PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeke Titus (ranked 2163 p4p, 2783 weight class) and Bad Dawg (ranked 300 p4p, 381 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Titus
vs
Dawg

190 cm
20
210
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
212
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zeke Titus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bad Dawg!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Titus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dawg throws a hook but Titus blocks it.
Titus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dawg momentarily.
Dawg throws an overhand right that lands on Titus's shoulder, as Titus tries to avoid the shot.
Dawg scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Zeke Titus has been cut.

Titus closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dawg did well to prevent Titus getting side control.

Dawg manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Zeke Titus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Titus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dawg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dawg ducks right into an uppercut from Titus.
Dawg gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Titus throws a series of punches but Dawg moves out of range.
Titus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Titus tries to clinch but Dawg is having none of it.

Titus darts in and clinches Dawg up against the cage.
Titus blocks an uppercut.
Dawg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dawg lands a hook that snaps the head of Titus backwards.
Dawg tries to work over Titus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dawg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Titus fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Titus.
Titus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Titus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Titus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dawg avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Titus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dawg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dawg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dawg fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dawg.
Titus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Titus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Titus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dawg working aggressively here.
Titus slows down the pace here.
Titus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dawg has a couple of punches blocked by Titus.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dawg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titus misses with some punches.
Titus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Titus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dawg throws an overhand right that lands on Titus's shoulder, as Titus tries to avoid the shot.
Titus feinted with a counter takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Titus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dawg.
Dawg connects with a nice looking jab.
Dawg takes a swing at Titus's ribcage but misses.
Titus throws the left hand but Dawg avoids the punch easily.
Dawg swings for the body but Titus moves out of range.
Dawg listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dawg misses with a hook.
Dawg swings for the body but Titus moves out of range.
Dawg looks to land a left hand but Titus moved out of range nicely.
Dawg misses with an uppercut

so Titus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dawg manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Titus scores with a shoulder strike.
Dawg tries to work over Titus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus prevents a body shot from Dawg.
Titus lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dawg or not.
Titus lands with a right to the head.
Titus blocking some punches.
Dawg blocks an uppercut.
Titus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dawg backwards.
Dawg is trying to break the clinch but Titus has him pressed against the cage.
Titus content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Titus manages to break the clinch.
Dawg's coach down at Bone Breakerz was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Dawg's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dawg slips a straight right by Titus.
Dawg lands a body shot.
Dawg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Titus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Titus.
Dawg doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Titus moves away from the strike by Dawg.
Titus throws a hook but Dawg blocks it.
Titus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dawg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Titus throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dawg.
Dawg throws an overhand right that lands on Titus's shoulder, as Titus tries to avoid the shot.
Dawg loads up on a big right hand but Titus slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawg lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dawg looks to score with a jab to the body but Titus is just out of range.
Titus throws a lazy uppercut
and Dawg counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Titus shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dawg napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Who's going to make the next move?
Titus scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawg trying to remain calm as Titus controls from the top position.
Sloppy strikes there by Titus.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bad Dawg will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zeke Titus's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A slow jab from Titus misses its intended target.
Titus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawg.
Dawg blocks a jab.
Titus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dawg.
Titus shoots in for a takedown but Dawg shows good takedown defense.
Dawg slips under a jab from Titus.

Titus looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Titus is thwarting Dawg's attempts to control the position.
Titus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titus wants to free his trapped foot but Dawg is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Titus trying to control the action but Dawg is working from the bottom.
Zeke Titus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Titus is trying to work for a kimura but Dawg is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawg trying to hold on to Titus's head to control him but Titus postures up.
Titus uses his free foot to push down on Dawg's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dawg.
Dawg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Titus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Titus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Titus cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Titus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Titus takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titus landing strikes from the mount.
Titus cracks Dawg with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Dawg that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Titus landing shots from mount.
Titus postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Dawg bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Titus and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeke Titus!
Zeke Titus is the new light heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Zeke Titus misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
In defeat, Bad Dawg stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lost on purpose.'.