PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggler has chosen spill the wine- Eric Burdon and War as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dunham
vs
Diggler

172 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeremy Dunham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dirk Diggler!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler is looking to clinch.
Dunham cracks Diggler with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Dirk Diggler has been cut.

Diggler has managed to clinch.
Dunham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunham backwards.
Dunham looking to slow down the pace here.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Dunham prevents a body shot from Diggler.
Dunham throws a punch but it's blocked by Diggler.

Diggler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diggler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunham.
Dunham keeps the fight on the outside.
Dunham looks to land a left hand but Diggler moved out of range nicely.
Diggler moves in looking to clinch but Dunham pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dunham moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dunham throws a jab but it's blocked by Diggler.
Dunham lands with a good body shot.
Dunham lands a nice looking body shot.
Dunham lands a jab to the nose.
Diggler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunham.
Dunham is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diggler.
Dunham bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diggler's head.
Dunham looks to score with a jab to the body but Diggler is just out of range.
Dunham uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Dunham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diggler does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diggler defending well as Dunham loads up on a big left hand.
Diggler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diggler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunham was well out of range. Poor timing from Diggler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diggler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diggler avoids the body shot from Dunham.
Dunham looks to land a left hand but Diggler moved out of range nicely.
Dunham throws a hook but Diggler avoids it easily.
Diggler staying out of range there.

Diggler forces Dunham back against the cage and clinches.

Diggler breaks the clinch.
Dunham misses with a straight left.
Dunham walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diggler checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Diggler has Dunham up against the cage in a clinch.
Diggler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dunham working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunham.
Diggler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Diggler.

Diggler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dunham misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Diggler holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dunham throws a solid leg kick but Diggler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dunham.
Diggler needs to keep his hands up - Dunham had a free shot at his head there.

Diggler closes the distance and clinches.
Dunham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dunham struggles to land a body shot inside as Diggler controls his hands.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diggler lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diggler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dunham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diggler takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Diggler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Diggler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dunham fails to land.
Diggler has Dunham pressed against the cage, preventing Dunham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Diggler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dunham walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dunham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diggler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jeremy Dunham will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Diggler's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dunham throws a monster overhand right that drops Diggler! Dunham follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Dunham!
After the fight, Jeremy Dunham was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Dirk Diggler was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm better than that fool (looks in the mirror, flexes, then cries)'.