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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Faustino Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunham has chosen Blowing Bubbles as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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215 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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 London, Faustino Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Dunham!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunham finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dunham slaps away a takedown attempt from Washington, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dunham pushes Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Dunham.
Dunham closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Washington did well to prevent Dunham getting side control.
Dunham content to control rather than advance.
Washington wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunham is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dunham is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dunham connects with a nice short shot to Washington's temple.
Dunham stalling away here and it's allowed Washington to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dunham cracks Washington with a solid left hand.
Washington doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dunham throwing strikes from guard but Washington blocks nicely.
Washington trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dunham looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
That's two 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.
Dunham lands a couple of elbows.
Washington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dunham makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Dunham from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dunham throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dunham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dunham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Washington misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Washington misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a head kick.
Washington gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dunham to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
Dunham lands a couple of digs.
Dunham stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Washington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dunham connects with a couple of short punches.
Washington manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dunham manages to get himself to full guard.
Dunham wants to sweep here but Washington controlling him for the moment.
Washington could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham pulls Washington in close to prevent any damage.
Dunham has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Washington is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington tries a head kick but it misses.
Washington tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Dunham dominated that round.
That's time! Washington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Washington tries to clinch up.
Dunham scores with a nice right hand.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dunham or perhaps it was just good defense by Washington, which made it look bad.
Washington tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dunham manages to circle out of the way.
Dunham fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Washington to the ground. Dunham is now in Washington's guard.
Steve Dunham has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dunham stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
Dunham scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Washington wants to stand up but Dunham is controlling him.
Dunham working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Washington's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Dunham from controlling successfully.
Dunham sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dunham thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dunham looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dunham trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dunham looking to score a takedown here. Washington is defending well but Dunham drives through and ends up in Washington's guard.
Washington keeping full guard, as Dunham tries to pass.
Dunham stops Washington from standing up.
Washington trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Dunham from controlling successfully.
Dunham preventing the sweep.
Dunham works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham misses with a head shot. Washington uses the momentum to regain guard.
Washington will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dunham is working Washington over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dunham has gone for a leg lock! Washington slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dunham's guard.
Dunham is breathing heavily.
Washington trying to control but Dunham is working from the bottom.
Dunham looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington wants to get up but he can't break Dunham's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Washington wants to control from the top but Dunham keeps moving.
Dunham looking for a sweep. Not yet Dunham, not yet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Washington engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dunham.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Dunham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Washington shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dunham pinned against the cage. Dunham gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Washington tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Washington.
Dunham feints and as Washington raises his hands in defense, Dunham changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Washington is on top in guard.
Dunham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham has his hands on Washington's head, controlling the position.
Washington preventing the sweep.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Washington stands and steps away. Dunham gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Washington throws a head kick that misses.
Dunham blocks a head kick by Washington.
Washington tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dunham gets the takedown into side control.
Washington is trying to get back to half guard.
Washington looks to move to half guard but instead Dunham has passed into mount! Damn!
Dunham lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington can't escape the position.
Dunham lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dunham lands a heavy elbow.
Dunham working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dunham with a couple of short strikes.
Washington takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Washington is bucking up trying to escape but Dunham cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dunham working Washington over with strikes here.
Washington is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham lands a big elbow.
Oh Washington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dunham scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Washington?
Dunham controlling from the full mount.
Dunham loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Washington scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Dunham land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Dunham stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Dunham!
Steve Dunham decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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