PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dakota Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royer has chosen Speak Militant- Sabac Red as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Askren
vs
Royer

178 cm
23
180 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

185 cm
30
180 lbs
17 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Askren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dakota Royer!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren misses with a straight left.
Royer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Askren. That did some damage!
Askren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big left from Askren misses.
Some wild striking there from Askren.
Askren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Askren misses with a looping right.
A low kick from Royer is predictable there
and Askren counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Royer thinking.
Askren lands with a shot to the body.
Askren looks to land a left hand but Royer moved out of range nicely.
Askren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Askren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer throws a front kick aimed at Askren's knee but Askren avoids it well.
Royer keeps Askren at a distance using the push kick.
Royer jabs Askren right on the nose. Askren blinks but takes it well.

Askren has closed the distance and engaged Royer in a clinch.
Royer is trying to break the clinch but Askren is controlling him.
Askren keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Royer's efforts to push away.
Askren manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Askren throws a punch but it's blocked by Royer.
A head punch on the inside from Askren fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren swings wildly with an uppercut but Royer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Askren.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Royer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Royer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Royer misses with the body kick
and Askren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Askren misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Askren. Royer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Askren misses with an uppercut.
Askren tries to clinch but Royer moves out of range.
Royer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Askren checks a leg kick.
Askren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Royer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren shoots in but Royer avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Askren scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Askren throws a strike but Royer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Askren looking to sit in guard and control but Royer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Askren looking for a guillotine here but Royer defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askren wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Royer is now in half guard.
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 John Askren will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slow jab from Askren misses its intended target.
Askren connects with a crisp jab.
Royer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Royer.
Askren swings for the body but Royer moves out of range.
Askren takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Askren throws an off balance right hand
and Royer counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Askren misses with a body shot
and Royer counters with a good low kick that Askren was not able to check.
Royer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Askren throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Royer on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Royer pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer staying out of range there.
Royer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Askren throws a jab when Royer was well out of range.
John Askren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Askren gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Royer letting Askren take a breather here.
Royer blocking some punches.
Askren makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Askren misses with a short punch on the inside.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Royer controls his hands.
Askren is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Royer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Askren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royer trying to control the position but instead, Askren has worked for underhooks and has pushed Royer into the cage.
Royer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Askren misses with a short punch on the inside.
Askren has a couple of punches blocked by Royer.
Askren misses with a body punch.
Askren misses with a body punch.
Askren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Askren misses with a punch on the inside.
Askren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Royer's elbow.
Royer is trying to break free.
Royer blocking some punches.
Askren misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Askren takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Royer breaks from the clinch.
Royer connects with an inside leg kick.
Askren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Royer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Royer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Askren throws a right hand that misses
and Royer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Askren shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Royer defends it nicely.
Dakota Royer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Nice uppercut there from Royer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Royer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Askren throws a predictable looking body shot
and Royer makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Askren really felt that one!
Dakota Royer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Askren tries to move into range but Royer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Royer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Royer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Askren's calf.
Royer feints and then cracks Askren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Askren down.
Askren on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Royer. Royer obviously looking to wear him down.
Royer scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Royer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Askren's sensitive parts.
Askren is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Askren checks the leg kick nicely there.
Royer scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dakota Royer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Royer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Askren's sensitive parts.
Askren is looking to clinch.
Royer scores with a push kick.

Royer lands a big right hand that sends Askren crashing to the mat! Royer stays standing though and waves Askren back to his feet!

Askren is rocked!

It looks like John Askren has been cut.
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!
Royer throws an overhand right that drops Askren like a sack of potatoes! Royer dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dakota Royer! Dakota Royer retains his welterweight title!