PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gigi LAcremeria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Dogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gigi LAcremeria could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brad Dogers's chin.

LAcremeria
vs
Dogers

170 cm
25
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gigi LAcremeria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Dogers!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LAcremeria closes the distance and clinches up with Dogers, looking for a takedown. LAcremeria pushes Dogers against the cage but Dogers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
LAcremeria throws a head kick but Dogers moves out of range.
LAcremeria fails with the takedown.
LAcremeria will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gigi LAcremeria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dogers defends well against a solid takedown attempt from LAcremeria.
LAcremeria shoots and misses

and Dogers counters with a nice double leg into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dogers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dogers scoring with some ground and pound.
Dogers is working LAcremeria over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dogers cracks LAcremeria with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dogers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
LAcremeria preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dogers throws a big right hand that misses.

LAcremeria working for a triangle but Dogers defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
LAcremeria is breathing heavily.
LAcremeria preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogers throws a big right hand that misses.
Dogers with a nice head shot there.
Dogers throws a big right hand that misses.
Dogers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
LAcremeria trying to control the position.
Dogers lands a couple of elbows.
Dogers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dogers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dogers is in close to LAcremeria's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dogers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as LAcremeria works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dogers preventing the sweep.
Dogers landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dogers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dogers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers landing with the ground and pound.
Dogers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dogers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dogers lands a couple of elbows.
LAcremeria trying to keep a closed guard but Dogers is proving a slippery customer.
Dogers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dogers stands up over LAcremeria, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
LAcremeria utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dogers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dogers scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dogers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dogers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dogers stopping the sweep attempt from LAcremeria.
LAcremeria has momentary wrist control but Dogers slips an elbow through the middle.
Dogers throwing strikes from guard but LAcremeria blocks nicely.
Dogers preventing the sweep.
Dogers stands up over LAcremeria, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dogers cracks LAcremeria with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dogers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
LAcremeria wants to stand up but Dogers is controlling him.
Dogers distracts LAcremeria with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dogers lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dogers lands a couple of elbows.
LAcremeria looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dogers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dogers landing with the ground and pound.
LAcremeria might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dogers with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dogers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dogers landing with the ground and pound.
Dogers is working LAcremeria over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Dogers dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dogers shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. LAcremeria is trying to defend but Dogers finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
LAcremeria gets full guard.
LAcremeria wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dogers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
LAcremeria trying to keep a closed guard but Dogers is proving a slippery customer.

LAcremeria is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dogers is aware though and is defending well.

LAcremeria has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dogers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dogers is looking to work some ground and pound but LAcremeria has wrist control.
Dogers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dogers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dogers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers with a nice head shot there.
Dogers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dogers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Brad Dogers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dogers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dogers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

LAcremeria is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dogers is in close to LAcremeria's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oh LAcremeria is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dogers forces his way into half guard.
Dogers working over LAcremeria with some ground and pound. LAcremeria looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dogers lands with a punch from half guard.
Dogers slips a nice elbow through LAcremeria's hands, connecting with LAcremeria's forehead.
Dogers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dogers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogers is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dogers winds up and cracks LAcremeria with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dogers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dogers working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dogers lands a nice short elbow.
Dogers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
LAcremeria has hold of Dogers's hands but Dogers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dogers drops an elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dogers lands with a punch from half guard.
LAcremeria has hold of Dogers's hands but Dogers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
LAcremeria has hold of Dogers's hands but Dogers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dogers has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
LAcremeria tries to hold on but Dogers postures up.
Dogers punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dogers lands a big shot there that rocks LAcremeria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
LAcremeria takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
LAcremeria taking shots to the head.
LAcremeria in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogers avoids the attempt from LAcremeria to control.
LAcremeria seems to have got his legs back now.
Dogers in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dogers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of LAcremeria's face.
Dogers avoids the attempt from LAcremeria to control.
LAcremeria keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dogers looking to finish LAcremeria with some ground and pound. This is bad for LAcremeria!
Dogers landing strikes from the mount.
Dogers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of LAcremeria's face.
Dogers lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dogers lands a heavy elbow.
Dogers lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dogers lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dogers landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Dogers.
LAcremeria wants to get back to his feet.
Dogers postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. LAcremeria looks a forlorn figure.
Dogers working LAcremeria over with strikes here.
Dogers landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dogers cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dogers with the ground and pound from mount.
Dogers lands a big elbow.
LAcremeria tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Dogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dogers shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. LAcremeria manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
LAcremeria working a defensive guard here.
Dogers prevents LAcremeria from getting back to his feet.
Dogers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dogers is looking to work some ground and pound but LAcremeria has wrist control.
Dogers landing some decent shots from guard.
Dogers with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dogers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
LAcremeria utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dogers cracks LAcremeria with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dogers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LAcremeria has momentary wrist control but Dogers slips an elbow through the middle.
Dogers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
LAcremeria is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dogers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dogers stands up over LAcremeria, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dogers distracts LAcremeria with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
LAcremeria controls Dogers momentarily but Dogers frees himself.
Dogers lands a couple of digs.
LAcremeria trying to strike off his back.
Dogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dogers working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.

LAcremeria is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dogers is aware though and is defending well.
Dogers cracks LAcremeria with a solid left hand.
LAcremeria has momentary wrist control but Dogers slips an elbow through the middle.
Dogers prevents LAcremeria from getting back to his feet.
Dogers connects with a couple of short punches.
Dogers lands a couple of digs.

LAcremeria working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dogers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dogers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
LAcremeria working a defensive guard here.
Dogers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogers with a nice head shot there.
LAcremeria wants to sweep but no luck.
LAcremeria keeping full guard, as Dogers tries to pass.
Dogers lands a couple of digs.
Dogers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dogers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers preventing the sweep.
Dogers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.

LAcremeria looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dogers is working LAcremeria over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dogers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers preventing the sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dogers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of LAcremeria's head.
Dogers cracks LAcremeria with a solid left hand.
Dogers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dogers landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dogers preventing the sweep.
Dogers lands a couple of digs.
Gigi LAcremeria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brad Dogers is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dogers engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Dogers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dogers winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Dogers!