PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tobikan Judan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Dahmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Judan
vs
Dahmer

180 cm
31
167 lbs
11 - 10 - 1

160 cm
26
170 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Tobikan Judan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff Dahmer!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dahmer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Judan defends it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Judan.
Dahmer slaps away a takedown attempt from Judan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Judan shoots and misses
and Dahmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dahmer shoots and misses

and Judan moves into the clinch.

Judan pulls Dahmer into guard.
Judan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Dahmer drops back looking for a leg! Judan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Judan manages to kick Dahmer off! Dahmer jumps back into Judan's guard.
Dahmer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dahmer chips away with some ground and pound.
Dahmer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Dahmer drops back looking for a leg! Judan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Judan manages to kick Dahmer off! Dahmer jumps back into Judan's guard.
Judan keeping full guard, as Dahmer tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judan trying to strike off his back.
Dahmer stands up over Judan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Judan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dahmer works over Judan with some ground and pound from guard.
Dahmer lands a couple of elbows.
Judan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dahmer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dahmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Judan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dahmer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Judan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dahmer throws an elbow that misses. Judan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dahmer's guard. Nice move by Judan!

Judan throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dahmer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Judan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Judan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dahmer throws a big elbow that misses.
Dahmer with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Judan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Judan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dahmer postures up and lands a big shot to Judan's brow.
Dahmer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dahmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Judan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Judan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dahmer throwing strikes from guard but Judan blocks nicely.
Dahmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Judan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Judan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Judan looking for a sweep. Not yet Judan, not yet.
Judan trying to strike off his back.
Dahmer working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Judan trying to keep a closed guard but Dahmer is proving a slippery customer.
Judan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dahmer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Judan gets caught flat footed, as Dahmer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Dahmer drops back looking for a leg! Judan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Judan manages to kick Dahmer off! Dahmer jumps back into Judan's guard.
Judan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dahmer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dahmer drops back, looking for a kneebar! Judan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Judan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Judan!

Judan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dahmer is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Dahmer 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.

Judan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Judan wants it to stay on the feet.
Dahmer tries for a takedown but Judan circles away easily

and Judan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Judan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Judan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dahmer is keeping the position for now.
Dahmer trying to keep a closed guard but Judan is proving a slippery customer.
Judan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dahmer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judan wants to control from the top but Dahmer keeps moving.

Dahmer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahmer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Judan manages to get himself to full guard.

Dahmer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Judan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dahmer stands up over Judan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dahmer lands a couple of elbows.
Dahmer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Judan wants to sweep here but Dahmer controlling him for the moment.
Judan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dahmer's guard.

Judan trying to control the position from guard on top but Dahmer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Dahmer is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Judan frees his head nicely. Oh but Dahmer has switched to an armbar! Judan is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Jeff Dahmer!
Jeff Dahmer decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.