PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Dredd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dredd has chosen Static X = Push it as his entrance music. 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.

Gable
vs
Dredd

177 cm
22
221 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

188 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dan Gable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Dredd!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Gable!

Gable lands a head kick that stumbles Dredd and the fighters go to the mat.

Dredd is rocked!

It looks like Jake Dredd has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gable missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gable wants to control from the top but Dredd keeps moving.
Gable missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Dredd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gable doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gable manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gable pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dredd is keeping the position for now.
Dredd avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dredd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dredd keeping moving, preventing Gable from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dredd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dredd looking for a sweep. Not yet Dredd, not yet.
Dredd keeping moving, preventing Gable from controlling successfully.
Gable 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.
Gable is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dan Gable wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gable tries a head kick but it misses.
Dredd ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dredd just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gable is looking to score with low kicks.
Gable showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dredd.
Gable tries a head kick but it misses.
Dredd lands a really nice looking cross but Gable seems unphased.
Gable throws a nice head kick!
Good shot there by Gable.
Gable stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable lands a nice looking body kick.
Dredd looks gassed!
Gable misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gable dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dredd. That did some damage!
Gable misses with a low kick.
Gable throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dredd.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the body from Dredd misses
and Gable counters with a nice leg kick.
Gable scoring well with a low kick there.
Gable throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gable is looking to clinch.
Gable throws a sloppy head kick and Dredd moves out of range easily.
Gable with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gable scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gable dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dredd. That did some damage!
Gable throws a leg kick which misses Dredd's front leg but catches the back leg as Dredd tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Gable dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Dredd's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dredd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gable tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dredd swivels and escapes.
Gable is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dredd can do to turn this around?
Gable scores with a push kick.
Gable scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gable throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gable keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dredd misses with an uppercut.
Dredd is breathing heavily.
Dredd misses with a lunging right hand
and Gable counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dan Gable is winning the standup battle so far.
Gable throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dredd's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gable takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gable darts in trying to clinch

and Dredd counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gable seems keen to control Dredd's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable keeping moving, preventing Dredd from controlling successfully.
Dredd preventing the sweep.
Gable is trying to keep Dredd in close.

Dredd drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gable manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dredd has Gable in his guard.
Gable throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Dredd has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gable can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dredd trying to control the position.
Gable pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dredd is keeping the position for now.
Dredd is trying to keep Gable in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gable throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dredd works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gable might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dredd wants to hit a switch here but Gable passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Dredd there!
Gable landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dredd flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dredd is bucking up trying to escape but Gable cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dredd swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gable punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dredd is still in real trouble! Can Gable finish him?
Dredd is bucking up trying to escape but Gable cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gable wants to control the pace but Dredd is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Gable dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Dredd's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Gable throws the kick towards the body but Dredd avoids it.
Dredd seems to have recovered his senses.
Gable throws a right hand that misses
and Dredd counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dredd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gable.
Gable misses with a jab to the body
and Dredd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gable fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dredd is out of range.
Gable tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dredd misses with a takedown
and Gable counters with a series of strikes. Dredd will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dredd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dredd misses with a body punch
and Gable counters with an outside leg kick.
Dredd takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A leg kick checked by Dredd.
Dredd takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gable.

Dredd gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gable to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jake Dredd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dredd trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gable stands up over Dredd, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gable postures up and lands a big shot to Dredd's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gable's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dredd keeping full guard, as Gable tries to pass.
Dredd working a defensive guard here.
Gable trying to control the position from guard on top but Dredd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dredd bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gable's guard.
Gable utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gable is pulling down on Dredd's head. It's preventing any offense from Dredd, at least for the moment.
Gable wants to sweep here but Dredd controlling him for the moment.
Gable lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dredd!
Dan Gable overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dredd gets back to half guard.
Gable working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dredd tries to roll over but Gable keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Gable seems content to control.
Gable is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gable is trying to control the action in half guard but Dredd is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gable lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Gable showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gable 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Gable!