PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shake Frylock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Dicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shake Frylock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Frylock
vs
Dicks

170 cm
20
154 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
27
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shake Frylock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Dicks!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dicks fails with the takedown
and Dicks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dicks fails with a takedown attempt.
Dicks ducks under a wild hook from Frylock.

Dicks shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Frylock's guard.
Frylock working a defensive guard here.
Frylock has a closed guard, preventing Dicks from standing up.
Dicks pushes down on Frylock's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dicks is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Dicks stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Frylock to get to his feet.
Frylock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Frylock tries to clinch up

and Dicks decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Frylock's guard.
Dicks pushes down on Frylock's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dicks wants to free his trapped foot but Frylock is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frylock moves into full guard.
Frylock keeping moving, preventing Dicks from controlling successfully.
Dicks landing with the ground and pound.

Dicks decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Frylock, up you get!

Dicks scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dicks staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dicks tries to score with some ground and pound. Frylock controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dicks misses with the ground and pound.

Dicks decides to stand up, so the ref orders Frylock to his feet.
A shot to the body from Frylock misses

and Dicks counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dicks stalling away here and it's allowed Frylock to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dicks throws and elbow that misses. Frylock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dicks's guard. Nice move by Frylock!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frylock trying to control but Dicks is working from the bottom.
Dicks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dicks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dicks is pulling down on Frylock's head. It's preventing any offense from Frylock, at least for the moment.
Frylock wants to pass the guard but Dicks is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Frylock trying to control the position from guard on top but Dicks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Dicks dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Frylock misses with a combination

and Dicks counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dicks missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frylock trying to hold on to Dicks's head to control him but Dicks postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dicks perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nice strikes from Dicks there.
Dicks content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Frylock is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dicks scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dicks stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Frylock to get to his feet.
Dicks fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Frylock avoids it really well and circles away.
Frylock swings widly with a right hand

and Dicks counters with a nice double leg into side control. Frylock won't be happy with that.
Dicks is looking to take a break and control but Frylock is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dicks landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dicks lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dicks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dicks cracks Frylock with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dicks stands up and beckons Frylock to his feet.
Dicks defending well as Frylock loads up on a big left hand.

Dicks darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Frylock is staying active underneath Dicks, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Frylock has hold of Dicks's hands but Dicks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Frylock trying to control but Dicks postures up.

Dicks escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dicks fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shake Frylock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frylock with a lazy takedown attempt

so Dicks counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dicks gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Frylock throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dicks counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Frylock!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dicks raining down hammerfists from mount.
Frylock tries to lock up and control but Dicks gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dicks landing strikes from the mount and Frylock is in trouble!
Frylock takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dicks connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dicks raining down hammerfists from mount.
Frylock is in a horrible position here. Dicks smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Frylock is in a horrible position here. Dicks smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dicks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Frylock looks a forlorn figure.
Dicks landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dicks working Frylock over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Dicks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Frylock shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Dicks counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dicks frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dicks landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dicks jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Frylock is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Frylock and Dicks has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Frylock managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dicks has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frylock has his takedown stuffed
and Dicks counters with a good low kick that Frylock was not able to check.

Dicks gets a double leg takedown into Frylock's guard.
Frylock is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Dicks gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Frylock throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dicks counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Frylock's guard now.
Frylock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dicks on the ground.
Frylock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dicks showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dicks is pushing down on Frylock's leg trying to pass to half guard. Frylock is fighting to maintain full guard but Dicks has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dicks frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dicks landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dicks with shots to the head and body - Frylock looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dicks lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Frylock in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dicks lands a big elbow.
Dicks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dicks tries to control but Frylock wriggling away.
Jason Dicks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dicks landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dicks working Frylock over with strikes here.
Dicks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dicks dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dicks takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dicks can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Frylock is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frylock is looking to improve his position but Dicks isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Dicks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dicks winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 25:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 25:30

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