnstone.
Johnstone throws the left hand but Dunlop avoids the punch easily.
Johnstone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dunlop.
Dunlop moves out of range as Johnstone strikes.
Johnstone takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunlop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnstone throws a hook but Dunlop avoids it easily.
Dunlop takes a swing at Johnstone's ribcage but misses.
Dunlop lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Johnstone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunlop was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnstone.
Dunlop is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnstone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Johnstone takes a swing at Dunlop's ribcage but misses.
Dunlop lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnstone is breathing heavily.
Johnstone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dunlop looks to throw the jab but Johnstone is out of range.
Dunlop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnstone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Dunlop rushes Johnstone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Dunlop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dunlop on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dunlop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnstone blocks a jab.
A jab from Johnstone misses.
Johnstone has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Johnstone there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnstone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dunlop.
Johnstone throws a hook to the side of Dunlop's head but Dunlop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dunlop gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice defenses there by Dunlop.
Johnstone scores with a jab. Dunlop acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnstone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dunlop throws out the jab.
Johnstone avoids the body shot from Dunlop.
Johnstone slips under a jab from Dunlop.
Dunlop throws a hook but Johnstone blocks it.
Johnstone misses with a straight right.
Johnstone scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dunlop doesn't seem bothered though.
Dunlop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnstone lands a really nice looking cross but Dunlop seems unphased.
Johnstone defending well as Dunlop loads up on a big left hand.
Johnstone lands a right hook to the body.
Dunlop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dunlop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnstone.
Dunlop looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnstone is just out of range.
Johnstone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnstone misses with a shot to the body

and Dunlop counters by moving into the clinch.

Johnstone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnstone misses with a hook.
Dunlop uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnstone.
Johnstone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunlop.
Dunlop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dunlop avoids the body shot from Johnstone.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dunlop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnstone.
Dunlop lands with a nice combination. Johnstone backs away looking to recover.
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!
Dunlop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnstone connects with a looping right hand.
Johnstone misses with a hook. Dunlop ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but DeAngelo Dunlop will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alan Johnstone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johnstone swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dunlop counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunlop. Johnstone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnstone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dunlop walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dunlop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good shot there by Johnstone.
Dunlop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnstone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dunlop looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnstone is just out of range.
Johnstone staying out of range there.

Dunlop closes the distance and pushes Johnstone back into the cage.
Johnstone misses with some punches.

Johnstone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnstone throws an overhand right that lands on Dunlop's shoulder, as Dunlop tries to avoid the shot.
Johnstone lands with a good body shot.
Dunlop scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Johnstone lands a nice hook to Dunlop's body. Dunlop takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dunlop in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Johnstone lands with a nice combination. Dunlop backs away looking to recover.
Dunlop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnstone.
Dunlop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnstone.
A swing and a miss from Johnstone.
Johnstone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone throws a lazy right hand but Dunlop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunlop is breathing heavily.
Johnstone misses with a wild body shot.
Johnstone connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dunlop. Dunlop circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Johnstone lands a really nice looking cross but Dunlop seems unphased.
Johnstone misses with a looping right.
Johnstone throws a lazy right hand but Dunlop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alan Johnstone is winning the standup battle so far.
Dunlop moves out of range of the strikes.
Dunlop misses with a wild body shot.
Johnstone loads up on a big right hand but Dunlop slips the punch.
Dunlop fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnstone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dunlop's hands.
Johnstone drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnstone lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnstone misses with a wild body shot.
Johnstone throws a hook but Dunlop avoids it easily.
Dunlop misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnstone counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Johnstone misses.
Johnstone smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dunlop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone misses with a double jab
and Dunlop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dunlop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dunlop throws the left hand but Johnstone avoids the punch easily.
Johnstone throws a shot to the body.
Johnstone throws a sloppy body shot
letting Dunlop counter with a right hand.
Johnstone lands with a right hand.
Johnstone connects with a right hand. Dunlop shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Johnstone as he connects with a hook.
Dunlop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dunlop throws a jab when Johnstone was well out of range.
Johnstone scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dunlop looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice body punch from Johnstone.
Dunlop with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnstone to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnstone misses with a hook. Dunlop ducked under it nicely.
Johnstone paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnstone lands a jab.
Johnstone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dunlop manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dunlop. Dunlop circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dunlop takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dunlop takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab, jab by Johnstone - just one landing.
Johnstone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnstone scores with a jab.
Johnstone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dunlop circles away quickly and effectively.
Dunlop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnstone.
Dunlop walks into a jab.
Dunlop lands with a hook. Johnstone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Johnstone takes a swing at Dunlop's ribcage but misses.
Dunlop comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnstone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnstone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnstone misses with a looping left.
Johnstone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dunlop.
Johnstone throws a right and a left that Dunlop avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Johnstone.
Johnstone throws a series of punches but Dunlop avoids them all with ease.
Dunlop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnstone.
Dunlop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnstone.
Johnstone throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Dunlop to counter with a crisp jab.
Dunlop defending well as Johnstone loads up on a big left hand.
Dunlop tries to clinch up
and Johnstone counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunlop fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnstone looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dunlop has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab, jab by Johnstone - just one landing.
Johnstone misses with a body shot.
Johnstone connects with a looping right hand.
Nice cross by Dunlop.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnstone connects with a right hand. Dunlop shakes it off.
Johnstone tests Dunlop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnstone connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Johnstone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alan Johnstone's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Johnstone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dunlop lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dunlop falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnstone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnstone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Dunlop pushes Johnstone up against the cage in a clinch.

Dunlop breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunlop swinging wildly here.
Johnstone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnstone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Johnstone. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnstone.
Johnstone lands a slapping body shot.
Dunlop moves forwards but Johnstone connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnstone looks to land a left hand but Dunlop moved out of range nicely.
Johnstone looks to score with a jab to the body but Dunlop is just out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Dunlop.
Dunlop looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnstone is just out of range.
Dunlop blocks a jab.
Johnstone fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dunlop on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone throws a right and a left that Dunlop avoids nicely.
Johnstone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dunlop throws a jab when Johnstone was well out of range.
Johnstone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnstone misses with a body punch
letting Dunlop counter with a right hand.
Johnstone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunlop.
Nice shot by Johnstone.
Dunlop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnstone lands a body shot.
Dunlop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnstone.
Dunlop cracks Johnstone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnstone moves out of range as Dunlop strikes.
Johnstone thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnstone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dunlop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnstone misses the body punch
and Dunlop counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnstone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnstone throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunlop.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnstone on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dunlop connects with a crisp jab.

Dunlop rushes Johnstone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dunlop's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnstone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dunlop's elbow.
Johnstone has Dunlop pressed against the cage, preventing Dunlop from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dunlop looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnstone has a couple of punches blocked by Dunlop.
Dunlop blocks a body shot from Johnstone.

Johnstone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnstone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnstone throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dunlop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnstone throws a hook to the side of Dunlop's head but Dunlop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dunlop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnstone thows a body shot but no joy.
Dunlop just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnstone blocks a jab.
Dunlop cracks Johnstone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnstone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop misses with a straight right.
Dunlop getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dunlop lands a jab to Johnstone's midsection.
Dunlop fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dunlop on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Johnstone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dunlop slips under a jab.
Johnstone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dunlop.
Johnstone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big left from Johnstone misses.
Dunlop takes a swing at Johnstone's ribcage but misses.
Johnstone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Dunlop counter with a right hand.
Dunlop drops his hands momentarily and Johnstone takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnstone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnstone slips under a jab from Dunlop.
Dunlop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnstone throws a hook but Dunlop blocks it.
Dunlop throws a series of punches but Johnstone moves out of range.
Johnstone avoids the body shot from Dunlop.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Johnstone misses its intended target.
Johnstone throws out a loose jab but Dunlop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunlop scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnstone in his tracks.
Johnstone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnstone lands with a shot to the body.
Dunlop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dunlop just misses with a punch to the body.
Dunlop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnstone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dunlop.
Johnstone takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnstone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunlop was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnstone.
Johnstone drops his hands momentarily and Dunlop takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dunlop fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnstone looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunlop connects with a jab.
Dunlop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dunlop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnstone.
Johnstone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dunlop lands with a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
DeAngelo Dunlop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dunlop has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeAngelo Dunlop!