PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Dammon (ranked 7259 p4p, 22070 weight class) and Stipe Velasquez (ranked 643 p4p, 687 weight class). Velasquez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: OC Guns, by The Offspring. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dammon
vs
Velasquez

196 cm
63
269
37 - 27 - 1

187 cm
35
240
10 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Dammon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stipe Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velasquez scores with a body shot.
No joy there for Velasquez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dammon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Velasquez.
Dammon tries to counter with a takedown but Velasquez is quick to defend against it.
Velasquez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Velasquez looks to throw the jab but Dammon is out of range.
Dammon tries to counter with a takedown but Velasquez is quick to defend against it.
Velasquez takes a swing at Dammon's ribcage but misses.
Dammon drops down looking for a counter takedown but Velasquez sprawls and moves away.
Velasquez throws a right and a left that Dammon avoids nicely.
Velasquez scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dammon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Velasquez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dammon.
Velasquez looks to throw the jab but Dammon is out of range.
Stipe Velasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velasquez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dammon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dammon dodges the punch combination from Velasquez.
Dammon slips under a jab from Velasquez.
Dammon attempts a counter takedown but Velasquez avoids it well and moves away.
Dammon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Velasquez.
Dammon changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Velasquez feints a jab promting Dammon to slip. Velasquez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dammon slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Velasquez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Dammon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dammon prevents Velasquez from standing back up.

Velasquez kicks Dammon off and gets back to his feet.
Velasquez lands a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Velasquez misses.
Velasquez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dammon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dammon changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Velasquez misses with the combination.
Dammon half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Velasquez throws a combination. Dammon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Velasquez connects with a body shot.
Velasquez takes a swing at Dammon's ribcage but misses.
Dammon feinted with a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez throws a hook to the side of Dammon's head but Dammon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dammon takes one to the chin there.
Some wild striking there from Velasquez.
Velasquez misses with the combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velasquez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dammon backs up against the cage.
Dammon slips a jab and a cross from Velasquez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stipe Velasquez dominated that round.
That's time! Dammon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dammon moves forwards but Velasquez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Velasquez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Matt Dammon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Velasquez drops Dammon with a nice combination! Velasquez dives into Dammon's guard, looking to finish!

Dammon is rocked!

Velasquez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dammon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dammon feinted with a counter takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velasquez throws a series of punches but Dammon avoids them all with ease.
Velasquez lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Dammon goes down and covers up as Velasquez starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stipe Velasquez!
During a confident post fight interview, Stipe Velasquez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.