PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richie Evens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richie Evens had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Evens
vs
Dunham

190 cm
20
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Richie Evens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Dunham!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evens throws a head kick that misses.
Evens shoots in but Dunham avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Evens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Dunham pushes Evens up against the cage in a clinch.
Evens dodges an elbow strike from Dunham.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Evens.

Evens jumps guard and drags Dunham to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dunham wants to control from the top but Evens keeps moving.
Evens looking for a sweep. Not yet Evens, not yet.
Dunham scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dunham wants to pass the guard but Evens is keeping the position.

Evens is looking for a triangle but Dunham pushes his legs off easily.
Dunham throwing strikes from guard but Evens blocks nicely.

Dunham stands up from Evens's guard - Dunham perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dunham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evens paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evens takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dunham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Evens.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dunham tries to bum rush Evens with a series of wild strikes but Evens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evens is looking to slow Dunham down with leg kicks.
Evens misses with a takedown attempt - Dunham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
No luck for Evens with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie Evens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evens is breathing heavily.
Dunham moves in looking to clinch but Evens pushes him off.
Pete Dunham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dunham clinches up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Dunham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evens is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dunham.
Evens throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evens shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dunham pinned against the cage. Dunham gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunham moves in looking to clinch but Evens pushes him off.
Evens tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Dunham drives through and clinches with Evens against the cage.
Dunham has had enough of the clinch but Evens keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Evens's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunham tries to break free but Evens pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dunham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dunham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evens's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dunham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evens's brow.
Dunham working hard to break the clinch.
Evens has Dunham pressed against the cage, preventing Dunham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dunham lands a shoulder strike.
Evens tries to work over Dunham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dunham prevents Evens from breaking the clinch.
Evens is trying to maintain a safe position but Dunham gets an underhook and turns Evens into the cage.
A short right from Dunham on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dunham content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evens tries to pull guard but Dunham holds him up against the cage and eventually Evens drops back down to his feet.
Evens has Dunham pressed against the cage, preventing Dunham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dunham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunham wants to break free but Evens has control.
A left hand lands to the body for Evens.
Dunham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evens backwards.
Evens lands a nice uppercut.
Evens digs a right hand into Dunham's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dunham's gas tank.

Evens pulls guard effortlessly.
Evens 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.
Evens punching from the bottom - just letting Dunham know he's still in a fight.
Evens pulls Dunham in close to his closed guard and prevents Dunham from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham trying to stand up but can't free himself from Evens's guard.
Dunham looking to pass the guard.
Dunham being controlled here momentarily.
Evens is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Evens closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Evens.

Evens breaks the clinch.
Dunham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dunham throws a one two combo.
Dunham takes a kick to the side of the head.
Evens throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Evens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Evens tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Evens feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dunham's calf.
Evens misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dunham wants to clinch.
Evens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evens lands with a thumping leg kick.

Evens shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dunham is looking to stand up but Evens isn't so interested in that idea.
Dunham can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Evens controls the pace.
Evens thows a big elbow that misses.
Evens trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evens landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dunham keeping full guard, as Evens tries to pass.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Good leg kick by Evens there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Evens misses with a wild combination.
Dunham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evens misses with a head kick.
Richie Evens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dunham tries to close the distance and clinch but Evens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Evens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Evens throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dunham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evens throws a shot to the body.
Dunham takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Evens throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dunham counters by clinching up.
Evens lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dunham backwards.
Dunham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evens backwards.
Evens gets through Dunham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Evens trying to stall but Dunham improves his position.
Evens stalling in the clinch.
Evens fails to pull guard.
Dunham slows down the pace here.
Dunham has had enough of the clinch but Evens keeps him there for the moment.
Evens stalls.
Dunham is trying to stall.
Evens taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

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.
Evens putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dunham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Evens lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Evens has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dunham is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dunham - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Evens breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Evens.

Dunham has closed the distance and engaged Evens in a clinch.
Evens tries to stall but Dunham uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dunham is trying to break the clinch but Evens has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Evens.
Dunham can't break the clinch.
Evens cracks Dunham with a nice body shot.
Dunham is looking to break free of the clinch but Evens has double underhooks.
Dunham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Evens goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dunham prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie Evens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dunham throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richie Evens dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Evens swats away the attempt to clinch by Dunham.
Evens fails to land the takedown.
Dunham keeps the fight on the outside.
Dunham lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A punch combination from Dunham misses.
Evens misses with a few strikes there.
Evens throws a series of punches but Dunham avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Evens, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dunham scores with a one two! Evens had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Dunham takes the fight into the clinch.
Evens throws a head punch that misses.
Evens blocks an elbow strike.
Evens stalling in the clinch but Dunham improves position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dunham working hard to break the clinch.
Dunham tries to break the clinch but Evens is controlling the position.
Dunham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evens backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham taking a breather.
Evens with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dunham misses with an elbow over the top.
Evens lands a left hand.
Evens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dunham or not.
Dunham lands a shoulder strike.
Evens scores with a hook to the body.
Evens is trying to stall.
Dunham is trying to stall.
Dunham is looking to break free of the clinch but Evens has double underhooks.
Dunham throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Evens digs a right hand into Dunham's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dunham's gas tank.
Evens scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Dunham's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Evens.
Evens scores with a hook to the body.
Evens works on Dunham's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dunham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dunham working hard to break the clinch.
Evens trying to control the position but instead, Dunham has worked for underhooks and has pushed Evens into the cage.
Evens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dunham or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Evens.
Evens with a knee to the head.
Evens scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Evens lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Evens has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dunham uses from the top position.
Evens is trying to control the position but Dunham postures up.
Dunham lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Evens looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dunham is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evens wants to stand up but Dunham is controlling him.
Dunham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Evens preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Dunham is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Evens is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Evens has escaped and now he's on top!
Evens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dunham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Evens is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Evens throwing strikes but missing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dunham is looking to stand up but Evens isn't so interested in that idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pete Dunham.
I think Dunham has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pete Dunham!