PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akimbo Dice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Now Your (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dice
vs
Your

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

187 cm
20
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Akimbo Dice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Now Your!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Your shoots for a double leg takedown but Dice sprawls well. He's pushed Your's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Your gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dice to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Your is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dice is in trouble now - Your has advanced to mount!
Your looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Your connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Your won't let Dice get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Dice keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Your moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Dice has worked his arm free - good work by Dice!
Dice is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Your off and has taken his back!
Dice throwing sloppy strikes.
Your just trying to survive but Dice is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Your is having to fend off submission attempts from Dice, who is looking to sink in the choke. Dice doesn't have the hooks in though and Your manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Your trying to control the position from guard on top but Dice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dice is breathing heavily.

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.
Dice looking for a sweep. Not yet Dice, not yet.
Your throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dice works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dice wants to sweep here but Your controlling him for the moment.
Your advances to half guard.
Dice is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Your is working for a kimura but Dice is defending it quite comfortably.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Your with a poor takedown

and Dice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dice.
Dice thows a big elbow that misses.
Your is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Your preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dice works over Your with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dice preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dice trying to control the position from guard on top but Your is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dice lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dice has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dice throwing strikes from guard but Your blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dice misses with a takedown attempt

and Your counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Your trying to control but Dice is working from the bottom.
Dice is looking to sweep but instead, Your has passed into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Your is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Now Your dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Your tries for a takedown but Dice circles away easily

and Dice counters with a single leg into guard. Your didn't expect that.
Dice is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dice thows a big elbow that misses.
Akimbo Dice overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dice throws a big right hand that misses.
Your is trying to keep Dice in close.
Dice trying to control the position from guard on top but Your is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Dice drops back looking for a leg! Your is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Your manages to kick Dice off! Dice jumps back into Your's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dice drops back, looking for a kneebar! Your looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Your looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Your!
Your in side control, throwing shots but Dice defends.
Dice is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Your's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dice is pressing down on Your's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two 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.
Your trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dice's guard.

Your is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dice is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dice has escaped and now he's on top!
Dice postures up.
Dice passes Your's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dice slips a nice elbow through Your's hands, connecting with Your's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Your blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dice.
Dice lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Your has a hand on Dice's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Dice takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Dice pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Your is trying to escape the mount.
Dice is landing with some decent strikes but Your is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! Dice connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Your is in a horrible position here. Dice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dice landing strikes, looking to finish!
Your tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dice putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dice with a couple of short strikes.
Dice breaks from Your's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dice throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Your keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akimbo Dice dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dice closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Your is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dice lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dice thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Your's head.
Your manages to get to full guard.
Dice postures up and lands a big shot to Your's brow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dice stands up over Your, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dice throwing strikes but missing.
Dice connects with a couple of short punches.
Dice distracts Your with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dice looking to pass the guard.
Dice throwing strikes from guard but Your blocks nicely.
Dice loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dice throws a big right hand that misses.
Dice with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dice tries to clinch up.
Your has his takedown stuffed

and Dice counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dice.
Dice gets underhooks to prevent Your's takedown attempt.

Dice has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Your regains guard immediately.
Your working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dice postures up in Your's guard and throws a big left but Your blocks it.
Dice throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dice is working Your over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Your not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Your utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dice wants to control from the top but Your keeps moving.
Dice is looking to work some ground and pound but Your has wrist control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Your doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Dice counters with a shoot takedown. Your fights it but they end up in guard.
Akimbo Dice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Now Your.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dice postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dice postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Dice postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Your is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dice, into his guard.

Dice looking for a guillotine here but Your defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akimbo Dice showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dice 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akimbo Dice!