PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josh Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dominguez
vs
Fury

167 cm
28
156 lbs
13 - 16 - 1

170 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Dominguez !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Fury!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury tries to clinch but Dominguez is having none of it.
Dominguez jabs at Fury's body.
A cross from Dominguez lands.

It looks like Brian Fury has been cut.
Fury keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Fury rushes Dominguez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fury lands a left hand.
A short left from Fury.
Dominguez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fury is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fury throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez .
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez .
Dominguez wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Dominguez . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dominguez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Fury is defending well.
Dominguez wants a takedown but no success here.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Fury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fury.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fury lands with a light punch inside.
Fury prevents Dominguez from breaking the clinch.
Fury scores with a shoulder strike.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fury misses with the head strike.
Fury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez trying to control the position but instead, Fury has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dominguez into the cage.
Dominguez working hard to break the clinch.
Dominguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fury has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury pushes Dominguez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fury misses with some punches.
Fury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
Fury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fury.
Dominguez takes a shot to the head.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fury lands a shoulder strike.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fury working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominguez blocking some punches.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury moves to clinch but Dominguez breaks away
and Dominguez counters with a nice body shot.

Fury has managed to clinch.
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez .
Fury misses with some punches.
Fury lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dominguez tries for a takedown but Fury manages to get underhooks.
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez .
Dominguez is trying to break the clinch but Fury is controlling him.
Fury working aggressively here.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fury working aggressively here.
Fury keeps control of Dominguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fury throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez .
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fury blocks an elbow strike.
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dominguez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fury has him pressed against the cage.
Dominguez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fury throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez .
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez is looking to control Fury's arms but Fury gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dominguez has his back to the cage.
Fury scores with a shot to the side of Dominguez 's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dominguez .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominguez .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fury misses with the head strike.
Fury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Fury dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Fury's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fury moves to clinch but Dominguez breaks away
and Dominguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fury thinking.
Fury wants to clinch but Dominguez slips to the side
and Dominguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fury thinking.
No luck for Dominguez with that takedown attempt.
Fury wants to clinch but Dominguez slips to the side

and Dominguez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fury!

Dominguez is trying to get an arm triangle but Fury is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dominguez tries for a kimura but Fury is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dominguez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dominguez advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dominguez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Fury is surviving well by controlling Dominguez 's body position as best he can.
Dominguez prevents Fury from getting the reversal.
Dominguez trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fury slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fury is trying to get back to full guard.
Dominguez trying to control from half guard but Fury is working away.
Dominguez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Josh Dominguez wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Fury drives through and clinches with Dominguez against the cage.
Brian Fury seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fury lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Dominguez pulls guard.
Dominguez is pulling down on Fury's head to control his posture.
Fury missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fury missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dominguez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fury is controlling him.
Dominguez is trying to control the position but Fury postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dominguez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fury!
Dominguez looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fury wants to get back to his feet.
Dominguez tries to control but Fury wriggling away.
Fury is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dominguez working Fury over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Dominguez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Fury's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Fury closes the distance and pushes Dominguez back into the cage.
A short left from Fury.
Fury throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez .
Fury working aggressively here.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fury lands an uppercut.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fury.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Fury fails to land.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Dominguez goes for a takedown attempt but Fury pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown but Fury shows good takedown defense.
Dominguez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury tries to clinch up.
Fury doesn't manage to clinch there - Dominguez circles away.
Fury tries to clinch but Dominguez moves away

and Dominguez counters with a shoot takedown. Fury fights it but they end up in guard.
Dominguez stopping the sweep attempt from Fury.
Fury is trying to control the position but Dominguez postures up.
Fury wants to sweep but no luck.
Fury is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fury wants to stand and escape but Dominguez is having none of it.
Fury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dominguez wants to pass the guard but Fury is keeping the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dominguez won't allow Fury to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fury avoids the head kick by Dominguez .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dominguez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Dominguez stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Dominguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Fury.
Fury is looking to clinch but Dominguez is avoiding it.

Fury pushes Dominguez up against the cage in a clinch.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fury misses with a hook from the clinch.

Dominguez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Dominguez .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries to clinch there but Dominguez circles away.

Fury moves into the clinch.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Fury blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez .
Fury prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Dominguez . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dominguez is trying to stall.
Fury throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez .
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
Dominguez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fury gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fury lands a hook that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez .
Fury keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dominguez 's efforts to push away.
Dominguez is working for takedown but Fury is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
Dominguez is trying to drag Fury to the mat but Fury just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominguez .
Fury misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Fury fails to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Fury.
I think Fury 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Fury!