PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alec Dimanche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kent Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dimanche comes to the cage accompanied by Ugress - The Great Coffee Escape. Russell has chosen Dysfunctional-Tech N9ne as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dimanche
vs
Russell

190 cm
21
275 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
282 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alec Dimanche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kent Russell!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Russell moves into the clinch.
Dimanche works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Russell swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimanche uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimanche tries a body shot but Russell blocks it.
Dimanche avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Dimanche stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Russell scores with a shot to the side of Dimanche's head.
Russell works on Dimanche's body with a couple of short punches.
Russell lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Russell.
Russell has Dimanche pressed against the cage, preventing Dimanche from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dimanche has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Russell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dimanche looking to stall.
Dimanche gets through Russell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Russell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimanche tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Russell's elbow.

Dimanche breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Russell digs a good hook to Dimanche's body.
Russell lands with a nice combination. Dimanche backs away looking to recover.
Dimanche misses with a right hand
and Russell counters with a nice uppercut.
Dimanche throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dimanche jabs at Russell's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimanche looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Russell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Russell moves into the clinch.

Russell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dimanche misses with a hook
and Russell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Russell moves away from the strike by Dimanche.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dimanche.
Dimanche misses with a left hand
and Russell counters with a series of strikes. Dimanche will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dimanche swings widly with a right hand
and Russell counters with a two punch combo.
Dimanche misses with a looping left.
Dimanche misses with a hook
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Russell moves away from the strike by Dimanche.
Russell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Russell.

Russell darts in and clinches Dimanche up against the cage.
Dimanche tries to work over Russell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimanche avoiding damage as Russell throws knees to the body.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Russell throws a head punch that misses.
Russell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Dimanche breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dimanche gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dimanche working aggressively here.
Russell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Russell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Dimanche breaks the clinch.
Dimanche throws an off balance right hand
and Russell counters with a straight right hand.
Russell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Russell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dimanche throws a lazy uppercut
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Russell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dimanche loads up on a big right hand but Russell slips the punch.
Dimanche ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Dimanche to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimanche lands with a nice body punch.
Dimanche swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dimanche throws a lazy uppercut
and Russell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Russell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dimanche.
Dimanche throws a poor cross that misses
and Russell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Dimanche gets a clinch.
Russell throws a head punch that misses.
Dimanche avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Russell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dimanche's efforts to push away.
Russell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dimanche digs a right hand into Russell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Russell's gas tank.
Russell prevents Dimanche from breaking the clinch.
Russell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Russell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Russell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dimanche stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Russell looks gassed!
Dimanche tries a body shot but Russell blocks it.

Russell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alec Dimanche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell misses with a wild combination.
Dimanche throws a lazy uppercut
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dimanche misses with an uppercut. Russell saw that one coming.
Dimanche swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Russell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Dimanche.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Russell drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dimanche throws a series of punches but Russell moves out of range.
Dimanche misses with a body shot.
Dimanche throws a lazy uppercut
and Russell counters with a lovely shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dimanche misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dimanche blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimanche cracks Russell with a nice body shot.
Dimanche misses with a hook to the ribs.
Russell scores with a shot to the side of Dimanche's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alec Dimanche will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Russell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dimanche slips a jab and a cross from Russell.
Dimanche on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Russell tries to keep at a distance but Dimanche has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dimanche is trying to break the clinch but Russell has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Russell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Russell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dimanche backwards.

It looks like Alec Dimanche has been cut.
Russell blocks a body shot from Dimanche.
Dimanche fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dimanche lands a shot to the body.
Dimanche's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimanche tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dimanche works on Russell's body with a couple of short punches.
Dimanche trying to control the position but instead, Russell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dimanche into the cage.
Russell prevents a body shot from Dimanche.
Still in the clinch, Russell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Russell throws an elbow that misses.
Russell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Russell lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimanche is trying to maintain a safe position but Russell gets an underhook and turns Dimanche into the cage.
Russell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Russell.
Dimanche misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dimanche is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Dimanche - that landed with a thud.
Russell is breathing heavily.
Russell lands an elbow that stopped Dimanche in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Dimanche breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kent Russell seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Russell tries to keep at a distance but Dimanche has taken the fight into the clinch.
Alec Dimanche has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dimanche makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Russell.
Russell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dimanche is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Russell blocks a body shot from Dimanche.
Dimanche wants to get back to striking at distance but Russell won't allow it.
Dimanche tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dimanche lands a nice shot to the body.
Russell scores with a shoulder strike.
Dimanche lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dimanche stalling in the clinch but Russell improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dimanche blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
Russell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Russell lands an elbow just above Dimanche 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russell.
Dimanche is trying to break the clinch but Russell has him pressed against the cage.
Russell looking to slow down the pace here.
Russell blocks a body shot from Dimanche.
Russell trying to control the position but instead, Dimanche has worked for underhooks and has pushed Russell into the cage.
Russell will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dimanche up against the cage.
Dimanche avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.

Dimanche's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Russell slips a jab from Dimanche.
Russell moves out of range of the strikes.
Russell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
Dimanche takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimanche misses the shot to the body.
Dimanche throws a lazy uppercut
and Russell counters with a one-two to the body.
Nice body punch from Russell.
Dimanche displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Russell throws out the jab.
Russell throws a big shot that misses.
Russell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Russell ducks under a wild hook from Dimanche.
Dimanche throws an off balance right hand
and Russell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Russell's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Russell duly obliges.

Alec Dimanche's cut is getting worse.
Dimanche misses the body punch
and Russell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dimanche misses with a left hand
and Russell counters with a nice uppercut.
Dimanche uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Russell.
Russell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dimanche counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Russell throws a shot from downtown. Dimanche moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Russell moves into range and clinches up with Dimanche.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Dimanche avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Russell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Russell scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russell.

Alec Dimanche's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dimanche blocks an uppercut.
Dimanche is trying to break the clinch but Russell is controlling him.
Russell lands a nice uppercut.
Dimanche lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dimanche blocks the elbow strike.
Russell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dimanche blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russell lands a body punch.
Russell pushes Dimanche back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Russell lands a left hand.

Dimanche is rocked!
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dimanche takes a shot to the head.
Oh Dimanche is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dimanche seems to have got his legs back now.
Russell with a jab.

Dimanche moves into the clinch.
Dimanche lands with a light punch inside.
Dimanche blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kent Russell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alec Dimanche's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Russell tries to bum rush Dimanche with a series of wild strikes but Dimanche uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dimanche misses with a right hand
and Russell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dimanche lands with an overhand left.
Dimanche missing with a left hand there. Russell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dimanche displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Russell throws out the jab.
Russell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dimanche.
Dimanche bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Russell gets tackled into the cage by Dimanche. Dimanche maintains the clinch.
Russell lands a body punch.
Dimanche lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Dimanche breaks from the clinch.

Dimanche clinches up with Russell and pushes him back against the cage.
Russell lands a hook that snaps the head of Dimanche backwards.
Dimanche blocks an uppercut.
Russell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Russell has Dimanche pressed against the cage, preventing Dimanche from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dimanche blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimanche is looking to control Russell's arms but Russell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dimanche has his back to the cage.
Russell prevents a body shot from Dimanche.
Dimanche blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimanche avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Dimanche stalls.
Dimanche tries to circle away but Russell has him pinned against the cage.
Russell lands an elbow that stopped Dimanche in his tracks for a moment.
Russell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dimanche's efforts to push away.
Russell misses with an elbow strike.
Russell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dimanche stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dimanche misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dimanche wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russell has him pressed against the cage.
Dimanche avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Dimanche takes an elbow to the forehead.

Jeez, Alec Dimanche's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Still in the clinch, Russell scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Dimanche.
Russell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short left from Dimanche.
Dimanche tries to break the clinch but Russell is controlling the position.
Dimanche controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimanche tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Russell.
Dimanche lands a body shot.
Russell is trying to maintain a safe position but Dimanche gets an underhook and turns Russell into the cage.
Dimanche trying to stall but Russell improves his position.
Russell lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Dimanche escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dimanche digs a good hook to Russell's body.
The crowd cheers as Dimanche lands an impressive looking overhand right. Russell doesn't seem phased though.
Dimanche throws a poor cross that misses
and Russell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Russell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A big right from Dimanche misses.
Dimanche connects with a body shot that sends Russell's belly button to the back.
Dimanche thows a body shot but no joy.
Russell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Russell slips a straight right by Dimanche.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimanche tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Russell was well out of range. Poor timing from Dimanche.
A decent looking cross lands there for Russell.
Dimanche digs a good hook to Russell's body.
Dimanche keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Russell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimanche tries to stall but Russell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Russell misses with a punch to the body.
Russell misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Dimanche.
Dimanche lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dimanche lands a shot to the body.
Russell takes a shot to the head.

Dimanche breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kent Russell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dimanche gets a clinch.

Dimanche manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dimanche with a hook.
Dimanche misses with a looping left.
Dimanche is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Russell.
Dimanche throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dimanche is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dimanche misses with a right hand
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dimanche uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Russell.
Dimanche just misses with a punch to the body.
Dimanche rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Russell counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Russell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dimanche backwards.
Dimanche wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dimanche's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Russell slows down the pace here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dimanche.
Dimanche has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Dimanche breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dimanche connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Dimanche showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dimanche has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alec Dimanche!