PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Dudley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enson Inoue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Enson Inoue has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luther Dudley's chin.

Dudley
vs
Inoue

186 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luther Dudley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Enson Inoue!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dudley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dudley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Inoue's waist but Inoue gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dudley off to one side.
Inoue fails to land with a series of punches.
Inoue lands a nice hook to Dudley's body. Dudley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A shot to the body from Inoue misses
and Dudley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dudley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Inoue scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Luther Dudley has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dudley misses with a takedown attempt

and Inoue decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dudley's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Inoue loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Inoue stands up and waves to Dudley to follow him.
Dudley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dudley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luther Dudley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Inoue digs a good hook to Dudley's body.
Inoue moves out of range as Dudley throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Inoue. Those never looked like landing.
Dudley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Inoue throws a series of punches but Dudley avoids them all with ease.
Dudley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dudley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab from Inoue.
The fight stays on the outside here - Inoue looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dudley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Some wild striking there from Inoue.
Inoue drops Dudley with a big left hand! Dudley is injured, injured bad! Inoue jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enson Inoue!