PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bill Dafoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dorian Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dafoe comes to the cage accompanied by Rooster. Dorian Freeman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dafoe
vs
Freeman

179 cm
22
167 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

170 cm
24
168 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bill Dafoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dorian Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dafoe lands a jab.

It looks like Dorian Freeman has been cut.
The fighters circling - Freeman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dorian Freeman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dafoe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Freeman as he jumps to the side.
Freeman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dafoe checks a leg kick nicely.
Freeman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dafoe moves out of range of the body kick from Freeman.
Freeman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dafoe. That did some damage!
Dafoe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Freeman as he avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Freeman.
Freeman tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Freeman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Freeman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dafoe misses the shot to the body.
Freeman throws a head kick that Dafoe semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dafoe looks to land a combination but Freeman avoids it well.
Freeman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dafoe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Freeman.
Dafoe swinging wildly here.
Dafoe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freeman.
Dafoe tries to land a body kick
and Freeman counters with a low kick, right behind Dafoe 's knee.
Dafoe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Freeman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Freeman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Freeman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dafoe.
Dafoe looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Freeman is fending him off so far but Dafoe persists. Nope, Freeman circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Dafoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dafoe is breathing heavily.
Dafoe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Freeman counters with a good low kick that Dafoe was not able to check.
Dafoe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Freeman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Freeman throws a leg kick which misses Dafoe's front leg but catches the back leg as Dafoe tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman moves out of range of the body kick.
Freeman tries a head kick but it misses.
Freeman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dafoe on the side of the head.
Dafoe misses with a takedown
and Freeman counters with an outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Freeman cracks the inside of Dafoe's front leg.
Freeman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dafoe. That did some damage!
Dafoe avoids the head kick by Freeman.
Freeman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dafoe's calf.
Freeman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Freeman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dafoe's sensitive parts.
Freeman throws a hook but Dafoe avoids it easily.
Freeman is looking to clinch.
Freeman lands a head kick!

Dafoe is rocked!
Freeman throws a head kick but Dafoe moves out of range.
Oh Dafoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dafoe is holding his hands too far apart here. Freeman throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Dafoe is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dorian Freeman!