PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arjel Dacir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Down comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 50 Cent - I Get Money kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dacir
vs
Down

180 cm
23
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

185 cm
23
185 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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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 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Arjel Dacir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drew Down!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dacir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Down stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dacir.
Nice uppercut there from Down.
Down will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dacir closes the distance looking to clinch
and Down counters with a nice uppercut.
Dacir throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dacir cracks the inside of Down's front leg.
Dacir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Down manages to avoid it.
Dacir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Down paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arjel Dacir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dacir is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Down.
Dacir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Down paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dacir walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Down checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Down just misses with a punch to the body.
Dacir attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Down throws a shot to the body.
Dacir jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dacir is looking to clinch.
Dacir misses with a low kick.
Dacir lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dacir throws a body punch but Down moves out of range.
Dacir wants to clinch.

Down gets tackled into the cage by Dacir. Dacir maintains the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Dacir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dacir scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Down as Dacir tries to tie him up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Down scores with a nice short uppercut.
Down leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dacir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Down's face.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dacir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacir looking to stall.
Down displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dacir up against the cage.
Down working hard to break the clinch.
Dacir prevents Down from breaking the clinch.
Down's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dacir is stalling here.
Dacir lands a nice knee to the body.
Down tries a body shot but Dacir blocks it.
Dacir stalling in the clinch but Down improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dacir has Down pushed against the cage.
Down is looking to control Dacir's arms but Dacir gets an underhook and turns him. Now Down has his back to the cage.
Dacir landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Down looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dacir tries to throw a body punch but Down avoids it by throwing Dacir back against the cage.
Down being controlled against the cage.
A short uppercut from Dacir.
Down trying to control the position but instead, Dacir has worked for underhooks and has pushed Down into the cage.
Dacir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dacir seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Down is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Dacir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dacir swings wildly with an uppercut but Down uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arjel Dacir dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dacir rushes Down and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dacir leaning against his opponent.
Arjel Dacir has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arjel Dacir.
Dacir tries a head kick but it misses.
Down uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dacir.
Dacir is looking to clinch but Down is avoiding it.
Dacir slips under a jab from Down.
Dacir attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dacir motions for Down to come forward. Dacir throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dacir tries to clinch but Down moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dacir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dacir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Dacir.
Dacir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Down paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Down scores with the left hand. Dacir knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice shot by Dacir.
Down circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Down is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dacir looking to throw knees to the head but Down is blocking nicely.
Dacir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dacir struggles to land a body shot inside as Down controls his hands.
Down stalling the fight.
Dacir stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Down is trying to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dacir is trying to maintain a safe position but Down gets an underhook and turns Dacir into the cage.
A short right from Dacir on the inside.
Dacir stalls.
Dacir tries to land knees in the clinch but Down avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Down blocking some punches.
Dacir tries to work over Down's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dacir works on Down's body with a couple of short punches.
Down takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Drew Down has been cut.
Dacir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dacir lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Down is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dacir is keeping busy.
Dacir tries to land a knee to the head but Down blocks with his arms.
Dacir trying to stall but Down improves his position.
Dacir scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Down misses with a body punch.
Dacir lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dacir lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Down blocks a body shot from Dacir.
Dacir prevents a body shot from Down.
Down managing to block the knees to the body from Dacir.
Dacir scores a nice knee to the body.
Down blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dacir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dacir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Dacir lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dacir.
Dacir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Down working aggressively here.
A short right from Dacir.
Dacir blocking some punches.
Dacir misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arjel Dacir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Drew Down's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Dacir looks to land a right hand but Down moved out of range.

Dacir fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Down, pushing him back against the cage.
Dacir misses with a knee strike.
Dacir blocks a body shot from Down.
Down blocks a body shot from Dacir.
Dacir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Down can do to turn this around?
Dacir is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Down misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dacir wants to stall.
Down stalling in the clinch.
Down is trying to stall.

Down breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Down chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dacir can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacir throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dacir tries to clinch but Down moves away
and Down counters with a good low kick that Dacir was not able to check.
A big left from Dacir misses.
Dacir checks a leg kick nicely.
A combination from Dacir does no damage.

Dacir closes the distance and pushes Down back into the cage.
Dacir leaning his opponent against the cage.
Down lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dacir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Down pressing his opponent against the cage.
Come on Dacir - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Down working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dacir missing with knees to the body.
Down looking to stall.
A bit of stalling here from Dacir.
Down manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dacir throws a head punch that misses.
Dacir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Down.
Dacir letting Down take a breather here.
Down stalling in the clinch but Dacir improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Down is keeping busy.
Dacir missing with knees to the body.
Dacir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dacir working aggressively here.
Down stalls.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Drew Down.
Dacir ducks under a wild hook from Down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dacir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab, jab by Dacir - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dacir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dacir throws a combination. Down tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Down bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Arjel Dacir is winning the standup battle so far.

Dacir closes the distance and clinches.
Arjel Dacir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Down on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Down misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drew Down has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Down has Dacir pressed against the cage.
Down lands with a short punch from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dacir lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Down backwards.
Down is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dacir letting Down take a breather here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arjel Dacir showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dacir has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arjel Dacir!
Arjel Dacir very nearly forgot to thank 1337 ANZAC amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.