PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duane Dibbley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ran Sakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakamoto has chosen Wu tang tiger style as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dibbley
vs
Sakamoto

180 cm
23
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

173 cm
23
170 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

HGH Nutrients

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duane Dibbley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ran Sakamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dibbley works the jab nicely.
Dibbley looks to land a right hand but Sakamoto moved out of range.
Dibbley misses with a looping right.
Sakamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dibbley.

Dibbley rushes Sakamoto and presses him up against the cage.
Sakamoto jumps guard but Dibbley stands there with Sakamoto around his waist. Sakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sakamoto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dibbley smiles and moves away.

Dibbley has Sakamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dibbley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sakamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Duane Dibbley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ran Sakamoto.
Sakamoto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dibbley smiles and moves away.

Dibbley clinches up with Sakamoto and pushes him back against the cage.
Dibbley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sakamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sakamoto fails to pull guard.
Sakamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dibbley's efforts to push away.

Sakamoto pulls guard effortlessly.
Dibbley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Dibbley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sakamoto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dibbley has managed to get both his arms back between Sakamoto's legs - danger averted.

Sakamoto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sakamoto looks gassed!

Dibbley gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dibbley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Dibbley instigates a clinch.

Sakamoto jumps into guard, dragging Dibbley to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dibbley trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sakamoto's guard.
Sakamoto can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dibbley controls the pace.

Sakamoto looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dibbley passes into side control.

Dibbley tries for a kimura but Sakamoto is defending well.
Sakamoto is looking to regain half guard here but Dibbley keeps moving and retains side control.

Dibbley has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Dibbley takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto tries to pull guard but Dibbley holds him up against the cage and eventually Sakamoto drops back down to his feet.
Sakamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Dibbley is trying to trip Sakamoto. He has hold of a leg but Sakamoto is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Dibbley persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Dibbley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sakamoto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dibbley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sakamoto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Dibbley decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sakamoto, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto walks into a straight right hand from Dibbley.

Dibbley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sakamoto to the mat! Sakamoto manages to get full guard.
Dibbley advances to half guard.
Dibbley takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Dibbley escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sakamoto shoots and misses

and Dibbley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dibbley tries to circle away but Sakamoto has him pinned against the cage.
Sakamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dibbley is trying to break the clinch but Sakamoto has him pressed against the cage.
Sakamoto jumps guard but Dibbley stands there with Sakamoto around his waist. Sakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dibbley lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Dibbley lands a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duane Dibbley 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.

Dibbley tries a head kick but it misses.
Dibbley misses the shot to the body.

Dibbley clinches with his opponent.
Sakamoto fails to pull guard.
Sakamoto tries to pull guard but Dibbley holds him up against the cage and eventually Sakamoto drops back down to his feet.
Sakamoto fails to pull guard.
Duane Dibbley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ran Sakamoto.
Dibbley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dibbley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sakamoto backwards.

Dibbley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sakamoto uses from the top position.
Dibbley is looking to stand up but Sakamoto isn't so interested in that idea.

Sakamoto has gone for a leg lock! Dibbley slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sakamoto's guard.
Sakamoto can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dibbley controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamoto is breathing heavily.

Sakamoto looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Dibbley has picked Sakamoto up and slammed him! Sakamoto can't keep hold of the triangle and Dibbley manages to pass to side control!
Dibbley advances to mount.

Dibbley is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Dibbley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dibbley looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Dibbley clinches up with Sakamoto and pushes him back against the cage.

Dibbley drags the fight down to the ground.

Sakamoto drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dibbley dives on top into guard.
Dibbley is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dibbley is pushing down on Sakamoto's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sakamoto is fighting to maintain full guard but Dibbley has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dibbley slows the pace down in half guard.

Sakamoto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Duane Dibbley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dibbley uses his free foot to push down on Sakamoto's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sakamoto.
Dibbley controlling his opponent.

That's four 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.

Dibbley is going olschool here, as he tries to force Sakamoto to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sakamoto shrugs it off.
Sakamoto is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Dibbley stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Dibbley moves into the clinch.
Sakamoto fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duane Dibbley dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Dibbley closes the distance and clinches.
Sakamoto jumps guard but Dibbley stands there with Sakamoto around his waist. Sakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Dibbley jumps guard and drags Sakamoto to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dibbley is pulling down on Sakamoto's head to control his posture.
Dibbley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dibbley tries to get out of the position.

Sakamoto drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dibbley manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sakamoto has Dibbley in his guard.
Dibbley seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sakamoto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Duane Dibbley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Dibbley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dibbley sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sakamoto's guard.
Dibbley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Sakamoto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dibbley pulls his head out easily.
Dibbley takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dibbley'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.

Sakamoto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dibbley pulls his head out easily.
Dibbley stalling.
Dibbley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sakamoto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sakamoto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dibbley pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dibbley works his way into side control.
Dibbley controls the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Duane Dibbley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Donk. Dibbley catches Sakamoto right on the button with a cross.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dibbley!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dibbley has Sakamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Sakamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Dibbley pulls guard successfully.
Dibbley is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sakamoto wants to pass the guard but Dibbley is keeping the position.

Dibbley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dibbley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dibbley tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ran Sakamoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duane Dibbley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Sakamoto has gone for a leg lock! Dibbley slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sakamoto's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duane Dibbley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dibbley 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duane Dibbley!