PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Three Dog (ranked 1955 p4p, 237 weight class) and Joe Strong (ranked 890 p4p, 100 weight class). Dog comes to the cage accompanied by Fallout. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Dog
vs
Strong

203 cm
26
266 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

195 cm
30
265 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

FORCEE

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Three Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Strong!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dog just misses with a punch to the body.
Dog lands with an overhand left.
Dog swats away the attempt to clinch by Strong.
A left lands for Strong.

Strong has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dog blocks an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Strong.
Strong pushes Dog back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strong pushes Dog back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dog creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Strong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dog doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Strong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dog is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dog successfully pulls guard.
Strong wants to pass the guard but Dog is keeping the position.
Strong trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.
Strong's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dog tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Strong must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Dog has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Strong is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Dog.
Dog tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Dog's face as Strong controls the position.
Dog is trying to get back to half guard.

Strong decides to stand up, so the ref orders Dog to his feet.
Strong is looking to slow Dog down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Strong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Strong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dog blocks a head kick by Strong.
Dog is looking to counter punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Dog blocks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Dog misses the target.
Dog looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dog slips under a jab from Strong.
Dog is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dog looks to land a combination but Strong avoids it well.
Strong thumps Dog with a low kick.
Strong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strong connects with an inside leg kick.
Dog misses with a looping left.
Strong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joe Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dog misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong swings for the body but Dog moves out of range.
Strong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dog throws out the jab.
A low kick from Dog misses

and Strong counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Strong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Strong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dog has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dog softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strong tries a knee to the head but Dog blocks it.
Strong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dog gets through Strong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Strong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Strong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Strong tries to work over Dog's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Strong misses with a short punch on the inside.

Dog pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Strong will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Strong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dog half committed to a counter leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A swing and a miss from Dog.
Strong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dog throws out the jab.
Strong slips a jab from Dog.
Strong moves away from the strike by Dog.
Strong doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dog steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Dog misses with a hook. Strong ducked under it nicely.
Dog lands with a shot to the body.
Strong scores with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Strong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dog missing with a left hand there. Strong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strong slips a jab from Dog.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dog finds it's way round the side to connect with Strong's head.
Strong throws a shot from downtown. Dog moves away and avoids it.
Strong throws a right hand that misses
and Dog connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dog misses with a head kick.
Dog on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Three Dog is winning the standup battle so far.
Strong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dog swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dog swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strong.
It looked like Dog wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dog tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strong was well out of range. Poor timing from Dog.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Strong, right into the meat.
Strong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dog.
An inside leg kick from Strong misses.
Strong scores with a jab to the jaw.
Strong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dog walks forward, straight into a front kick from Strong.
Dog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strong.
Strong tries to clinch but Dog moves out of range.
Strong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Strong ducks under a wild hook from Dog.
Dog lands a nice hook to Strong's body. Strong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dog throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Strong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dog checks the leg kick.
A big left from Dog misses.
Strong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dog moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromStrong.
Dog connects with a body shot.
Strong throws a chopping leg kick but Dog manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dog loads up on a big right hand but Strong slips the punch.
Strong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dog.
Dog listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Dog.

Strong gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong lands a damaging elbow.
Strong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dog blocks it with crossed arms.

Dog's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dog looks to land a left hand but Strong moved out of range nicely.
Dog changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Strong avoids the body shot from Dog.
Strong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Strong's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dog connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Strong scrambles back to his feet.
Dog connects with a body shot.
Strong ducks under a wild hook from Dog.
A slow jab from Dog misses its intended target.
Strong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dog's sensitive parts.
Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strong moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Three Dog dominated that second round.
That's time! Dog's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dog connects with a single shot there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Strong.
Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dog moves out of range of the leg kick from Strong.
Dog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Strong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Strong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dog takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Dog is predictable there
and Strong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Strong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Strong lands with a nice body punch.
Dog jabs Strong to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dog misses with a wild body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dog.
Strong lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dog takes a step back to recover.
Dog misses with an uppercut.
Strong is trying to counter with his kicks.
Strong lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dog with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dog scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Strong slips under a jab from Dog.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Strong!
Strong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dog digs a good hook to Strong's body.
Strong misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Strong.
Dog misses with an uppercut.
Dog thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dog throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dog tests Strong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Strong misses with a body kick.
Dog scoring well with a low kick there.
Strong has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Dog swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Strong clinches up with Dog and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dog blocks it with crossed arms.
Dog tries to throw a body punch but Strong avoids it by throwing Dog back against the cage.
Dog blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dog.
Dog lands a right hand that snaps the head of Strong backwards.

Strong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Dog misses.
Dog backing away here, and Strong unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Dog tries to land a leg kick but Strong saw it coming and moves away.
Strong let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Strong misses with a right hand
enabling Dog to counter with a crisp jab.
Strong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Strong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Strong blocks a head kick by Dog.
Strong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dog connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong tries to clinch but Dog moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Dog misses the target.
Strong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dog throws the left hand but Strong avoids the punch easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Strong is looking to clinch.
Dog takes a swing at Strong's ribcage but misses.
Dog takes a kick to the side of the head.
Strong throws a leg kick but Dog moved away.
Dog throws out a loose jab but Strong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog misses with a hook. Strong ducked under it nicely.
Strong doesn't manage to clinch there - Dog circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Three Dog.
I think Dog has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Three Dog!
Three Dog thanked the fans post fight for their support.