PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Male Nurse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind. Nurse comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Crazy Things We Do kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Dawkins looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Dawkins
vs
Nurse

186 cm
29
194 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

186 cm
27
201 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Dawkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Male Nurse!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse swinging wildly here.
Dawkins moves away from the strike by Nurse.
Nurse swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dawkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nurse fails to land with a series of punches.
Dawkins lands the left hand.
Dawkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Nurse on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nurse fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nurse lands a jab.
Nurse lands with an uppercut that bounces Dawkins off the cage and back into range.
Dawkins with a poor takedown
and Nurse counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurse lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins ducks under a wild hook from Nurse.
Nurse connects with a right hand. Dawkins shakes it off.
Dawkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nurse connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dawkins is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nurse.
Dawkins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Male Nurse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dawkins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nurse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nurse misses with an uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Dawkins.
Nurse catches Dawkins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse misses with a double jab.
Nurse lands a jab to the head.
Nurse scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Nurse misses.
Nurse lands with a nice body punch.
Dawkins is breathing heavily.
Dawkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Nurse is just out of range.
A slow jab from Nurse misses its intended target.
Nurse looks to land a combination but Dawkins avoids it well.
Nurse misses with a double jab.
Nurse lands a jab to the head.
Nurse tries to bum rush Dawkins with a series of wild strikes but Dawkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nurse gets the takedown into side control.
Dawkins tries to bench press Nurse off him but Nurse keeps the position.
Nurse landing a few strikes.
Dawkins is trying to control Nurse's posture but Nurse avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nurse is trying to get an arm triangle but Dawkins is defending well.
Nurse cracks Dawkins with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Nurse wants to control but Dawkins is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurse throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Nurse trying to control the action but Dawkins is working from the bottom.
Nurse working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nurse landing strikes.
Nurse cracks Dawkins with a big elbow.
Nurse landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nurse working away.
Dawkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Nurse looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Nurse is trying to get an arm triangle but Dawkins is defending well.
Dawkins taking a bit of punishment here - Nurse scoring with strikes.
Nurse has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dawkins tries to roll over but Nurse keeps him under control.
Nurse 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 gets full guard.
Dawkins working a defensive guard here.
Nurse forces his way into half guard.
Dawkins is holding on to half guard well.
Nurse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins is looking to improve his position.

Nurse wants to work for an arm triangle but Dawkins is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nurse scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nurse wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dawkins keeps working.
Nurse missing with some ground and pound from the 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!
Nurse throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nurse tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Dawkins.
Nurse looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nurse tries to pass to full mount but Dawkins defends it.
Nurse is controlling the pace.
Dawkins is trying to control but can't.
Dawkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nurse.
Nurse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dawkins wants to get back to full guard.
Dawkins is holding on to half guard well.

Nurse is looking for a kimura but Dawkins is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Nurse to get the leverage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nurse is trying to control. Dawkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nurse is thwarting Dawkins's attempts to control the position.
Dawkins is refusing to be controlled, as Nurse sits in half guard.
Nurse is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Dawkins reverses the position - he's now on top in Nurse's guard.
Nurse looking for a sweep. Not yet Nurse, not yet.
Nurse is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nurse manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dawkins is trying to escape the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Nurse there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nurse working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nurse lands with some strikes.
Nurse lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dawkins hang on?
Nurse sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Male Nurse dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dawkins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nurse manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nurse lands a nice shot to the head.
Nurse breaks from Dawkins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nurse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nurse landing punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dawkins is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nurse working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dawkins taking shots to the head.
Nurse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dawkins is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nurse cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nurse lands with some strikes.
Nurse is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dawkins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nurse prevents Dawkins from getting the reversal.
Dawkins taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurse raining down shots from the mount!

Dawkins is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse cracks Dawkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Dawkins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nurse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dawkins?
Nurse loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Dawkins scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Nurse land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Nurse stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Male Nurse!
Male Nurse is the new middleweight champion!
Male Nurse decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.