PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nacho El Hombre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Dumas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Hombre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Hives-Tick Tick Boom. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

El Hombre
vs
Dumas

184 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nacho El Hombre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Dumas!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - El Hombre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
El Hombre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dumas wants to clinch.
El Hombre moves in looking to clinch but Dumas pushes him off.
El Hombre throws a series of punches but Dumas avoids them all with ease.
El Hombre lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
El Hombre looks to land a combination. Dumas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Marc Dumas has been cut.
Dumas wants to clinch.
Dumas dodges the punch combination from El Hombre.
El Hombre goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
El Hombre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Dumas instigates a clinch.
Dumas takes an elbow to the temple.
El Hombre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Hombre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dumas avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumas tries to break the clinch but El Hombre is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, El Hombre throws an elbow but misses.
Dumas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

El Hombre breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from El Hombre.
El Hombre swats away the attempt to clinch by Dumas.
Dumas swinging wildly here.
El Hombre closes the distance but Dumas moves to the side
and Dumas counters with a two punch combo.

El Hombre moves into range and clinches up with Dumas.
El Hombre is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dumas to keep the fight standing.
El Hombre tries to pull guard but Dumas holds him up against the cage and eventually El Hombre drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nacho El Hombre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

El Hombre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Hombre swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Hombre 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!

Dumas darts in and clinches El Hombre up against the cage.
Dumas wants to break free but El Hombre has control.
El Hombre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
El Hombre has Dumas pressed against the cage, preventing Dumas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

El Hombre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
El Hombre throws a one two combo.
El Hombre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Hombre blocks a head kick by Dumas.
Dumas misses with a two punch combination.

Dumas clinches with his opponent.
El Hombre tries to land knees in the clinch but Dumas avoids the damage to the body.
El Hombre is trying to push Dumas away but Dumas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
El Hombre keeps control of Dumas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dumas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

El Hombre manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumas swinging wildly here.
Dumas tries to clinch up.
El Hombre pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dumas back to the cage. El Hombre follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Dumas rushes El Hombre and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dumas is trying to force a seperation but El Hombre has the dominant position.

Dumas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

El Hombre rushes Dumas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Dumas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dumas wants to clinch.
Dumas throws a series of punches but El Hombre avoids them all with ease.
El Hombre tries to close the distance and clinch but Dumas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
El Hombre shoots in for a takedown but Dumas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

El Hombre has Dumas up against the cage in a clinch.
Dumas tries to break the clinch but El Hombre is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

El Hombre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dumas moves in looking to clinch but El Hombre pushes him off.
El Hombre tries to clinch but Dumas is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch but El Hombre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dumas tries to clinch up.
El Hombre throws a nice looking combination but Dumas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dumas wants to clinch up but El Hombre keeps it at a distance.
Dumas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dumas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dumas throws a sloppy head kick and El Hombre moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
El Hombre doesn't manage to clinch there - Dumas circles away.
Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Hombre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dumas wants to clinch up but El Hombre keeps it at a distance.
El Hombre blocks a head kick by Dumas.
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 Nacho El Hombre will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marc Dumas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dumas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Dumas circles away and keeps his distance.
Dumas wants to clinch up but El Hombre keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - El Hombre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dumas scores with a head kick.

It looks like Nacho El Hombre has been cut.
El Hombre wants to clinch.
Dumas fails with an attempt to clinch.
El Hombre circles away from the clinch attempt.

Dumas moves into range and clinches up with El Hombre.
El Hombre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dumas.

Dumas breaks the clinch.
El Hombre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Hombre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
El Hombre doesn't manage to clinch there - Dumas circles away.
Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Hombre paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Hombre tries to clinch but Dumas is having none of it.
Dumas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Hombre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dumas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. El Hombre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
El Hombre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
El Hombre fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Dumas as El Hombre shoots in.
El Hombre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nacho El Hombre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
El Hombre fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
El Hombre is looking to clinch.
El Hombre scores with a jab to the head.
A combination from Dumas does no damage.
Dumas misses with a jab to the body
and El Hombre counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Dumas circles away and keeps his distance.

El Hombre clinches up against the cage.
El Hombre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
El Hombre has Dumas pressed against the cage, preventing Dumas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Hombre misses with a knee strike.

Dumas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
El Hombre swats away the attempt to clinch by Dumas.
El Hombre blocks the body kick.
Dumas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

El Hombre takes the fight into the clinch.
El Hombre jumps guard but Dumas stands there with El Hombre around his waist. El Hombre gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nacho El Hombre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

El Hombre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dumas rushes El Hombre and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for El Hombre.
Dumas is trying to break the clinch but El Hombre is controlling him.
Dumas can't break the clinch.
El Hombre lands an elbow just above Dumas 's eye.
Dumas blocks the elbow strike.
El Hombre tries to land knees in the clinch but Dumas avoids the damage to the body.

Dumas breaks from the clinch.
El Hombre is looking to clinch.
Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Hombre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dumas tries to clinch but El Hombre is having none of it.

El Hombre clinches up with Dumas and pushes him back against the cage.
Dumas tries to break the clinch but El Hombre is controlling the position.

El Hombre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
El Hombre misses with a wild combination.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Dumas circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

El Hombre has Dumas up against the cage in a clinch.
Dumas wants to get back to striking at distance but El Hombre won't allow it.

Dumas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dumas closes the distance but El Hombre moves to the side
and El Hombre counters with a left and a right that stings Dumas.

That has opened up Marc Dumas's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dumas tries to clinch there but El Hombre circles away.
Dumas wants to clinch.
Dumas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Hombre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dumas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dumas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from El Hombre.
Dumas throws a head kick that misses
and El Hombre counters with a three punch combo that has Dumas backing up. Dumas nods at El Hombre to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nacho El Hombre will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Hombre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dumas throws out a loose jab but El Hombre uses good head movement to avoid it.
El Hombre doesn't manage to clinch there - Dumas circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dumas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
El Hombre wants to clinch.
Dumas throws a head kick but El Hombre moves out of range.
Dumas wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - El Hombre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dumas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? El Hombre is fending him off so far but Dumas persists. Nope, El Hombre circles away and we're back to standing.
El Hombre fakes the leg kick and cracks Dumas in the body.

Dumas rushes El Hombre and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

El Hombre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dumas circles away from the clinch attempt.
El Hombre throws a nice outside leg kick.
El Hombre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dumas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

El Hombre looking to score a takedown here. Dumas is defending well but El Hombre drives through and ends up in Dumas's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Dumas has a closed guard, preventing El Hombre from standing up.
El Hombre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
El Hombre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dumas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumas wants to get back to his feet but El Hombre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Dumas has his feet on El Hombre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dumas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
El Hombre is looking to clinch.
El Hombre tries to clinch but Dumas moves out of range.
Dumas misses with a series of wild punches.
Dumas swats away the attempt to clinch by El Hombre.
Dumas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dumas circles away from the clinch attempt.
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!
El Hombre stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumas drops his hands momentarily and El Hombre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
El Hombre shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dumas but Dumas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dumas keeps the fight on the outside.
Danga de danga de dang - El Hombre scores with a four punch combination!
Dumas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Hombre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dumas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
El Hombre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dumas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

El Hombre has closed the distance and engaged Dumas in a clinch.
El Hombre lands a right hand.
Nice elbow from El Hombre.
El Hombre wants to take the fight to the mat but Dumas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
El Hombre keeps control of Dumas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
El Hombre tries to pull guard but Dumas won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nacho El Hombre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
El Hombre lands a shoulder strike.
El Hombre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dumas backwards.
Nacho El Hombre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Hombre tries to work over Dumas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dumas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but El Hombre has him pressed against the cage.
Dumas is trying to break the clinch but El Hombre has him pressed against the cage.
Dumas working hard to break the clinch.
Nacho El Hombre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

El Hombre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

El Hombre drives through and clinches with Dumas against the cage.
El Hombre prevents Dumas from breaking the clinch.

Dumas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dumas moves in looking to clinch but El Hombre pushes him off.
Dumas is looking to clinch but El Hombre is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Hombre shoots in but no luck this time.

El Hombre gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Marc Dumas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

El Hombre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
El Hombre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dumas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nacho El Hombre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well El Hombre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nacho El Hombre!
Nacho El Hombre spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.