PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Dunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yehia Kamel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunn comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Yehia Kamel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dunn
vs
Kamel

167 cm
39
135 lbs
30 - 25 - 0

166 cm
29
130 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Dunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yehia Kamel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamel moves into the clinch.
Dunn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kamel misses with some punches.
Kamel takes an elbow to the temple.
Kamel blocks the elbow strike.
Kamel scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Dunn.
Dunn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kamel jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dunn walks away with a smile on his face. Kamel gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dunn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dunn explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Dunn.
Kamel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dunn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dunn appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Kamel is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kamel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kamel with the counter takedown but Dunn avoids it easily.
Kamel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Kamel rushes Dunn and presses him up against the cage.
Kamel has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dunn after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamel blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Kamel has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dunn uses from the top position.

Kamel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dunn tries to free his leg and advance position but Kamel is retaining full guard.
Kamel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dunn.

Kamel working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dunn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dunn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dunn is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Roosters Coop that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Dunn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dunn with a nice head shot there.
Dunn works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dunn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Dunn 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.
Kamel is looking to control Dunn's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kamel avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dunn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kamel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dunn trying to control but Kamel is working from the bottom.
Dunn is in close to Kamel's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Kamel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dunn defends it easily.

Kamel looking for a guillotine here but Dunn defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunn postures up and lands a big shot to Kamel's brow.

Kamel looking for a guillotine here but Dunn defends easily.

Kamel looking for a guillotine here but Dunn defends easily.
Dunn trying to control but Kamel is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dunn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dunn is in close to Kamel's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Dunn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kamel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dunn has managed to get both his arms back between Kamel's legs - danger averted.
Dunn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kamel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dunn landing with the ground and pound.

Kamel looking for a guillotine here but Dunn defends easily.
Dunn is pushing down on Kamel's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kamel is fighting to maintain full guard but Dunn has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dunn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dunn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dunn is looking to advance position but Kamel won't allow it.
Kamel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dunn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Dunn dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kamel tries to land a front kick but Dunn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kamel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dunn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamel can do to turn this around?
Dunn throws a low kick, looking for Kamel's leg but Kamel calmly moves out of range.
Dunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Kamel is just out of range.
Dunn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kamel throws a wild body kick that Dunn sees coming a mile off.
Dunn looks for the body kick but Kamel saw that one coming.
Dunn throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamel lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamel checks the leg kick.

Dunn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Kamel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dunn wants to take a breather but Kamel is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunn frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kamel gets back to half guard.
Kamel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dunn scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dunn uses his free foot to push down on Kamel's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kamel.
Kamel manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Mark Dunn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dunn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kamel's head.
Kamel slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kamel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dunn is in close to Kamel's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamel throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dunn trying to control but Kamel is working from the bottom.
Dunn is working Kamel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Kamel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dunn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kamel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Kamel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dunn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dunn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dunn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dunn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dunn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kamel swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Kamel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dunn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kamel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kamel has momentary wrist control but Dunn slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dunn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kamel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dunn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kamel's head.
Dunn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunn works over Kamel with some ground and pound from guard.
Dunn trying to control but Kamel is working from the bottom.

Kamel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kamel keeping moving, preventing Dunn from controlling successfully.

Kamel has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Dunn should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Kamel has tightened it up now! Dunn should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Yehia Kamel!
A victorious Yehia Kamel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.