PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Bond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bond
vs
Wellington

175 cm
19
147 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

175 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Elite Nutrition Supplements

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dallas Bond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dexter Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bond is looking to clinch.
Bond tries to clinch up.
Bond takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bond is looking to clinch.
Bond wants to clinch.
Wellington throws a body punch but Bond moves out of range.
Wellington throws a series of punches but Bond avoids them all with ease.
Bond is looking to clinch.

Bond forces Wellington back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wellington's face.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wellington's face.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Bond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wellington blocks an uppercut.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Bond landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Bond is breathing heavily.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wellington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Bond prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
Wellington trying to stall but Bond improves his position.
Wellington avoiding damage as Bond throws knees to the body.
Wellington can't break the clinch.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Wellington throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bond.
Wellington managing to block the knees to the body from Bond.
Wellington is trying to break the clinch but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Wellington can't break the clinch.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Wellington lands a right hand.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bond prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bond.
Wellington tries to break the clinch but Bond is controlling the position.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Wellington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bond tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.
Bond lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wellington.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bond.
Wellington wants to break free but Bond has control.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wellington wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Bond lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wellington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wellington working aggressively here.
Wellington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wellington.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bond unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wellington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wellington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bond scores a nice knee to the body.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond scores a nice knee to the body.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Wellington wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Wellington tries to break the clinch but Bond is controlling the position.
Bond prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Wellington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wellington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Wellington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Bond leaning against his opponent.
Bond with a knee to the head.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wellington's face.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Wellington can't break the clinch.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond lands a knee to the body.
Bond lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond with a knee to the head.
Bond prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
Wellington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bond creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wellington is trying to break the clinch but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Bond scores a nice knee to the body.
Bond lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Wellington looking to slow down the pace here.
Wellington misses with a punch on the inside.
Bond lands an elbow inside that Wellington shrugs off.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.
Wellington can't break the clinch.
Bond with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dallas Bond dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wellington lands a nice shot that snaps Bond's head back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bond takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dexter Wellington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wellington tries to bum rush Bond with a series of wild strikes but Bond uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wellington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wellington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bond moves away.
Wellington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bond takes one to the side of the head.
Dallas Bond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wellington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bond tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bond wants to clinch up but Wellington keeps it at a distance.
Wellington scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bond doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond tries to clinch up.
Wellington scores with a shot to the body.
Wellington lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Dallas Bond has been cut.
Bond is looking to clinch.
Wellington thows a body shot but no joy.
Wellington throws a hook but Bond avoids it easily.
Wellington scores with a hook to the body. Bond takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wellington lands a body shot.
Wellington ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Wellington misses.
Bond moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Wellington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wellington is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bond rather than just go for the knockout.
Wellington throws a big shot that misses.
Bond moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Bond tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wellington paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bond forces Wellington back against the cage and clinches.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Wellington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Bond has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bond lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Wellington is trying to maintain a safe position but Bond gets an underhook and turns Wellington into the cage.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bond connects with a knee to the head.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Bond.
A head punch on the inside from Wellington fails to land.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond with a knee to the head.
Bond lands a knee to the body.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Wellington fails to land.

Wellington breaks from the clinch.
Wellington misses with a wild combination.
Wellington misses with a double jab.
Wellington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bond dodges the punch combination from Wellington.
Bond is looking to clinch.
Wellington scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wellington thuds a left hand into Bond's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bond dodges the punch combination from Wellington.

Bond moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Wellington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dallas Bond's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Wellington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bond moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Wellington wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wellington throws a nice looking combination but Bond bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Wellington.
Bond tries to clinch up but Wellington circles away and keeps his distance.
Bond moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Bond tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bond takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Bond gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wellington fails to land.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond is looking to control Wellington's arms but Wellington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bond has his back to the cage.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond landing knees to the body.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Bond managing to block the knees to the body from Wellington.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bond prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wellington wants to break free but Bond has control.
Bond blocking some punches.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Bond.
Wellington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Wellington looking to throw knees to the head but Bond is blocking nicely.
Bond landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Bond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Wellington wants to break free but Bond has control.
Bond crunches a lovely knee into Wellington's ribcage.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wellington's face.
Wellington wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond with a knee to the head.
Bond unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wellington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Dallas Bond has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wellington wants to break free but Bond has control.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Wellington working aggressively here.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Wellington can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bond.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bond crunches a lovely knee into Wellington's ribcage.
Bond lands a nice knee to the body.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bond landing knees to the head.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bond avoiding damage.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wellington's face.
Wellington wants to break free but Bond has control.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Bond's head.
Bond throws an elbow but it misses.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wellington is trying to stall.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Bond lands an elbow that stopped Wellington in his tracks for a moment.
Bond landing knees to the body.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Wellington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wellington tries to break the clinch but Bond is controlling the position.
Wellington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wellington's face.
Wellington wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Bond trying to land knees to the body.
Wellington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wellington pushes Bond back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bond prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Bond keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Bond with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dallas Bond showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bond has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dallas Bond!