PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mason Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Jennings Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dixon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's A Fight by Three 6 Mafia. Bryan has chosen Taylor Swift- Love Story as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dixon
vs
Jennings Bryan

185 cm
29
176 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

180 cm
25
178 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mason Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William Jennings Bryan!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryan throws a right hand that misses
and Dixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bryan motions for Dixon to come forward. Bryan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bryan lands a leg kick that knocks Dixon off balance momentarily.
William Jennings Bryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon blocks a head kick by Bryan.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bryan.
A big left from Bryan misses.
Bryan connects with a leg kick. Dixon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dixon misses with an uppercut. Bryan saw that one coming.
Bryan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dixon throws out the jab.
Bryan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dixon.
Dixon looks to throw the jab but Bryan is out of range.
Bryan throws a leg kick which misses Dixon's front leg but catches the back leg as Dixon tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dixon.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bryan, right into the meat.
Bryan is looking to chop away at Dixon's legs.
Dixon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bryan throws a wild body kick that Dixon sees coming a mile off.
Bryan moves in looking to clinch but Dixon pushes him off.
Bryan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dixon.
Dixon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bryan walks into a straight right hand from Dixon.
Bryan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bryan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bryan misses the body punch
and Dixon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
William Jennings Bryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan lands a leg kick that knocks Dixon off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dixon checks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bryan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dixon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dixon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bryan throws a leg kick

and Dixon counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bryan!

Dixon swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bryan is now in Dixon's guard. A big mistake from Dixon there, giving up the dominant position!
Bryan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bryan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dixon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bryan is one step ahead there.
Bryan stays in close to Dixon's body and controls the position.
Dixon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up. William Jennings Bryan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dixon fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four 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.
Dixon misses with an uppercut. Bryan saw that one coming.
Bryan throws a hook but Dixon avoids it easily.
Dixon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bryan counters with a nice leg kick.
Bryan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bryan connects with a solid leg kick.
Dixon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Dixon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dixon showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bryan tries to get to full guard but Dixon has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mason Dixon will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dixon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bryan throws out the jab.
Bryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bryan throws a leg kick but Dixon moved away.
Bryan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dixon's calf.
Dixon misses with a body kick.
Dixon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryan.
An inside leg kick from Bryan misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Dixon.

Bryan moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bryan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bryan throws an elbow but misses.
Dixon tries for a takedown but Bryan manages to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bryan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dixon's brow.
Bryan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dixon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bryan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A slow jab from Bryan misses its intended target.
Bryan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dixon counters with a three punch combo that has Bryan backing up. Bryan nods at Dixon to acknowledge the strikes.
Dixon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bryan counters with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason Dixon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dixon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bryan counters with a slapping leg kick.

Bryan clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dixon blocks an elbow strike.
Bryan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dixon's defenses.
Bryan looking to throw knees to the head but Dixon is blocking nicely.
Bryan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dixon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bryan lands a damaging elbow.
Bryan lands an elbow inside that Dixon shrugs off.

It looks like Mason Dixon has been cut.
Bryan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dixon blocks the elbow strike.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bryan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dixon dodges an elbow strike from Bryan.
Dixon looking for a takedown.
Bryan lands an elbow inside that Dixon shrugs off.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan lands a damaging elbow.
Bryan pushes off an throws an elbow but Dixon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bryan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dixon avoids the elbow strike from Bryan, against the cage.
Dixon dodges an elbow strike from Bryan.
Bryan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bryan throws an elbow that misses.
Bryan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dixon blocks the elbow strike.
Bryan lands an elbow just above Dixon 's eye.
Bryan lands a nice elbow.
Bryan throws an elbow but it misses.
Dixon avoids the elbow strike from Bryan, against the cage.
Dixon blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Bryan.
Dixon blocks an elbow strike from Bryan.
Dixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Bryan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dixon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bryan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bryan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bryan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bryan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bryan misses with an elbow strike.
Dixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Bryan.
Dixon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bryan lands an elbow that stopped Dixon in his tracks for a moment.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dixon avoids it.
Dixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Bryan.
Bryan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bryan throws an elbow that misses.

Dixon jumps into guard, dragging Bryan to the mat.
Dixon looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bryan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Jennings Bryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mason Dixon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Dixon.
Dixon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bryan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dixon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bryan throws a nice head kick!
Bryan looks to clinch
and Dixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A clash of legs there as Dixon blocks the low kick.
Bryan throws a leg kick which misses Dixon's front leg but catches the back leg as Dixon tries to avoid it.
Dixon misses with a wild combination.
Bryan throws a leg kick but Dixon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dixon staying out of range there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bryan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Bryan misses.
Mason Dixon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bryan tries a head kick but it misses.
Bryan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dixon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dixon lands a lovely overhand right.
Bryan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bryan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dixon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bryan throws a front kick aimed at Dixon's knee but Dixon avoids it well.

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.

Bryan clinches up against the cage.
Dixon tries for a takedown but Bryan manages to get underhooks.
Dixon blocks an elbow strike from Bryan.
Bryan pushes off an throws an elbow but Dixon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bryan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dixon's defenses.
Bryan throws an elbow but it misses.
Bryan pushes off an throws an elbow but Dixon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bryan lands an elbow that stopped Dixon in his tracks for a moment.
Bryan lands a damaging elbow.
Dixon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bryan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bryan lands an elbow inside that Dixon shrugs off.
Dixon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bryan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason Dixon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bryan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dixon is defending well for now.
Bryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dixon avoids it.
Dixon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryan has him pressed against the cage.
Dixon blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Bryan.
Bryan lands a damaging elbow.
Bryan prevents the takedown attempt.
Bryan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bryan pushes off an throws an elbow but Dixon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bryan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bryan lands an elbow inside.
Dixon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bryan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bryan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bryan throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan misses with a knee to the head.
Bryan lands an elbow just above Dixon 's eye.
Bryan lands a damaging elbow.
Bryan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dixon tries to score a body lock takedown but Bryan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dixon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dixon dodges an elbow strike from Bryan.
Bryan pushes off an throws an elbow but Dixon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bryan lands an elbow that stopped Dixon in his tracks for a moment.
Dixon has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bryan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bryan misses with an elbow over the top.
Bryan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bryan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dixon blocks the elbow strike.
Bryan scores with a knee to the head.

Mason Dixon's cut is getting worse.
Bryan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Jennings Bryan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bryan 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Jennings Bryan!