PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Dumas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Sailor Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dumas comes into the arena with The Writer blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dumas
vs
Sailor Man

170 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

171 cm
20
164 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandre Dumas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, The Sailor Man!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Man has managed to clinch.
Dumas tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Dumas tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Dumas lands an uppercut.
Man can't find room to land a body shot as Dumas controls the action.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Man has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dumas lands a shoulder strike.
Dumas lands a hook that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Man tries to pull guard but Dumas forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dumas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dumas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Dumas.
Dumas lands a right hand.
Dumas struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
Dumas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dumas lands a left hand.
Man goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dumas prevents it.
Dumas tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Dumas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dumas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man takes a shot to the head.
Dumas is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Alexandre Dumas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Sailor Man.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Man throws a solid leg kick but Dumas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Man.
Some bone on bone action there as Dumas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Man wants to slow Dumas down by chopping away at his legs.
Man keeps Dumas at a distance using the push kick.
Dumas checks the leg kick.
Dumas slaps away a takedown attempt from Man, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck for Man with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a leg kick.
Man is looking to slow Dumas down with leg kicks.
Man throws a leg kick but Dumas moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.

Man closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dumas lands a shoulder strike.
Dumas lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumas scores with a shoulder strike.

Man has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dumas uses from the top position.
Dumas tries to stand but Man is controlling from the bottom.

Man throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Man 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.

Man escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dumas gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dumas has passed into side control.
Dumas tries to stand but Man is controlling his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but The Sailor Man will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dumas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Man.
The Sailor Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dumas checks a low kick from Man.
Man throws a solid leg kick but Dumas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Man.
Man darts in looking for a takedown but Dumas gets double underhooks and turns Man into the cage.
Man is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice left hand lands by Dumas.
Man tries for a takedown but Dumas manages to get underhooks.
Alexandre Dumas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Sailor Man.
Dumas lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Dumas.
Dumas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dumas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dumas stalling against the cage.
Dumas is pressed up against the cage. Man has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dumas down to the mat. Dumas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lands with an overhand left.
Man shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dumas but Dumas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Man throws a leg kick but Dumas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Man tries a low kick but Dumas avoids it.
Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Alexandre Dumas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Man closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dumas circles away.
Man lands with a thumping leg kick.
Man pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dumas is out of range and Man settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Man throws a push kick but Dumas slaps the foot to one side.
Man misses with a looping left.
Alexandre Dumas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good work by Dumas as he checks the leg kick.
Dumas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Man closes the distance and clinches.
Man tries to work over Dumas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dumas stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumas looking to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dumas.
Man looking for a takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dumas.
Dumas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dumas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dumas just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dumas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Dumas lands a shot to the body.
Man prevents a body shot from Dumas.
Dumas is leaning against Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dumas.
Man is looking for a takedown.
Man is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Dumas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dumas lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumas lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Dumas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dumas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Man jumps guard but Dumas turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dumas digs a right hand into Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Man's gas tank.
Dumas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Dumas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dumas scores with a hook to the body.
Dumas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dumas.
Dumas lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dumas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Man tries to pull guard but Dumas holds him up against the cage and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dumas gets underhooks to prevent Man's takedown attempt.
Dumas scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Dumas dominated that second round.
That's time! Dumas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Man misses with a leg kick
and Dumas counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.

Man is rocked!
Man throws a low kick but Dumas avoids it.
Man throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Man tries to land a leg kick but Dumas saw it coming and moves away.
Man tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Man throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Man thumps Dumas with a low kick.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Dumas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Man pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Man misses.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dumas.

Man gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dumas lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Dumas.
Dumas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Dumas is leaning against Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Man takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dumas stalling the fight.
Dumas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dumas lands a nice uppercut.
Dumas gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man is still on wobbly legs! Can Dumas finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dumas lands a nice shot to the body.
Man seems to have recovered his senses.
Dumas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dumas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alexandre Dumas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dumas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dumas blocking some punches.
Dumas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Dumas on the inside.
Dumas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dumas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Man.
Dumas scores with a shot to the side of Man's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dumas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Dumas.
Man's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Dumas.
Dumas creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Man with a big uppercut! Man tries to clinch up but Dumas pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Man to the mat! Man covers up and Dumas unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alexandre Dumas!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexandre Dumas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.