PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefano Dufinbeger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damo Dustup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dufinbeger comes to the cage accompanied by Steppin Stone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dufinbeger
vs
Dustup

200 cm
31
275 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

225 cm
34
300 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stefano Dufinbeger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damo Dustup!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dustup scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Stefano Dufinbeger has been cut.
Dufinbeger fails to land with a series of punches.
Dustup pushes Dufinbeger away with a front kick.
Dufinbeger is breathing heavily.
Dustup misses with a few strikes there.
Dufinbeger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dustup has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dufinbeger is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dustup throws a nice looking combination but Dufinbeger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dustup looks to land a combination but Dufinbeger avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Dufinbeger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dufinbeger walks into a stiff left hand from Dustup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dustup throws a nice looking combination but Dufinbeger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dufinbeger ducks straight into an uppercut from Dustup and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Dufinbeger manages to regain guard straight away.

Dufinbeger is rocked!
Dustup must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dustup prevents Dufinbeger from getting back to his feet.
Dustup in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dustup accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dustup wants to get up but he can't break Dufinbeger's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dustup throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dufinbeger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dustup throwing strikes but missing.
Dustup working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dufinbeger is trying to control the position but Dustup postures up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dufinbeger lands the left hand.
Dustup lands with an uppercut that bounces Dufinbeger off the cage and back into range.
Dufinbeger throws a series of punches but Dustup moves out of range.
Dufinbeger missing with a left hand there. Dustup was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dufinbeger seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dustup connects with a nice looking jab.
Dustup looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Dustup steps into range and cracks Dufinbeger with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Dufinbeger flops backwards and Dustup dives into his guard looking to finish!
Oh Dufinbeger is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dustup stands up over Dufinbeger, holding on to his feet. Dustup throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Dufinbeger is out cold! Dustup lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Damo Dustup!
Damo Dustup spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.