PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gary Dorsal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Write (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Write comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dark Knight metal theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tim Write told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Dorsal
vs
Write

175 cm
20
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
26
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Global Empire MMA Gear

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Dorsal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Write!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorsal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Write sprawls well. Write wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dorsal gets slowly back to his feet.
Dorsal shoots in for a double leg but Write sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Write scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dorsal is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Write lands an elbow.
Write creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Write is trying to get an arm triangle but Dorsal is defending well.
Write has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Write scoring with punches and elbows.
Write postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dorsal is looking for a sweep.
Write working the ground and pound.
Dorsal dodges the ground and pound from Write.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorsal manages to get back to half guard.
Write looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dorsal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Write is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dorsal doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Write.
Write looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dorsal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Write winds up and cracks Dorsal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Write thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dorsal's head.
Write looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Write working Dorsal over with strikes.

Dorsal is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Write working Dorsal over with strikes.
Oh Dorsal is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Write lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Dorsal quite badly. Dorsal pulls Write in close trying to recover. Write postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Dorsal on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Dorsal doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Write!
A relieved looking Tim Write thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.