PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slugger Dunes (ranked 1517 p4p, 4477 weight class) and Zett Jukassa (ranked 197 p4p, 457 weight class). Dunes comes to the cage accompanied by The World's Greatest. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Dunes
vs
Jukassa

180 cm
39
190
26 - 23 - 1

189 cm
35
195
26 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 26 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slugger Dunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zett Jukassa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunes lands a jab to the nose.
Jukassa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dunes can pounce on him.
A low kick from Dunes misses
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dunes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jukassa counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunes misses with a hook.
Jukassa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice uppercut lands for Dunes. That snapped Jukassa's head back.
Dunes misses with a body shot
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jukassa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jukassa checks a low kick from Dunes.
A head kick misses from Dunes.
Slugger Dunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunes throws a poor cross that misses
and Jukassa counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunes throws a sloppy head kick
letting Jukassa counter with a right hand.
Dunes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dunes misses with a double jab.
Jukassa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Jukassa counters with a left to the body.
Dunes misses with a body punch
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A shot to the body from Dunes misses
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes throws a combination. Jukassa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dunes throws a sloppy body shot
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dunes misses with a leg kick
and Dunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunes connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunes throws a combination that misses
and Jukassa counters with a straight right hand.
Dunes throws a head kick that misses
and Jukassa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jukassa moves away.
Jukassa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Dunes clinches up against the cage.
Jukassa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dunes backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Dunes.
Dunes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jukassa misses with the head strike.
Dunes lands a left hand.

Jukassa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jukassa blocks a low kick nicely.
Jukassa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dunes loads up on a big right hand but Jukassa slips the punch.
Jukassa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dunes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunes throws a leg kick which misses Jukassa's front leg but catches the back leg as Jukassa tries to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Jukassa.
Jukassa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dunes misses with a straight right.
Jukassa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dunes with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jukassa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dunes throws a leg kick
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes moves out of range as Jukassa strikes.
Dunes throws a hook but Jukassa blocks it.
Dunes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dunes scores with the left hand. Jukassa knows he should have avoided that one.
Dunes swings for the body but Jukassa moves out of range.
A head kick by Dunes misses
and Jukassa counters with a left to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dunes.
Dunes misses with an uppercut
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jukassa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dunes can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jukassa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunes takes a swing at Jukassa's ribcage but misses.
Dunes moves out of range of the strikes.
Dunes connects with a leg kick.
Jukassa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dunes misses with an uppercut
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jukassa moves out of range of the body kick.
Dunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jukassa.
Jukassa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jukassa throws a lazy right hand but Dunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes misses with a right hand
and Dunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jukassa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dunes misses with a leg kick
enabling Jukassa to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Slugger Dunes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dunes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a right hand to the body.
Jukassa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jukassa. Dunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Dunes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jukassa counters with a stiff right hand.
Jukassa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunes misses with a body punch
and Jukassa counters with a straight right hand.
Dunes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jukassa circles away quickly and effectively.
Jukassa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dunes throws a lazy right hand but Jukassa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jukassa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dunes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jukassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dunes lands a nice hook to Jukassa's body. Jukassa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes throws a body punch but Jukassa moves out of range.
Jukassa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dunes cracks Jukassa with a good jab.
Dunes misses with a left hand
and Jukassa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dunes thinking.
Jukassa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jukassa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jukassa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunes misses with a left hand
and Jukassa counters with a right hand to the body.
Dunes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've been told by Dunes's head coaches at Champion Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dunes lands a nice shot to the body.
Dunes ducks under a wild hook from Jukassa.
Dunes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes throws a hook but Jukassa avoids it easily.
Jukassa is looking for the big counter here.
Slugger Dunes is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Dunes there.
Dunes fakes the leg kick and cracks Jukassa in the body.
Dunes misses with a double jab
and Dunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunes misses with a leg kick
and Jukassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dunes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jukassa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dunes's hands.
Dunes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jukassa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Decent striking displayed by Dunes there.
Dunes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A countering left hand to the body from Jukassa misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes throws a head kick that misses
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jukassa misses the shot to the body.
Dunes throws a combination that misses
and Jukassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Dunes.
Jukassa is looking for the big counter here.
Dunes tries to clinch up but Jukassa circles away and keeps his distance.
Jukassa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dunes misses with a left hand
and Jukassa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dunes misses with a body shot
and Jukassa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dunes misses with a shot to the body
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunes tries to clinch up
and Jukassa counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jukassa counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunes throws a sloppy body shot
and Jukassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Dunes.
Jukassa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunes throws a series of punches but Jukassa avoids them all with ease.
Dunes throws a poor cross that misses
and Jukassa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dunes. That's going to slow Jukassa down.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunes misses with a hook
and Jukassa counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Jukassa misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zett Jukassa 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. This is the final round!

Dunes throws a leg kick
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jukassa blocks a head kick by Dunes.
Dunes misses with the combination.
It seemed like Jukassa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dunes.
Dunes throws a leg kick
and Jukassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jukassa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dunes misses with a shot to the body
and Jukassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dunes throws a wild body kick that Jukassa sees coming a mile off.
Jukassa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dunes with a body shot.
Jukassa avoids the head kick by Dunes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Dunes does it's job there.
Dunes throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Jukassa counter with a right hand.
Dunes throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Jukassa to counter with a crisp jab.
Dunes misses with a leg kick
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jukassa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunes throws a head kick that misses
and Jukassa counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jukassa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dunes throws out the jab.
Jukassa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jukassa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunes.
Jukassa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jukassa lands with a good body shot.
Dunes misses with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jukassa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jukassa manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Dunes.
Dunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Jukassa counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the body from Dunes misses
and Jukassa counters with a right hand to the body.
Jukassa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dunes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes misses with a body shot
letting Jukassa counter with a right hand.
Dunes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jukassa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Dunes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jukassa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunes.
Dunes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jukassa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunes throws a right hand that misses
and Jukassa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jukassa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dunes misses with a double jab
and Jukassa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dunes tries to clinch
and Jukassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dunes misses with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dunes scores with a head kick. Jukassa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dunes looks to land a left hand but Jukassa moved out of range nicely.
Dunes throws a sloppy head kick and Jukassa moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick by Dunes misses
and Jukassa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jukassa clinches with his opponent.
Dunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jukassa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jukassa prevents a body shot from Dunes.
Dunes digs a right hand into Jukassa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jukassa's gas tank.

Jukassa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunes swings widly with a right hand
and Jukassa counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Dunes.
Jukassa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dunes with a body shot.
A low kick from Dunes misses
and Jukassa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dunes throws a right hand that misses
and Jukassa counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zett Jukassa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jukassa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zett Jukassa!
Zett Jukassa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.