PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Fife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fife comes into the arena with The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job blaring out of the sound system. Dawson has chosen 6 foot 7 foot as his entrance music. Sydney Fife had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Fife
vs
Dawson

178 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sydney Fife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Drake Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fife scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fife throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Fife.
Fife lands a glancing blow to the side of Dawson's head.

Dawson is rocked!
Fife circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dawson is still on wobbly legs! Can Fife finish him?
Fife tries a head kick but it misses.
Dawson tries to clinch but Fife moves away

and Dawson is countered with a crisp right hand from Fife that sends him to the canvas! Fife follows him to the mat into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dawson pushes Fife away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Fife gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Fife wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dawson keeps working.
Dawson looks gassed!
Fife is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Dawson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fife decides to stand back up.
Dawson seems to have recovered his senses.
Fife misses with a kick to the body.
Dawson closes the distance but Fife moves to the side
and Fife connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dawson looks to land a combination but Fife avoids it well.
Fife rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dawson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dawson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fife.
Fife throws a series of punches but Dawson avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Fife circles away.
Fife slips a jab and a cross from Dawson.
Dawson moves out of range as Fife throws a body kick.

Dawson gets tackled into the cage by Fife. Fife maintains the clinch.
Fife is looking to break free of the clinch but Dawson has double underhooks.
Dawson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fife's efforts to push away.

Fife breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fife swings for the body but Dawson moves out of range.
Dawson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fife.
Dawson moves in looking to clinch but Fife pushes him off.
Dawson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fife sizes up Dawson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dawson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dawson is trying to break the clinch but Fife has him pressed against the cage.

Fife breaks from the clinch.
Dawson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fife throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fife throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fife connects with a jab.
Fife misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dawson slips a jab and a cross from Fife.
Fife tries to bum rush Dawson with a series of wild strikes but Dawson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dawson wants to clinch
and Fife counters with a nice uppercut.
Fife keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fife keeps the fight on the outside.

Dawson gets tackled into the cage by Fife. Fife maintains the clinch.

Fife pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fife with a hook.
Fife is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fife misses with a wild combination.

Dawson moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Dawson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dawson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawson looks to land a combination. Fife sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Drake Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawson wants to clinch
and Fife counters with a series of strikes. Dawson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Danga de danga de dang - Fife scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sydney Fife dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Some wild striking there from Dawson.

Dawson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Fife breaks the clinch.
Dawson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fife fails to land with a series of punches.
Dawson blocks the body kick.
Fife fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fife scores with a hook.
Fife misses with a low kick as Dawson jumps back.
Dawson tries to bum rush Fife with a series of wild strikes but Fife uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fife tries to bum rush Dawson with a series of wild strikes but Dawson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dawson misses with a takedown attempt - Fife sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dawson is breathing heavily.
Fife misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fife lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dawson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fife to score with a decent uppercut.
Dawson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fife looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sydney Fife is winning the standup battle so far.
Fife fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dawson on the side of the head.
Fife throws a right and a left that Dawson avoids nicely.
Fife looks to land a combination. Dawson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fife tries to bum rush Dawson with a series of wild strikes but Dawson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dawson misses with a wild combination.
Dawson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dawson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fife lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fife will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fife throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dawson tries to clinch but Fife moves out of range.
Fife throws a right hand that misses
and Dawson counters with a nice leg kick.
Dawson wants to clinch
and Fife counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fife throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson throws a series of punches but Fife moves out of range.
Fife lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dawson circles away quickly and effectively.
Dawson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fife.
Fife is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dawson can do to turn this around?

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

Fife breaks the clinch.
Dawson tries to clinch there but Fife circles away.
Fife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left lands for Fife.

Fife fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dawson, pushing him back against the cage.
Fife is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Fife breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fife pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fife circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dawson clinches.
Dawson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fife pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sydney Fife has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drake Dawson.
Dawson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dawson tries to break the clinch but Fife is controlling the position.

Fife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fife throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawson misses with a series of wild punches.
Fife throws a right and a left that Dawson avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dawson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fife moves away from the strike by Dawson.
Dawson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sydney Fife dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fife throws a right hand that Dawson ducks under and follows up with a left that Dawson also avoids with ease.
Dawson wants to clinch.
Fife throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dawson.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Fife circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab by Fife.
A jab from Fife finds it's way through Dawson's defenses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dawson misses with a two punch combination.
Dawson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fife.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fife misses with the combination.
Sydney Fife is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fife rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dawson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dawson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fife misses with a two punch combination.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Fife circles away.
Dawson moves to clinch but Fife breaks away
and Fife counters with a series of strikes. Dawson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dawson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fife.
Dawson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dawson wants to clinch up but Fife keeps it at a distance.
Fife misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fife keeps the fight on the outside.
Dawson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dawson duly obliges.
Fife throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fife misses with a few strikes there.
Fife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fife throws a body punch but Dawson moves out of range.
Sydney Fife is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Dawson. Those never looked like landing.
Dawson is looking to clinch.
Dawson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fife swinging wildly here.
Fife looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fife misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fife swinging wildly here.
Dawson tries to close the distance and clinch but Fife swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dawson fails with a takedown attempt.
Sydney Fife is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fife looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawson is just out of range.
Dawson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fife.
Fife displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dawson.
Sydney Fife has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drake Dawson.
Fife lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Dawson closes the distance and pushes Fife back into the cage.

Dawson manages to break the clinch.

Fife moves into the clinch.

Dawson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dawson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dawson tries to clinch but Fife is having none of it.
A combination from Fife does no damage.
Drake Dawson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fife feints and then cracks Dawson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dawson down.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sydney Fife.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fife, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sydney Fife!
A relieved looking Sydney Fife thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.