PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heraclion Demler (ranked 4275 p4p, 3474 weight class) and Frank Dahlgren (ranked 505 p4p, 425 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Demler
vs
Dahlgren

180 cm
19
180
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
185
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heraclion Demler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Dahlgren!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dahlgren dips to his left and cracks Demler with an uppercut!
Jab from Dahlgren.

It looks like Heraclion Demler has been cut.
Demler scores with a leg kick.
Jab by Dahlgren.
Demler moves in looking to clinch but Dahlgren pushes him off.
Dahlgren has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Dahlgren has Demler up against the cage in a clinch.
Dahlgren changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Demler fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Demler instigates a clinch.
Demler tries a body shot but Dahlgren blocks it.
Demler lands a hook that snaps the head of Dahlgren backwards.
Dahlgren being controlled against the cage.
Demler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Demler scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dahlgren blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demler is struggling to control the position.
Dahlgren is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demler is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Demler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Demler lands an elbow inside that Dahlgren shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Demler throws an elbow but misses.
Dahlgren misses with some punches.
Demler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dahlgren's defenses.
A left hand lands to the body for Dahlgren.
Demler drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dahlgren stops a takedown attempt from Demler.
Demler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dahlgren's efforts to push away.
Dahlgren gets through Demler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dahlgren is looking to break free of the clinch but Demler has double underhooks.
Demler is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heraclion Demler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dahlgren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Demler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demler keeps control of Dahlgren as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Demler is trying to pull guard but Dahlgren turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dahlgren misses with a knee strike.
Dahlgren scores with a shot to the side of Demler's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dahlgren working hard to break the clinch.
Dahlgren is looking to break free of the clinch but Demler has double underhooks.
Demler tries a body shot but Dahlgren blocks it.
Demler letting Dahlgren take a breather here.
Dahlgren struggles to land a body shot inside as Demler controls his hands.
A short left from Dahlgren.
Demler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dahlgren.
Dahlgren cracks Demler with a nice body shot.
Demler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dahlgren working aggressively here.
Demler trying to stall but Dahlgren improves his position.
Demler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dahlgren backwards.
Demler blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahlgren tries to break the clinch but Demler is controlling the position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Demler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dahlgren's brow.
Dahlgren is trying to break the clinch but Demler is controlling him.
Demler managing to block the knees to the body from Dahlgren.
Dahlgren wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dahlgren.
Dahlgren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dahlgren misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demler.
Demler lands an elbow that stopped Dahlgren in his tracks for a moment.
Dahlgren tries to land knees in the clinch but Demler avoids the damage to the body.
Dahlgren wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Demler swings wildly with an uppercut but Dahlgren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demler swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Demler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Demler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Demler there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demler needs to keep his hands up - Dahlgren had a free shot at his head there.
Dahlgren throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dahlgren goes for a double leg but Demler avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Demler continues to drive forward.
Demler fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dahlgren just manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Demler.
Jab, jab by Dahlgren - just one landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dahlgren looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Demler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dahlgren manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dahlgren lands with a hook. Demler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dahlgren looks to throw the jab but Demler is out of range.
Demler throws a big counter combination but Dahlgren scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dahlgren falls off balance throwing a combination
and Demler finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Demler has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dahlgren finds it's way round the side to connect with Demler's head.
Dahlgren misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dahlgren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heraclion Demler's cut.
That's time! Demler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Some wild striking there from Dahlgren.

Demler moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Demler.
Demler lands a right hand.
A short right from Dahlgren on the inside.
Dahlgren misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dahlgren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Demler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dahlgren backwards.
Demler lands an uppercut.
Demler misses with a punch on the inside.
Dahlgren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dahlgren breaks the clinch.

Demler instigates a clinch.
Demler tries to throw a body punch but Dahlgren avoids it by throwing Demler back against the cage.
Dahlgren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dahlgren avoids a wild elbow strike from Demler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dahlgren.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Demler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dahlgren's brow.
Dahlgren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demler throws a head punch that misses.
Demler avoiding damage as Dahlgren throws knees to the body.
Demler misses with the head strike.
Demler blocks an uppercut.
Demler swings wildly with an uppercut but Dahlgren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demler scores with a shoulder strike.
Demler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dahlgren backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Demler tries a body shot but Dahlgren blocks it.
Dahlgren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dahlgren tries to break the clinch but Demler is controlling the position.
Dahlgren throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dahlgren lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dahlgren scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahlgren is trying to break the clinch but Demler has him pressed against the cage.
Dahlgren scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Dahlgren throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Dahlgren.

Demler is rocked!

Heraclion Demler's cut is getting worse.
Demler wants to stall.
Demler blocks a body shot from Dahlgren.
Demler lands an elbow that stopped Dahlgren in his tracks for a moment.
Demler misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Dahlgren.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Demler misses with some punches.
Dahlgren cracks Demler with a nice body shot.
Dahlgren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Demlers head.
Dahlgren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Dahlgren's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Demler stalling in the clinch but Dahlgren improves position.
Dahlgren wants to break free but Demler has control.
Dahlgren lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Dahlgren.
Dahlgren wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demler has him pressed against the cage.
Dahlgren lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Dahlgren as the two fighters clinch.
Dahlgren looking to stall.
Dahlgren is trying to break the clinch but Demler is controlling him.
A short right from Dahlgren.
With the fighters up against the cage, Demler throws an elbow but misses.
Dahlgren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Demler backwards.
Oh Demler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Demler swings wildly with an uppercut but Dahlgren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demler seems to have got his legs back now.
Demler working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dahlgren.
Dahlgren is working Demler over against the cage.
Dahlgren effectively controlling the action here.
Dahlgren just leaning against Demler, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting on Dahlgren's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dahlgren working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dahlgren scores with a shot to the side of Demler's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dahlgren lands a body shot.
Dahlgren lands with a short shot to the head.
Dahlgren lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dahlgren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dahlgren creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Demler with a big uppercut! Demler tries to clinch up but Dahlgren pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Demler to the mat! Demler covers up and Dahlgren unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Dahlgren!