PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Dardar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dardar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Trial by Fire. Villa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Faint. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dardar
vs
Villa

185 cm
25
205 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Non-Stop Nutrition
Non-Stop Nutrition

Convicted

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Dardar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Villa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dardar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Villa misses with the combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Villa. That snapped Dardar's head back.
Villa throws a series of punches but Dardar avoids them all with ease.
Villa loads up on a big right hand but Dardar slips the punch.
Dardar avoids the head kick by Villa.
Dardar tries to clinch but Villa moves out of range.
Villa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dardar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dardar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Villa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Villa feints and then cracks Dardar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dardar down.
Dardar with a nice cross.
Villa throws a hook but Dardar blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dardar.
Dardar checks the leg kick.
Villa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good work by Dardar as he checks the leg kick.

Dardar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Villa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Villa is pushing Dardar's head away, looking to escape. Dardar manages to hold on to the position though.

Dardar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dardar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Villa is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Villa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Villa is looking for a sweep.
Dardar wants to control but Villa is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa wants to control but Dardar postures up.
Dardar wants to control but Villa is keeping him busy.
Villa regains half guard.

Dardar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Villa is looking to escape.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Villa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dardar.
Dardar blocks a jab.
Villa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dardar fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dardar throws a big shot that misses.
Dardar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Dardar clinches up with Villa and pushes him back against the cage.
Villa prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dardar jumps guard but Villa stands there with Dardar around his waist. Dardar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Dardar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Villa breaks from the clinch.
Villa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Villa throws a leg kick but Dardar sees it coming and moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Dardar.
Villa stuns Dardar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Villa misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dardar lands a lovely overhand right.
Villa misses with a straight right.
Villa throws a nice looking combination but Dardar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dardar throws a big shot that misses.
Dardar throws the left hand but Villa avoids the punch easily.
Villa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dardar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Villa.
Dardar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dardar looks for the body kick but Villa saw that one coming.
Villa misses with a wild combination.
Dardar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Villa throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Villa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dardar tries to clinch up but Villa circles away and keeps his distance.
Dardar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Villa scores with a push kick.
Villa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dardar misses with a looping left.
Villa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dardar moves away.
Villa thows a leg kick but Dardar checks it
and Dardar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dardar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dardar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Villa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dardar cracks Villa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lee Villa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dardar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Villa lands a body shot.
Dardar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dardar moves out of range as Villa throws a body kick.
Villa throws a hook to the side of Dardar's head but Dardar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dardar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Villa.
Dardar thows a body shot but no joy.
Villa cracks Dardar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dardar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Villa tries to bum rush Dardar with a series of wild strikes but Dardar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Villa does no damage.
The fighters circling - Dardar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dardar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Villa scores with a sloppy right hand. Dardar should have avoided that one.
Villa throws a lazy right hand but Dardar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dardar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dardar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Villa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dardar waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Villa.
Dardar moves in looking to clinch but Villa pushes him off.
Dardar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dardar takes a swing at Villa's ribcage but misses.
Villa is looking to land body kicks.
Villa fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dardar connects with a body shot.
Dardar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Villa throws the kick towards the body but Dardar avoids it.
Dardar tries to clinch up but Villa circles away and keeps his distance.
Dardar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Villa swats away the attempt to clinch by Dardar.
Lee Villa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villa throws a series of strikes that have Dardar backpedaling.
Dardar throws a big shot that misses.
Lee Villa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dardar tries to close the distance and clinch but Villa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Villa misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dardar looks to land a right hand but Villa moved out of range.
Villa drops his hands momentarily and Dardar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dardar throws a looping overhand right but Villa ducks down to avoid it.
Villa ducks under a wild hook from Dardar.
Dardar slips a straight right by Villa.
Good shot there by Villa.
Dardar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dardar doesn't manage to clinch there - Villa circles away.
A jab from Villa finds it's way through Dardar's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dardar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Villa.
Villa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dardar.
Dardar blocks a head kick by Villa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Villa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dardar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Villa tries to circle away but Dardar has him pinned against the cage.

Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dardar missing with a left hand there. Villa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dardar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good shot there by Villa.
Dardar tries to clinch up but Villa circles away and keeps his distance.

Dardar closes the distance and clinches.
Dardar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Villa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Villa misses with a body shot
and Dardar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Villa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dardar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Villa misses the shot to the body.
Good shot there by Dardar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dardar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dardar jabs at Villa's body.
Dardar tries to close the distance and clinch but Villa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Villa dodges the punch combination from Dardar.
Dardar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Villa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dardar somewhat.
Dardar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dardar is looking to clinch but Villa is avoiding it.
Villa throws a push kick but Dardar slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dardar moves in looking to clinch but Villa pushes him off.
Villa scores with a leg kick.
Villa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Villa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dardar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Villa misses with a head kick.
Villa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Villa feints and then cracks Dardar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dardar down.
Dardar cracks Villa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Villa swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Dardar counters by clinching up.
Dardar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Villa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Dardar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dardar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villa throws out a powerful jab.
Villa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dardar moves in looking to clinch but Villa pushes him off.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Villa - that will leave a mark!
Dardar throws a looping overhand right but Villa ducks down to avoid it.
Dardar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Villa misses with a low kick.
Villa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Villa misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab lands there for Villa.
Dardar lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Villa throws a series of punches but Dardar moves out of range.
Dardar fails to land the takedown.
Villa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dardar.
Dardar avoids the body shot from Villa.
Dardar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Villa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dardar looks to land a right hand but Villa moved out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Villa.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Villa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Villa really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Villa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Villa throws a nice looking combination but Dardar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Villa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dardar.
Villa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Both fighters circling a little - Villa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Villa throws a sloppy head kick and Dardar moves out of range easily.
Villa lands a head kick. Dardar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Villa throws a head kick that misses
and Dardar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dardar throws out a loose jab but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villa throws a low kick but Dardar avoids it.
Villa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dardar connects with a high kick.
Villa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Villa lunges at Dardar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dardar's hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Villa!
Villa defending well as Dardar loads up on a big left hand.
Dardar misses with an uppercut. Villa saw that one coming.
Dardar is looking to clinch but Villa is avoiding it.
A jab from Dardar misses.
Dardar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dardar misses with a hook.
Dardar tries to clinch up but Villa circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dardar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Villa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A cross from Dardar lands.
Dardar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Villa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dardar circles away quickly and effectively.
Dardar missing with a left hand there. Villa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Villa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dardar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Villa.
Villa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dardar.
Villa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dardar.
Danga de danga de dang - Villa scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa swats away the attempt to clinch by Dardar.
Villa swats away the attempt to clinch by Dardar.
Dardar throws a head kick that Villa semi-blocks.
Dardar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Villa defends it nicely.
Villa swinging wilding here.
Villa moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dardar tries to land a front kick but Villa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dardar ducks under a wild hook from Villa.
Dardar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Villa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dardar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Villa wants to control from the top but Dardar keeps moving.
Villa wants to stand but Dardar is controlling his posture from full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dardar keeping moving, preventing Villa from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Villa dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Villa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dardar is out of range.
Villa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Villa throws a combination that misses
and Dardar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Villa misses with a combination
and Dardar counters with a three punch combo that has Villa backing up. Villa nods at Dardar to acknowledge the strikes.
Villa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dardar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Villa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dardar.
Villa throws a jab but it's blocked by Dardar.
Villa misses with a low kick as Dardar jumps back.
Dardar throws a hook to the side of Villa's head but Villa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dardar cracks Villa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dardar scores with the left hand. Villa knows he should have avoided that one.
Villa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Villa throws a lazy head kick
letting Dardar counter with a right hand.
Villa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Villa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dardar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dardar throws a wild body kick that Villa sees coming a mile off.
Villa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Villa avoids the head kick by Dardar.
Villa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Villa throws a right and a left that Dardar avoids nicely.
Jesse Dardar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dardar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Villa thinking.
Villa throws a sloppy head kick
and Dardar counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dardar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Villa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Villa avoids the head kick by Dardar.
Dardar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Villa tries to avoid it but Dardar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Villa to the ground. Villa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Villa connects with the punch.

Dardar takes the fight into the clinch.
Villa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dardar tries to pull guard but Villa holds him up against the cage and eventually Dardar drops back down to his feet.
Dardar misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Dardar manages to pull guard.

Dardar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Villa trying to control but Dardar is working from the bottom.

Dardar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Villa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Dardar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Villa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dardar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Dardar had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Villa is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Dardar Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Villa's back instead.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Dardar wants to control but Villa is keeping busy.

Dardar is persistently looking for the submission but Villa is defending it well.
Dardar avoiding Villa 's attempts to control his hands.

Villa preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dardar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesse Dardar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Villa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Villa! Lee Villa retains his light heavyweight title!