PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dunphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flying Knee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dunphy
vs
Knee

181 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 Los Angeles, Frank Dunphy!
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, Flying Knee!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knee clinches up against the cage.
Dunphy managing to block the knees to the body from Knee.
Knee misses with a knee strike.
Knee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dunphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dunphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dunphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dunphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dunphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunphy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knee lands a knee to the body.
Knee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dunphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Dunphy presses Knee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dunphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knee misses with a knee to the head.
Knee missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Dunphy on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunphy stalling against the cage.
Dunphy lands a right hand.
Dunphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Dunphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dunphy lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dunphy avoids it.
A short right from Dunphy on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dunphy.
Dunphy has Knee pushed against the cage.
Knee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dunphy avoids it.
Dunphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dunphy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Knee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dunphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dunphy avoids it.
Knee looks winded!
Dunphy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dunphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dunphy effectively controlling the action here.
Dunphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Dunphy.
Dunphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knee backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dunphy is defending well for now.
Knee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dunphy lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knee being controlled against the cage.
Knee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dunphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dunphy lands a right hand.
Knee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dunphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Dunphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knees head.
Dunphy lands a shoulder strike.
Dunphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dunphy stalling.
Dunphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Dunphy.
Dunphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Dunphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dunphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Knee looking to throw knees to the head but Dunphy is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dunphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dunphy lands an uppercut.
Knee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dunphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dunphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dunphy digs a right hand underneath Knee's ribcage. Knee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dunphy stalling.
Dunphy pushes Knee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dunphy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dunphy avoiding damage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dunphy for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dunphy scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Dunphy on the inside.
Dunphy digs a right hand underneath Knee's ribcage. Knee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dunphy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dunphy gets through Knee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dunphy lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dunphy lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Dunphy on the inside.
Dunphy lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dunphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knee or not.
Dunphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Knee up against the cage.
Dunphy stalling in the clinch.
Dunphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Knee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dunphy avoids it.
Dunphy lands with a light punch inside.
Knee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dunphy lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dunphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Dunphy.
Dunphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Come on Dunphy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knee letting Dunphy take a breather here.
A shot in the inside from Dunphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dunphy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dunphy digs a right hand into Knee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knee's gas tank.
Dunphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dunphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Dunphy pushes Knee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knee being controlled against the cage.
Frank Dunphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dunphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Dunphy.
Dunphy gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knee lands a good knee to the midsection. Dunphy won't want to take too many of those.
Knee misses with a knee strike.
Dunphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Knee is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Dunphy.
Dunphy pushes Knee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dunphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dunphy lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Come on Dunphy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dunphy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dunphy.
Dunphy lands a left hand.
Dunphy lands with a light punch inside.
Dunphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dunphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dunphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Dunphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knee can do to turn this around?
Dunphy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dunphy stalling the fight.
Dunphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dunphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Dunphy presses Knee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dunphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Knee backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dunphy.
Come on Dunphy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short left from Dunphy.
Knee letting Dunphy take a breather here.
Dunphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Knee misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Dunphy on the inside.
Dunphy scores with a shoulder strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dunphy leaning against his opponent.
Dunphy gets through Knee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dunphy is defending well for now.
Dunphy scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dunphy.
Dunphy scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dunphy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dunphy lands a left hand.
Dunphy stalling against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Knee obliges.
Dunphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dunphy avoiding damage as Knee throws knees to the body.
Dunphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dunphy lands a left hand.
Dunphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dunphy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knee.
Dunphy lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Dunphy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Dunphy.
Dunphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dunphy digs a right hand underneath Knee's ribcage. Knee let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunphy lands a nice uppercut.
Dunphy scores with a shot to the side of Knee's head.
Dunphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dunphy works on Knee's body with a couple of short punches.
A bit of stalling here from Dunphy.
Knee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dunphy avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Dunphy.
Dunphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knee being controlled against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dunphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dunphy lands a left hand.
Knee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Dunphy.
Dunphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Dunphy leaning against his opponent.
Dunphy scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dunphy dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab by Dunphy.
Knee walks into a jab.

Knee forces Dunphy back against the cage and clinches.
Knee tries to land knees in the clinch but Dunphy avoids the damage to the body.
Dunphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dunphy lands with a right to the head.
Knee looking to throw knees to the head but Dunphy is blocking nicely.
Knee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dunphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dunphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dunphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dunphy lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Dunphy.
Dunphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dunphy scores with a shot to the side of Knee's head.

Knee is rocked!
Dunphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knee is still on wobbly legs! Can Dunphy finish him?
Knee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dunphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Dunphy stalling.
Dunphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dunphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knees head.
Dunphy creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Knee with a big uppercut! Knee tries to clinch up but Dunphy pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Knee to the mat! Knee covers up and Dunphy unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Dunphy!