PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dusty Covers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Covers kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is All within My Hands. Dusty Covers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Donald Patterson's chin.

Covers
vs
Patterson

185 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
216 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Beast Body
[B2F] Born 2 Fight

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dusty Covers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Donald Patterson has been cut.
Patterson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Covers.
Covers works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Patterson gets tackled into the ropes by Covers. Covers maintains the clinch.
Covers lands a right hand.
Patterson lands an elbow that stopped Covers in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Dusty Covers has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson misses with a knee strike.
Covers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Covers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Patterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Covers.
Patterson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Covers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Patterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Covers.
Covers is trying to force a seperation but Patterson has the dominant position.
Covers misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Covers avoiding damage as Patterson throws knees to the body.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.
Patterson scores a nice knee to the body.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but Covers avoids the damage to the body.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Covers blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
Covers avoiding damage as Patterson throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Patterson.
A knee to the head by Patterson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Covers throws a punch but it's blocked by Patterson.
Covers working hard to break the clinch.
Patterson misses with an elbow over the top.
Covers is looking to break free of the clinch but Patterson has double underhooks.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Covers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Covers blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Covers stalling against the ropes.
Patterson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Patterson scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson connects with a knee to the head.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
Covers tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Covers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Patterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Covers blocks with his arms.
Covers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Covers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Covers.
Covers misses with a punch on the inside.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Covers avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Patterson.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Covers throws an elbow but misses.
Patterson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Covers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Patterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patterson lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Covers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Covers swings wildly with an uppercut but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Covers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Patterson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Covers clinches up with Patterson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Covers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but Covers avoids the damage to the body.
Covers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Covers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Covers.
Patterson scores with a knee to the head.
Patterson scores a nice knee to the body.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Covers dodges an elbow strike from Patterson.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Covers blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Covers is blocking nicely.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Covers is blocking nicely.
Covers pushes Patterson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Covers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Covers working hard to break the clinch.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Covers blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Covers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but Covers avoids the damage to the body.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Covers lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Covers is blocking nicely.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Covers is trying to break free.
A nice left hand lands by Covers.
Covers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Covers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Covers misses with an elbow strike.
Covers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Covers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Patterson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Covers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Covers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Covers blocks it with crossed arms.
Covers tries to circle away but Patterson has him pinned against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Covers.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Covers blocks the elbow strike.
A short left from Covers.
A short right from Covers on the inside.
Covers lands a left hand.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Covers blocks with his arms.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but Covers avoids the damage to the body.
Patterson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Covers is defending well for now.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Covers managing to block the knees to the body from Patterson.
Covers scores with a shot to the side of Patterson's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Covers wants to break free but Patterson has control.
Covers blocks an elbow strike from Patterson.

Covers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Covers coming out on top.
Covers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Patterson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Covers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Covers tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Covers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Covers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dusty Covers dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Covers rushes Patterson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Donald Patterson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Patterson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Covers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Covers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Patterson throws an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Covers.
Patterson scores a nice knee to the body.
Patterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Covers.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.
Covers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Covers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
Patterson lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Covers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Covers blocks it with crossed arms.
Covers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A body shot lands from Covers.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Covers blocks it.
Patterson prevents Covers from breaking the clinch.
Covers scores with a shoulder strike.
Covers wants to break free but Patterson has control.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Covers is blocking nicely.
Covers avoids a wild elbow strike from Patterson.
Patterson being controlled against the ropes.
Covers avoids the elbow strike from Patterson, against the ropes.
Patterson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Covers is defending well for now.
Patterson dodges an elbow strike from Covers.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Covers blocks with his arms.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Covers lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Covers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Covers avoids it.
Covers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Covers working hard to break the clinch.
Patterson misses with a knee strike.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
Covers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Covers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Covers.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Covers is stalling here.
Covers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Covers lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Covers working hard to break the clinch.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but Covers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Covers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Patterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Covers finish him?
Covers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Covers.
Covers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Covers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Patterson or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Covers throws a big uppercut that drops Patterson! More strikes from Covers and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Patterson lies dazed against the ropes as Covers celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dusty Covers!