PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Con Dumas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Konstantinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dumas
vs
Konstantinov

190 cm
27
215 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

187 cm
23
221 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Con Dumas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Boris Konstantinov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dumas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That kick from Konstantinov tenderised Dumas's leg. Dumas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Konstantinov scores with a nice body kick.
Dumas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Boris Konstantinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Konstantinov, right into the meat.
Dumas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dumas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Konstantinov tries to avoid it but Dumas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Konstantinov to the ground. Konstantinov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Konstantinov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dumas takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dumas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Konstantinov circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Con Dumas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dumas is breathing heavily.
Konstantinov feints and then cracks Dumas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dumas down.
Dumas tries to clinch there but Konstantinov circles away.
Konstantinov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dumas doesn't seem bothered though.

Konstantinov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Konstantinov working the head and body with strikes.
Dumas is trying to control but can't.
Konstantinov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Konstantinov is nestled in close to Dumas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konstantinov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Konstantinov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dumas sees it coming and defends easily.
Konstantinov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Konstantinov passes to side control.
Konstantinov controls the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dumas can't do much from the bottom here.
Dumas tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Konstantinov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konstantinov is staying tight to Dumas's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Dumas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dumas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Konstantinov defending well though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Konstantinov works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dumas looking to sit in guard and control but Konstantinov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dumas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Konstantinov throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Konstantinov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Dumas looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Konstantinov is defending well. Dumas quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Konstantinov has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Dumas celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Con Dumas!
Con Dumas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.