PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Pipkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demitrious Dalby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dalby is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by TOM PETTY - I WON'T BACK DOWN. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pipkin
vs
Dalby

190 cm
25
210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

199 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Vikai Gear Island

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andy Pipkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Demitrious Dalby!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pipkin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pipkin lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Demitrious Dalby has been cut.
I was talking to Pipkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pipkin effectively controlling the action here.
Dalby misses with an elbow over the top.
Pipkin has a couple of punches blocked by Dalby.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside.
Pipkin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dalby's defenses.
Pipkin blocks an elbow strike from Dalby.
Pipkin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pipkin pushes Dalby back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pipkin.
A short uppercut from Pipkin.
Dalby blocks a body shot from Pipkin.
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!
Pipkin'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.
Dalby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pipkin is defending well for now.
Pipkin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Pipkin.
Pipkin throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pipkin.
Pipkin digs a right hand into Dalby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dalby's gas tank.
Dalby looks winded!
Pipkin tries to work over Dalby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pipkin is pushing Dalby up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pipkin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dalby's defenses.
Nice elbow from Pipkin.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pipkin.
Dalby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pipkin tries to throw a body punch but Dalby avoids it by throwing Pipkin back against the cage.
Pipkin managing to block the knees to the body from Dalby.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside.
Dalby takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dalby prevents a body shot from Pipkin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pipkin lands a shot to the body.
Dalby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dalby takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dalby tries to land a knee to the head but Pipkin blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Pipkin.

That has opened up Demitrious Dalby's cut even more.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pipkin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice elbow from Pipkin.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pipkin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pipkin managing to block the knees to the body from Dalby.
Pipkin managing to block the knees to the body from Dalby.
Dalby blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pipkin stalls.
Pipkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Pipkin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pipkin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pipkin lands an elbow just above Dalby 's eye.
Dalby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pipkin is defending well for now.
Dalby trying to land knees to the body.
Pipkin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pipkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside.
Pipkin avoiding damage as Dalby throws knees to the body.
Pipkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pipkin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dalby pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pipkin works on Dalby's body with a couple of short punches.
Pipkin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside.
Pipkin lands a nice uppercut.
Pipkin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Demitrious Dalby's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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!
Pipkin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Pipkin as the two fighters clinch.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside.
Pipkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside.
Pipkin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Pipkin.
Pipkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dalby backwards.
Pipkin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pipkin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Pipkin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demitrious Dalby's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pipkin rushes Dalby and presses him up against the cage.
Dalby looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dalby missing with knees to the body.
Pipkin stalling.
Pipkin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pipkin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dalby is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dalby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pipkin.
Pipkin throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pipkin lands an elbow that stopped Dalby in his tracks for a moment.
Pipkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dalby can do to turn this around?
Pipkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dalby lands an elbow inside that Pipkin shrugs off.
Pipkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pipkin blocks an uppercut.
Pipkin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Demitrious Dalby's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pipkin has a couple of punches blocked by Dalby.
Pipkin blocks a body shot from Dalby.
Dalby pushes off an throws an elbow but Pipkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dalby.
Pipkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Dalby leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pipkin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pipkin lands a nice elbow.
Dalby misses with a knee strike.
Pipkin taking a breather.
Pipkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Pipkin.
Pipkin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pipkin lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Demitrious Dalby's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Andy Pipkin!
After the fight, Andy Pipkin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.