PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minamoto Shigetoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Dew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shigetoki
vs
Dew

196 cm
18
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
259 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Minamoto Shigetoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Dew!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dew gets a takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Shigetoki pushes Dew off looking to stand but Dew dives back in and keeps control.
Dew not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dew throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shigetoki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dew throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dew missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Dew is looking for a kimura but Shigetoki is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dew to get the leverage.
Dew missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shigetoki trying to control here.
Dew not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dew scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shigetoki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dew has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dew trying to control from half guard but Shigetoki is working away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shigetoki is concentrating on defense, preventing Dew from advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dew throwing shots but Shigetoki is blocking nicely.
Dew is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Shigetoki!
The referee warns Shigetoki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shigetoki blocking the ground and pound.
Shigetoki wants to try and get back to his feet.
Shigetoki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shigetoki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dew.
Dew landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dew lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dew avoids the attempt from Shigetoki to control.
Dew scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dew dominating with strikes here.
Dew throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dew working the ground and pound effectively.
Dew sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dew scoring with strikes but Shigetoki is staying in there.
Dew pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shigetoki is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dew pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dew lands a nice shot to the head.
Shigetoki is in a horrible position here. Dew smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shigetoki wants to control but Dew is having none of it.
Shigetoki is breathing heavily.
Dew cracks Shigetoki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dew landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dew lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Shigetoki is rocked!
Dew landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Shigetoki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dew is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shigetoki can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Dew is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Shigetoki can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Dew drops a big elbow. That's hurt Shigetoki! More shots from Dew and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Dew!