PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Insane Prince (ranked 5024 p4p, 201 weight class) and Rose Dawson (ranked 5091 p4p, 207 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.

Prince
vs
Dawson

165 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Insane Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rose Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dawson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dawson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Prince checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dawson is looking to clinch but Prince is avoiding it.
Prince misses the body punch
and Dawson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Prince tries to clinch but Dawson is having none of it.

Prince closes the distance and clinches.
Prince tries a body shot but Dawson blocks it.
Prince working aggressively here.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Dawson.
Dawson lands an elbow inside.
Dawson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prince's face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prince misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawson lands an elbow just above Prince 's eye.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dawson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Prince goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dawson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dawson misses with a knee to the head.
Prince managing to block the knees to the body from Dawson.
Dawson stalling in the clinch but Prince improves position.
Prince tries to work over Dawson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dawson is trying to break the clinch but Prince is controlling him.
Prince tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Prince throws a head punch that misses.
Dawson looking to slow down the pace here.
Dawson blocks a body shot from Prince.
Dawson connects with a knee to the head.
Dawson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prince's face.

It looks like Insane Prince has been cut.
Prince working aggressively here.
Dawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dawson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dawson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dawson.
Dawson blocking some punches.
Dawson looking to throw knees to the head but Prince is blocking nicely.
Dawson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prince tries a body shot but Dawson blocks it.
Dawson landing knees to the body.
Dawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Prince misses with some punches.
Prince takes a knee right on the jaw!
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Dawson.
Dawson tries to stall but Prince uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Dawson.
A right handed body shot lands from Dawson.
Dawson is looking to break free of the clinch but Prince has double underhooks.
Dawson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson blocks a body shot from Prince.
Dawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dawson wants to break free but Prince has control.
Prince misses with a body punch.
Dawson gets underhooks to prevent Prince's takedown attempt.
Prince swings wildly with an uppercut but Dawson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Prince tries a body shot but Dawson blocks it.
Dawson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawson looking to slow down the pace here.
Prince misses with a body punch.
Dawson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prince misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dawson cracks Prince with a nice body shot.
Dawson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawson landing knees to the head.
Prince misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dawson stalling in the clinch but Prince improves position.
Dawson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawson tries to circle away but Prince has him pinned against the cage.
Dawson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dawson landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Prince as Dawson tries to tie him up.
Dawson blocks a body shot from Prince.
Dawson tries to break the clinch but Prince is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Prince misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dawson wants to get back to striking at distance but Prince won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rose Dawson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Insane Prince's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Prince doesn't manage to clinch there - Dawson circles away.
Dawson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prince.
Prince wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Prince moves to clinch but Dawson breaks away
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
Dawson tries to clinch up.
Prince looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dawson wants to clinch.
Dawson lands with a hook. Prince tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dawson throws a series of punches but Prince avoids them all with ease.
Prince takes a swing at Dawson's ribcage but misses.
Prince tries to clinch
and Dawson counters with a good low kick that Prince was not able to check.
Rose Dawson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Prince throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dawson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prince circles away from the clinch attempt.
Prince throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dawson counters with a nice body shot.
Prince tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dawson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dawson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prince tries to clinch but Dawson is having none of it.
Prince circles away from the clinch attempt.
Prince avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dawson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Prince.
Dawson scores with a punch to the head.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Prince circles away and keeps his distance.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Prince circles away and keeps his distance.
Prince tries to clinch up but Dawson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Prince keeps the fight on the outside.
Dawson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawson wants to clinch.
Dawson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Prince waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dawson.
Prince is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prince moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Prince tries to clinch but Dawson is having none of it.
Dawson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Prince circles away and keeps his distance.
Dawson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Prince circles away and keeps his distance.
Prince misses with a wild body shot.
Dawson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Prince blocks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dawson wants to clinch.
Dawson misses with a wild body shot.
Dawson wants to clinch up but Prince keeps it at a distance.
Prince is looking to counter the offense by Dawson and move into the clinch.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Prince circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prince fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawson manages to avoid it.
Prince wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prince throws the left hand but Dawson avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince misses the shot to the body.
Dawson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dawson is looking to clinch but Prince is avoiding it.
Prince tries to clinch but Dawson is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prince. Dawson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prince tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prince is looking to wear down Dawson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Prince circles away and keeps his distance.
Dawson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawson throws a low kick, looking for Prince's leg but Prince calmly moves out of range.
Dawson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Prince sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Prince bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prince keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rose Dawson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Insane Prince's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Prince misses.
Dawson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prince looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prince tries to clinch up but Dawson circles away and keeps his distance.
Prince circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dawson scores with a decent looking hook.
Prince misses the body punch
and Dawson counters with a straight right hand.
Dawson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dawson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dawson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Prince decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dawson's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Prince postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince won't allow Dawson to sweep him here.
Dawson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Prince controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Prince preventing the sweep.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Prince will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dawson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Prince closes the distance and clinches.
Insane Prince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Prince has Dawson pressed against the cage, preventing Dawson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Prince goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dawson prevents it.
Prince keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dawson's efforts to push away.
Dawson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawson prevents a body shot from Prince.
Dawson works on Prince's body with a couple of short punches.
Prince doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dawson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawson lands a body punch.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
Dawson landing knees to the head.
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Dawson controls the action.
Prince taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dawson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Prince has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Prince misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dawson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prince in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Prince takes an elbow to the temple.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
Dawson scores with a hook to the body.
Dawson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prince in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Dawson.
Dawson wants to break free but Prince has control.
Prince struggles to land a body shot inside as Dawson controls his hands.
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Dawson controls the action.
Dawson lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose Dawson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dawson lands a nice elbow.
Prince takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Dawson controls the action.
Dawson tries to break the clinch but Prince is controlling the position.
Prince misses with a body punch.
Dawson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prince swings wildly with an uppercut but Dawson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prince goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dawson works on Prince's body with a couple of short punches.
Prince working aggressively here.
Dawson prevents a body shot from Prince.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Dawson.
Dawson looking to stall.
Prince tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rose Dawson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dawson obliges.
Dawson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rose Dawson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dawson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rose Dawson!