PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ni Hao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey Dahmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hao comes to the cage accompanied by Survival Of The Fittest. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hao
vs
Dahmer

185 cm
26
200 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

182 cm
21
198 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ni Hao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeffrey Dahmer!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hao walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dahmer staying out of range there.
Hao throws an overhand right that lands on Dahmer's shoulder, as Dahmer tries to avoid the shot.

Dahmer takes the fight into the clinch.
Hao is working Dahmer over against the cage.
Dahmer jumps guard but Hao stands there with Dahmer around his waist. Dahmer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hao blocking some punches.
Dahmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Hao.
Dahmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Hao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dahmer lands with a light punch inside.
Hao lands with a left to the head.
Hao is trying to stall.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Dahmer controls his hands.
Dahmer fails to pull guard.
Hao digs a right hand into Dahmer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dahmer's gas tank.
Dahmer misses with the head strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dahmer's elbow.
Hao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dahmer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hao backwards.
Dahmer is working for takedown but Hao is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ni Hao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffrey Dahmer.
Dahmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dahmer has Hao pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hao manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Good body shot from Hao.
Dahmer looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Hao on the inside.
Hao pushes Dahmer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Hao.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao lands a nice shot to the body.
Hao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dahmer or not.
Hao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hao is pushing Dahmer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hao.
A shot in the inside from Hao.
Dahmer misses with a punch on the inside.
Hao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Hao as the two fighters clinch.
Hao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hao.
Hao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dahmer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dahmer.
Hao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Hao.
Hao lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hao.
Hao digs a right hand into Dahmer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dahmer's gas tank.
Hao lands a body punch.
Hao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dahmer.
Hao stalling in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hao.
Hao lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hao lands a shoulder strike.
Hao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dahmers head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hao lands a shot to the body.
Hao pushes Dahmer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Hao.
Hao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hao digs a right hand underneath Dahmer's ribcage. Dahmer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hao works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hao stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hao.
Dahmer working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Hao.
Hao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dahmer.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hao.
Hao digs a right hand into Dahmer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dahmer's gas tank.
Hao scores with a hook to the body.
Hao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dahmer fails to land.
Hao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hao works on Dahmer's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Hao.
Hao stops a takedown attempt from Dahmer.
Hao taking a breather.
Dahmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Hao.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dahmer pushes Hao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hao.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hao.
Hao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dahmer goes for a takedown attempt but Hao pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hao lands a jab-cross combination.
Good work by Hao as he checks the leg kick.
Hao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dahmer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hao momentarily.
Dahmer misses with a body shot.
Dahmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Hao is just out of range.
A slow jab from Dahmer misses its intended target.
Dahmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Hao is just out of range.
Dahmer moves in looking to clinch but Hao pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big right from Dahmer misses.
Hao changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dahmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hao.
Dahmer scores with a sloppy right hand. Hao should have avoided that one.
Dahmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hao moves away.
Dahmer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dahmer lands a jab-cross combination.
Dahmer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hao lands with an overhand left.
Dahmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dahmer slips under a jab from Hao.
Dahmer lands a jab to the nose.
Dahmer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hao doesn't seem bothered though.
Hao walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ni Hao dominated that round.
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.

Dahmer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hao counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hao swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dahmer. Hao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dahmer.
Hao is looking to clinch.
Dahmer doesn't manage to clinch there - Hao circles away.
Dahmer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dahmer lands with a nice body punch.
Hao misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dahmer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dahmer slips under a jab.
Dahmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hao moves away.
Hao blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahmer throws a body punch but Hao moves out of range.
Hao looks to land a right hand but Dahmer moved out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hao connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hao throws an overhand right that lands on Dahmer's shoulder, as Dahmer tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dahmer keeps the fight on the outside.
Dahmer throws a body punch but Hao moves out of range.
Dahmer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dahmer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hao but Hao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dahmer.
Dahmer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hao to score with a decent uppercut.
Hao throws a right and a left that Dahmer avoids nicely.
Dahmer just misses with a punch to the body.
Dahmer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer scores with a sloppy right hand. Hao should have avoided that one.
Dahmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dahmer misses with a series of wild punches.

Dahmer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hao on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hao tries to get out of the position.
Dahmer throwing shots but Hao is blocking nicely.
Dahmer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dahmer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dahmer wants to control but Hao is keeping him busy.
Hao is positioning himself well to prevent Dahmer advancing to mount.
Hao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dahmer.
Dahmer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer looks to land a strike but Hao avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dahmer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dahmer slips under a jab.
Dahmer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hao misses with a looping right.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dahmer.
Dahmer scores with punches from side control.
Hao parries the strikes from Dahmer easily there. Dahmer is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hao to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dahmer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hao has one of Dahmer's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Hao defending against the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hao's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hao is looking for a sweep.
Hao pushes Dahmer away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dahmer gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dahmer lands with a nice body punch.

Dahmer shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dahmer.
Dahmer works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dahmer thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hao is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeffrey Dahmer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dahmer slips a jab and a cross from Hao.
Dahmer dives in and grabs Hao's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hao pushes down on Dahmer's head and hops out.
Hao tries to bum rush Dahmer with a series of wild strikes but Dahmer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dahmer misses with a body shot
letting Hao counter with a right hand.
Dahmer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hao manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dahmer is defended easily by Hao.
Jab from Dahmer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dahmer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dahmer throws a body kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hao looks to score with a jab to the body but Dahmer is just out of range.
Dahmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dahmer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hao circles away.
Ni Hao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffrey Dahmer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao misses with a hook. Dahmer ducked under it nicely.
Dahmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Hao.

Dahmer gets the takedown into side control.
Hao stops Dahmer from passing to mount.
Dahmer working away.
Dahmer advances to full mount.
Hao tries to hold on but Dahmer pushes him away.
Dahmer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dahmer prevents Hao from getting the reversal.
Hao wants to hold on but Dahmer pushes him away.
Hao is desperately trying to improve his position but Dahmer has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer scoring with strikes but Hao is staying in there.
Dahmer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dahmer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dahmer looking to ground and pound but Hao is blocking nicely.
Hao regains half guard.
Hao blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dahmer.
Hao tries to get to full guard but Dahmer has control of the leg.
Dahmer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hao defending well though.
Dahmer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dahmer uses his free foot to push down on Hao's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hao sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Dahmer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hao is trying to stand up here but Dahmer is controlling him well.
Dahmer working the head and body with strikes.
Hao taking some punishment here, with Dahmer in his half guard.
Dahmer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dahmer is keen to just control but Hao is a slippery customer.
Hao is pressing down on Dahmer's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hao is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dahmer advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dahmer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hao is trying to get back to full guard.
Hao taking some punishment here, with Dahmer in his half guard.
Dahmer working the head and body with strikes.
Dahmer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hao's head.
Hao regains full guard. Nicely done.

Hao kicks Dahmer off and gets to his feet.
Nice cross by Hao.
Dahmer scores with a shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Dahmer.
Hao on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hao misses with a straight left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffrey Dahmer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dahmer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeffrey Dahmer!