PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Dodson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Arts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antoine Dodson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dodson
vs
Arts

175 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Berserkers Alchemy & Money Transfer

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Dodson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marshall Arts!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dodson fails with a takedown attempt.
Dodson swats away the attempt to clinch by Arts.
Arts lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dodson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Arts's sensitive parts.
Dodson throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dodson misses with a body shot
and Arts counters with a nice body shot.
Dodson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arts counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodson throws a sloppy body shot
and Arts counters with a head kick. That will keep Dodson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Dodson throws a lazy head kick
and Arts counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
An inside leg kick lands from Arts.
Arts wants to clinch but Dodson slips to the side
and Dodson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the body from Dodson misses
and Arts counters with a good low kick that Dodson was not able to check.
Dodson misses with a right hand
and Arts counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dodson is looking to score with low kicks.
Arts looks to land a right hand but Dodson moved out of range.
Dodson throws a sloppy head kick
and Arts counters with a nice uppercut.
Arts throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dodson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arts sprawls well. Arts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dodson gets slowly back to his feet.
Dodson scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antoine Dodson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arts throws a leg kick
and Dodson counters with a stiff right hand.
A low kick from Dodson misses
and Arts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Arts misses with a leg kick
and Dodson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Dodson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Dodson dives in and scores a takedown into Arts's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dodson trying to control but Arts is working from the bottom.
Dodson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Arts has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Dodson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dodson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arts looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dodson is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dodson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Arts dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dodson has a takedown stuffed.
Arts stuns Dodson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Antoine Dodson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arts tries a head kick but it misses.
Dodson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Arts - that will leave a mark!
Dodson throws a lazy head kick
and Arts counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Dodson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dodson landing punches.
Arts is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dodson 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.
Arts is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Dodson is staying active.
Dodson lands a nice shot to the head.
Dodson blocks Arts's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Poor strikes thrown by Dodson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Arts manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Dodson is looking to take a break and control but Arts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dodson is taking a breather. Arts says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Dodson wants to free his trapped foot but Arts is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Arts is pressing down on Dodson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Arts has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Dodson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Dodson throws a jab but it's blocked by Arts.
Arts ducks under a wild hook from Dodson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Arts counters with a nice leg kick.
Dodson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Arts counters with a nice leg kick.

Arts gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Arts wants to sweep here but Dodson controlling him for the moment.

Arts kicks Dodson off and gets to his feet.
Arts scoring well with a low kick there.
Arts tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dodson is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dodson throws a lazy body kick
and Arts counters with a thumping low kick.
Marshall Arts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dodson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dodson throws a head kick that misses
and Arts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick from Arts misses
and Dodson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dodson moves out of range as Arts strikes.

Dodson scores with a takedown into Arts's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Antoine Dodson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Arts scores with a head kick. Dodson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dodson throws a leg kick but Arts checks it.
Dodson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dodson throws a sloppy head kick
and Arts counters with a slapping leg kick.
Arts cracks Dodson with an open hand slap.
A low kick from Arts misses
and Dodson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Dodson or perhaps it was just good defense by Arts which made him look bad.
Dodson takes a swing at Arts's ribcage but misses.
Dodson defending well as Arts loads up on a big left hand.
Arts misses with an uppercut

and Dodson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dodson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arts wants to stand and escape but Dodson is having none of it.
Arts is adopting a defensive guard.
Arts wants to hit a switch here but Dodson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Arts there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arts wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dodson.
Dodson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arts is looking to escape.
Dodson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arts hang on?
Dodson prevents Arts from getting the reversal.
Dodson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Arts wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dodson.
Dodson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arts is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arts is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Arts is squirming around, avoiding Dodson's attempts to control the action.
Dodson with a couple of short strikes.
Dodson thowing shots but they're missing.
Arts tries to hold on but Dodson pushes him away.
Arts is trying desperately to improve position.
Dodson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Marshall Arts has been cut.
Dodson avoids the attempt from Arts to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dodson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dodson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That has opened up Marshall Arts's cut even more.
Arts tries to reverse the position but Dodson maintains control.
Dodson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Arts in real trouble here! The ref calls for Arts to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antoine Dodson!