PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raul Kyshenko (ranked 3753 p4p, 4137 weight class) and Jason Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raul Kyshenko could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jason Dawkins's chin.

Kyshenko
vs
Dawkins

184 cm
36
220
11 - 12 - 0

190 cm
22
210
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raul Kyshenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Dawkins!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawkins connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kyshenko fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Dawkins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kyshenko!
Dawkins cracks Kyshenko with a big elbow.
Dawkins looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kyshenko is avoiding damage well.
Dawkins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dawkins is looking to take a break and control but Kyshenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dawkins is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Kyshenko's shoulder. That is not cool.
Kyshenko is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins working the body and head with strikes.
Kyshenko wants to control but Dawkins postures up.
Dawkins is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kyshenko will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dawkins is looking to take a break and control but Kyshenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dawkins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kyshenko can't do much from the bottom here.
Dawkins taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins scoring with punches and elbows.
Dawkins advances to mount.
Kyshenko takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kyshenko has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Dawkins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kyshenko to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kyshenko shrugs it off.
Dawkins landing strikes, looking to finish!

Dawkins has control of Kyshenko's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kyshenko regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dawkins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dawkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dawkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dawkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Dawkins swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Kyshenko is now in Dawkins's guard. A big mistake from Dawkins there, giving up the dominant position!
Kyshenko postures up.
Kyshenko has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kyshenko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dawkins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kyshenko's guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawkins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kyshenko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dawkins preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dawkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dawkins slips nicely into half guard.
Kyshenko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dawkins on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawkins is trying to control. Kyshenko wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dawkins works his foot free and advances to mount.
Dawkins scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kyshenko?
Dawkins lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like Raul Kyshenko has been cut.
Kyshenko tries to lock up and control but Dawkins gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kyshenko regains half guard.
Dawkins working Kyshenko over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Dawkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raul Kyshenko's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dawkins scores with a nice head shot.
Dawkins lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kyshenko will feel that in the morning.

Dawkins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kyshenko keeping moving, preventing Dawkins from controlling successfully.
Kyshenko has Dawkins pulled in close to control his posture.

Kyshenko is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dawkins defends well.

Kyshenko looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dawkins passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins is looking to take a break and control but Kyshenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kyshenko is looking to control Dawkins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kyshenko avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyshenko has hold of Dawkins's hands but Dawkins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dawkins tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kyshenko knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dawkins winds up and cracks Kyshenko with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dawkins works his way into side control.
Dawkins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kyshenko down.
Dawkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Dawkins is trying to get an arm triangle but Kyshenko is defending well.
Dawkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kyshenko to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Dawkins has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jab by Dawkins.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kyshenko.
Dawkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kyshenko's sensitive parts.
Dawkins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A little jabbing left from Dawkins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dawkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dawkins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kyshenko.
Dawkins flicks out a counter leg kick but Kyshenko steps away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raul Kyshenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dawkins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kyshenko shoots in looking for a takedown. Dawkins tries to sprawl out of it but Kyshenko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dawkins manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Dawkins clinches with his opponent.
Dawkins leaning against his opponent.
Nice elbow from Dawkins.
Dawkins scores a nice knee to the body.
Dawkins stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Dawkins.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dawkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dawkins cracks Kyshenko with a good jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kyshenko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kyshenko needs to keep his hands up - Dawkins had a free shot at his head there.

Dawkins closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dawkins lands in his opponent's guard.
Kyshenko is trying to keep Dawkins in close.
Dawkins slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dawkins is putting a hurting on Kyshenko here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dawkins lands an elbow.
Dawkins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Dawkins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dawkins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Dawkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raul Kyshenko's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Dawkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Kyshenko shoots in for a double leg but Dawkins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dawkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kyshenko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dawkins is defending well.
Dawkins is pushing Kyshenko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kyshenko is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dawkins pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raul Kyshenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dawkins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Dawkins lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins working over Kyshenko with some ground and pound. Kyshenko looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dawkins working Kyshenko over with strikes.
Dawkins controlling the pace.

Dawkins is trying to work for a kimura but Kyshenko is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dawkins there.
Dawkins wants to take a breather but Kyshenko is having none of it.

Dawkins is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kyshenko is just riding it out for now. Dawkins eventually gives up the hold.
Kyshenko is looking for a sweep. Dawkins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dawkins is looking to take a break and control but Kyshenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dawkins works his foot free and advances to mount.
The referee warns Kyshenko that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dawkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dawkins lands a couple of good shots and Kyshenko has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Dawkins punches Kyshenko on the ear.
Good control from Dawkins.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dawkins is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Dawkins has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Kyshenko has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Dawkins is punishing Kyshenko with strikes - can he finish him?!

Dawkins is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kyshenko has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Dawkins is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Kyshenko. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins controlling well, preventing Kyshenko from escaping the position.

Dawkins is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kyshenko defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Kyshenko rolls, trying to escape but Dawkins keeps control of the position.
Dawkins trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Kyshenko tries to roll but Dawkins sticks to his back.
Dawkins has good solid back control here.
Dawkins struggling to keep hold of the position.
Raul Kyshenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jason Dawkins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kyshenko is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Dawkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dawkins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 25:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 25:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Dawkins!