PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Air Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Guitar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guitar has chosen Lava Lava as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Dale
vs
Guitar

172 cm
20
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Air Dale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Guitar!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guitar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guitar looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Dale moves into the clinch.
Guitar tries to break free but Dale pushes him back against the cage.
Guitar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Guitar can't break the clinch.
Guitar is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dale is defending well.
Dale crunches a lovely knee into Guitar's ribcage.
Guitar wants to stall.
Dale misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guitar is defending well for now.
Dale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Guitar looking to throw knees to the head but Dale is blocking nicely.
Dale lands a nice elbow.
Dale working Guitar over with knees to the body.
Dale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Dale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Dale closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dale scores a nice knee to the body.
Dale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dale lands an elbow just above Guitar 's eye.
Guitar is looking to break free of the clinch but Dale has double underhooks.

Dale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dale clinches with his opponent.

Dale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dale rushes Guitar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dale lands a knee to the body.
Dale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guitar's defenses.

It looks like Ben Guitar has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dale landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guitar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Dale manages to break the clinch.

Dale clinches with his opponent.
Dale prevents Guitar from breaking the clinch.
Dale gets underhooks to prevent Guitar's takedown attempt.
Dale putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guitar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guitar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dale with a knee to the head.

Dale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dale clinches up with Guitar and pushes him back against the cage.
Guitar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dale lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Air Dale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Guitar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dale moves into range and clinches up with Guitar.
Dale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guitar missing with knees to the body.
Dale missing with knees to the body.

Dale breaks the clinch.

Dale rushes Guitar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guitar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dale's brow.
Dale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guitar.
Guitar is breathing heavily.
Dale landing knees to the body.
Guitar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dale smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dale clinches up against the cage.
Dale throws a knee to the head but misses.

Dale's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dale pushes Guitar up against the cage in a clinch.
Dale lands a damaging elbow.

Dale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dale has Guitar up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Dale instigates a clinch.
Dale lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dale lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dale utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Guitar takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guitar avoiding damage as Dale throws knees to the body.
Dale unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dale tries to land a knee to the head but Guitar blocks with his arms.
Guitar is trying to force a seperation but Dale has the dominant position.
Dale landing knees to the body.

Dale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dale forces Guitar back against the cage and clinches.
Dale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dale scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Ben Guitar's cut even more.
Dale tries to land knees in the clinch but Guitar avoids the damage to the body.
Dale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guitar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guitar stalling.
Dale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Dale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dale clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guitar is defending well for now.
Dale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guitar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Air Dale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Guitar's cut.
That's time! Dale's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dale gets a clinch.
Guitar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guitar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guitar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dale.
Dale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guitar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dale fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Guitar, pushing him back against the cage.

Dale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dale has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dale.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dale.
Dale lands a knee to the body.
Dale lands a nice elbow.

Dale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guitar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Dale clinches.
Dale lands a nice knee to the body.
Dale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guitar.
Dale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Dale breaks from the clinch.

Dale clinches.
Air Dale has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dale tries to land knees in the clinch but Guitar avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guitar takes a knee right on the jaw!

The cut above Ben Guitar's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Guitar managing to block the knees to the body from Dale.
Dale lands an elbow inside.

Dale's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Air Dale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dale closes the distance and clinches.
Dale is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guitar can do to turn this around?
Guitar tries a knee to the head but Dale blocks it.
Dale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dale lands a knee to the head.
Guitar takes a knee right on the jaw!

Ben Guitar's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dale's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dale closes the distance and pushes Guitar back into the cage.
Dale putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guitar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Guitar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guitar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ben Guitar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dale trying to land knees to the body.
Air Dale is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Guitar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Air Dale showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Air Dale!
Our winner, Air Dale, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.