PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pete Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Macgregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macgregor is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dragonforce - operation ground and pound. Pete Dunham has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dunham
vs
Macgregor

185 cm
23
195 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

170 cm
29
185 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Dunham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Macgregor!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macgregor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dunham as he jumps to the side.

Macgregor gets caught napping as Dunham dives in and scores a takedown. Macgregor manages to retain guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Macgregor wants to stand up but Dunham is controlling him.
Macgregor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dunham manages to get himself to full guard.
Macgregor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dunham keeping moving, preventing Macgregor from controlling successfully.
Macgregor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dunham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Macgregor trying to control but Dunham is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macgregor postures up in Dunham's guard and throws a big left but Dunham blocks it.
Macgregor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Macgregor drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Macgregor jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Macgregor stopping the sweep attempt from Dunham.
Macgregor trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dunham tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Macgregor stays in close to Dunham's body and controls the position.
Macgregor distracts Dunham with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macgregor lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Macgregor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Macgregor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dunham has Macgregor pulled in close to control his posture.
Dunham is breathing heavily.
Macgregor postures up and lands a big shot to Dunham's brow.
Macgregor is pushing down on Dunham's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dunham is fighting to maintain full guard but Macgregor has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macgregor stalling.
Macgregor slips a nice elbow through Dunham's hands, connecting with Dunham's forehead.
Macgregor working over Dunham with some ground and pound. Dunham looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Macgregor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macgregor thows a huge punch but Dunham dodges it nicely.
Macgregor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dunham has hold of Macgregor's hands but Macgregor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Macgregor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dunham's head.
Macgregor is nestled in close to Dunham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Macgregor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dunham is looking to improve his position.
Macgregor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Macgregor moves into full mount! Dunham won't be happy about that!
Macgregor is landing with some decent strikes but Dunham is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macgregor with good strikes from the mount here!
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 takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Dunham is rocked!
Macgregor with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Dunham is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Macgregor! Dunham is hurt baaadly! Macgregor is firing away with more strikes - Dunham is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Macgregor!