PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Dupre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Second Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boy has chosen New York as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Dupre
vs
Boy

168 cm
23
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
23
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fabio Dupre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Second Boy!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy scores with a hook to the body. Dupre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dupre.
Boy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Boy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dupre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Boy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boy misses with a body shot.
No luck for Dupre with that takedown attempt.
Second Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy tests Dupre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dupre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Boy scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Boy misses its intended target.
Dupre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy thumps Dupre with a low kick.
Second Boy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boy is looking to slow Dupre down with leg kicks.
Boy tests Dupre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dupre was well out of range. Poor timing from Boy.
Boy tries to score with a low kick but Dupre moves his leg out of the way.
Dupre fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Dupre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boy looks to throw the jab but Dupre is out of range.
Dupre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boy wants to clinch.
Boy slaps away a takedown attempt from Dupre, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupre shoots in but Boy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dupre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boy scores with a punch to the head.
Boy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dupre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Boy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Boy scores with a jab. Dupre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dupre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dupre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dupre was well out of range. Poor timing from Boy.
Boy lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dupre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Boy with a nice cross.
Boy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boy.

Dupre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dupre is trying to control the action in half guard but Boy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boy wants to improve his position but Dupre is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Boy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dupre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boy swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Boy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dupre defends it easily.
Dupre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Boy is looking for a triangle but Dupre pushes his legs off easily.

Dupre drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dupre jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Boy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dupre defends well.

Dupre got a little sloppy there for a moment and Boy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dupre has managed to get both his arms back between Boy's legs - danger averted.
Boy looks gassed!

Boy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dupre trying to control but Boy is working from the bottom.
Boy wants to sweep here but Dupre controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Second Boy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Boy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dupre.
Dupre keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boy. Dupre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boy loads up on a big right hand but Dupre slips the punch.
Boy tries to clinch but Dupre moves out of range.
Boy throws a right hand that Dupre ducks under and follows up with a left that Dupre also avoids with ease.
Boy tries a head kick but it misses.
Dupre walks into a straight right hand from Boy.
Boy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy throws out a powerful jab.
Boy with a jab.
Boy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dupre fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Boy.
Dupre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dupre moves out of range of the leg kick from Boy.
Dupre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dupre slips a straight right by Boy.
Dupre walks into a stiff left hand from Boy.
Dupre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dupre has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Dupre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boy cracks a nice hook into Dupre's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupre checks the leg kick.
Boy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Boy does it's job there.
Boy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dupre is out of range and Boy settles back down.

Dupre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Boy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dupre can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Boy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Boy has his foot on Dupre's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dupre works his way back into a safe position though.
Boy is breathing heavily.
Dupre wants to pass the guard but Boy is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dupre moves into full mount!

Dupre has control of Boy's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Boy regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Boy can't escape the position.
Dupre punching from mount but Boy doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dupre blocks Boy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Boy tries to reverse the position but Dupre maintains control.
Boy is squirming around, avoiding Dupre's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Boy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dupre misses with a head shot.

Dupre looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Boy is trying desperately to improve position.

Dupre jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Boy manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Boy is looking for a sweep.
Boy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Boy tries to get to full guard but Dupre has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Second Boy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Boy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boy works Dupre's body with a nice hook.
Boy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dupre was well out of range. Poor timing from Boy.
Boy connects with a single shot there.
Dupre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boy lands a nice hook to Dupre's body. Dupre takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dupre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dupre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Boy as he jumps to the side.
Boy with a jab.
Boy throws a leg kick which misses Dupre's front leg but catches the back leg as Dupre tries to avoid it.
Boy swings for the body but Dupre moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boy jabs Dupre right on the nose. Dupre blinks but takes it well.
Boy throws a leg kick but Dupre sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Boy connects with a looping right hand.
Boy lands a lovely overhand right.
Boy thumps Dupre with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Boy.

Boy closes the distance and clinches.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Boy effectively controlling the action here.
Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Boy.
Boy lands a hook that snaps the head of Dupre backwards.
Boy lands a knee to the head.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Dupre's ribcage.
Boy stalls.
Dupre tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Dupre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boy slowing the pace effectively.
Boy lands with a left to the head.
Boy holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Second Boy.
An inside leg kick from Boy misses.
Boy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fabio Dupre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boy tries to clinch there but Dupre circles away.
Boy tries to clinch up.
Boy tries to clinch there but Dupre circles away.
Dupre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Boy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Second Boy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boy throws out a loose jab but Dupre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dupre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dupre drops his hands momentarily and Boy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Boy.
Boy wants to clinch up but Dupre keeps it at a distance.
Dupre needs to keep his hands up - Boy had a free shot at his head there.
Boy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boy misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boy tries to land a front kick but Dupre steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Boy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dupre's head backwards.
An inside leg kick lands from Boy.
Boy lands a jab to Dupre's midsection.
Boy thuds a left hand into Dupre's body.
Boy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Dupre.
Boy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Boy lands with a kick to the temple. Dupre shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Boy scores with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Second Boy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Boy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Second Boy!