PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between sublime menace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

menace
vs
Dixon

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 Montreal, sublime menace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Dixon.
Dixon misses with a series of wild punches.
Dixon misses with a body shot.
Dixon throws a right hand that menace ducks under and follows up with a left that menace also avoids with ease.

menace has Dixon up against the cage in a clinch.
Dixon can't break the clinch.
menace connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ryan Dixon has been cut.
menace wants a takedown.

Dixon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but menace manages to avoid it.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from menace.
Dixon tries to bum rush menace with a series of wild strikes but menace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Dixon does no damage.
Dixon throws a jab but it's blocked by menace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
menace looks for a takedown but Dixon sprawls well.
Dixon misses with a two punch combination.
Dixon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dixon throws a low kick, looking for menace's leg but menace calmly moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Dixon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
menace tries to clinch up.
menace throws a nice looking combination but Dixon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ryan Dixon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
menace fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for sublime menace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dixon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
No luck for menace with that takedown attempt.
Dixon throws a left and a right that both miss

so menace counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dixon will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
menace distracts Dixon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dixon keeping moving, preventing menace from controlling successfully.
menace slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
menace tries to stand but Dixon is controlling from the bottom.
Dixon manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
menace is looking to get to half guard.
menace is breathing heavily.
menace is bucking up trying to escape but Dixon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dixon lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dixon landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
menace is squirming around, avoiding Dixon's attempts to control the action.
menace takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dixon landing shots from mount.
menace wants to hold on but Dixon pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dixon lands a nice shot to the head.
Dixon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dixon scoring with strikes but menace is staying in there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dixon landing shots from mount.
Dixon working menace over with strikes here.
Dixon working away from the top, dropping strikes.
menace is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
menace tries to hold on but Dixon pushes him away.
Dixon landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dixon looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dixon is in the full mount, landing strikes.
menace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Dixon.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the head.
Dixon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Dixon.
Dixon lands with some strikes.
Dixon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
menace wants to control but Dixon is having none of it.
Dixon with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dixon is landing with some decent strikes but menace is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dixon pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
menace is bucking up trying to escape but Dixon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Dixon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Dixon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dixon throws a combination that misses
and menace counters with a nice body kick.
Dixon misses with a combination
and menace counters with a head kick. That will keep Dixon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but menace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
menace wants to clinch.
Dixon scores with a one two! menace had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
menace lands a jab to the head.
menace scores with a kick to the midsection.
menace throws a nice head kick!
Nice sprawl there from Dixon as menace shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
menace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dixon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by menace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for menace.
A punch combination from Dixon misses.
menace throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dixon's waist but Dixon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing menace off to one side.
Ryan Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dixon scores with a crisp jab that stopped menace in his tracks.
Dixon throws a left and a right that both miss
and menace counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dixon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

menace looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
menace is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

menace looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Dixon is looking to improve his position but menace isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
menace punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dixon is trying to escape the mount.
Ryan Dixon has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dixon reaches up to try and control the position but menace seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Dixon rolls and tries to escape and now menace has his back!
Dixon tries to break free.

menace looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Dixon taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). sublime menace!