PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Austin Dreamer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Van Defoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dreamer
vs
Van Defoe

192 cm
20
255 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
26
233 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Austin Dreamer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafael Van Defoe!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Defoe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dreamer.
Van Defoe tries for a takedown but Dreamer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dreamer stalks Van Defoe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Van Defoe's face. Van Defoe staggers backwards, shaken.
Dreamer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Defoe closes the distance and clinches up with Dreamer, looking for a takedown. Van Defoe pushes Dreamer against the cage but Dreamer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dreamer wants to clinch but Van Defoe slips to the side

and Van Defoe counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dreamer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dreamer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Dreamer pulls guard.
Van Defoe prevents Dreamer from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Defoe trying to control but Dreamer is working from the bottom.
Van Defoe stops Dreamer from standing up.

Dreamer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Van Defoe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Van Defoe trying to control but Dreamer is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Defoe controls from within his opponent's guard.

Rafael Van Defoe has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dreamer looks to clinch

and Van Defoe counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Van Defoe trying to control the position from guard on top but Dreamer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Van Defoe stopping the sweep attempt from Dreamer.
Van Defoe won't allow Dreamer to get back to his feet.
Van Defoe wants to control from the top but Dreamer keeps moving.
Dreamer wants to stand and escape but Van Defoe is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Defoe stays in close to Dreamer's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rafael Van Defoe was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dreamer tries to clinch but Van Defoe is having none of it.
Dreamer tries to clinch there but Van Defoe circles away.
Dreamer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Defoe takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Van Defoe looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dreamer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Austin Dreamer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Van Defoe.
Van Defoe tries to clinch up

and Dreamer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dreamer.
Dreamer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dreamer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dreamer wants to control from the top but Van Defoe keeps moving.
Dreamer throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreamer postures up in Van Defoe's guard and throws a big left but Van Defoe blocks it.
Van Defoe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dreamer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van Defoe on the ground.
Van Defoe keeping moving, preventing Dreamer from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Austin Dreamer wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Dreamer moves into the clinch.
Dreamer lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Dreamer.
A nice left hand lands by Dreamer.
Dreamer scores with a shoulder strike.

Dreamer decides to pull guard.

Dreamer scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Dreamer wants to clinch up but Van Defoe keeps it at a distance.

Dreamer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dreamer lands a couple of elbows.
Dreamer is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Defoe has wrist control.
Dreamer stands up over Van Defoe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dreamer wants to pass the guard but Van Defoe is keeping the position.
Dreamer seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dreamer trying to stand up but can't free himself from Van Defoe's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dreamer trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Defoe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Dreamer dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dreamer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Defoe momentarily.
Dreamer darts in trying to clinch

and Van Defoe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Van Defoe.
Dreamer keeping moving, preventing Van Defoe from controlling successfully.
Dreamer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dreamer wants to stand up but Van Defoe is controlling him.
Van Defoe stands and throws Dreamer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dreamer tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Van Defoe wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Defoe is breathing heavily.
Van Defoe misses with the ground and pound.

Van Defoe stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Van Defoe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dreamer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Defoe wants to clinch.
Austin Dreamer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dreamer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dreamer tries to pull guard but Van Defoe won't allow it.

Dreamer has picked Van Defoe up - he's going for a ride! Dreamer dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Dreamer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dreamer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dreamer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Van Defoe is pressing down on Dreamer's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Dreamer wants to control from the top but Van Defoe keeps moving.
Van Defoe should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Dreamer drops back looking for a leg! Van Defoe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Van Defoe manages to kick Dreamer off! Dreamer jumps back into Van Defoe's guard.
Dreamer working some strikes from top position.
Dreamer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Van Defoe is keeping the position for now.

Van Defoe looking for a guillotine here but Dreamer defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreamer thows a big elbow that misses.
Dreamer landing with the ground and pound.
Dreamer advances to half guard.
Van Defoe won't allow Dreamer to pass to mount.
Dreamer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Austin Dreamer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dreamer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dreamer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dreamer is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Van Defoe doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dreamer.
Nice strikes from Dreamer there.
Dreamer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dreamer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dreamer wants to pass to mount but Van Defoe is defending the position.
Dreamer is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Van Defoe is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Dreamer dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Van Defoe tries to sprawl but Dreamer drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dreamer throwing shots but Van Defoe is blocking nicely.
Dreamer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dreamer prevents Van Defoe from improving his position.

Dreamer seems to be looking for submissions.
Dreamer working the head and body with strikes.
Van Defoe regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dreamer.
Dreamer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Van Defoe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Van Defoe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Van Defoe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Defoe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dreamer.

Dreamer stands up and waves to Van Defoe to follow him.
Dreamer tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Van Defoe counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Defoe.
Dreamer gets through Van Defoe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dreamer lands a left hand.

Dreamer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin Dreamer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dreamer tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Van Defoe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dreamer won't be happy with that.
Van Defoe tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dreamer tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dreamer is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Van Defoe has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Van Defoe working away.
Dreamer is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Van Defoe is controlling him well.
Dreamer tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Van Defoe presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Dreamer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Van Defoe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dreamer's face.
Van Defoe wants to take Dreamer's back here but Dreamer is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Van Defoe thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Defoe trying to control but Dreamer is having none of it.
Dreamer working to try and regain half guard.
Dreamer wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Dreamer bucks Van Defoe off and manages to get back to his feet!

Dreamer changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Van Defoe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Van Defoe is looking to regain half guard here but Dreamer keeps moving and retains side control.
Dreamer working the ground and pound.
Van Defoe is trying to get back to half guard.

Dreamer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Van Defoe trying his best to control but Dreamer has mounted him.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Austin Dreamer.
Well Dreamer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Dreamer!