PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heinrich Dussander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdual Jemall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dussander comes to the cage accompanied by Gary Jules - Mad World (2011 Electro Mix). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dussander
vs
Jemall

177 cm
29
168 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

180 cm
31
160 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heinrich Dussander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abdual Jemall!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jemall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dussander avoids a kick to the body.

Dussander moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jemall fails to land.
Dussander blocks a body shot from Jemall.
Dussander blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Dussander jumps guard.
Jemall must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Dussander is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jemall postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jemall in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dussander trying to control the position.
Dussander wants to sweep here but Jemall controlling him for the moment.

Dussander looking for a guillotine here but Jemall defends easily.

Dussander escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jemall gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dussander keeping moving, preventing Jemall from controlling successfully.
Jemall postures up.

Jemall avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dussander avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dussander wants to sweep here but Jemall controlling him for the moment.

Dussander is looking for a triangle but Jemall pushes his legs off easily.
Jemall looking to sit in guard and control but Dussander gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jemall keeping moving, preventing Dussander from controlling successfully.

Jemall escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dussander gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jemall is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dussander postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dussander throws a big right hand that misses.
Jemall keeping moving, preventing Dussander from controlling successfully.
Dussander is pushing down on Jemall's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jemall is fighting to maintain full guard but Dussander has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dussander is looking to take a break and control but Jemall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dussander controlling the action here.
Jemall wants to improve his position but Dussander is controlling well.
Jemall keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Jemall is staying active underneath Dussander, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jemall moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dussander stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jemall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jemall keeping moving, preventing Dussander from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Heinrich Dussander wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jemall throws a sloppy head kick and Dussander moves out of range easily.
Dussander misses with a body shot.

Jemall decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dussander gets back to full guard.
Dussander scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Dussander is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jemall slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dussander is looking for a sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jemall working the head and body with strikes.
Dussander tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jemall wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dussander dodges the ground and pound from Jemall.
Dussander manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dussander throws a push kick but Jemall slaps the foot to one side.
Jemall connects with a body shot that sends Dussander's belly button to the back.
Jemall lands a leg kick that knocks Dussander off balance momentarily.
Dussander tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jemall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jemall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Jemall drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jemall tries to free his leg and advance position but Dussander is retaining full guard.
Jemall wants to control from the top but Dussander keeps moving.
Dussander avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heinrich Dussander overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jemall in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jemall throws a big elbow that misses.
Jemall postures up.
Jemall working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jemall throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dussander works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jemall throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dussander works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jemall throwing strikes but missing.
Dussander looking for a sweep. Not yet Dussander, not yet.
Dussander working a defensive guard here.
Jemall throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jemall advances to half guard.
Jemall moves into full mount! Dussander won't be happy about that!
Dussander is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jemall fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dussander is looking to get to half guard.
Dussander tries to hold on but Jemall pushes him away.
Dussander is bucking up trying to escape but Jemall cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dussander is working to get back to half guard.
Jemall with shots to the head and body - Dussander looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dussander wants to hold on but Jemall pushes him away.
Dussander throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jemall. What's that going to do exactly?
Jemall lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jemall blocks Dussander's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jemall postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dussander looks a forlorn figure.
Dussander regains half guard.
Jemall lands with a punch from half guard.

Dussander is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jemall pulls his head out easily.

Jemall looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jemall throwing shots but Dussander is blocking nicely.
Dussander keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Dussander looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jemall is looking to take a break and control but Dussander is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jemall is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jemall not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jemall is pressing down on Dussander's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dussander is holding on for now.

Jemall is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dussander sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dussander gets back to full guard.
Jemall trying to control but Dussander is working from the bottom.

Jemall drops back looking for a leg! Dussander is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dussander manages to kick Jemall off! Jemall jumps back into Dussander's guard.
Dussander is controlling Jemall's posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dussander escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jemall gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jemall throwing strikes from guard but Dussander blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdual Jemall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jemall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Jemall lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dussander doesn't seem phased though.
Dussander slips a jab from Jemall.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dussander crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jemall - the referee stops the clock and Dussander gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jemall. Dussander manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jemall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dussander.

Jemall pushes Dussander up against the cage in a clinch.

Jemall gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Dussander regains guard.

Dussander is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jemall is aware though and is defending well.
Dussander manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jemall manages to get himself to full guard.
Jemall is trying to keep Dussander in close.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jemall tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jemall is on top in guard.
Jemall trying to control but Dussander is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jemall loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Dussander looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jemall passes into half guard.

Dussander looking for submissions off his back.
Dussander blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jemall.
Jemall trying to pass the guard but Dussander defending well.
Nice strikes from Jemall there.
Dussander trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dussander is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jemall's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jemall's back!
Jemall tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jemall trying desperately to get to his feet.
Dussander prevents Jemall from getting the reversal.
Dussander lands a heavy elbow.
Jemall really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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!
Jemall takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dussander unloading with bombs!
Dussander pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jemall is looking to improve his position but Dussander isn't that keen on the idea.
Jemall bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jemall wants to control from the top but Dussander keeps moving.
Jemall postures up and lands a big shot to Dussander's brow.
Dussander wants to sweep but no luck.

Jemall is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dussander is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dussander has escaped and now he's on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jemall trying to control the position.
Dussander won't allow Jemall to sweep him here.
Dussander working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dussander trying to move into half guard but instead Jemall has managed to sweep!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jemall postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dussander working for a triangle but Jemall defends it easily.
Jemall pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dussander is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abdual Jemall.
Well Jemall has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdual Jemall!
After winning the bout, Abdual Jemall thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.