PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remedios Verzosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Dawkins
vs
Verzosa

186 cm
19
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Remedios Verzosa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verzosa throws a body punch but Dawkins moves out of range.
Dawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verzosa.
Verzosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawkins manages to avoid it.
Dawkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Verzosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Verzosa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dawkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dawkins lands a nice hook to Verzosa's body. Verzosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dawkins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Verzosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verzosa.
Dawkins throws a sloppy body shot
and Verzosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dawkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Verzosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawkins shoots and misses
and Verzosa counters with a straight right hand.
Dawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verzosa.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Verzosa is just out of range.
Dawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verzosa throws a shot from downtown. Dawkins moves away and avoids it.
Dawkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Verzosa.

Dawkins gets the takedown into side control.
Verzosa tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Dawkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Verzosa on the ground.
Verzosa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dawkins.
Dawkins wants to control the pace but Verzosa is squirming around nicely.
Verzosa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dawkins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Verzosa is looking to escape.
Verzosa can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Verzosa is squirming around, avoiding Dawkins's attempts to control the action.
Dawkins lands a big shot there that rocks Verzosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Verzosa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Dawkins.
Dawkins looking to control but Verzosa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Verzosa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dawkins lands with some strikes.
Dawkins controlling from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dawkins scoring with strikes but Verzosa is staying in there.
Verzosa is working to get back to half guard.
Dawkins landing punches.
Verzosa is squirming around, avoiding Dawkins's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dawkins punishing his opponent with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawkins controlling his opponent.
Dawkins wants to control the pace but Verzosa is squirming around nicely.
Verzosa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dawkins landing strikes from the mount and Verzosa is in trouble!

Dawkins jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Verzosa is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Verzosa and Dawkins has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawkins trying to control the action but Verzosa is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Dawkins dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dawkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verzosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Verzosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dawkins moves away.
Nice defenses there by Verzosa.
Dawkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Verzosa checks the leg kick.
Dawkins tries for a takedown but Verzosa circles away easily
and Verzosa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dawkins misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins slips a jab from Verzosa.
Verzosa lands a jab.
Verzosa throws a jab when Dawkins was well out of range.
Verzosa throws a hook to the side of Dawkins's head but Dawkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins tries for a takedown but Verzosa circles away easily
and Verzosa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Verzosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawkins.
Dawkins throws the left hand but Verzosa avoids the punch easily.

Dawkins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Verzosa regains half guard.
Verzosa wants to control but Dawkins is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Verzosa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dawkins keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Verzosa manages to get to full guard.
Dawkins wants to control from the top but Verzosa keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins looking to sit in guard and control but Verzosa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Verzosa wants to control from the top but Dawkins keeps moving.
Verzosa advances position into side control!
Dawkins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dawkins tries to get out of the position.
Verzosa working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dawkins is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Verzosa crashes against the mat.
The strikes coming from Verzosa are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dawkins misses with a body punch
and Verzosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy body kick from Dawkins
and Verzosa counters with a nice body shot.

Dawkins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Verzosa did well to prevent Dawkins getting side control.

Dawkins looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dawkins trying to control from Verzosa's half guard. Verzosa has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Verzosa is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Dawkins has his hands clasped together but Verzosa extends an breaks Dawkins's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Verzosa.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Remedios Verzosa!