PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Ralph Dean (ranked 1006 p4p, 137 weight class) and Ginekes Poutanes (ranked 1921 p4p, 256 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ralph Dean
vs
Poutanes

188 cm
21
198 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
200 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Ralph Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ginekes Poutanes!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poutanes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dean swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dean swings widly with a right hand
and Dean takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dean 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.
A swing and a miss from Dean.
Poutanes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Poutanes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dean misses with a two punch combination.
Poutanes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Poutanes misses with a body shot.
Dean throws a combination that misses
and Poutanes counters with a left to the body.
Nice body kick from Poutanes.
Poutanes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dean stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poutanes.
Dean avoids a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean misses with a wild body shot.
Poutanes tries a quick counter leg kick but Dean is wise to it.
Poutanes is looking to score with low kicks.
Dean checks a leg kick nicely.
Poutanes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dean throws out a loose jab but Poutanes uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutanes slips under a jab from Dean.
Poutanes motions for Dean to come forward. Poutanes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Poutanes scores with a push kick.
Dean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dean throws a jab when Poutanes was well out of range.
As Dean backs off Poutanes throws a huge counter combo but Dean manages to avoid it all.
Dean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poutanes misses with a jab to the body
and Dean counters with a straight right hand.
Dean misses the shot to the body.

Dean moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Dean.
I was talking to Dean's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Dean scores with a shoulder strike.
Poutanes blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Dean.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dean connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poutanes defending well as Dean loads up on a big left hand.
Poutanes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dean throws a sloppy body shot
and Dean takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poutanes slips under a jab from Dean.
Dean misses with an uppercut. Poutanes saw that one coming.
Poutanes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dean connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dean looks to land a combination. Poutanes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Poutanes thows a leg kick but Dean checks it
and Dean connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dean misses with a hook.
Dean takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dean fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poutanes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Poutanes connects with a solid leg kick.
Dean ducks under a wild hook from Poutanes.
Dean checks a low kick from Poutanes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean checks a leg kick.
Poutanes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dean takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A telegraphed right hand from Dean misses the target.
Dean takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little feinted left hand from Dean on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Poutanes just misses with a punch to the body.
Poutanes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dean rather than just go for the knockout.
Poutanes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Dean has managed to clinch.
Dean scores with a shot to the side of Poutanes's head.
Dean keeps control of Poutanes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dean fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poutanes swings wildly with an uppercut but Dean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean working aggressively here.

Poutanes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean blocks the body kick.
Poutanes throws a body punch but Dean moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Dean.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Poutanes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dean lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Poutanes throws a body punch but Dean moves out of range.
Dean gets in close and tags Poutanes with a short punch that almost sends Poutanes to the mat! Oh Poutanes is in big trouble! He turns his back on Dean, trying to create some distance but Dean rushes him, striking wildly and Poutanes goes down! The referee tackles Dean into the cage to end the fight! Dean is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Ralph Dean!