PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Bondurant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmund Dorrance Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bondurant
vs
Dorrance Jr

188 cm
27
212 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
222 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Forrest Bondurant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Edmund Dorrance Jr!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorrance Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Bondurant is just out of range.
Bondurant appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bondurant lands a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bondurant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bondurant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bondurant is looking to clinch.
Dorrance Jr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dorrance Jr misses with an uppercut.
Dorrance Jr throws the left hand but Bondurant avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bondurant throws a big shot that misses.
A left lands for Dorrance Jr.
A head kick from Dorrance Jr lands but Bondurant takes it in his stride.

It looks like Forrest Bondurant has been cut.
Dorrance Jr throws a head kick but Bondurant moves out of range.
Bondurant looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorrance Jr gets tackled into the cage by Bondurant. Bondurant maintains the clinch.
Dorrance Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Dorrance Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Bondurant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bondurant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice jab there from Bondurant.
Nice cross by Bondurant.
Good standup being displayed there by Dorrance Jr as he connects with a hook.
Bondurant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dorrance Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bondurant backing away here, and Dorrance Jr unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bondurant tries to clinch up but Dorrance Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Bondurant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bondurant wants to clinch
and Dorrance Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorrance Jr misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dorrance Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Bondurant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bondurant is looking to clinch.
Bondurant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bondurant tries to clinch there but Dorrance Jr circles away.

Bondurant closes the distance and clinches.
Dorrance Jr tries a body shot but Bondurant blocks it.
Good body shot from Dorrance Jr.
Bondurant working aggressively here.
Bondurant trying to stall but Dorrance Jr improves his position.
Dorrance Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Bondurant controls his hands.
Dorrance Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dorrance Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Bondurant controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bondurant misses with a punch on the inside.
Dorrance Jr lands with a light punch inside.

Bondurant breaks from the clinch.
Bondurant throws a lazy uppercut
and Dorrance Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bondurant throws a looping overhand right but Dorrance Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Dorrance Jr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bondurants jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dorrance Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bondurant misses the target.
Bondurant scores with a nice strike.
Forrest Bondurant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dorrance Jr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Bondurant.
Bondurant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bondurant tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dorrance Jr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bondurant throws a hook to the side of Dorrance Jr's head but Dorrance Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dorrance Jr thinks about the counter body kick.
Dorrance Jr misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bondurant stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dorrance Jr.
Crunch! Dorrance Jr slams his shin into Bondurant's torso.
Dorrance Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bondurant is looking to clinch but Dorrance Jr is avoiding it.
Dorrance Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dorrance Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bondurant scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dorrance Jr in his tracks.
A jab from Bondurant misses.
Bondurant is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bondurant fails to land with a series of punches.
Bondurant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dorrance Jr raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dorrance Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dorrance Jr - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Dorrance Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Forrest Bondurant's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dorrance Jr sends Bondurant crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Dorrance Jr is motioning to the referee to let Bondurant up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Dorrance Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Dorrance Jr feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Bondurant sprawling to the canvas! Bondurant rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Dorrance Jr finish him?!

Bondurant is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bondurant gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Dorrance Jr points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Bondurant wakes up just in time to hear Dorrance Jr thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edmund Dorrance Jr!
Edmund Dorrance Jr decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.