PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wade Dew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice Rabanbarou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maurice Rabanbarou will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dew
vs
Rabanbarou

169 cm
20
164 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Blood Bank ($10)
Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wade Dew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maurice Rabanbarou!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dew comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Rabanbarou. Those never looked like landing.
Dew misses with a double jab.
Wade Dew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rabanbarou dodges the punch combination from Dew.
Rabanbarou fails with a takedown attempt.
Dew throws a right hand that Rabanbarou ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabanbarou also avoids with ease.
Nice uppercut there from Dew.
Dew misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rabanbarou.

Dew moves into the clinch.
Rabanbarou is trying to pull guard but Dew turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dew manages to break the clinch.
Rabanbarou shoots in for a takedown but Dew shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wade Dew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurice Rabanbarou.
Dew catches Rabanbarou with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dew throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dew scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dew fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Dew does no damage.
Dew looks to land a combination but Rabanbarou avoids it well.
Dew rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rabanbarou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dew rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rabanbarou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dew swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabanbarou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dew shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rabanbarou eats them both and turns towards Dew to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Dew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Rabanbarou gets tackled into the cage by Dew. Dew maintains the clinch.

Dew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dew lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rabanbarou backs up against the cage.

Dew rushes Rabanbarou and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dew taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dew is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Rabanbarou pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rabanbarou working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Dew has passed into half guard!
Rabanbarou is trying to get back to full guard.
Dew tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Rabanbarou.

Rabanbarou looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
It looks like Dew is going to stand back up.

Rabanbarou actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rabanbarou actively working from the bottom here.
Dew knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rabanbarou on the ground.

Dew decides to stand up.
Rabanbarou is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dew lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rabanbarou at a distance.
Dew cracks Rabanbarou with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dew doesn't manage to clinch there - Rabanbarou circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dew gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Dew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Dew 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.

Dew misses with the combination.
Dew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rabanbarou slips under a jab.
Rabanbarou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dew throws out the jab.
Rabanbarou with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dew connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rabanbarou shoots and misses
and Dew counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Dew rushes Rabanbarou and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Dew breaks from the clinch.
Dew fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rabanbarou on the side of the head.
Dew misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dew misses with a hook.
Wade Dew is winning the standup battle so far.
Dew dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Dew gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Dew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dew throws a right hand that Rabanbarou ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabanbarou also avoids with ease.
Dew fails to land with a series of punches.
Dew throws a hook but Rabanbarou blocks it.
Dew misses with a combination

and Rabanbarou counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dew!
Dew wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rabanbarou swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Dew is now in Rabanbarou's guard. A big mistake from Rabanbarou there, giving up the dominant position!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dew wants to stand but Rabanbarou is controlling his posture from full guard.

Rabanbarou looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Rabanbarou is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dew is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rabanbarou looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Maurice Rabanbarou has got the better of the ground game so far.

Rabanbarou escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dew gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dew wants to stand but Rabanbarou is controlling his posture from full guard.

Rabanbarou looking for a guillotine here but Dew defends easily.

Rabanbarou has his foot on Dew's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dew works his way back into a safe position though.

Dew decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Dew stalks Rabanbarou and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rabanbarou's face. Rabanbarou staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dew misses with a two punch combination.
Dew misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dew cracks Rabanbarou with an open hand slap.
Dew throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dew misses with a few strikes there.
Dew moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dew takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Wade Dew will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Dew misses with a straight left.
Rabanbarou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dew.
Dew swinging wildly here.
Dew lands a really nice looking cross but Rabanbarou seems unphased.
Some wild striking there from Dew.
A punch lands to the side of Rabanbarou 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dew fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dew wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabanbarou slips a jab and a cross from Dew.
Dew leaves Rabanbarou with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dew scores with the left hand. Rabanbarou knows he should have avoided that one.
Dew is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A cross from Dew lands.
Dew swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dew will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rabanbarou is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rabanbarou dodges the punch combination from Dew.
Wade Dew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rabanbarou.
Dew fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Dew.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dew swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Rabanbarou or perhaps it was just good defense by Dew which made him look bad.
Wade Dew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurice Rabanbarou.
Dew lands a jab-cross combination.
Dew throws a right hand that Rabanbarou ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabanbarou also avoids with ease.

Dew clinches up with Rabanbarou and pushes him back against the cage.

Dew pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dew swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rabanbarou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dew.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dew throws a body punch but Rabanbarou moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Dew as he connects with a hook.
Rabanbarou ducks under a wild hook from Dew.
Dew fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, jab by Dew - just one landing.
Dew misses the shot to the body.
Dew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rabanbarou was well out of range. Poor timing from Dew.
Dew throws a looping overhand right but Rabanbarou ducks down to avoid it.
Dew tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabanbarou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wade Dew showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dew, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wade Dew!
After winning the bout, Wade Dew thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.