PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patrick River (ranked 278 p4p, 341 weight class) and Papa Moosh Dambullah (ranked 38 p4p, 49 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Walk. Dambullah has chosen Boom Boom as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

River
vs
Dambullah

188 cm
30
186
15 - 11 - 1

190 cm
33
187
35 - 14 - 0

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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 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Patrick River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Moosh Dambullah!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dambullah fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and River has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
River misses with a body shot.
Dambullah misses with an uppercut. River saw that one coming.
River tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dambullah was well out of range. Poor timing from River.
River dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dambullah. That did some damage!
A telegraphed right hand from River misses the target.
Dambullah misses with a body shot.
River is looking to chop away at Dambullah's legs.
River drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
River scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dambullah scores with a leg kick.
Dambullah moves out of range as River strikes.
River throws an off balance right hand
and Dambullah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from River lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dambullah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dambullah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dambullah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
River has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dambullah finds it's way round the side to connect with River's head.
Dambullah works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
River looks to land a combination but Dambullah avoids it well.
River throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dambullah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dambullah lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dambullah lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
River swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dambullah throws out a counter right but River avoids it with no problem.
River finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dambullah has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
River lands with a cross.
River misses with a two punch combination.
River misses the shot to the body.
River throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
River misses with an uppercut.
River dives in for a single leg takedown but Dambullah sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dambullah cracks River with a nice body shot.
River struggles to land a body shot inside as Dambullah controls his hands.
Dambullah is leaning against River and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
River misses with the head strike.
A short right from Dambullah.
Dambullah misses with the head strike.
River working aggressively here.
Dambullah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dambullah lands a body punch.
Dambullah scores with a hook to the body.
River is breathing heavily.
Dambullah lands a right hand that snaps the head of River backwards.
Dambullah has a couple of punches blocked by River.
River is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dambullah to keep the fight standing.
Dambullah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
River lands an uppercut.
River is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick River. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dambullah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dambullah.
Dambullah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of River backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for River.
A nice left hand lands by Dambullah.
River lands a nice shot to the body.

Dambullah manages to break the clinch.
Dambullah lands a nice leg kick that just misses River's sensitive parts.
River throws a body punch but Dambullah moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Dambullah as he connects with a hook.
River throws a front kick aimed at Dambullah's knee but Dambullah avoids it well.
Dambullah only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A good leg kick by Dambullah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah tries to score with a low kick but River moves his leg out of the way.
A clash of legs there as Dambullah blocks the low kick.
Dambullah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dambullah feints and then cracks River's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow River down.
Dambullah cracks River with a good jab.
River misses with a low kick.
Papa Moosh Dambullah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
River throws an overhand right that lands on Dambullah's shoulder, as Dambullah tries to avoid the shot.
Dambullah throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
River throws a leg kick but Dambullah sees it coming and moves out of range.
River attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
River tries to clinch up.
Dambullah fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and River has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A low kick from River misses
and Dambullah counters with a straight right hand.
River tries to clinch but Dambullah is having none of it.
Dambullah throws the kick towards the body but River avoids it.
Dambullah throws a shot from downtown. River moves away and avoids it.
River with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dambullah to score with a decent uppercut.
Dambullah misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - River looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
River fails with the takedown.
River throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dambullah counters with a low kick, right behind River 's knee.
Dambullah is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! River had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Dambullah moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River misses with a straight left.
River misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from River. Dambullah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dambullah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good standup being displayed there by Dambullah as he connects with a hook.
A nice leg kick from River, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dambullah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Dambullah coming out on top.
Jab, jab by River - just one landing.
Dambullah thumps River with a low kick.
Dambullah throws a chopping leg kick but River manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
River throws a leg kick
and Dambullah counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dambullah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dambullah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dambullah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dambullah throws a leg kick but River sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dambullah pivots, looking for a leg kick but River is out of range and Dambullah settles back down.
River is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jab from Dambullah.
Dambullah tests River's chin there with a solid looking shot.
River gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dambullah lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dambullah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but River was well out of range. Poor timing from Dambullah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dambullah misses the jab.
River swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Dambullah gets caught napping as River dives in and scores a takedown. Dambullah manages to retain guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dambullah seems keen to control River's posture.
River postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dambullah looking for a sweep. Not yet Dambullah, not yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dambullah wants to improve his position but instead River has moved into half guard.
Dambullah regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from River.
Dambullah lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

River seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
River is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dambullah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah preventing the sweep.
River has control of Dambullah's left arm, preventing Dambullah from doing any damage.
River keeping moving, preventing Dambullah from controlling successfully.
Dambullah passes River's left leg - he's now in half guard.
River is concentrating on defense, preventing Dambullah from advancing position.
Dambullah takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

River looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dambullah is thwarting River's attempts to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
River swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Papa Moosh Dambullah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
River throws a body punch but Dambullah moves out of range.
Dambullah connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
River waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dambullah.
Dambullah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from River.
Dambullah thumps River with a low kick.
Dambullah with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dambullah lands a jab to the nose.
Dambullah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
River stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
River scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
River shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dambullah sprawls well. Dambullah wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. River gets slowly back to his feet.
Dambullah lands the left hand.
River with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
River tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dambullah sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten River somewhat.
It seemed like Dambullah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Moosh Dambullah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

River shoots in but no luck this time.
River throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dambullah. That's going to slow River down.
River shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dambullah sprawls well. Dambullah wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. River gets slowly back to his feet.
Dambullah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dambullah connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Dambullah, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dambullah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dambullah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but River is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from River misses the target.
River misses with a low kick.
Dambullah scores with a leg kick.
Dambullah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
River slips under a jab.
Dambullah misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dambullah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. River sees it coming and avoids it easily.
River on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
River misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dambullah counters with a body kick.
Dambullah scores with a shot to the body.
Patrick River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Dambullah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
River uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dambullah.
Dambullah with the inside leg kick.
River misses with a low kick.
Dambullah throws a nice inside leg kick.
River uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dambullah.
River checks the leg kick nicely there.
River lands with a shot to the body.
River takes one to the chin there.
Dambullah moves out of range of the body kick from River.
Dambullah connects with a looping right hand.
Dambullah throws a front kick aimed at River's knee but River avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River throws a right hand that misses
and Dambullah counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circle momentarily. Dambullah darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
River swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dambullah was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dambullah moves out of range as River throws a body kick.
Dambullah lands a front kick.
Dambullah lands a head shot.
Dambullah scoring well with a low kick there.
River takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from River is defended easily by Dambullah.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick River. That's going to take a lot out of him.
River throws a sloppy head kick and Dambullah moves out of range easily.
River misses with a looping right.
River needs to keep his hands up - Dambullah had a free shot at his head there.
Good work by Dambullah as he checks the leg kick.
Patrick River has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dambullah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but River is out of range.
Dambullah bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dambullah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by River.
River tries to move into range but Dambullah moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dambullah throws a leg kick but River checks it.
River lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from River.
Papa Moosh Dambullah is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dambullah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.
River looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
River misses with a body shot.
Dambullah throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
River misses with a low kick.
Dambullah connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between River's hands.
River has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from River there as he acknowledges the shot.
River has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dambullah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River cracks Dambullah with an open hand slap.
Dambullah lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dambullah checks a leg kick nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Dambullah misses.
Jab, jab by Dambullah - just one landing.
River lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dambullah circles away quickly and effectively.
Dambullah lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
River lands with a good body shot.
River takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
River takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
River is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
River takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
River misses with a looping right.
River scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dambullah doesn't seem bothered though.
River throws a leg kick but Dambullah checks it.
A little jabbing left from Dambullah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
River connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Moosh Dambullah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dambullah winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papa Moosh Dambullah!
Papa Moosh Dambullah thanked the fans post fight for their support.