PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philip Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and O Fortuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dale comes to the cage accompanied by Try A Little Tenderness. The crowd seem to be enjoying Fortuna's choice of entrance music: O Fortuna. O Fortuna has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dale
vs
Fortuna

200 cm
26
287 lbs
32 - 8 - 0

200 cm
23
274 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Philip Dale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, O Fortuna!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortuna connects with a jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Fortuna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dale.
Dale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fortuna throws a leg kick
and Fortuna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like O Fortuna has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dale throws a low kick but Fortuna avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale tries to work over Fortuna's front leg with a kick but Fortuna checks it.
Fortuna takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dale misses with a body shot.
Fortuna lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dale thows a leg kick but Fortuna checks it
and Fortuna counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fortuna lands the left hand.
Fortuna throws a leg kick
and Dale counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Dale is predictable there
and Fortuna counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dale fakes the leg kick and cracks Fortuna in the body.
Fortuna is looking to land body kicks.
Fortuna cracks Dale with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dale throws a leg kick
and Fortuna counters with a good low kick that Dale was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortuna misses with a leg kick

and Dale counters with a head kick that drops Fortuna to the mat! Fortuna scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fortuna fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dale has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Fortuna there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Dale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on O Fortuna's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fortuna misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Dale is predictable there
and Fortuna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Philip Dale is winning the standup battle so far.
Fortuna connects with a high kick.

It looks like Philip Dale has been cut.
Dale takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortuna throws a leg kick
and Dale counters with a nice body kick.
Dale thows a leg kick but Fortuna checks it
and Dale takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fortuna misses with a low kick.
Dale misses with the body kick
and Fortuna counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dale moves out of range of the strikes.
Fortuna lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dale's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortuna thows a leg kick but Dale checks it

and Dale counters with a head kick that drops Fortuna to the mat! Fortuna scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Fortuna is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fortuna avoids the body shot from Dale.
Fortuna takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dale throws a leg kick
and Fortuna counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dale tests Fortuna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fortuna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Dale dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get 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.

Fortuna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dale.
Dale is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters circling - Fortuna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dale throws a sloppy head kick
and Fortuna counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dale misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale slips a jab from Fortuna.
Dale keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dale throws a leg kick
and Fortuna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dale swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fortuna counters with a right hand to the body.
O Fortuna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dale misses with a hook
and Fortuna counters with a leg kick.
Dale misses with the body kick
and Fortuna counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A bone on bone clash there as Dale blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortuna throws a front kick aimed at Dale's knee but Dale avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fortuna.
Nice uppercut lands for Fortuna. That snapped Dale's head back.
Dale tries to land a body kick
and Fortuna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortuna wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dale throws a jab but it's blocked by Fortuna.
Fortuna chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
O Fortuna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dale 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Philip Dale!