QFC Tournament 226 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Dunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lebron James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunn comes to the cage accompanied by I Aint got no Worries. Lebron James is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dunn
vs
James

188 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Dunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lebron James!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunn thuds a left hand into James's body.
Dunn throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Dunn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

James shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
James advances to half guard.
Dunn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for James on the ground.
Dunn looks like he's trying to stand up.
James winds up and cracks Dunn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dunn trying to control here.

James is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dunn doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time James.
James scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James slips a nice elbow through Dunn's hands, connecting with Dunn's forehead.
Dunn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dunn tries to get out of the position.
James drops an elbow to the side of Dunn's head.

James is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dunn wants to get back to his feet.
James working the head and body with strikes.
James stops Dunn from getting back to his feet.
Dunn is in trouble now - James has advanced to mount!
James with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dunn's face.
James lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dunn's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
James punishing his opponent with strikes.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

James is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dunn is surviving well by controlling James's body position as best he can.
James in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Dunn is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Dunn bigstyle! Two more strikes land for James and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lebron James!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
94%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Haynes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Take Home (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haynes comes to the cage accompanied by Song 2 by Blur. The key to victory for Daniel Haynes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Haynes
vs
Home

182 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Haynes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Take Home!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haynes slaps away a takedown attempt from Home, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Home throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Haynes's waist but Haynes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Home off to one side.
Haynes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Home backs up against the cage.
Home stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haynes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Home changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Haynes tries to avoid it but Home manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Haynes to the ground. Haynes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Daniel Haynes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Take Home.
Haynes stuns Home with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Home shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haynes but Haynes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Haynes!
Home has a takedown stuffed.
Haynes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Home's head.
Haynes scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haynes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Home has a takedown stuffed.
Danga de danga de dang - Haynes scores with a four punch combination!
Home shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Haynes - that will leave a mark!
Home looks winded!
Haynes throws a series of strikes that have Home backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haynes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Haynes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Home backs up against the cage.
Danga de danga de dang - Haynes scores with a four punch combination!
Haynes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haynes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sloppy strikes from Haynes. Those never looked like landing.
Home fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Haynes misses with a series of wild punches.
Home slips a jab and a cross from Haynes.
Haynes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haynes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Home looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Home drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Home as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Haynes screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Home! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Take Home!