PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Narz (ranked 1311 p4p, 72 weight class) and Rico Dominguez (ranked 1312 p4p, 73 weight class). Rico Dominguez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Narz
vs
Dominguez

162 cm
27
142 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

162 cm
29
145 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Narz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rico Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Narz misses its intended target.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dominguez or perhaps it was just good defense by Narz, which made it look bad.
It looked like Narz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dominguez throws a leg kick but Narz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Narz throws a hook but Dominguez avoids it easily.
Dominguez misses with a hook.
Dominguez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Narz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.
Narz connects with the punch.
Dominguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dominguez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Narz throws a hook to the side of Dominguez's head but Dominguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Narz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Narz misses with an uppercut.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dominguez moves out of range as Narz strikes.
Dominguez moves out of range of the strikes.

Dominguez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Narz sprawls well initially but Dominguez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez prevents Narz from improving his position.
Dominguez passes to full mount!
Narz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dominguez unloading with bombs!
Narz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dominguez dominating with strikes here.
Narz is trying to escape the mount.
Narz is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Tōshi that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Dominguez breaks from Narz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Narz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dominguez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Narz tries to lock up and control but Dominguez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez landing strikes from the mount.
Narz is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dominguez is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Narz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dominguez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dominguez with a couple of short strikes.
Dominguez prevents Narz from getting the reversal.
Dominguez lands a big shot there that rocks Narz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Narz can't escape the position.
Narz wants to control but Dominguez is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dominguez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Narz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dominguez controlling the action here.
Dominguez prevents Narz from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dominguez lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

Dominguez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Narz is controlling Dominguez's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Narz trying to control but Dominguez postures up.
Narz manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Narz holds on and takes a little breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Narz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dominguez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Narz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Narz looking for a sweep. Not yet Narz, not yet.
Dominguez stands and throws Narz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dominguez trying to control the position but Narz is working away.
Dominguez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Narz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Narz wants to control but Dominguez postures up.
Narz is trying to get back to half guard.
Narz wants to control but Dominguez postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Dominguez dominated that 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.

Narz slaps away a takedown attempt from Dominguez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Narz throwing a counter right hand but Dominguez manages to avoid it.
Narz throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Dominguez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Dominguez manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Narz on his heels. He'll look to pass Narz's guard now, I'm sure.
Dominguez preventing the sweep.
Dominguez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Narz's head.
Dominguez throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narz wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dominguez passes Narz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Narz is looking for a sweep. Dominguez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez trying to control from half guard but Narz is working away.
Narz tries to roll over but Dominguez keeps him under control.

Dominguez seems to be working for a kimura but Narz defends the submission attempt.
Narz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dominguez is working Narz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Dominguez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dominguez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dominguez wants to control from the top but Narz keeps moving.
Dominguez won't allow Narz to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dominguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dominguez won't allow Narz to sweep him here.
Dominguez throwing strikes but missing.
Narz trying to control the position here.
Narz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Narz is thwarting Dominguez's attempts to control the position.
Dominguez is refusing to be controlled, as Narz sits in half guard.
Rico Dominguez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dominguez trying to hold on to Narz's head to control him but Narz postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narz passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dominguez!
Narz misses with some ground and pound and Dominguez recovers position to half guard.
Dominguez is trying to maintain the position but Narz is very close to passing his half guard.
Narz trying to control the action but Dominguez is working from the bottom.
Narz is just content to waste time from the top position. Dominguez takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Narz passes Dominguez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Narz trying to advance position but Dominguez counters by regaining guard.
Narz passes Dominguez's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narz trying to mount his opponent but Dominguez defends it.
Dominguez wants to control but Narz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dominguez is looking for a sweep. Narz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Narz uses his free foot to push down on Dominguez's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dominguez.
Dominguez gets back to half guard.
Narz wants to control but Dominguez is keeping him busy.
Dominguez gets back to full guard.
Narz trying to control but Dominguez is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Narz controlling from the top position.

Dominguez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dominguez blocks a jab.
Narz misses with a looping left.
Dominguez with the counter takedown but Narz avoids it easily.

Dominguez moves into the clinch.
Narz pushes Dominguez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Narz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dominguez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Narz backwards.
Narz takes a shot to the head.
Narz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narz lands a shot to the body.
Dominguez tries to throw a body punch but Narz avoids it by throwing Dominguez back against the cage.
Dominguez being controlled against the cage.
Dominguez fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narz tries to throw a body punch but Dominguez avoids it by throwing Narz back against the cage.
A short left from Dominguez.

Dominguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Narz connects with a right hand. Dominguez shakes it off.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Narz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Peter Narz is winning the standup battle so far.
Dominguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dominguez connects with a body shot.
Narz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Narz throws the left hand but Dominguez avoids the punch easily.
Dominguez throws a series of strikes that have Narz backpedaling.
Narz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dominguez's head backwards.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown but Narz shows good takedown defense.
Narz throwing a counter right hand but Dominguez manages to avoid it.

Dominguez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narz is trying to get back to full guard.
Narz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dominguez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dominguez's back!
Narz is hanging on to Dominguez's back as he tries to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez prevents Narz from getting a body triangle.
Dominguez manages to reverse the position and now he's in Narz's guard. Nice work there by Dominguez.
Narz looking to control.
Narz pulls Dominguez in to control the position.
Dominguez scoring with some ground and pound.
Dominguez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Narz is keeping the position for now.
Dominguez preventing the sweep.
Narz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Narz has momentary wrist control but Dominguez slips an elbow through the middle.
Narz trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dominguez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dominguez works over Narz with some ground and pound from guard.
Dominguez lands a couple of elbows.
Dominguez distracts Narz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dominguez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Narz's head.
Narz keeping moving, preventing Dominguez from controlling successfully.

Narz looking for a guillotine here but Dominguez defends easily.
Narz keeping moving, preventing Dominguez from controlling successfully.
Narz is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez working some strikes from top position.
Narz trying to control the position.
Narz pulls Dominguez in close to his closed guard and prevents Dominguez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Dominguez stands up over Narz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Narz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dominguez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dominguez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Narz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dominguez is one step ahead there.
Dominguez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Peter Narz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dominguez stands up over Narz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Dominguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dominguez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Dominguez!
Our winner, Rico Dominguez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.