PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Dent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C G E Warfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dent might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to HORSE the Band - "The Black Hole". Warfield has chosen Dismember - Of Fire as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Dent
vs
G E Warfield

185 cm
23
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arthur Dent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, C G E Warfield!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Dent. No joy for Warfield on that attempt.
Dent misses with a two punch combination.
Warfield shoots in for a double leg but Dent sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dent tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warfield shoots for a double leg takedown but Dent sprawls well. He's pushed Warfield's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Arthur Dent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of C G E Warfield.
Warfield fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Arthur Dent has been cut.
Warfield throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dent's waist but Dent gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Warfield off to one side.

Dent drives through and clinches with Warfield against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Dent.
Dent missing with knees to the body.
Dent trying to land knees to the body.
Dent looking to throw knees to the head but Warfield is blocking nicely.
Dent tries to land knees in the clinch but Warfield avoids the damage to the body.
Warfield tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dent with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dent's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfield has Dent pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Dent manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dent gets through Warfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dent misses with a knee to the head.
Dent lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dent throws an elbow that misses.
Warfield avoiding damage.
Warfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warfield is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Dent gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dent misses with a knee to the head.
Dent misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warfield.
Warfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dent tries to land a knee to the head but Warfield blocks with his arms.
Dent tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dent tries to throw a body punch but Warfield avoids it by throwing Dent back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dent.
Warfield tries to score a body lock takedown but Dent shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dent as Warfield tries to tie him up.
Dent throws an elbow but it misses.
Dent tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dent stalling in the clinch but Warfield improves position.
Warfield avoids the elbow strike from Dent, against the ropes.
Dent looking to throw knees to the head but Warfield is blocking nicely.

Warfield pulls guard effortlessly.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Warfield holds on and takes a little breather.
Warfield wants to sweep but no luck.

Warfield throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dent thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dent postures up.

Warfield is looking for a triangle but Dent pushes his legs off easily.
Warfield looks gassed!

Warfield looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dent thows a big elbow that misses.
Warfield utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Warfield punching from the bottom - just letting Dent know he's still in a fight.
Dent trying to control the position from guard on top but Warfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dent wants to pass the guard but Warfield is keeping the position.

Warfield isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dent stacks Warfield on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dent!

Dent wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Warfield, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dent throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Warfield manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dent's best efforts.
Warfield wants to get back to full guard.
Dent throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dent working Warfield over with strikes.

Dent seems to be working for a kimura but Warfield defends the submission attempt.
Warfield is looking for a sweep. Dent is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dent wants to pass the guard but Warfield is defending well.
Warfield moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Warfield looking for a sweep. Not yet Warfield, not yet.
Dent slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but C G E Warfield will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arthur Dent's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arthur Dent is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dent stuffs the takedown.
Dent moves in looking to clinch but Warfield pushes him off.
Dent changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dent misses with a few strikes there.
Warfield shoots in but Dent avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Warfield tries to clinch but Dent moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dent connects with the punch.
Warfield fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Arthur Dent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of C G E Warfield.
Warfield is breathing heavily.
Dent displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Dent duly obliges.
Dent connects with a right hand. Warfield shakes it off.
Dent fails in his attempt to clinch.
Warfield shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dent as he avoids it easily.

Dent closes the distance and pushes Warfield back into the ropes.
Warfield tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dent just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Warfield looking for a takedown.
Dent crunches a lovely knee into Warfield's ribcage.
Dent trying to control the position but instead, Warfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dent into the ropes.

Dent gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dent passes to side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dent trying to control the action but Warfield is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfield is trying to control Dent's posture but Dent avoids it.
Sloppy strikes there by Dent.

Dent is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Warfield looks calm but he's in trouble here. Dent gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Warfield is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Dent lets go of the hold and Warfield can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arthur Dent!