PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Panayotov (ranked 2812 p4p, 1665 weight class) and Pete Dunham (ranked 85 p4p, 40 weight class). Panayotov kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mad World - Gary Jules / Tears For Fears (Cover by Jasmine Thompson). Dunham has chosen Im Forever Blowing Bubbles as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nikolay Panayotov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Panayotov
vs
Dunham

196 cm
42
205
22 - 24 - 0

178 cm
29
170
6 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolay Panayotov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Dunham!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dunham rushes Panayotov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Panayotov lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunham backwards.
Panayotov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Panayotov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Panayotov tries to work over Dunham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dunham lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Nikolay Panayotov has been cut.
Panayotov takes a shot to the head.
Dunham throws a punch but it's blocked by Panayotov.
Panayotov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Panayotov stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dunham.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Panayotov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dunham creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Panayotov's defenses.
Dunham struggles to land a body shot inside as Panayotov controls his hands.
Dunham lands a nice uppercut.
Panayotov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Panayotov misses with a knee to the head.
Panayotov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dunham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Panayotov has Dunham pushed against the cage.
Panayotov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panayotov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dunham cracks Panayotov with a nice body shot.
Panayotov blocks the elbow strike.
Dunham lands an elbow just above Panayotov 's eye.

Nikolay Panayotov's cut is getting worse.
Dunham works on Panayotov's body with a couple of short punches.
Dunham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Panayotov avoiding damage as Dunham throws knees to the body.
We've been informed that Dunham has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dunham lands a hook that snaps the head of Panayotov backwards.
Still in the clinch, Panayotov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dunham avoids the elbow strike from Panayotov, against the cage.
Panayotov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Panayotov misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dunham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Dunham on the inside.

Panayotov is rocked!
Dunham keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Panayotov's efforts to push away.
Oh Panayotov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dunham has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Panayotov - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Dunham, and another! Panayotov is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Pete Dunham!