PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between TJ Dyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baron Von Barva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Von Barva's choice of entrance music: Imperial March. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dyson
vs
Von Barva

177 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
22
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Twisted Soldier Clothing

NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing
NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, TJ Dyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baron Von Barva!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dyson swats away the attempt to clinch by Von Barva.
Von Barva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dyson closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Dyson shoots in and bounces Von Barva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Von Barva wants to stand and escape but Dyson is having none of it.
Dyson wants to control from the top but Von Barva keeps moving.
Von Barva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyson tries to free his leg and advance position but Von Barva is retaining full guard.
Von Barva wants to get back to his feet but Dyson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Von Barva tries to clinch but Dyson moves out of range.
Dyson cracks Von Barva with a right hand to the side of the head.

Von Barva closes the distance and clinches.
Von Barva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Von Barva lands a left hand.
Von Barva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Von Barva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dyson avoiding damage as Von Barva throws knees to the body.
Von Barva misses with a knee to the head.
Dyson avoiding damage as Von Barva throws knees to the body.
Von Barva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Von Barva looks gassed!
Von Barva misses with a knee strike.
Von Barva misses with a knee strike.
Von Barva misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Barva scores a nice knee to the body.
Dyson wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Von Barva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dyson's brow.
Von Barva tries to pull guard but Dyson won't allow it.
Von Barva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dyson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Von Barva tries a knee to the head but Dyson blocks it.
Von Barva misses with a knee to the head.
Dyson wants to break free but Von Barva has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Von Barva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice elbow from Von Barva.
Von Barva scores with a knee to the head.

Von Barva ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Von Barva no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Von Barva is looking to stand up but Dyson isn't so interested in that idea.
Von Barva wants to sweep but no luck.
Dyson prevents Von Barva from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Von Barva pushes Dyson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Baron Von Barva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Von Barva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dyson is looking to land body kicks.
Von Barva moves out of range of the body kick from Dyson.
Von Barva tries to clinch there but Dyson circles away.
Dyson misses with a double jab.
Von Barva cracks the inside of Dyson's front leg.
Baron Von Barva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dyson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dyson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dyson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dyson grinds an elbow into Von Barva's temple.
Von Barva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dyson is controlling him well.
Von Barva takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Von Barva is trying to improve his position.
Dyson 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dyson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Von Barva parries the strikes from Dyson easily there. Dyson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Von Barva to escape.
Von Barva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dyson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dyson working the body and head with strikes.
Von Barva is trying to buck Dyson off.
Von Barva wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Dyson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dyson throws a right and a left that Von Barva avoids nicely.
Von Barva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dyson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Von Barva. Von Barva obviously looking to wear him down.
Von Barva fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Dyson to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Dyson looks to clinch but Von Barva throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Dyson taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Baron Von Barva!