PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Danzig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Dawkins had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Richard Dawkins could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Max Danzig's chin.

Dawkins
vs
Danzig

176 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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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 Amsterdam, Richard Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Max Danzig!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danzig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Danzig darts in and clinches Dawkins up against the cage.

Danzig breaks from the clinch.
Dawkins tests Danzig's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Danzig throws a series of punches but Dawkins moves out of range.
Danzig misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danzig swats away the attempt to clinch by Dawkins.
Dawkins lunges at Danzig with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Danzig's hand.

Danzig closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dawkins scores with a nice strike.
Danzig tries a head kick but it misses.
Danzig avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danzig misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins avoids the head kick by Danzig.
Dawkins works over Danzig's head and body with a nice combination.
Danzig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dawkins.
Danzig throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Dawkins counter with a right hand.
Richard Dawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawkins tries to clinch but Danzig moves away
and Danzig counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dawkins scores with a shot to the body.
Dawkins tries to clinch but Danzig moves out of range.
Danzig misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dawkins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Dawkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dawkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Danzig controls his hands.
Dawkins avoids the elbow strike from Danzig, against the cage.
Dawkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danzig avoids it.
Dawkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Danzig just stands there and leans against the cage.
Danzig is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dawkins is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Danzig drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danzig looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dawkins takes one to the chin there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dawkins tries to clinch up but Danzig circles away and keeps his distance.
Dawkins lands with a good body shot.
Dawkins looks to throw the jab but Danzig is out of range.
Dawkins lands with a right hand.
Dawkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Danzig on the side of the head.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Danzig swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danzig swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Danzig gets a clinch.
Dawkins tries to land a knee to the head but Danzig blocks with his arms.

Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danzig has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dawkins finds it's way round the side to connect with Danzig's head.
Dawkins tries to clinch there but Danzig circles away.

Danzig moves into the clinch successfully.

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

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

Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Danzig clinches up with Dawkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Dawkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Danzig uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dawkins scores with a shot to the side of Danzig's head.
Dawkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Danzig gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dawkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dawkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dawkins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Danzig.
Dawkins looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Danzig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danzig misses with the combination.
Dawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danzig tries to work over Dawkins's front leg with a kick but Dawkins checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Dawkins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dawkins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from Danzig. Those never looked like landing.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Danzig swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Danzig clinches up with Dawkins and pushes him back against the cage.

Danzig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dawkins closes the distance but Danzig moves to the side

and Danzig counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Danzig.
Danzig blocks an elbow strike from Dawkins.
Danzig tries for a takedown. No joy.
Danzig is pushing Dawkins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dawkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Danzig is breathing heavily.
Danzig blocks an uppercut.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danzig swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Danzig clinches up with Dawkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Danzig controlling the action here for a moment.

Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danzig stuns Dawkins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawkins tries to clinch but Danzig is having none of it.
Max Danzig is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dawkins tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Danzig counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Danzig.
Dawkins is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Danzig is defending well.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Danzig in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Danzig blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danzig blocks an elbow strike.

Danzig manages to break the clinch.
Richard Dawkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Dawkins scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Danzig swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dawkins swings widly with a right hand
and Danzig counters with a one-two to the body.
Danzig takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dawkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

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

Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danzig swats away the attempt to clinch by Dawkins.
Dawkins is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Danzig has taken the fight to the clinch.
Danzig lands an uppercut.
Dawkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dawkins tries to pull guard but Danzig forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Danzig dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dawkins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Danzig is trying to pull guard but Dawkins has him pressed against the cage.
Dawkins throws an elbow that misses.
Danzig missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Dawkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dawkins tries to land a knee to the head but Danzig blocks with his arms.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig throws a jab when Dawkins was well out of range.
Dawkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Danzig clinches with his opponent.
Dawkins misses with a punch to the body.

Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig throws out a loose jab but Dawkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Danzig manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dawkins thuds his right hand into Danzig's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danzig fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawkins swinging wildly here.
Danzig scores with a jab. Dawkins acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Danzig closes the distance and clinches.

Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Danzig showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Dawkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Danzig walks into a straight right hand from Dawkins.
Dawkins tries to clinch there but Danzig circles away.
Danzig misses with a series of wild punches.

Danzig has closed the distance and engaged Dawkins in a clinch.
Danzig prevents a body shot from Dawkins.

Danzig breaks from the clinch.
Danzig blocks a jab.
Dawkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawkins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Danzig has time to react.
Dawkins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Danzig jabs Dawkins to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Danzig rushes Dawkins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Danzig.
The referee is keeping an eye on Danzig - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Max Danzig seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dawkins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Danzig is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danzig circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dawkins avoids the head kick by Danzig.
Danzig throws a right and a left that Dawkins avoids nicely.
Dawkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dawkins tries to clinch up but Danzig circles away and keeps his distance.
Danzig tries to bum rush Dawkins with a series of wild strikes but Dawkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dawkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Danzig circles away.
Dawkins misses with a looping right.
Danzig throws a series of punches but Dawkins avoids them all with ease.
Danzig throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dawkins.
Dawkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dawkins darts in trying to clinch
and Danzig counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dawkins throws a good cross that connects.
Dawkins is looking to clinch but Danzig is avoiding it.
Dawkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dawkins tries to clinch there but Danzig circles away.
Danzig keeps the fight on the outside.
Dawkins lands the left hand.

Danzig gets a clinch.
Danzig is working for takedown but Dawkins is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dawkins tries to pull guard but Danzig holds him up against the cage and eventually Dawkins drops back down to his feet.
Danzig with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Danzig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danzig misses with a few strikes there.
Dawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dawkins looks to clinch

and Danzig counters by moving into the clinch.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Danzig.
Dawkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Danzig gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Dawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danzig avoiding damage.
Danzig blocks an uppercut.

Danzig breaks the clinch.
Dawkins closes the distance but Danzig moves to the side
letting Danzig counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Danzig has taken the fight to the clinch.
Danzig managing to block the knees to the body from Dawkins.
Dawkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Danzig using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dawkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Danzig.
Dawkins looking to throw knees to the head but Danzig is blocking nicely.
Danzig drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dawkins tries a body shot but Danzig blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Danzig manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dawkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawkins won't allow Danzig to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Max Danzig.
I think Danzig 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 Saam Ante scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Richard Dawkins!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!