PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Dodson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dodson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Antoine Dodson - Bed Intruder. Williams has chosen Paint it black as his entrance music. Frank Williams has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Antoine Dodson's chin.

Dodson
vs
Williams

175 cm
27
190 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

MMA ANIMAL

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Dodson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Williams!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson moves away
and Dodson counters with a good low kick that Williams was not able to check.
Frank Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson moves away
and Dodson counters with a nice body kick.
Dodson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams wants to clinch up but Dodson keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Dodson.
Williams wants to clinch up but Dodson keeps it at a distance.
Nice jab there from Williams.
Dodson throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dodson misses with a series of wild punches.
Dodson throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.

Williams rushes Dodson and presses him up against the cage.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Williams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dodson's brow.
Dodson avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Williams to work.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dodson.
Dodson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Dodson managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Dodson is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Williams.
Williams prevents Dodson from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dodson is defending well for now.
Dodson letting Williams take a breather here.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dodson is defending well for now.
Dodson avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Dodson working hard to break the clinch.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Dodson is blocking nicely.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dodson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dodson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dodson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Dodson blocks it.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Dodson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dodson is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A frustrated look appears on Dodson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Dodson managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Dodson wants to break free but Williams has control.
Williams is working for takedown but Dodson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dodson blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams wants a takedown but no success here.
Antoine Dodson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Williams.
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Williams dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dodson tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dodson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dodson misses with a wild body shot.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dodson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Williams drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Williams controls the position from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams looking to control but instead Dodson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Williams misses with a head shot. Dodson uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.
Dodson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams throws an elbow that misses. Dodson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Williams's guard. Nice move by Dodson!
Williams is pulling down on Dodson's head to control his posture.
Dodson wanted to stand there but Williams had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dodson is controlling him.
Williams is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Dodson gets to his feet. Williams looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Williams moves to clinch but Dodson breaks away
and Dodson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson moves out of range.
Williams tries to clinch up
and Dodson counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Antoine Dodson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dodson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Williams to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams throws a strike but Dodson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams wriggles free and stands up.
Dodson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams ducks right into an uppercut from Dodson.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dodson counters with a body kick that stops Williams in his tracks momentarily.
Williams slips under a jab.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Dodson circles away.
Dodson is looking to land body kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams clinches.
Dodson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams working Dodson over with knees to the body.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dodson is defending well for now.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Dodson managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Williams.
Williams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dodson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dodson slaps away a takedown attempt from Williams, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Dodson circles away.

Williams has closed the distance and engaged Dodson in a clinch.
Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dodson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dodson avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dodson blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dodson.
Dodson managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dodson is defending well for now.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Dodson won't want to take too many of those.
Dodson working hard to break the clinch.
Williams landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Dodson blocks with his arms.
Dodson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams landing knees to the body.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dodson is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knees to the body from Williams.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Dodson blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dodson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dodson blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams prevents Dodson from breaking the clinch.

Dodson breaks the clinch.
Dodson misses with a low kick.
Williams throws a hook but Dodson blocks it.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Dodson blocks it.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Dodson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dodson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Dodson breaks from the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dodson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dodson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Williams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Williams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dodson throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dodson counters with a stiff right hand.
Antoine Dodson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dodson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Dodson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dodson counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Williams really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams clinches.
Dodson is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dodson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.

Dodson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams is looking to clinch but Dodson is avoiding it.
Dodson throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson is having none of it.
Antoine Dodson is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dodson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dodson throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to clinch up but Dodson keeps it at a distance.

Dodson tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Dodson's ribcage.
Come on Williams - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Williams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams tries for a takedown. No joy.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dodson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Frank Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but Dodson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dodson looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Dodson. Those never looked like landing.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Antoine Dodson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Williams.
Dodson throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Dodson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dodson throws a low kick but Williams moves out of range easily.
Dodson throws a chopping leg kick but Williams manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dodson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Williams is defended easily by Dodson.
Dodson swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Dodson tries to work over Williams's front leg with a kick but Williams checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to clinch but Dodson is avoiding it.
Dodson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Williams tries to clinch there but Dodson circles away.
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson is having none of it.
Dodson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Dodson circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dodson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dodson connects with a solid leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson is having none of it.
Dodson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams tries to clinch but Dodson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Williams dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!

Dodson throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.

It looks like Frank Williams has been cut.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Dodson back into the cage.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dodson's face.
Williams landing knees to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dodson tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.
Dodson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dodson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Williams stalling in the clinch.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dodson blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dodson blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dodson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dodson working hard to break the clinch.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Antoine Dodson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dodson managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Dodson is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dodson.
Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dodson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Williams working Dodson over with knees to the body.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Dodson improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dodson is defending well for now.
Dodson is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
Williams is working for takedown but Dodson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dodson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Williams.
Antoine Dodson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Williams.
Williams has Dodson pressed against the cage, preventing Dodson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Dodson won't want to take too many of those.
Dodson avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams prevents Dodson from breaking the clinch.
Williams avoiding damage.
Frank Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dodson avoids the damage to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dodson avoids it.
Dodson working hard to break the clinch.
Dodson tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams missing with knees to the body.

Dodson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dodson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams is looking to clinch but Dodson is avoiding it.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown but Dodson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Williams's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dodson.

Williams darts in and clinches Dodson up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 45:50
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Williams!
Frank Williams is the new middleweight champion!
After the big win, Frank Williams made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors MMA ANIMAL and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.