PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Eighteen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trey Dakota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eighteen
vs
Dakota

185 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

198 cm
23
184 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dave Eighteen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trey Dakota!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dakota stuns Eighteen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dakota swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Eighteen counters with a nice uppercut.
Dakota swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dakota just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Eighteen.
Dakota fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eighteen manages to avoid it.
Eighteen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Eighteen tries a low kick but Dakota avoids it.
Dakota scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dakota throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Eighteen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dakota misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dakota thuds a left hand into Eighteen's body.
Dakota misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eighteen scores with a leg kick.
Dakota misses with a body shot.
Eighteen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dakota's calf.
Dakota misses with a body shot
and Eighteen counters with a thumping low kick.
Dakota avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dakota misses with a jab to the body
and Eighteen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dakota looks to score with a jab to the body but Eighteen is just out of range.
Trey Dakota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dakota wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dakota thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dakota swings for the body but Eighteen moves out of range.
Dakota jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dakota swings away with a body shot that misses
and Eighteen counters with a thumping low kick.
Eighteen cracks a nice hook into Dakota's ribs.
Dakota misses with a jab to the body
and Eighteen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dakota thinking.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dakota moves out of range of the leg kick from Eighteen.
Eighteen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dakota has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dakota is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Eighteen rather than just go for the knockout.
Eighteen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eighteen lands a head kick. Dakota smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dakota lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Dakota does it's job there.
Dakota misses the body punch
and Eighteen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dakota's knee momentarily.
Eighteen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Some bone on bone action there as Dakota checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dakota misses with a body shot.
Dakota throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dakota on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dakota tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eighteen was well out of range. Poor timing from Dakota.
Eighteen throws a leg kick but Dakota sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Eighteen misses with a low kick.
Eighteen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Dakota is predictable there
and Eighteen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Eighteen moves out of range of the strikes.
Dakota misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice straight punches there by Dakota. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dakota.
Eighteen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dakota.
Dakota lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dave Eighteen 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.

Eighteen thows a leg kick but Dakota checks it
and Dakota counters with a left to the body.
Dakota takes a swing at Eighteen's ribcage but misses.
Dakota takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dakota throws a body punch but Eighteen moves out of range.
Eighteen misses the jab.
Eighteen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dakota cracks a nice hook into Eighteen's ribs.
Dakota checks a leg kick nicely.
Dakota is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Donk. Dakota catches Eighteen right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Dakota blocks the leg kick.
Dakota misses with a body shot.
Dakota throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Eighteen.
Trey Dakota seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eighteen avoids the body shot from Dakota.
A leg kick checked by Dakota.
Eighteen throws a leg kick
and Dakota counters with a straight right hand.
Dakota misses the shot to the body.
Eighteen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Eighteen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eighteen avoids the body shot from Dakota.
Eighteen looks to score with a jab to the body but Dakota is just out of range.
Dakota misses with a lunging right hand
and Eighteen counters with a leg kick.
Dakota lands a jab to Eighteen's midsection.
Dakota misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eighteen.
Eighteen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dakota takes a swing at Eighteen's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut there from Dakota.
Eighteen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Dakota misses the target.
Eighteen connects with a leg kick. Dakota looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dakota misses with a left hand
and Eighteen counters with an outside leg kick.
Dakota has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Eighteen misses with a leg kick.
Eighteen moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dakota. Eighteen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dakota ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eighteen moves away.
Eighteen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dakota fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dakota misses with a hook
and Eighteen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dakota avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Eighteen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Eighteen throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Dakota to counter with a crisp jab.
Dakota lands a jab to Eighteen's midsection.
Eighteen scores with a head kick. Dakota tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Eighteen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dakota throws a combination that misses
and Eighteen counters with a low kick, right behind Dakota 's knee.
Some bone on bone action there as Dakota checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trey Dakota showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Dakota throws a poor cross that misses
and Eighteen counters with an outside leg kick.
Dakota misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Eighteen counters with a body kick.
Dakota is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dakota tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eighteen was well out of range. Poor timing from Dakota.
Dakota clobbers Eighteen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Eighteen throws a leg kick but Dakota moved away.
Dakota misses with a hook to the body
and Eighteen counters with a right hand to the body.
Dakota throws a looping overhand right but Eighteen ducks down to avoid it.
Dakota throws a sloppy body shot
and Eighteen counters with an outside leg kick.
Eighteen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dakota is out of range.
Dakota throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Eighteen counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eighteen tries to score with a low kick but Dakota moves his leg out of the way.
Eighteen digs a good hook to Dakota's body.
Eighteen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Eighteen lands with a hook. Dakota tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Eighteen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dakota misses with a hook to the body
and Eighteen counters with a good low kick that Dakota was not able to check.
Sloppy strikes from Dakota. Those never looked like landing.
Dakota is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Eighteen defending well as Dakota loads up on a big left hand.
Dakota lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eighteen misses with a leg kick
and Dakota counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dakota throws a body punch but Eighteen moves out of range.
Dakota cracks Eighteen with a good jab.
Dakota throws a low kick but Eighteen moves out of range easily.
Dakota checks the leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Eighteen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dakota darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Eighteen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dakota is able to avoid easily.
Dakota throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dakota lands with a nice body punch.
Eighteen scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab lands there for Dakota.
Dakota misses the body punch
and Eighteen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dakota misses the shot to the body.
Dakota thows a body shot but no joy.
Eighteen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dakota swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Eighteen counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dakota avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Eighteen misses with a body kick.
Dakota's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dakota throws a one two combo.
Dakota tries a low kick but Eighteen avoids it.
Eighteen thows a body kick. Dakota tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Eighteen moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dakota. Eighteen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dakota misses with a few strikes there.
Eighteen scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Eighteen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Eighteen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Eighteen!