PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Barros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Dawkins
vs
Barros

186 cm
26
194 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

190 cm
25
198 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

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 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leo Barros!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawkins lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Dawkins does it's job there.
Barros connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dawkins momentarily.
Dawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barros manages to avoid it.
Dawkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barros moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barros swivels and escapes.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Barros is just out of range.
Barros throws a head kick that misses.
Barros moves out of range of the strikes.
Barros stuffs the takedown attempt from Dawkins. Dawkins gets slowly back to his feet.
Barros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barros on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Dawkins gets caught napping as Barros dives in and scores a takedown. Dawkins manages to retain guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Dawkins looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Barros passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Barros has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Dawkins is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barros in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barros is landing with some decent strikes but Dawkins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Barros looking to finish with strikes here!
Barros landing strikes from the mount.
Barros lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Barros punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barros controlling the pace for now.
Barros throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins is working to get back to half guard.
Dawkins wants to control but Barros is having none of it.
Dawkins is trying to escape the mount.
Barros working Dawkins over with strikes here.
Dawkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dawkins keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barros trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barros landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins is trying desperately to improve position.
Barros trying to control but Dawkins is having none of it.
Barros cracks Dawkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Barros trying to control but Dawkins is having none of it.
Dawkins is bucking up trying to escape but Barros cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dawkins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barros has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dawkins's face.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barros cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawkins sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Barros throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Dawkins to regain full guard.
Barros postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barros sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Dawkins throws his legs up looking for a submission but Barros uses it to pass to side control.
Barros controlling the position from side mount.
Barros cracks Dawkins with a big elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawkins is looking for a sweep.
Barros is looking to take a break and control but Dawkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Barros working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Barros 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.

Dawkins connects with a looping right hand.
Barros walks into a straight right hand from Dawkins.
A big left from Dawkins misses.
Dawkins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jack Dawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Barros shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dawkins napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Barros scores with a couple of short elbows.
Barros throws an elbow but Dawkins slips to the side and avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barros scores with punches from side control.
Dawkins manages to work his way to half guard, despite Barros's best efforts.
Barros prevents Dawkins from improving his position.
Barros is thwarting Dawkins's attempts to control the position.
Barros seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dawkins does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dawkins trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barros throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dawkins is staying active underneath Barros, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Barros lands strikes from half guard.
Barros trying to control from half guard but Dawkins is working away.
Dawkins is looking for a sweep. Barros is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Barros in particular looking to stall.
Dawkins is positioning himself well to prevent Barros advancing to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barros connects with a nice short shot to Dawkins's temple.
Dawkins wants to improve his position but Barros is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins is staying active underneath Barros, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Barros is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barros throwing shots but Dawkins is blocking nicely.
Dawkins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Barros is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawkins regains full guard. Nicely done.
Barros wants to pass the guard but Dawkins is keeping the position.
Barros postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Dawkins is looking for a triangle but Barros pushes his legs off easily.
Dawkins keeping moving, preventing Barros from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dawkins dominating with strikes here.
Dawkins tries to control but Barros wriggling away.
Dawkins lands a nice shot to the head.
Barros tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dawkins with a couple of short strikes.
Dawkins lands with some strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dawkins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dawkins looking to control but Barros is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Dawkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dawkins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barros wants to hold on but Dawkins pushes him away.
Dawkins cracks Barros with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dawkins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barros is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawkins looking to control but Barros is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leo Barros has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dawkins is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Barros is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Dawkins dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dawkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barros misses with a few strikes there.
Dawkins throws a nice looking combination but Barros bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the head.
Barros misses with a body kick.
Barros throws a leg kick but Dawkins checks it.
Dawkins throws out a loose jab but Barros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barros lunges at Dawkins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dawkins's hand.

Barros shoots in and gets a takedown into Dawkins's guard.

Dawkins escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barros gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Dawkins has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barros can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barros keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dawkins's head.
Dawkins keeping moving, preventing Barros from controlling successfully.
Barros is pushing down on Dawkins's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dawkins is fighting to maintain full guard but Barros has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dawkins tries to get to full guard but Barros has control of the leg.

Dawkins looking for submissions off his back.
Dawkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Barros is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dawkins!
Dawkins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to hold on but Barros pushes him away.
Dawkins keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barros landing strikes, looking to finish!
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!
Barros landing strikes, looking to finish!
Barros is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Barros fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Barros working for a guillotine from mount but Dawkins is in no mood to give up.
Dawkins wants to hold on but Barros pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barros scoring with strikes but Dawkins is staying in there.
Barros lands a big elbow.
Barros putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dawkins is working to get back to half guard.
Barros controlling the pace for now.
Barros cracks Dawkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dawkins is looking to get to half guard.
Dawkins is bucking up trying to escape but Barros cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
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!
Dawkins is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins is working hard here to advance position.
Barros postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dawkins looks a forlorn figure.
Dawkins is in a horrible position here. Barros smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barros postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dawkins looks a forlorn figure.
Barros cracks Dawkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barros scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dawkins?
Barros with good strikes from the mount here!
Barros scoring with strikes but Dawkins is staying in there.

Dawkins is rocked!
Barros landing strikes, looking to finish!

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo Barros comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barros 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leo Barros!