PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Dunne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikail Barasshole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dunne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nopsajalka - Johnny Kidd. David Dunne has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dunne
vs
Barasshole

172 cm
22
157 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

172 cm
22
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Dunne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikail Barasshole!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barasshole looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dunne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dunne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barasshole shoots in but Dunne avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dunne lands a lovely overhand right.
Dunne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barasshole doesn't seem bothered though.
Barasshole fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
David Dunne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikail Barasshole.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dunne.
Dunne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barasshole shoots in for a takedown but Dunne shows good takedown defense.
Barasshole looks gassed!
Dunne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barasshole's head.
Dunne connects with a looping right hand.
Dunne bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Barasshole takes one to the chin there.
Barasshole takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barasshole walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dunne, as that shot connected.
Dunne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barasshole on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dunne scores with a jab to the body.

Dunne rushes Barasshole and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Dunne.
Dunne works on Barasshole's body with a couple of short punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Dunne.

Dunne turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Barasshole is trying to escape the position but Dunne is controlling the position.
Dunne's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barasshole looking for a sweep but Dunne has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Dunne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dunne is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barasshole can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunne controlling the pace for now.
Dunne lands a big shot there that rocks Barasshole but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne avoids the attempt from Barasshole to control.
Dunne looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dunne unloads with some shots from mount but Barasshole bucks and avoids them well.
Dunne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dunne in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dunne postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barasshole looks a forlorn figure.
Dunne takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunne has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. David Dunne just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Barasshole takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunne. Barasshole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Dunne. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dunne.
Donk. Dunne catches Barasshole right on the button with a cross.
Barasshole takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barasshole moves forwards but Dunne connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunne works Barasshole's body with a nice hook.
Dunne cracks Barasshole with a good jab.
Barasshole takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dunne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Dunne dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dunne connects with the punch.

Dunne feints and as Barasshole raises his hands in defense, Dunne changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dunne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Barasshole keeping moving, preventing Dunne from controlling successfully.
Dunne is stalling in the full guard.
Barasshole is breathing heavily.
Dunne has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. David Dunne just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Dunne clinches.

Barasshole pulls guard successfully.
Dunne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Barasshole trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunne throwing strikes but missing.
Dunne looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dunne looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne thows a big elbow that misses.
Dunne controlling from the top position.
Barasshole is trying to keep Dunne in close.
Dunne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dunne trying to control the position from guard on top but Barasshole is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dunne controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee stands the fighters back up. David Dunne just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Barasshole with a poor takedown
letting Dunne counter with a right hand.
Barasshole tries to clinch
and Dunne counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barasshole walks into a straight right hand from Dunne.
Dunne scores with a nice right hand.
Barasshole wants to clinch but Dunne slips to the side
and Dunne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Dunne dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dunne rushes Barasshole and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Dunne drags the fight down to the ground.

Dunne looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Barasshole pushing down on Dunne's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dunne controlling the position for now.
Dunne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barasshole is working away from the top position though.
Barasshole takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Barasshole seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dunne does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dunne is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Dunne takes the fight into the clinch.
Dunne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barasshole up against the cage.
Dunne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barasshole backwards.
Barasshole tries to pull guard but Dunne holds him up against the cage and eventually Barasshole drops back down to his feet.
Barasshole wants to stall.
Still in the clinch, Dunne scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne stalls.
Barasshole is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dunne pushes Barasshole back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barasshole is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dunne pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Barasshole fails to pull the fight into his guard.
David Dunne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikail Barasshole.
Dunne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barasshole up against the cage.
Dunne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dunne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barasshole up against the cage.
Barasshole wants a takedown.
Dunne stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right hook to the body lands for Dunne.
Dunne is stalling here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by David Dunne.

Dunne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barasshole tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mikail Barasshole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dunne has Barasshole pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Dunne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dunne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Dunne!