PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ken Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladislav Gorki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunham comes into the arena with terminator blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dunham
vs
Gorki

205 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

183 cm
19
189 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, ken Dunham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladislav Gorki!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorki tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gorki is looking to clinch but Dunham is avoiding it.
Dunham closes the distance and clinches up with Gorki, looking for a takedown. Dunham pushes Gorki against the cage but Gorki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Gorki feints and as Dunham raises his hands in defense, Gorki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gorki trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dunham wants to stand and escape but Gorki is having none of it.
Gorki wants to control from the top but Dunham keeps moving.
Dunham wants to stand and escape but Gorki is having none of it.
Gorki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dunham is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gorki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dunham.

Dunham gets the takedown into side control.
Dunham is looking to take a break and control but Gorki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dunham fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Check out the look on Dunham's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dunham in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Dunham decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Dunham is breathing heavily.
Gorki fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorki slaps away a takedown attempt from Dunham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gorki shoots in for a double leg but Dunham sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gorki misses with a takedown attempt

and Dunham counters with a single leg into guard. Gorki didn't expect that.
ken Dunham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladislav Gorki.
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!

Dunham stands and steps away. Gorki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gorki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dunham doesn't seem bothered though.
Gorki darts in trying to clinch

and Dunham counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gorki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dunham lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gorki looking to control.
Gorki can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dunham controls the pace.
Dunham lands a couple of elbows.
Dunham controlling from the top position.
Gorki keeping moving, preventing Dunham from controlling successfully.

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.
Gorki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Dunham stands up and waves to Gorki to follow him.
Gorki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dunham darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dunham is keen to just control but Gorki is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ken Dunham dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice sprawl there from Dunham as Gorki shoots in.
Gorki has his takedown stuffed

and Dunham counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gorki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Dunham turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Dunham controls the position from side control.
Dunham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Dunham has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Dunham shoots in and bounces Gorki off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
ken Dunham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dunham is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dunham controls from within his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dunham wants to control from the top but Gorki keeps moving.
Gorki pulls Dunham in close to prevent any damage.
Dunham is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dunham wants to control from the top but Gorki keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dunham tries to free his leg and advance position but Gorki is retaining full guard.
Dunham trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gorki's guard.
Gorki is trying to control the position but Dunham postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gorki tries to clinch but Dunham moves away

so Dunham counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gorki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gorki trying to keep a closed guard but Dunham is proving a slippery customer.
Gorki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dunham really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham looking to pass the guard.
Dunham throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dunham trying to control but Gorki is working from the bottom.
Gorki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dunham postures up and lands a big shot to Gorki's brow.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dunham is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gorki.
Gorki slaps away a takedown attempt from Dunham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gorki misses with a jab, cross combination.
ken Dunham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four 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.

Dunham closes the distance and pushes Gorki back into the cage.
Dunham avoids a wild elbow strike from Gorki.

Dunham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gorki gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Dunham counters with a takedown into side control.
ken Dunham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladislav Gorki.
Dunham tries to advance to mount but Gorki denies him.
Gorki gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gorki trying to control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gorki has hold of Dunham's hands but Dunham slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ken Dunham dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gorki shoots in for a takedown but Dunham shows good takedown defense.
Gorki tries to clinch

and Dunham counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gorki tries to get to full guard but Dunham has control of the leg.
Dunham lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dunham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dunham is looking to take a break and control but Gorki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Dunham decides to stand and escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gorki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dunham shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gorki as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorki looks to clinch

and Dunham counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gorki!
Dunham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gorki can do to turn this around?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dunham cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gorki wants to control but Dunham is having none of it.
Dunham lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dunham fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gorki wants to hold on but Dunham pushes him away.
Dunham punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dunham can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gorki is looking to escape.
Dunham working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dunham will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dunham landing strikes from the mount.
Dunham trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gorki wants to control but Dunham is having none of it.
Dunham cracks Gorki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gorki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dunham prevents Gorki from getting the reversal.
Dunham avoids the attempt from Gorki to control.
Dunham lands with some strikes.
Gorki is looking to improve his position but Dunham isn't that keen on the idea.

Dunham has hold of Gorki's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gorki manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Dunham cracks Gorki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dunham working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dunham throws some wild stikes that Gorki manages to avoid easily.
Dunham breaks from Gorki's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dunham wants to control the pace but Gorki is squirming around nicely.
Dunham is landing with some decent strikes but Gorki is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gorki tries to hold on but Dunham postures up.
Gorki is trying desperately to improve position.
Vladislav Gorki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
ken Dunham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dunham controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
ken Dunham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dunham, 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ken Dunham!