PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Morrison Dickson (ranked 24175 p4p, 24013 weight class) and Boxing Powerhous (ranked 191 p4p, 182 weight class). 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.

Dickson
vs
Powerhous

225 cm
19
283
0 - 8 - 0

225 cm
27
300
1 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Morrison Dickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boxing Powerhous!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powerhous is looking to clinch.
Dickson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dickson scores with a nice right hand.
Dickson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Powerhous wants to clinch up but Dickson keeps it at a distance.
Dickson connects with a right hand. Powerhous shakes it off.
Powerhous tries to clinch but Dickson moves out of range.
Dickson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dickson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Powerhous gets a clinch.
Dickson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Powerhous misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Powerhous struggles to land a body shot inside as Dickson controls his hands.
Dickson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dickson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Powerhous missing with knees to the body.
Powerhous throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dickson blocks it with crossed arms.
Dickson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Powerhous tries to work over Dickson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dickson is trying to push Powerhous away but Powerhous has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickson wants to stall.
Powerhous tries to land knees in the clinch but Dickson avoids the damage to the body.
Dickson is trying to force a seperation but Powerhous has the dominant position.

Powerhous breaks the clinch.
Powerhous lands a jab-cross combination.
Powerhous avoids the body shot from Dickson.
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch but Dickson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dickson misses the shot to the body.

Powerhous pushes Dickson up against the ropes in a clinch.

Powerhous breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Powerhous doesn't manage to clinch there - Dickson circles away.
Powerhous moves in looking to clinch but Dickson pushes him off.
Dickson throwing a counter right hand but Powerhous manages to avoid it.
Dickson throws a jab but it's blocked by Powerhous.
Powerhous tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morrison Dickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Powerhous scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Dickson to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Powerhous away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Dickson got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!

It looks like Morrison Dickson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Powerhous is looking to clinch.
Powerhous pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickson throws a jab when Powerhous was well out of range.
Dickson avoids the head kick by Powerhous.
Dickson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Powerhous moves in looking to clinch but Dickson pushes him off.

Powerhous moves into range and clinches up with Dickson.
Dickson blocks an elbow strike from Powerhous.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dickson working hard to break the clinch.
Dickson blocks an elbow strike.
Dickson working hard to break the clinch.
Dickson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dickson.
Dickson is looking to control Powerhous's arms but Powerhous gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dickson has his back to the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Dickson fails to land.
Powerhous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dickson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Powerhous trying to stall but Dickson improves his position.
Powerhous is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Dickson has denied him.
Powerhous wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Powerhous can't break the clinch.
Powerhous slowing the pace effectively.
A shot in the inside from Dickson.
Dickson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Powerhous has him pressed against the ropes.
Dickson misses with the head strike.
Dickson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Powerhouss head.
Powerhous wants to break the clinch but can't.
Powerhous tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Powerhous wants to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Dickson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dickson has a couple of punches blocked by Powerhous.
A frustrated look appears on Dickson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Dickson fails to land.
Dickson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Powerhous tries a knee to the head but Dickson blocks it.
Powerhous is trying to break free.
Powerhous is trying to maintain a safe position but Dickson gets an underhook and turns Powerhous into the ropes.

Powerhous escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dickson scores with a hook to the body. Powerhous takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morrison Dickson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dickson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dickson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Powerhous on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Powerhous's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dickson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Powerhous scrambles back to his feet.
Powerhous moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Powerhous is looking to clinch.
Dickson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Powerhous moves away from the strike by Dickson.
Powerhous slips a straight right by Dickson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Boxing Powerhous should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Morrison Dickson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Powerhous moves in looking to clinch but Dickson pushes him off.
Dickson missing with a left hand there. Powerhous was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dickson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dickson misses the shot to the body.
Powerhous moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dickson.
Dickson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Powerhous.
Powerhous wants to counter the offense by Dickson and move into the clinch position.
Dickson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Powerhous.
Powerhous slips a jab from Dickson.
Dickson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Powerhous moves out of range as Dickson strikes.
Powerhous keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Powerhous throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Powerhous defending well as Dickson loads up on a big left hand.
Powerhous ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dickson moves away.
Morrison Dickson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dickson cracks a nice hook into Powerhous's ribs.
Powerhous keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dickson.
Powerhous throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powerhous fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Powerhous looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Powerhous takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Powerhous moves in looking to clinch but Dickson pushes him off.

Powerhous clinches with his opponent.
Powerhous is trying to maintain a safe position but Dickson gets an underhook and turns Powerhous into the ropes.
Dickson wants to get back to striking at distance but Powerhous won't allow it.
Boxing Powerhous seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dickson blocking some punches.
Powerhous blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dickson misses with the head strike.
Powerhous wants to stall.
Powerhous tries to stall but Dickson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dickson keeps control of Powerhous as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Powerhous misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powerhous is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Powerhous.
Powerhous is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dickson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Powerhous's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch combination from Powerhous misses.
Powerhous wants to clinch up but Dickson keeps it at a distance.
Dickson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dickson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Powerhous.
Powerhous tries to clinch up.
Dickson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Powerhous moves in looking to clinch but Dickson pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Dickson misses the target.
Boxing Powerhous is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Powerhous bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dickson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dickson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dickson lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powerhous is looking to score with low kicks.
Dickson with a jab.
Powerhous misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Powerhous gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dickson throws an overhand right that lands on Powerhous's shoulder, as Powerhous tries to avoid the shot.
Powerhous misses with a leg kick.
Dickson cracks Powerhous with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Powerhous uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dickson.
Powerhous pushes Dickson away with a front kick.
Dickson lands an overhand right.
Dickson throws a poor cross that misses
and Powerhous counters with a left and a right that stings Dickson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dickson misses with a looping left.
Powerhous keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Powerhous thumps Dickson with a low kick.
Powerhous moves in looking to clinch but Dickson pushes him off.
Dickson throws a hook but Powerhous avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickson missing with a left hand there. Powerhous was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Powerhous throws a counter combo.
Powerhous swings for the body but Dickson moves out of range.
Jab by Dickson.
Powerhous avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dickson misses with a double jab

and Powerhous counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Dickson to the mat! Powerhous runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Dickson is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Powerhous throws a nice looking combination but Dickson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the liver by Powerhous. Beautiful body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Powerhous gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Powerhous pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Powerhous tries to clinch but Dickson is having none of it.
Powerhous staying out of range there.
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dickson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Powerhous tries to bum rush Dickson with a series of wild strikes but Dickson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boxing Powerhous takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Morrison Dickson's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Powerhous throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dickson.
Powerhous tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dickson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Powerhous fails with an attempt to clinch.
Powerhous throws the left hand but Dickson avoids the punch easily.
Powerhous fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Dickson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Powerhous fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Powerhous doesn't manage to clinch there - Dickson circles away.
Powerhous is looking to clinch but Dickson is avoiding it.
Dickson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheers as Dickson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Powerhous doesn't seem phased though.
Dickson throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Powerhous rushes Dickson and presses him up against the ropes.
Powerhous keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dickson's efforts to push away.
Dickson is trying to break the clinch but Powerhous has him pressed against the ropes.
Dickson wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickson can't find room to land a body shot as Powerhous controls the action.
Dickson is trying to break the clinch but Powerhous is controlling him.
Dickson throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Powerhous as Dickson tries to tie him up.
Dickson is looking to break free of the clinch but Powerhous has double underhooks.
Powerhous looking to stall.
Powerhous wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Powerhous throws a punch but it's blocked by Dickson.
Dickson tries to work over Powerhous's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Powerhous stalling in the clinch but Dickson improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Powerhous.
Dickson throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morrison Dickson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dickson keeps control of Powerhous as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dickson is trying to break free.
Dickson wants to break free but Powerhous has control.
Powerhous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Powerhous.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Dickson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dickson wants to break free but Powerhous has control.

Powerhous pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big right from Dickson misses.
Dickson scores with a shot to the body.
Dickson misses the shot to the body.
Dickson throws the left hand but Powerhous avoids the punch easily.
Powerhous tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dickson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dickson keeps the fight on the outside.
Dickson throws a looping overhand right but Powerhous ducks down to avoid it.
Powerhous unleashes a big counter combination but Dickson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Donk. Dickson catches Powerhous right on the button with a cross.
Dickson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Powerhous takes one to the side of the head.
Powerhous wants to clinch.
No joy there for Powerhous, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Powerhous throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dickson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickson throws a series of punches but Powerhous avoids them all with ease.
Powerhous tries a head kick but it misses.
Dickson lands a nice hook to Powerhous's body. Powerhous takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dickson lands a really nice looking cross but Powerhous seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powerhous tries to clinch up.
Dickson is looking to counter punch.
Powerhous is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Powerhous drives through and clinches with Dickson against the ropes.
Powerhous throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Powerhous tries to stall but Dickson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Powerhous taking a breather.
Boxing Powerhous has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison Dickson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dickson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boxing Powerhous!