PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawson (ranked 24986 p4p, 3723 weight class) and Seok Yi (ranked 497 p4p, 330 weight class). Yi has chosen Chris Travis - We Up as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dawson
vs
Yi

155 cm
19
145
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
145
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seok Yi!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dawson forces Yi back against the cage and clinches.
Dawson tries to land knees in the clinch but Yi avoids the damage to the body.
Yi blocks the elbow strike.
Yi lands a nice shot to the body.

Yi manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Yi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dawson manages to get himself to full guard.

Dawson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dawson is looking for a sweep.
Dawson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dawson tries to get out of the position.
Yi controlling the position.
Yi advances nicely into full mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dawson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yi on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Yi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yi looking to control but Dawson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yi content just to control the position here.
Dawson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Yi. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yi misses with a head shot.
Dawson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Yi.
Yi controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi punching from mount but Dawson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yi throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Yi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Yi looking to ground and pound but Dawson is blocking nicely.
Yi tries to control but Dawson wriggling away.
Yi looking to finish with strikes here!
Dawson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yi unloads with some shots from mount but Dawson bucks and avoids them well.
Yi throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yi thowing shots but they're missing.
Yi controlling the position easily from mount.
Yi throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Yi controlling from mount.
Yi throws some wild stikes that Dawson manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Yi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Yi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dawson is squirming around, avoiding Yi's attempts to control the action.
Yi looking to ground and pound but Dawson is blocking nicely.
Dawson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dawson hang on?
Dawson is squirming around, avoiding Yi's attempts to control the action.
Yi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dawson haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dawson tries to reverse the position but Yi maintains control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seok Yi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dawson tries to keep at a distance but Yi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yi avoiding damage as Dawson throws knees to the body.
Dawson trying to stall but Yi improves his position.
A left hand lands to the body for Yi.
Yi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dawsons head.
A short right from Yi on the inside.
Dawson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yi managing to block the knees to the body from Dawson.
Dawson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yi.
Yi works on Dawson's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Yi.
Yi avoids the elbow strike from Dawson, against the cage.
Yi scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
Dawson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dawson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Yi.
Yi lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawson missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yi lands with a right to the head.
Yi lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi lands with a right to the head.
Yi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yi digs a right hand underneath Dawson's ribcage. Dawson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yi.
Yi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Yi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Yi lands with a right to the head.
Yi scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
Dawson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dawson looking to throw knees to the head but Yi is blocking nicely.
Dawson misses with a knee to the head.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the head but Yi blocks with his arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yi pushes Dawson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Yi.
A short body shot lands from Yi as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Yi as the two fighters clinch.
Yi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yi is leaning against Dawson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Seok Yi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Good body shot from Yi.
A right hook to the body lands for Yi.
Yi lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Yi drags the fight down to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson postures up.
Yi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Yi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Yi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yi is keen to just control but Dawson is a slippery customer.
Yi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dawson defending well though.
Dawson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yi.
Yi is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Yi scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dawson is looking to escape.
Yi controlling the position easily from mount.
Yi punching from mount but Dawson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Seok Yi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yi looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Yi throws some wild stikes that Dawson manages to avoid easily.
Yi tries to control but Dawson wriggling away.
Yi controlling the position easily from mount.
Yi's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seok Yi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Yi's corner calls for a 1-2. Yi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yi jabs Dawson to the body, keeping him at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dawson throws an elbow that misses.
Yi managing to block the knees to the body from Dawson.
Yi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Yi lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Yi pulls Dawson into guard.
Yi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yi pulls Dawson in close to his closed guard and prevents Dawson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Yi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dawson manages to get himself to full guard.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yi throwing strikes but missing.
Yi advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Yi passes to side control.
Yi controlling the position from side mount.
Yi trying to control the action but Dawson is working from the bottom.
Yi works to advance to full mount. Dawson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yi throwing strikes here but Dawson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Yi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dawson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yi trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi throws some wild stikes that Dawson manages to avoid easily.
Yi tries to control but Dawson wriggling away.
Yi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Yi throws some wild stikes that Dawson manages to avoid easily.
Yi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dawson is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi controlling from the full mount.
Dawson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Yi.
Dawson is trying to escape the mount.
Yi controlling his opponent.
Jack Dawson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yi wants to control the pace but Dawson is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seok Yi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seok Yi!
A victorious Seok Yi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.