PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason McFadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFadden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Nobodies By Marilyn Manson . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dale
vs
McFadden

183 cm
18
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
286 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Dale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason McFadden!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFadden throws a shot from downtown. Dale moves away and avoids it.
McFadden slaps away a takedown attempt from Dale, before circling back to the center of the mat.
McFadden avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dale doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McFadden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFadden throws a jab but it's blocked by Dale.
McFadden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dale throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McFadden's waist but McFadden gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dale off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Dale. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dale tries to move into range but McFadden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dale.
Dale takes one on the button.
McFadden lands a head shot.
Dale misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting McFadden counter with a right hand.
Dale has his takedown stuffed
and McFadden counters with a left to the body.
McFadden has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dale moves away from the strike by McFadden.
Dale tries to score a power double leg takedown but McFadden sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dale somewhat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFadden throws out a loose jab but Dale uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from McFadden. Those never looked like landing.
Dale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dale slips under a jab from McFadden.
Dale throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dale looks to land a combination but McFadden avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from McFadden misses the target.
Dale misses with a takedown attempt
and McFadden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dale tries to clinch but McFadden is having none of it.
Dale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McFadden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from McFadden misses its intended target.
Dale tries to close the distance and clinch but McFadden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dale misses with a takedown attempt
and McFadden counters with a nice uppercut.
McFadden connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dale's hands.
Dale on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McFadden misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFadden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McFadden is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McFadden loads up on a big right hand but Dale slips the punch.
A cross from McFadden lands.
McFadden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dale.
Jason McFadden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dale has his takedown stuffed
and Dale takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dale ducks under a wild hook from McFadden.
McFadden moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jason McFadden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McFadden lands with an uppercut that bounces Dale off the cage and back into rage.
McFadden misses with a straight right.
Dale avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dale tries to close the distance and clinch up but McFadden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dale shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McFadden sprawls well. McFadden wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dale gets slowly back to his feet.
Dale could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dale throws a push kick but McFadden slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFadden pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dale back to the cage. McFadden follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sloppy strikes from Dale. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Dale.
McFadden lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dale is breathing heavily.
McFadden throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dale closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dale uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McFadden.
McFadden throws a big shot that misses.
McFadden lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McFadden scores with a jab.
Dale ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from McFadden misses its intended target.
McFadden scores with a nice strike.
Dale shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McFadden as he jumps to the side.
Dale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McFadden throws out the jab.
Dale looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dale avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden throws an overhand right that lands on Dale's shoulder, as Dale tries to avoid the shot.
Good standup being displayed there by McFadden as he connects with a hook.
McFadden throws a lazy uppercut
and Dale counters with a stiff right hand.
McFadden throws a hook but Dale blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by McFadden. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McFadden.
Dale misses with a head kick.
McFadden might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dale takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McFadden lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dale slips a straight right by McFadden.
McFadden misses with a straight right.
McFadden throws a jab when Dale was well out of range.
A big right from McFadden misses.
Dale jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McFadden scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dale misses with a takedown
and McFadden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Dale. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
McFadden connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dale momentarily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dale fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dale walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dale takes one on the button.
McFadden scores with a punch to the head.
McFadden misses with a straight left.
Dale staying out of range there.
McFadden misses the jab.
McFadden misses the jab.
McFadden just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Dale.
McFadden throws out a loose jab but Dale uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFadden lands with a nice body punch.
McFadden connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dale momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFadden lands with an uppercut that bounces Dale off the cage and back into rage.
McFadden with a jab.
A lazy left from McFadden finds it's target.
Dale shoots in for a double leg but McFadden sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dale fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A jab from McFadden misses.
McFadden cracks Dale with a right hand to the side of the head.
McFadden misses with a looping right.
Dale shoots in for a takedown but McFadden shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dale gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McFadden counters with a straight right hand.
Dale with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McFadden to score with a decent uppercut.
Dale on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Dale is rocked!
McFadden connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Dale is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McFadden drops Dale with a naaaaasty hook - Dale is in real trouble here! McFadden dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason McFadden!