PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Panzer Dalton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Botwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenny Botwin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Dalton
vs
Botwin

225 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Panzer Dalton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenny Botwin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Botwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Botwin throws a head kick but Dalton moves out of range.
Botwin thows a body shot but no joy.
Botwin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dalton throws a shot from downtown. Botwin moves away and avoids it.
Botwin throws a head kick that misses.
Botwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Botwin throws a wild body kick that Dalton sees coming a mile off.
Botwin moves out of range of the strikes.
Dalton misses with a takedown attempt - Botwin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Botwin looks to land a body kick but Dalton moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalton motions for Botwin to come forward. Dalton throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dalton throws a big shot that misses.
Botwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dalton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Botwin can pounce on him.
Botwin throws a leg kick which misses Dalton's front leg but catches the back leg as Dalton tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton moves out of range as Botwin throws a body kick.

Dalton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Botwin sprawls well initially but Dalton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dalton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Botwin keeps working.
Dalton misses with a head shot. Botwin uses the momentum to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalton thows a big elbow that misses.
Dalton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Botwin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dalton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Botwin managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botwin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dalton preventing the sweep.
Dalton tries to free his leg and advance position but Botwin is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Botwin tries to clinch but Dalton is having none of it.
Dalton misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Dalton misses.
Kenny Botwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Botwin is looking to clinch.
Botwin slaps away a takedown attempt from Dalton, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dalton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Botwin sprawls well. Botwin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dalton gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Panzer Dalton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dalton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Botwin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dalton checks a low kick from Botwin.
A combination from Botwin does no damage.
Botwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dalton lands with an overhand left.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dalton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Botwin - the referee stops the clock and Dalton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Botwin. Dalton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Dalton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Botwin was covering up waiting for the punch and Dalton finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botwin being controlled here, momentarily.
Dalton tries to free his leg and advance position but Botwin is retaining full guard.
Dalton wants to control from the top but Botwin keeps moving.
Botwin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dalton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Botwin being controlled here, momentarily.
Dalton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kenny Botwin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Botwin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dalton blocks a leg kick.
Dalton blocks a head kick by Botwin.
Dalton avoids the body shot from Botwin.
Botwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Botwin.
Botwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dalton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Botwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Dalton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Botwin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dalton throws a jab when Botwin was well out of range.
Botwin throws a head kick but Dalton moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalton throws out a loose jab but Botwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Botwin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Botwin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kenny Botwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Botwin blocks a jab.
Botwin moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton shoots in for a takedown but Botwin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A big left from Dalton misses.
Botwin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dalton.
Dalton shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Botwin defends it nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Botwin.
Botwin tries to bum rush Dalton with a series of wild strikes but Dalton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dalton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Botwin as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Panzer Dalton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dalton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Botwin can pounce on him.
Botwin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Botwin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Botwin misses with a head kick.
Dalton misses with a straight left.
Dalton blocks the body kick.

Botwin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dalton to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalton trying to control the position from guard on top but Botwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Botwin pulls Dalton in to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dalton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dalton stopping the sweep attempt from Botwin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dalton drops back, looking for a kneebar! Botwin looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Botwin looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Botwin!
Dalton wants to control but Botwin postures up.
Dalton is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here as Botwin stalls from top position.
Dalton is trying to improve his 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.
Botwin controlling from side mount.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Botwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dalton ducks right into an uppercut from Botwin.
Botwin jabs Dalton right on the nose. Dalton blinks but takes it well.
Botwin throws a head kick that misses.
Dalton missing with a left hand there. Botwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Botwin throws a leg kick that misses.
Botwin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Botwin wants it to stay on the feet.
Dalton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dalton avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Botwin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Botwin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dalton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Botwin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dalton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Botwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dalton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Botwin lands with a kick to the temple. Dalton shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Botwin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Botwin misses with a head kick.
Botwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Botwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Dalton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dalton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dalton blocks a head kick by Botwin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Botwin.
Botwin scores with a nice body kick.
Dalton avoids the head kick by Botwin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton looks to land a left hand but Botwin moved out of range nicely.
Botwin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
No luck for Dalton with that takedown attempt.
Botwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Botwin keeps the fight on the outside.
Botwin tries a low kick but Dalton avoids it.
Botwin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Botwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dalton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dalton moves out of range as Botwin throws a body kick.

Botwin pushes Dalton up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Botwin.
Botwin controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Panzer Dalton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Botwin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dalton tries to pull guard but Botwin won't allow it.
Botwin stalling the fight.

Botwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Botwin circles away quickly and effectively.
Kenny Botwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Botwin.
Dalton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Botwin sprawls well. Botwin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dalton gets slowly back to his feet.
Dalton walks forward, straight into a front kick from Botwin.
Botwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dalton tries to clinch but Botwin moves out of range.
Botwin misses with a low kick.
Botwin throws a wild body kick that Dalton sees coming a mile off.
Botwin is looking to slow Dalton down with leg kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dalton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Botwin - the referee stops the clock and Dalton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Botwin. Dalton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Botwin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dalton's calf.
Dalton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dalton moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalton misses with a hook. Botwin ducked under it nicely.
Botwin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Botwin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Botwin misses with a head kick.
Botwin throws the kick towards the body but Dalton avoids it.
Dalton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Botwin as he jumps to the side.
Dalton closes the distance and clinches up with Botwin, looking for a takedown. Dalton pushes Botwin against the cage but Botwin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Panzer Dalton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Botwin misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Botwin.
Dalton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Botwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dalton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Botwin.
Dalton shoots in but Botwin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dalton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Botwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Botwin 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 26:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Botwin!