PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between is Zach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachary Dashing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zach comes to the cage accompanied by Armed& Extremly Dangerous. Dashing has chosen Skillet-Hero as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zach
vs
Dashing

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, is Zach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zachary Dashing!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dashing will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zach stuffs the takedown attempt from Dashing. Dashing gets slowly back to his feet.
Zach connects with a body shot.
Zach keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
is Zach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zachary Dashing.
Zach wants to clinch

and Dashing counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dashing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Zach is looking for a triangle but Dashing pushes his legs off easily.

Dashing drops back looking for a leg! Zach is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zach manages to kick Dashing off! Dashing jumps back into Zach's guard.
Dashing throws a strike but Zach rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Dashing has an active guard here but Zach has managed to pass into half guard.
Dashing looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dashing wants to control but Zach is keeping busy.
Zach is looking to take a break and control but Dashing is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dashing won't allow Zach to pass to mount.

Zach stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Dashing keeps the fight on the outside.
Zach goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Zach shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zach scores with the left hand. Dashing knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Zach as Dashing shoots in.
Dashing fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Zach. No joy for Dashing on that attempt.
Zach has a takedown stuffed.
Zach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dashing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zach closes the distance and clinches up with Dashing, looking for a takedown. Zach pushes Dashing against the cage but Dashing circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zach shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dashing sprawls well. Dashing wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zach gets slowly back to his feet.
Zach shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dashing defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zach shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dashing as he avoids it easily.
Dashing defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zach.
Zach fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dashing tries a head kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horrible takedown by Zach or perhaps it was just good defense by Dashing which made him look bad.
Zach throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

is Zach dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Zach takes a swing at Dashing's ribcage but misses.
Zach shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dashing as he avoids it easily.
Zach loads up on a big right hand but Dashing slips the punch.
Zach throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dashing's waist but Dashing gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zach off to one side.
Zach displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dashing.
Zach shoots for a takedown but Dashing saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for is Zach. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dashing scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dashing thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zach's head.

Dashing is looking for a kimura but Zach is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dashing to get the leverage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zach trying to control from the bottom.
Dashing works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dashing trying to control but Zach is having none of it.
Dashing fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dashing with the ground and pound from mount.
Zach takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dashing working Zach over with strikes here.
Dashing has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dashing with a couple of short strikes.
Dashing with a couple of short strikes.
Zach wants to hold on but Dashing pushes him away.
Dashing lands with some strikes.

It looks like is Zach has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zach regains half guard.
Zach wants to control but Dashing is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dashing tries to pass the half guard into mount. Zach knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Zach is looking to improve his position.
Dashing not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dashing thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zach's head.
Dashing is taking a breather. Zach 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.
Zach tries to get to full guard but Dashing has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zach keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zach makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Zach.
Dashing trying to control but Zach is working from the bottom.
Dashing might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Zach kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Zach is trying to control the position but Dashing postures up.
Zach looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dashing is looking to work some ground and pound but Zach has wrist control.
Dashing trying to control the position from guard on top but Zach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Zachary Dashing has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
A head kick misses from Dashing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zach explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dashing swats away the attempt to clinch by Zach.
Dashing shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zach sprawls well. Zach wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dashing gets slowly back to his feet.
Zach shoots in for a takedown but Dashing shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dashing has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zachary Dashing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on is Zach's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Zach. No joy for Dashing on that attempt.
Zach shoots for a double leg takedown but Dashing sprawls well. He's pushed Zach's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dashing shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zach defends it nicely.
Zach stuffs the takedown attempt from Dashing. Dashing gets slowly back to his feet.
is Zach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zachary Dashing.
Zach fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dashing avoids it really well and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Dashing.
Dashing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zach.
Dashing has a takedown stuffed.
Zach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dashing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Dashing. No joy for Zach on that attempt.
Zach shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dashing pinned against the cage. Dashing gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zach throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dashing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zach clinches up against the cage.
Zach is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dashing gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Dashing successfully pulls guard.
Dashing controlling the position.

Zach drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dashing manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Zach has Dashing in his guard.
Dashing postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dashing working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dashing thows a big elbow that misses.

Dashing gets to his feet. Zach looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Zach clinches.
Zach prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zach tries to pull guard but Dashing won't allow it.

Zach is fighting off a takedown attempt but Dashing is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Zach to the mat. Zach regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Dashing pushing down on Zach's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dashing trying to control from half guard but Zach is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zach is trying to get back to full guard.
Dashing not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dashing stalling away here and it's allowed Zach to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dashing pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zach is keeping the position for now.
Dashing postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zach pulls Dashing in close to prevent any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zachary Dashing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dashing has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zachary Dashing!