PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basic Three (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Hells Bells. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dean
vs
Three

184 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

170 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Crippler's Corner
Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Basic Three!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Three takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Basic Three has been cut.

Dean rushes Three and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Three fails to pull guard.
Three fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dean misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Three.
Dean using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Three has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Three pulls Dean into guard.

Three is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dean wants to get up but he can't break Three's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Three looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Three lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dean!
Dean is desperately trying to improve his position but Three has a good base and remains in mount.
Three pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Three looking to ground and pound but Dean is blocking nicely.
Three throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Three throwing strikes here but Dean is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dean keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Three with a couple of short strikes.
Three looking to finish with strikes here!
Dean keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Three landing punches.
Dean wants to hold on but Three pushes him away.
Three fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Three throws some wild stikes that Dean manages to avoid easily.
Three throws a sloppy strike and Dean uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Dean has ended up in Three's guard.
Three manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Three cracks Dean with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Three punching from mount but Dean doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dean is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Three thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dean is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dean holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Three tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Three in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Three throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dean holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Three tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dean is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Three scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dean?
Three prevents Dean from getting the reversal.
Three thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean tries to lock up and control but Three gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Three.
BOOM! Three connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Three throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
BOOM! Three connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dean is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Three pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Three lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dean hang on?
Dean keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Three has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dean blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Three there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dean knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Three on the ground.
Dean is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dean on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dean tries to get out of the position.
Dean is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dean takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dean tries to hold on but Three postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Three unloads with some shots from mount but Dean bucks and avoids them well.
Dean avoids a series of strikes thrown by Three.
Three fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Three landing strikes, looking to finish!
Three is landing with some decent strikes but Dean is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Three looking to ground and pound but Dean is blocking nicely.
Three throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dean tries to reverse the position but Three maintains control.
Three throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dean because Three loaded up on that one.
Three throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Three punching from mount but Dean doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Three thowing shots but they're missing.
Three breaks from Dean's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Poor strikes thrown by Three there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basic Three dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Basic Three's cut.
That's time! Dean's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Three throws a sloppy head kick and Dean moves out of range easily.

Three closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Three.
Three throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Dean pushes off an throws an elbow but Three leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short left from Three.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dean.
Three tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dean smiles and moves away.
A combination from Dean does no damage.
Three throws a series of punches but Dean moves out of range.
Dean fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Three has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Three missing with a left hand there. Dean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dean looks to score with a jab to the body but Three is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Three's head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dean landing knees to the head.
Dean looking to slow down the pace here.
Dean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Three is defending well for now.
Three tries to pull guard but Dean forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Three scores with a nice short uppercut.
Three tries to pull guard but Dean forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jimmy Dean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Basic Three.
Knees to the body from Dean.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Three fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dean tries to stall but Three uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dean working Three over with knees to the body.
Three is breathing heavily.
Dean lands an elbow just above Three 's eye.
Dean misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Three.
Dean tries to land a knee to the head but Three blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean lands a knee to the head.
Dean misses with an elbow strike.
Three avoiding damage as Dean throws knees to the body.
Three lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees to the body from Dean.
Three letting Dean take a breather here.
Three fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jimmy Dean has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Three fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dean lands a good knee to the midsection. Three won't want to take too many of those.
Dean looking to stall.
Dean looking to throw knees to the head but Three is blocking nicely.
Dean lands a good knee to the midsection. Three won't want to take too many of those.
Dean is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Three is defending well for now.
Three tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dean just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean blocking some punches.
Dean lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dean lands a knee to the body.
Dean lands a damaging elbow.
Dean lands a knee to the head.
Dean lands an elbow inside.
Three jumps guard but Dean turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Three drags the fight down to the ground.

Three escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dean gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Three has a closed guard, preventing Dean from standing up.
Dean wants to control from the top but Three keeps moving.
Dean wanted to stand there but Three had control of the position.
Three is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Three is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dean trying to control but Three is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Three has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dean can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dean stays in close to Three's body and controls the position.
Three is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Three utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dean dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Basic Three's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Dean wants to clinch.
Dean doesn't manage to clinch there - Three circles away.
A jab from Three misses.
Three swats away the attempt to clinch by Dean.
Dean is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dean misses with a head kick.
Dean tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dean misses with a kick to the body
enabling Three to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Three.
Three lands with a shot to the body.
Dean throws the kick towards the body but Three avoids it.
Three circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dean misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dean tries to land a front kick but Three steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dean.
Three throws a lazy right hand but Dean sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dean throws a low kick but Three avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Dean gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Three takes an elbow to the temple.
Three tries to pull guard but Dean forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Three drags the fight down to the ground.
Dean trying to control but Three is working from the bottom.

Three is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Three takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Dean is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Three has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Dean is looking to defend but Three has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Dean! Three pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Dean taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Basic Three!
During a confident post fight interview, Basic Three thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.