PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Parker will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dunham
vs
Parker

188 cm
25
219 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicholas Dunham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Parker!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parker closes the distance and clinches.
Dunham tries for a takedown. No joy.
Parker should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Dunham is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Parker pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Dunham wants the takedown. Parker is fighting it off but Dunham persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Parker's guard against the cage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Parker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dunham distracts Parker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dunham makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dunham in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dunham working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Parker's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunham in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Parker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dunham stops Parker from standing up.
Dunham is working Parker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dunham loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Parker is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Dunham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dunham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham pushes down on Parker's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Dunham is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Parker doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dunham.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dunham throws a strike but Parker avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Dunham decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Dunham is looking to clinch but Parker is avoiding it.

Parker moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker fails to pull guard.
Dunham letting Parker take a breather here.

Dunham has picked Parker up - he's going for a ride! Dunham dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Dunham is working for a submission of some sort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parker is trying to get back to full guard.
Parker taking some punishment here, with Dunham in his half guard.
Dunham looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Parker is defending against the submission attempts here by Dunham.

Dunham is trying to work for a kimura but Parker is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Parker's head.

Dunham is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dunham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parker tries to kick Dunham off but Dunham keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Parker looks winded!
Dunham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dunham is nestled in close to Parker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dunham is thwarting Parker's attempts to control the position.
Dunham works his way into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham cracks Parker with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Dunham tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dunham has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dunham tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dunham has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Dunham stands up and beckons Parker to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dunham rushes Parker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Parker wants a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas Dunham dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dunham shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Parker napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Dunham wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Parker, who protects the arm well.
Dunham creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Dunham tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Parker taking a bit of punishment here - Dunham scoring with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dunham throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dunham in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Parker can't do much from the bottom here.
Dunham misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dunham is trying to get an arm triangle but Parker is defending well.

Dunham decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Horrible takedown by Parker or perhaps it was just good defense by Dunham which made him look bad.
Nicholas Dunham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parker is breathing heavily.
Parker fails with the takedown.
Parker with a poor takedown

and Dunham counters with a nice double leg into side control. Parker won't be happy with that.
Nicholas Dunham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Parker.
Dunham lands a nice forearm strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunham scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dunham lands a nice forearm strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunham is chipping away with strikes.
Dunham advances to mount.
Dunham dominating with strikes here.

Parker is rocked!
Dunham lands a big elbow.
Parker is still in real trouble! Can Dunham finish him?
Dunham putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dunham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dunham lands a big shot to the head and Parker winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nicholas Dunham!
After winning the bout, Nicholas Dunham thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.