PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Dunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Ochoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunn comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Ochoa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ice Cube - I Rep That West kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Danny Ochoa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dunn
vs
Ochoa

167 cm
34
135 lbs
26 - 18 - 0

170 cm
31
141 lbs
18 - 9 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Dunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Ochoa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ochoa looks to score with a jab to the body but Dunn is just out of range.
Ochoa 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 head kick misses from Ochoa.
Dunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ochoa.
Ochoa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dunn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dunn punishes Ochoa's body with a nice straight punch.
Ochoa scores with a punch to the head.
Ochoa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Dunn is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ochoa checks a leg kick.
Oh Dunn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ochoa keeps the fight on the outside.
Dunn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ochoa counters with an inside leg kick.
Dunn seems to have got his legs back now.
Ochoa checks a low kick from Dunn.
Dunn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ochoa.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ochoa.

Dunn rushes Ochoa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ochoa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dunn, right into the meat.
Dunn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ochoa sprawls well. Ochoa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dunn gets slowly back to his feet.

Dunn instigates a clinch.
Dunn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ochoa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ochoa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dunn lands a good knee to the midsection. Ochoa won't want to take too many of those.
Ochoa avoiding damage as Dunn throws knees to the body.
Ochoa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dunn backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunn.
Dunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ochoa blocks it with crossed arms.
Dunn blocks an uppercut.
Ochoa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ochoa blocks a body shot from Dunn.
Ochoa scores with a hook to the body.
Ochoa misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ochoa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ochoa managing to block the knees to the body from Dunn.
Dunn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ochoa pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Dunn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dunn throws an overhand right that lands on Ochoa's shoulder, as Ochoa tries to avoid the shot.
Dunn throws a hook but Ochoa blocks it.
Ochoa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ochoa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dunn is out of range.

Dunn closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ochoa's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Dunn with a nice head shot there.
Dunn 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.
Dunn is looking to work some ground and pound but Ochoa has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dunn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Ochoa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dunn defends well.
Ochoa is controlling Dunn's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunn throwing strikes from guard but Ochoa blocks nicely.

Dunn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dunn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ochoa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dunn trying to control the position from guard on top but Ochoa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dunn throwing strikes but missing.
Ochoa is trying to control the position but Dunn postures up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Danny Ochoa hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Dunn shoots for a takedown but Ochoa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ochoa tries for a takedown but Dunn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A big left from Dunn misses.
Ochoa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dunn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunn looks to land a right hand but Ochoa moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Ochoa there.
No luck for Dunn with that takedown attempt.
Ochoa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dunn looks for the body kick but Ochoa saw that one coming.
A low kick from Dunn misses
and Ochoa counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ochoa lands a nice shot that snaps Dunn's head back.
Dunn jabs at Ochoa's body.
Ochoa swings for the body but Dunn moves out of range.
Ochoa throws a wild body kick that Dunn sees coming a mile off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dunn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ochoa on the side of the head.
Ochoa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheers as Dunn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ochoa doesn't seem phased though.
Ochoa checks a low kick from Dunn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Danny Ochoa will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from Dunn. Those never looked like landing.
Ochoa throws a head kick that misses.

Dunn moves into the clinch.

Ochoa manages to break the clinch.
Dunn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ochoa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dunn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ochoa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dunn cracks a nice hook into Ochoa's ribs.

Dunn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ochoa pushes Dunn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ochoa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dunn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ochoa prevents it.
Dunn lands an elbow just above Ochoa 's eye.
Ochoa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ochoa avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ochoa avoids it.
A short right from Ochoa on the inside.
Nice body punch from Ochoa.
Dunn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ochoa avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Ochoa.
Ochoa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dunn.
Dunn blocking some punches.
Ochoa misses with some punches.
Ochoa pushes Dunn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ochoa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Dunn.
Ochoa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dunn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ochoa avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ochoa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunn is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short right from Ochoa on the inside.
Ochoa lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunn looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunn.
Ochoa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dunn.
Dunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ochoa throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunn.
Dunn slowing the pace effectively.
Dunn tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Dunn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dunn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ochoa.
Dunn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ochoa avoiding damage as Dunn throws knees to the body.
Ochoa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dunn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ochoa avoids the damage to the body.
Dunn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dunn throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Ochoa managing to block the knees to the body from Dunn.
Ochoa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ochoa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dunn prevents a body shot from Ochoa.
Ochoa works on Dunn's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Ochoa.
Ochoa stops a takedown attempt from Dunn.

Ochoa manages to break the clinch.
Ochoa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dunn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ochoa scrambles back to his feet.
Danny Ochoa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dunn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ochoa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dunn.
Ochoa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mark Dunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ochoa manages to avoid it.
Ochoa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Ochoa coming out on top.
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!
Ochoa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ochoa scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ochoa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dunn throws an overhand right that lands on Ochoa's shoulder, as Ochoa tries to avoid the shot.
Dunn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ochoa lands a lovely overhand right.
Dunn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A left lands for Ochoa.
Dunn staying out of range there.
Ochoa cracks Dunn on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Dunn falls backwards against the cage. Ochoa follows up with more strikes that drop Dunn to his knees. Ochoa keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Dunn! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Ochoa!
Danny Ochoa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.