PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Dunlop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Vinny Martin has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Martin
vs
Dunlop

176 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vinny Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, James Dunlop!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dunlop clinches with his opponent.
Dunlop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dunlop is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Dunlop manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Dunlop pushes Martin off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
An inside leg kick lands from Martin.

Dunlop has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dunlop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martin has him pressed against the cage.
Dunlop lands with a light punch inside.
Dunlop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Dunlop.
Martin tries for a takedown but Dunlop manages to get underhooks.
Dunlop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunlop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunlop is leaning against Martin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin tries for a takedown but Dunlop manages to get underhooks.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin tries to clinch up but Dunlop circles away and keeps his distance.
Martin tries a head kick but it misses.

Dunlop pushes Martin up against the cage in a clinch.
Martin prevents Dunlop from breaking the clinch.
Martin avoids the elbow strike from Dunlop, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin has had enough of the clinch but Dunlop keeps him there for the moment.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dunlop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dunlop ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Dunlop tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Martin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Martin can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinny Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dunlop is trying to break free.
Martin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dunlop gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dunlop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dunlop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martin tries for a takedown but Dunlop manages to get underhooks.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Dunlop has him pressed against the cage.
Dunlop is trying to break free.
Dunlop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin fails to pull guard.
Dunlop is trying to break the clinch but Martin has him pressed against the cage.
Dunlop prevents Martin from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dunlop tries to pull guard but Martin holds him up against the cage and eventually Dunlop drops back down to his feet.
Dunlop tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin tries to pull guard but Dunlop holds him up against the cage and eventually Martin drops back down to his feet.
Martin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dunlop just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dunlop throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Dunlop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dunlop is working for takedown but Martin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Martin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dunlop misses with a knee strike.
Dunlop wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dunlop.
Martin with a knee to the head.
Dunlop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martin tries to pull guard but Dunlop won't allow it.

Dunlop has Martin pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Dunlop pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Martin tumbling to the mat - Dunlop dives into Martin's guard.
Dunlop looks gassed!
Martin trying to keep a closed guard but Dunlop is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dunlop gets to his feet - Martin follows without any prompting.
Dunlop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dunlop swats away the attempt to clinch by Martin.
James Dunlop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dunlop closes the distance and clinches.
Martin fails to pull guard.
Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dunlop lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martin fails to pull guard.
Dunlop lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dunlop walks away with a smile on his face. Martin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dunlop tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.
Dunlop connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Martin's hands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dunlop tries to clinch up.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunlop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martin throws the left hand but Dunlop avoids the punch easily.

Dunlop forces Martin back against the cage and clinches.
Dunlop throws a head punch that misses.
Martin tries to pull guard but Dunlop won't allow it.
Martin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dunlop just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dunlop looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Martin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Martin lands with a right to the head.
Martin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dunlop's face.
Dunlop tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Martin just stands there and leans against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dunlop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunlop has double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Dunlop dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dunlop tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martin paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dunlop closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dunlop.
Dunlop tries for a takedown but Martin manages to get underhooks.
Martin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dunlop is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dunlop misses with a knee strike.
Dunlop throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Dunlop fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martin.
Dunlop misses with a knee to the head.
Martin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Dunlop.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Martin on the inside.
Martin is trying to break free.
A shot in the inside from Martin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dunlop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dunlop tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Martin landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin wants a takedown but no success here.
A right hook to the body lands for Martin.
Martin lands a right hand.
Martin jumps guard but Dunlop stands there with Martin around his waist. Martin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinny Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dunlop lands a right hand.
Martin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dunlop backwards.
Dunlop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dunlop walks away with a smile on his face. Martin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Martin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dunlop doesn't manage to clinch there - Martin circles away.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dunlop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dunlop tries to clinch
and Martin counters with a right hand to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dunlop avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Martin is leaning against Dunlop and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Martin wants to stall.
Martin with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martin.
Martin blocking some punches.
Martin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dunlop just stands there and leans against the cage.

Dunlop pulls guard successfully.
Martin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dunlop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Dunlop isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Martin stacks Dunlop on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Martin!
Martin taking a break here but Dunlop is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin prevents Dunlop from standing back up.
Dunlop is refusing to be controlled, as Martin sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin trying to pass the guard but Dunlop defending well.
Dunlop is pressing down on Martin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Dunlop working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Dunlop is tightening it up a little... Martin has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Martin reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Martin taps out! nice BJJ there by Dunlop!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). James Dunlop!