PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenalemodisa Mabogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damo Dustup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mabogo's entrance music is 3 Doors Down - Duck and Run. A fine choice. Kenalemodisa Mabogo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mabogo
vs
Dustup

190 cm
26
215 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

225 cm
37
300 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenalemodisa Mabogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damo Dustup!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mabogo misses the shot to the body.
Dustup misses with a double jab.
Mabogo lands with a nice body punch.
Dustup scores with the left hand. Mabogo knows he should have avoided that one.
Mabogo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mabogo just misses with a punch to the body.
Dustup pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dustup misses with a head kick.
We've been hearing reports that Mabogo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Dustup misses with a wild combination.
Mabogo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dustup lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A big left from Dustup misses.
Dustup tries a head kick but it misses.
Dustup fails to land with a series of punches.
Dustup swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left lands for Dustup.
Dustup throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Mabogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nice combo by Dustup! Oh, that's hurt him - Mabogo falls to the canvas and Dustup follows him into side control.

Mabogo is rocked!
Mabogo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dustup is controlling him well.
Oh Mabogo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dustup lands a strong strike to the head of Mabogo. That's dazed him! Dustup looking to finish here. Mabogo is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Dustup lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damo Dustup!
After the fight, Damo Dustup was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.