PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dom Willis (ranked 4072 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Dirk (ranked 5256 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Dirk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Willis
vs
Dirk

166 cm
29
165 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

170 cm
26
160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dom Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Dirk!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dirk takes a swing at Willis's ribcage but misses.
Willis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dirk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Willis.
Willis scoring well with a low kick there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Willis.

Willis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dirk was covering up waiting for the punch and Willis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Willis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willis is working Dirk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Willis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dirk for as long as he can get away with.
Willis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Willis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Willis 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.
Willis stopping the sweep attempt from Dirk.
Willis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Willis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Willis cracks Dirk with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Willis looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Willis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Willis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Willis advances to half guard.

Willis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Willis winds up and cracks Dirk with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Willis.
Willis drops an elbow to the side of Dirk's head.
Willis slows the pace down in half guard.
Dirk looks winded!
Dirk trying to control here.
Willis drops an elbow to the side of Dirk's head.
Dirk has hold of Willis's hands but Willis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis content to control rather than advance.
Willis slips a nice elbow through Dirk's hands, connecting with Dirk's forehead.
Willis controlling the pace.
Willis slips a nice elbow through Dirk's hands, connecting with Dirk's forehead.
Dirk is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Willis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dirk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Willis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Willis sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Willis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Willis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Willis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Willis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Willis rushes Dirk and presses him up against the cage.
Willis digs a right hand underneath Dirk's ribcage. Dirk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Dirk fails to land.
Willis lands a body punch.
Dirk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Willis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Willis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Willis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dirk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Willis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dirk misses with a hook to the body
and Willis counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Willis.
Willis jabs at Dirk's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dirk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Willis.
Willis lands the left hand.

Dirk is rocked!
Willis lands with a cross.
Dirk is still on wobbly legs! Can Willis finish him?
A left lands for Willis.
Willis lands a nice shot to the body.
Dirk is breathing heavily.
Dirk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dirk tries to keep at a distance but Willis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Willis lands a shot to the body.
Willis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Willis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Willis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dirk can do to turn this around?
Dirk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Willis lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Dirk to his knees! Willis keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dom Willis!