PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Dow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Hyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Dow
vs
Hyman

184 cm
21
249 lbs
2 - 10 - 0

191 cm
25
251 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Dow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan Hyman!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyman tries to clinch up
enabling Dow to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Bryan Hyman has been cut.
Dow misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hyman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Dow counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hyman looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dow lands a couple of digs.
Dow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hyman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hyman throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dow cracks Hyman with a solid left hand.

Dow decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Dow changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hyman tries to avoid it but Dow manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hyman to the ground. Hyman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hyman has his takedown stuffed

and Dow counters by clinching up.
Hyman tries for a takedown. No joy.
John Dow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Hyman.
Dow is working for takedown but Hyman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hyman takes an elbow to the forehead.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hyman gets underhooks to prevent Dow's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dow lands a takedown into guard.
Hyman is striking but Dow is not phased and passes to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dow slips a nice elbow through Hyman's hands, connecting with Hyman's forehead.
Hyman taking some punishment here, with Dow in his half guard.
Dow lands with a punch from half guard.
Dow takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dow winds up and cracks Hyman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hyman is staying active underneath Dow, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dow really is a fat lump.
Nice strikes from Dow there.
Dow winds up and cracks Hyman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hyman is looking for a sweep. Dow is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Dow is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hyman defends it well.
Dow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dow frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Dow.
Dow 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.
Hyman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dow working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dow breaks from Hyman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dow with a couple of short strikes.
Hyman is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Dow.
Hyman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dow putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hyman?
Dow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hyman?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hyman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dow in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hyman is desperately trying to improve his position but Dow has a good base and remains in mount.
Hyman is in a horrible position here. Dow smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dow is landing with some decent strikes but Hyman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hyman looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Dow prevents Hyman from getting the reversal.
Dow has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hyman's face.
Dow blocks Hyman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Dow looking to control but Hyman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hyman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hyman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dow wants to control the pace but Hyman is squirming around nicely.
Hyman is bucking up trying to escape but Dow cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hyman trying desperately to get to his feet.
Dow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hyman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hyman can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dow looking to control but Hyman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dow connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dow is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dow looking to finish Hyman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hyman!
Dow blocks Hyman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryan Hyman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dow tries to close the distance and clinch but Hyman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dow fails with a takedown attempt.
John Dow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hyman tries to clinch up

and Dow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dow.
Dow has Hyman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hyman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dow has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hyman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Dow. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dow lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hyman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Hyman punching from the bottom.
Dow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dow thows a huge punch but Hyman dodges it nicely.
John Dow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hyman is looking to escape.
Hyman striking from half guard on the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hyman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dow.
Hyman tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyman pushes Dow off looking to stand but Dow dives back in and keeps control.
Hyman missing with punches from the bottom.
Dow wants to take a breather but Hyman is having none of it.
Hyman wants to get back to full guard but Dow has passed into side control.
Dow lands a big elbow.
Dow working the ground and pound effectively.
Hyman working to try and regain half guard.
BOOM! Dow connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hyman wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hyman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dow. What's that going to do exactly?
Hyman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hyman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dow breaks from Hyman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hyman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dow dominating with strikes here.
Hyman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hyman is desperately trying to improve his position but Dow has a good base and remains in mount.
Dow is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dow with shots to the head and body - Hyman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hyman is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hyman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hyman throwing punches despite being mounted.
Dow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Dow is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hyman can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Dow looking to control but Hyman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hyman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dow punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hyman trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Dow.
Hyman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dow. What's that going to do exactly?
Hyman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hyman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dow. What's that going to do exactly?
Dow lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hyman hang on?
Dow punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dow postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hyman looks a forlorn figure.
Dow looking to control but Hyman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hyman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dow postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hyman looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dow dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bryan Hyman's cut.
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!

Dow fails with a takedown attempt.
Dow looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hyman misses with a combination
and Dow counters with a straight right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Hyman. No joy for Dow on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Dow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Hyman. Those never looked like landing.
Dow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hyman stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hyman wants it to stay on the feet.
Hyman falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dow holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hyman tries to pull guard but Dow holds him up against the cage and eventually Hyman drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hyman is pressed up against the cage. Dow has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hyman down to the mat. Hyman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hyman throws a series of punches but Dow avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dow looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hyman closes the distance but Dow moves to the side
and Dow counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hyman falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dow counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hyman won't be happy with that.
Hyman looks frustrated here - throwing a couple of shots from the bottom though.
Hyman throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Hyman is not content to let Dow control the position.
Dow grinds an elbow into Hyman's temple.
Check out the look on Dow's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hyman parries the strikes from Dow easily there. Dow is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hyman to escape.
Hyman looks to move to half guard but instead Dow has passed into mount! Damn!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dow working Hyman over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dow cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dow has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hyman's face.
Dow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dow blocks Hyman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hyman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dow looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hyman is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dow blocks Hyman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hyman wants to get back to his feet.
Dow with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dow lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dow dominating with strikes here.
Hyman is working to get back to half guard.
John Dow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dow working Hyman over with strikes here.
Dow lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hyman is working to get back to half guard.

Dow jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hyman manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hyman is not content to let Dow control the position.
Hyman is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dow asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's four 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.
Hyman throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Dow is looking to take a break and control but Hyman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hyman can do to turn this around?

Dow has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Hyman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Dow counters with a takedown into side control.
Bryan Hyman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dow is looking to take a break and control but Hyman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Dow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dow 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Dow!