PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dean Duggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manolito Damhuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duggan comes into the arena with The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Duggan
vs
Damhuis

181 cm
34
169 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

184 cm
28
177 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

King of Clothes
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Duggan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manolito Damhuis!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duggan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Damhuis follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Duggan misses.
Damhuis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duggan.
Damhuis feints the counter takedown.
Duggan avoids a kick to the body.
Duggan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Damhuis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Duggan misses with a wild combination.
Duggan throws out a loose jab but Damhuis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damhuis scores with a push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damhuis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duggan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Damhuis.
Duggan swings for the body but Damhuis moves out of range.
Damhuis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duggan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damhuis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duggan throws a front kick that sends Damhuis stumbling back into the cage.
Duggan throws the left hand but Damhuis avoids the punch easily.
Duggan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duggan looks to throw the jab but Damhuis is out of range.
Duggan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damhuis's calf.
Damhuis swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Damhuis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Damhuis throws out a counter right but Duggan avoids it with no problem.
Duggan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Damhuis.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damhuis ducks right into an uppercut from Duggan.
Duggan avoids the body shot from Damhuis.
Damhuis checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duggan tries to land a body kick
and Damhuis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damhuis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duggan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Damhuis. That one must have hurt.
Duggan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Damhuis's corner calls for a 1-2. Damhuis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Duggan misses with a combination
and Damhuis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Duggan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Duggan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dean Duggan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Duggan darts in and clinches Damhuis up against the cage.
Damhuis misses with a punch to the body.
Damhuis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duggan backwards.
Damhuis wants to take the fight to the mat but Duggan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duggan backwards.
Duggan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duggan tries a body shot but Damhuis blocks it.
Damhuis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Damhuis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Damhuis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duggan blocks a body shot from Damhuis.
Duggan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damhuis's elbow.

Duggan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duggan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duggan digs a good hook to Damhuis's body.
Duggan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damhuis's calf.
Dean Duggan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damhuis connects with a looping right hand.
Duggan scores with a kick to the body.
Damhuis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damhuis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duggan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duggan lands a slapping body shot.
Damhuis looks to score with a jab to the body but Duggan is just out of range.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damhuis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Duggan is out of range.
Damhuis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duggan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A low kick from Duggan is predictable there
and Damhuis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Damhuis defending well as Duggan loads up on a big left hand.
Damhuis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Duggan avoids the head kick by Damhuis.
Duggan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Damhuis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Duggan counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Duggan dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Damhuis scoring well with a low kick there.
Damhuis throws a front kick aimed at Duggan's knee but Duggan avoids it well.
Duggan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A big right from Damhuis misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duggan, right into the meat.
Damhuis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Duggan misses.
Damhuis tried to score with a low kick but Duggan checks it.
Duggan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damhuis takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duggan misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duggan.
Duggan just misses with a punch to the body.
Damhuis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Damhuis.
Duggan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Damhuis manages to avoid it.
Damhuis with the counter takedown but Duggan avoids it easily.
Duggan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Damhuis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Dean Duggan has been cut.
Duggan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Damhuis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duggan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Damhuis can do to turn this around?
A bone on bone clash there as Damhuis blocks the leg kick.
Duggan looks to throw the jab but Damhuis is out of range.
Damhuis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duggan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Damhuis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan defending well as Damhuis loads up on a big left hand.
Damhuis misses with a low kick.
Duggan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Damhuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damhuis throws a leg kick that misses.
Duggan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duggan jabs at Damhuis's body.
That kick from Duggan tenderised Damhuis's leg. Damhuis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duggan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Damhuis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Damhuis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duggan.
Duggan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damhuis changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Duggan misses with a wild body shot.
Damhuis lands with a good body shot.
Damhuis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Duggan misses.
Duggan defending well as Damhuis loads up on a big left hand.
Damhuis slips a jab and a cross from Duggan.
Duggan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Damhuis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duggan.
Damhuis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Damhuis throws a body punch but Duggan moves out of range.
Damhuis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Duggan throws a poor cross that misses

and Damhuis counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Duggan!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duggan seems a little lost for a moment, as Damhuis dominates the positioning.
Damhuis cracks Duggan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Damhuis cracks Duggan with a big elbow.
Duggan keeps Damhuis under control for a moment.
Damhuis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Damhuis working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Duggan is trying to get back to half guard.
Damhuis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Duggan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dean Duggan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Damhuis throws a body shot but no joy.
Duggan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Duggan throws a lazy uppercut
and Damhuis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Damhuis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Duggan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Damhuis in his tracks.
Damhuis throws a leg kick that misses.
Damhuis looks for the body kick but Duggan saw that one coming.
Damhuis swings widly with a right hand
and Duggan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duggan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Duggan.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duggan checks a leg kick.
Damhuis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Damhuis in his tracks.
Damhuis scores with a jab to the head.
Duggan jabs Damhuis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Damhuis with a hook.
Nice shot lands for Damhuis.
Duggan throws a looping overhand right but Damhuis ducks down to avoid it.
Duggan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Damhuis misses with a wild body shot.
Duggan lands a nice hook to Damhuis's body. Damhuis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Damhuis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Duggan connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duggan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Damhuis has time to react.
Duggan scores with a nice head shot.
Duggan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duggan tests Damhuis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Damhuis is looking to chop away at Duggan's legs.
Damhuis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Damhuis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Duggan throws a hook but Damhuis blocks it.
A big right from Damhuis misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Damhuis. That's going to slow Duggan down.
Duggan looks for the body kick but Damhuis saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Damhuis misses its intended target.
Damhuis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Duggan if he has to take too many more of those.
Duggan looks to land a right hand but Damhuis moved out of range.
Nice jab there from Damhuis.
Damhuis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duggan.
Damhuis throws a low kick but Duggan moves out of range easily.
Damhuis keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Damhuis! But no joy.
Damhuis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duggan.
A swing and a miss from Duggan.
And Damhuis tries to counter it with a takedown but Duggan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duggan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damhuis moves away.
Duggan throws the left hand but Damhuis avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dean Duggan is winning the standup battle so far.
Damhuis ducks under a wild hook from Duggan.
Damhuis thows a body kick. Duggan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Duggan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damhuis circles away quickly and effectively.
Duggan misses with a two punch combination.
Damhuis moves away from the strike by Duggan.
Duggan lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duggan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duggan blocks a head kick by Damhuis.
It looked like Duggan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Duggan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Damhuis with the counter takedown but Duggan avoids it easily.
Damhuis moves out of range as Duggan throws a body kick.
Damhuis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Dean Duggan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Dean Duggan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Duggan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Duggan has closed the distance and engaged Damhuis in a clinch.
Duggan being controlled against the cage.
Duggan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damhuis prevents a body shot from Duggan.
Duggan blocks an uppercut.
Duggan tries to work over Damhuis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Damhuis can't find room to land a body shot as Duggan controls the action.

Damhuis breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Duggan misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duggan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duggan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Damhuis.
An attempted straight right counter from Duggan misses the target.
Duggan misses with a double jab.

Damhuis gets tackled into the cage by Duggan. Duggan maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duggan breaks from the clinch.
Damhuis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duggan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Duggan stuns Damhuis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Damhuis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Damhuis.
Duggan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Damhuis.
Duggan throws a jab when Damhuis was well out of range.
Damhuis feints the counter takedown.
Duggan moves away from the strike by Damhuis.
Duggan tries to move into range but Damhuis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duggan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damhuis moves away.
Duggan tries a low kick but Damhuis avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Damhuis has time to react.
Damhuis throws a shot from downtown. Duggan moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Duggan misses the target.
Damhuis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damhuis misses with a looping left.
Duggan is looking for a counter combo.

Duggan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Damhuis, pushing him back against the cage.
Duggan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duggan misses with a punch on the inside.
Damhuis blocks an uppercut.
Duggan scores with a shot to the side of Damhuis's head.
Damhuis can't get the takedown.
Duggan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Damhuis tries for a takedown but Duggan manages to get underhooks.
Duggan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duggan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damhuis blocks a body shot from Duggan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis is trying to push Duggan away but Duggan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Duggan lands with a light punch inside.

Duggan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Damhuis finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Duggan missing with a left hand there. Damhuis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duggan throws a push kick but Damhuis slaps the foot to one side.
A shot to the liver by Duggan. Beautiful body shot.
Duggan lands a body shot.
Damhuis misses with a low kick.
Decent striking displayed by Duggan there.
Damhuis scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Duggan has closed the distance and engaged Damhuis in a clinch.

Duggan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duggan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Damhuis is out of range.
And Damhuis tries to counter it with a takedown but Duggan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duggan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Duggan looks to score with a jab to the body but Damhuis is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duggan checks a leg kick.
Duggan throws the left hand but Damhuis avoids the punch easily.
Damhuis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Damhuis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Duggan cracks Damhuis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duggan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duggan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Damhuis.
Duggan defending well as Damhuis loads up on a big left hand.
Duggan scores with a jab. Damhuis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Duggan had his way with Manolito Damhuis in that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Duggan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Damhuis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Damhuis lands in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Damhuis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Damhuis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Damhuis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damhuis trying to control but Duggan is working from the bottom.
Damhuis postures up in Duggan's guard and throws a big left but Duggan blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damhuis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Damhuis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Duggan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duggan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damhuis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duggan finds it's way round the side to connect with Damhuis's head.
Duggan misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Damhuis to counter with a crisp jab.
Damhuis just misses with a punch to the body.
Duggan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Damhuis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Duggan tries to score with a low kick but Damhuis moves his leg out of the way.
Duggan throws a body kick that misses

and Damhuis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Damhuis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Damhuis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Duggan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Damhuis lands strikes from half guard.
Duggan is trying to get back to full guard.
Duggan works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Damhuis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Duggan's head.
Damhuis throwing strikes from guard but Duggan blocks nicely.
Damhuis throwing strikes from guard but Duggan blocks nicely.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Manolito Damhuis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Damhuis throwing strikes from guard but Duggan blocks nicely.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Damhuis shoots for a takedown but Duggan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
It looked like Duggan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Damhuis.
Danga de danga de dang - Damhuis scores with a four punch combination!
Damhuis misses with a looping right.
Duggan ducks under a wild hook from Damhuis.
Duggan scoring well with a low kick there.
Duggan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Duggan as he connects with a hook.
Duggan throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duggan cracks Damhuis with an open hand slap.
Duggan lands a body shot.
Damhuis throws the left hand but Duggan avoids the punch easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manolito Damhuis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Duggan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Duggan!
Dean Duggan retains his welterweight title!
Dean Duggan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.