PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gil Dyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby McBarz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Gil Dyson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Gil Dyson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Dyson
vs
McBarz

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gil Dyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby McBarz!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBarz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McBarz slips under a jab.
McBarz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Dyson closes the distance and pushes McBarz back into the cage.
McBarz jumps guard but Dyson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Dyson fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dyson as McBarz tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, Dyson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dyson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dyson lands with a left to the head.
Dyson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McBarz backwards.
Dyson slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dyson.
McBarz trying to land knees to the body.
McBarz fails to pull guard.
Dyson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyson lands a hook to the side of the head.
McBarz looking to throw knees to the head but Dyson is blocking nicely.
Dyson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dyson has McBarz pushed against the cage.
McBarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gil Dyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby McBarz.
Dyson lands a nice uppercut.
McBarz has had enough of the clinch but Dyson keeps him there for the moment.
McBarz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dyson.
Dyson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dyson lands with a light punch inside.
McBarz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dyson's efforts to push away.
A short left from Dyson.
McBarz is trying to pull guard but Dyson has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dyson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyson scores with a shoulder strike.
Dyson lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from McBarz.

Dyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McBarz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dyson throws out the jab.
Dyson misses with an uppercut.
Dyson misses with a wild combination.
Dyson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McBarz counters with a right hand to the body.
Dyson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Dyson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McBarz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dyson is defending well for now.
Dyson lands a hook that snaps the head of McBarz backwards.
Dyson lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBarz is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dyson blocks a body shot from McBarz.
McBarz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dyson is pressed up against the cage. McBarz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dyson down to the mat. Dyson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
McBarz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dyson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McBarz scrambles back to his feet.
Dyson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McBarz walks into a straight right hand from Dyson.

Dyson moves into the clinch.
McBarz tries to stall but Dyson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dyson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Dyson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dyson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McBarz keeps control of Dyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dyson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBarz prevents a body shot from Dyson.
Dyson scores with a shoulder strike.
McBarz blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dyson.
Dyson working aggressively here.
McBarz is trying to force a seperation but Dyson has the dominant position.
McBarz wants to take the fight to the mat but Dyson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dyson.
Dyson is struggling to control the position.
Dyson swings wildly with an uppercut but McBarz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dyson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Dyson as the two fighters clinch.
Dyson slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gil Dyson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

McBarz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice shot lands for Dyson.
Dyson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McBarz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McBarz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dyson.

Dyson forces McBarz back against the cage and clinches.

McBarz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

McBarz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dyson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dyson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dyson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McBarz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dyson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McBarz can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
McBarz has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dyson has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A lull in the action here.
McBarz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McBarz wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyson happy to just control the position for now.
Dyson continues to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dyson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McBarz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dyson missing with a left hand there. McBarz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McBarz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gil Dyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dyson misses with a shot to the body
and McBarz counters with a nice uppercut.
Dyson misses the shot to the body.
McBarz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Dyson moves into the clinch.

Dyson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyson throws a poor cross that misses
and McBarz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McBarz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dyson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McBarz counters with a straight right hand.

Dyson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McBarz, pushing him back against the cage.
McBarz stalling in the clinch but Dyson improves position.
Dyson misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dyson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dyson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

McBarz breaks the clinch.
Dyson sizes up McBarz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dyson jabs McBarz right on the nose. McBarz blinks but takes it well.
Dyson misses with a hook. McBarz ducked under it nicely.
McBarz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dyson lands a really nice looking cross but McBarz seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gil Dyson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

McBarz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dyson.
McBarz swats away the attempt to clinch by Dyson.
Dyson throws an off balance right hand

and McBarz counters with a crisp one two that drops Dyson! McBarz thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Dyson to his feet! Dyson is in big trouble!

Dyson is rocked!

Dyson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McBarz, pushing him back against the cage.
Oh Dyson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dyson misses with a body punch.
Dyson seems to have got his legs back now.
McBarz keeps control of Dyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dyson lands a body shot in the clinch.
McBarz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McBarz scores with a knee to the head.
McBarz stalling in the clinch but Dyson improves position.
Dyson displaying some good clinch control by pressing McBarz up against the cage.
Dyson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyson is trying to push McBarz away but McBarz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
McBarz keeps control of Dyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McBarz is trying to push Dyson away but Dyson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McBarz can't break the clinch.
Dyson leaning against his opponent.
McBarz blocks a body shot from Dyson.
McBarz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dyson works on McBarz's body with a couple of short punches.
McBarz tries to break free but Dyson pushes him back against the cage.
Dyson gets underhooks to prevent McBarz's takedown attempt.

Dyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McBarz moves away from the strike by Dyson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dyson misses with a left hand
and McBarz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McBarz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dyson misses with an uppercut. McBarz saw that one coming.
McBarz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dyson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McBarz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big right from Dyson misses.
McBarz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gil Dyson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dyson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dyson misses the body punch
enabling McBarz to counter with a crisp jab.
Dyson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McBarz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dyson scores with a shot to the body.
Dyson sizes up McBarz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyson throws a poor cross that misses
enabling McBarz to counter with a crisp jab.
Dyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McBarz.
McBarz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dyson misses with a left hand
and McBarz counters with a nice uppercut.
McBarz staying out of range there.
A countering left hand to the body from McBarz misses.

Dyson clinches up against the cage.
Dyson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gil Dyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dyson scores with a shot to the side of McBarz's head.
McBarz taking a breather.
Dyson struggles to land a body shot inside as McBarz controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyson blocks an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dyson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McBarz's efforts to push away.
Dyson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McBarz.
McBarz jumps guard but Dyson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
McBarz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dyson is defending well for now.
Bobby McBarz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dyson blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gil Dyson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dyson 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gil Dyson!