PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Quayle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antwon Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Dan Quayle has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Quayle
vs
Dickens

182 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

213 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Quayle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antwon Dickens!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quayle tries to keep at a distance but Dickens has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quayle looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Dickens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Quayle looks to clinch

and Dickens counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Quayle!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dickens with shots to the head and body - Quayle looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Quayle that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dickens is landing with some decent strikes but Quayle is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dickens with shots to the head and body - Quayle looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dickens controlling from mount.
Dickens wants to control the pace but Quayle is squirming around nicely.
Dickens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dickens lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Quayle hang on?
Dickens trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dickens cracks Quayle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dickens working Quayle over with strikes here.
Quayle is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dickens lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Quayle hang on?
A nice elbow there by Dickens.
Dickens tries to control but Quayle wriggling away.
Dickens fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Quayle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dickens on the ground.
Dickens lands a big elbow.

Dickens jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Quayle manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The referee asks Dickens politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dickens prefers to stall for the moment though.
Quayle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dickens lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Dickens tries for a kimura but Quayle is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quayle is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Dickens decides to stand up, so the ref orders Quayle to his feet.

Quayle clinches up with Dickens and pushes him back against the cage.

Dickens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dickens lands a jab to Quayle's midsection.

Dickens has Quayle up against the cage in a clinch.

Dickens is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Quayle can't fight it off and eventually Dickens manages to take the fight to the floor. Quayle looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dickens trying to control the position from guard on top but Quayle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dickens controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dickens stands up and waves to Quayle to follow him.

Dickens gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dickens is trying to break free.
Quayle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dickens pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Quayle is trying to break the clinch but Dickens has him pressed against the cage.
Quayle keeps control of Dickens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dickens tries for a takedown. No joy.
Quayle is leaning against Dickens and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dickens wants a takedown.
Quayle is trying to break free.
Dickens slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Dickens's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Quayle fails to pull guard.
Dickens is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quayle takes a shot to the head.
Dickens stalling in the clinch but Quayle improves position.

Dickens breaks from the clinch.
A left and a right from Dickens both land. Nice combination.

Dickens feints and as Quayle raises his hands in defense, Dickens changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dickens trying to control the position from guard on top but Quayle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quayle trying to keep a closed guard but Dickens is proving a slippery customer.
Dickens trying to control but Quayle is working from the bottom.
Dickens might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Quayle kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dickens cracks Quayle with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antwon Dickens dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antwon Dickens's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dickens looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Dickens shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dickens controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Quayle that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dickens with the ground and pound from mount.
Dickens with good strikes from the mount here!
Dickens trying to control but Quayle is having none of it.

Dickens working for a guillotine from mount but Quayle is in no mood to give up.
Quayle is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dickens controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens is landing with some decent strikes but Quayle is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dickens cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dickens content just to control the position here.
Dickens landing shots from mount.
Antwon Dickens has got the better of the ground game so far.
Quayle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Quayle tries to hold on but Dickens postures up.
Dickens has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Quayle's face.
Dickens trying to control but Quayle is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Despite being in the dominant position, Antwon Dickens just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Dickens drives through and clinches with Quayle against the cage.

Dickens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Dickens decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Quayle looks like he's trying to stand up.

Dickens decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Dickens throws a right hand that Quayle ducks under and follows up with a left that Quayle also avoids with ease.
Quayle misses with a takedown attempt - Dickens sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dickens scores with a push kick.
Dickens shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Quayle pinned against the cage. Quayle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dickens throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Dickens moves into range and clinches up with Quayle.

Dickens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dickens pushes Quayle up against the cage in a clinch.
Dickens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quayle backwards.

Dickens manages to break the clinch.
Dickens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dickens works over Quayle's head and body with a nice combination.
Dickens jabs Quayle right on the nose. Quayle blinks but takes it well.
Quayle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Quayle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dan Quayle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dickens.

Dickens forces Quayle back against the cage and clinches.
Quayle avoiding damage as Dickens throws knees to the body.
Dickens lands with a short shot to the head.
Dickens is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Quayle decides to pull guard.
Dickens passes Quayle's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dickens is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Quayle wants to get back to full guard but Dickens has mounted him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quayle really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dickens takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Quayle in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dickens tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Quayle is squirming around, avoiding Dickens's attempts to control the action.
Dickens controlling from the full mount.
Dickens trying to control but Quayle is having none of it.
Dickens controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antwon Dickens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antwon Dickens's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dickens closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dickens lands in his opponent's guard.
Dickens sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dickens in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dickens lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dickens landing some decent shots from guard.
Dickens sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dickens is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dickens trying to control the position from guard on top but Quayle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Antwon Dickens just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Quayle digs a good hook to Dickens's body.
Quayle wants to clinch

and Dickens counters with a nice double leg into side control. Quayle won't be happy with that.
Quayle manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Dickens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dickens seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Quayle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dickens passes to full mount!
Dickens punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dickens lands with some strikes.
Dickens controlling the position easily from mount.
Dickens looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dickens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Quayle?
Quayle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dickens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quayle is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dickens controlling the position easily from mount.
Quayle takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Quayle is squirming around, avoiding Dickens's attempts to control the action.
Dickens sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Quayle is looking to improve his position but Dickens isn't that keen on the idea.
Dickens lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens controlling from the full mount.
Quayle wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dickens.
Dickens punching from mount but Quayle doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Quayle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dickens lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dickens lands a heavy elbow.

Dickens swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antwon Dickens!