PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nuada Arumani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Dallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dallas has chosen Ace of Spades as his entrance music. Nuada Arumani has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Arumani
vs
Dallas

187 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
209 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nuada Arumani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Dallas!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arumani lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dallas circles away quickly and effectively.
Dallas tries to clinch up but Arumani circles away and keeps his distance.
Arumani misses with a few strikes there.
Arumani stuffs the takedown attempt from Dallas. Dallas gets slowly back to his feet.

Dallas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Arumani did well to prevent Dallas getting side control.
Dallas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dallas stops Arumani from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dallas tries to pass to full mount but Arumani defends it.
Dallas prevents Arumani from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dallas is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Arumani sees it coming and defends easily.
Dallas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Arumani punching from the bottom.
Dallas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No joy there for Arumani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Arumani.
A combination from Arumani does no damage.
Dallas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arumani displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Arumani works over Dallas's head and body with a nice combination.
Nuada Arumani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arumani keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dallas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Arumani.
Arumani cracks Dallas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dallas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Arumani.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Dallas manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Arumani slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Arumani wants to stand but Dallas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dallas trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dallas throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dallas trying to control the position.
Dallas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dallas looks gassed!
Arumani showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Arumani has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Arumani pushes down on Dallas's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Arumani stands up from half guard.
Dallas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arumani sprawls well. Arumani wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dallas gets slowly back to his feet.
Nuada Arumani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Dallas.
Arumani lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arumani.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arumani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Arumani.
Nice uppercut lands for Arumani. That snapped Dallas's head back.
Arumani is working the combinations to good effect here.
Arumani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arumani misses with a few strikes there.
Arumani throws a right and a left that Dallas avoids nicely.
Arumani lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Arumani stalks Dallas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dallas's face. Dallas staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Dan Dallas has been cut.
Dallas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Arumani's waist but Arumani gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dallas off to one side.
Arumani scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Arumani misses with a few strikes there.
Arumani lands with a nice combination. Dallas backs away looking to recover.
Arumani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Arumani misses.
A punch combination from Arumani misses.
Arumani throws a series of punches but Dallas avoids them all with ease.
Arumani's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Arumani duly obliges.
Dallas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arumani misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arumani tries to bum rush Dallas with a series of wild strikes but Dallas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nuada Arumani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arumani throws a series of punches but Dallas moves out of range.
Arumani misses with a few strikes there.
Arumani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dallas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arumani.
Arumani lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Arumani.
Arumani connects with a body shot.
Arumani lands a two punch combo.
Arumani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arumani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arumani goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Arumani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dallas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arumani.
Arumani scores with a one two! Dallas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dallas misses with a takedown attempt - Arumani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuada Arumani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Dallas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Arumani lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Arumani connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Arumani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dallas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arumani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arumani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Arumani lands a jab-cross combination.
Arumani misses with the combination.
Dallas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arumani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dallas.
Dallas is breathing heavily.
Arumani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dallas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Arumani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arumani scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arumani defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dallas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arumani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dallas.
Arumani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arumani scores with a three punch combo!
Arumani misses with a two punch combination.
Nuada Arumani is winning the standup battle so far.
Arumani misses with a wild combination.
Dallas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Arumani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dallas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dallas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arumani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arumani throws a one two combo.
Arumani stalks Dallas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dallas's face. Dallas staggers backwards, shaken.
Arumani throws a right hand that Dallas ducks under and follows up with a left that Dallas also avoids with ease.
Arumani scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Arumani fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Arumani misses.
Dallas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arumani circles away.
Nuada Arumani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Dallas.
Arumani misses with a series of wild punches.
Dallas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Arumani's waist but Arumani gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dallas off to one side.
Arumani misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arumani lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Arumani stalks Dallas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dallas's face. Dallas staggers backwards, shaken.
Arumani swinging wilding here.
Dallas is looking to clinch but Arumani is avoiding it.
Arumani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arumani throws a series of punches but Dallas avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Arumani.
Arumani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice combination there by Arumani.
Arumani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arumani misses with a two punch combination.
Dallas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Arumani throws a series of punches but Dallas moves out of range.
Arumani scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dallas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arumani circles away.
Arumani throws a combination. Dallas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arumani lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Arumani fails to land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Arumani scores with a four punch combination!
Arumani lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Arumani throws a one two combo.
Dallas dodges the punch combination from Arumani.
Arumani misses with a double jab.
Arumani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No joy there for Arumani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arumani throws a nice looking combination but Dallas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arumani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dallas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Arumani.
Arumani throws a right and a left that Dallas avoids nicely.
Dallas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arumani.

Dallas looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Arumani!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dallas lands a big shot there that rocks Arumani but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dallas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dallas punching from mount but Arumani doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Arumani wants to control but Dallas is having none of it.
Arumani tries to reverse the position but Dallas maintains control.
Dallas avoids the attempt from Arumani to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dallas punishing his opponent with strikes.
Arumani holds on to Dallas around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuada Arumani dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Dallas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Arumani as Dallas shoots in.
Arumani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arumani keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Arumani lands a jab-cross combination.
Arumani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Arumani lands a nice looking body shot.
Dallas looks for a takedown but Arumani sprawls well.
Nuada Arumani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Dallas.
Arumani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dallas.
Some wild striking there from Arumani.
Arumani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dallas tries to clinch there but Arumani circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dallas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arumani throws a series of punches but Dallas avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arumani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arumani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dallas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arumani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Arumani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dallas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dallas.
Arumani looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arumani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dallas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dallas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arumani.
Arumani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dallas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arumani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arumani misses with a wild combination.
Arumani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nuada Arumani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arumani lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Arumani throws a right hand that Dallas ducks under and follows up with a left that Dallas also avoids with ease.
Dallas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arumani but Arumani pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Arumani fails to land with a series of punches.
Arumani fails to land with a series of punches.
Arumani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arumani misses with a wild combination.
Arumani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arumani throws a series of punches but Dallas moves out of range.
A combination from Arumani does no damage.
Arumani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arumani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arumani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arumani scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nuada Arumani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dallas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Arumani sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dallas somewhat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Arumani!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arumani closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Arumani misses with a double jab.
Dallas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arumani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dallas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arumani.
Some wild striking there from Arumani.
Arumani misses with a wild combination.
Arumani scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dan Dallas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Dallas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Arumani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Arumani is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dallas pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Dallas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheers as Arumani lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dallas doesn't seem phased though.
Dallas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Arumani tries to avoid it but Dallas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Arumani to the ground. Arumani escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arumani lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dallas fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Arumani.
Dallas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arumani swivels and escapes.
Arumani lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arumani.
Arumani keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Arumani misses with the combination.
Arumani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dallas throws out the jab.
Dallas dodges the punch combination from Arumani.
Dallas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dallas fakes the leg kick and cracks Arumani in the body.
Arumani lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arumani.
Arumani lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dallas circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nuada Arumani showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Arumani, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuada Arumani!