PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fred Boyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Dino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dino has chosen RAWR as his entrance music. Fred Boyle had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Boyle
vs
Dino

179 cm
25
176 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

178 cm
27
172 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Fred Boyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Dino!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boyle closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dino holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dino gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Boyle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dino keeps working.
Dino wants to control but Boyle is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Boyle is working for a submission of some sort.
Boyle is looking to take a break and control but Dino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Boyle seems to be working for a kimura but Dino defends the submission attempt.
Boyle slows the pace down in half guard.
Ground and pound from Boyle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boyle is looking for a kimura but Dino is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Boyle to get the leverage.
Boyle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Boyle is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dino is looking to control Boyle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dino avoid being mounted?
Dino tries to get to full guard but Boyle has control of the leg.
Boyle seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Boyle perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Boyle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dino defending well though.

Boyle is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Boyle in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dino on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Boyle is looking to take a break and control but Dino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dino tries to roll over but Boyle keeps him under control.
Boyle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boyle scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dino is staying active underneath Boyle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Boyle is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dino has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Boyle.
Dino tries to get to full guard but Boyle has control of the leg.
Dino is controlling Boyle's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boyle is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Dino is trying to control but can't.

Dino is defending against the submission attempts here by Boyle.
Boyle is looking to take a break and control but Dino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Boyle is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dino has managed to free his arm - good work.
Boyle wants to free his trapped foot but Dino is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyle is thwarting Dino's attempts to control the position.

Dino looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boyle wants to control but Dino is keeping him busy.
Boyle seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Dino is defending against the submission attempts here by Boyle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Boyle is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dino sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Boyle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Boyle scores a takedown into full mount!

Boyle looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Boyle trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Boyle looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Boyle trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dino tries to hold on but Boyle pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyle wants to control the pace but Dino is squirming around nicely.
Boyle content just to control the position here.
Dino is trying to escape the mount.

Boyle working for a submission but Dino is keeping him at bay.
Boyle controlling the pace for now.

Boyle looking for a guillotine from mount but Dino is having none of it.
Dino is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyle lands a heavy elbow.
Boyle avoids the attempt from Dino to control.
Boyle landing strikes from the mount and Dino is in trouble!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boyle landing strikes from the mount.
Boyle lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dino hang on?
Boyle looking to control but Dino is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boyle landing shots from mount.
Boyle landing shots from mount.

Dino is rocked!
Boyle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Boyle is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dino can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyle working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Boyle is landing with some decent strikes but Dino is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Boyle with good strikes from the mount here!
Boyle trying to control but Dino is having none of it.
Dino is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Boyle controlling the position easily from mount.
Boyle can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dino is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyle with shots to the head and body - Dino looks very uncomfortable down there.
Boyle lands with some strikes.
Boyle sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Boyle working for a submission but Dino is keeping him at bay.
Boyle looking to control but Dino is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boyle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Boyle lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Boyle dominated that second round.
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!

The fighters circling - Boyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Boyle fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dino to the ground. Boyle is now in Dino's guard.
Boyle slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Boyle works over Dino with some ground and pound from guard.
Dino looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Boyle is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Boyle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Boyle passes Dino's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Boyle trying to control the action but Dino is working from the bottom.
Fred Boyle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Boyle looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyle winds up and cracks Dino with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Boyle is trying to work for a kimura but Dino is defending well.

Boyle is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Dino is trying to get back to full guard.

Boyle is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boyle seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Dino is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Fred Boyle!