PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Dulay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edsel Rainz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rainz's choice of entrance music: That Cross. 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.

Dulay
vs
Rainz

168 cm
23
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jayson Dulay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Edsel Rainz!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dulay shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rainz's guard.
Dulay trying to control but Rainz is working from the bottom.
Rainz wants to sweep but no luck.

Rainz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dulay pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rainz is keeping the position for now.
Dulay stands up over Rainz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dulay sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rainz's guard.
Dulay passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rainz!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dulay punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rainz looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dulay lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Dulay has hold of Rainz's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rainz manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dulay is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dulay with a couple of short strikes.
Rainz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dulay looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rainz wants to hold on but Dulay pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dulay looking to control but Rainz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dulay with a couple of short strikes.
Dulay tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rainz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rainz is looking to get to half guard.
Dulay takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dulay lands a heavy elbow.
Dulay raining down shots from the mount!
Dulay landing shots from mount.
Dulay controlling his opponent.
Dulay looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dulay controlling the pace for now.
Dulay seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rainz for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jayson Dulay dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dulay gets the takedown into side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jayson Dulay.
Dulay looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rainz is fending him off so far but Dulay persists. Nope, Rainz circles away and we're back to standing.
Rainz throws a body punch but Dulay moves out of range.
Edsel Rainz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dulay looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Dulay is looking for a kimura here.
Dulay takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rainz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dulay passes to full mount!
Dulay trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dulay tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dulay lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dulay scoring with strikes but Rainz is staying in there.
Dulay looking to finish Rainz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rainz!
Dulay lands a big shot there that rocks Rainz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dulay unloading with bombs!

Dulay jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rainz manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Dulay cracks Rainz with a big elbow.
Rainz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rainz taking a bit of punishment here - Dulay scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rainz tries to improve position but can't.
Dulay happy to just control the position for now.

Dulay decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Dulay shoots in looking for a takedown. Rainz tries to sprawl out of it but Dulay keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rainz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Dulay forces Rainz back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rainz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dulay gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rainz tries to stall but Dulay uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dulay has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rainz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jayson Dulay. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dulay drags the fight down to the ground.

Dulay has his feet on Rainz's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dulay shoots in and drives through. Rainz sprawls well.

Dulay shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dulay was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dulay raining down shots from the mount!

Dulay looking to isolate an arm here. Rainz doesn't see it coming and as Dulay extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Dulay!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jayson Dulay!