PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mister Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Dillon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Love might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You ready. Mister Love has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Love
vs
Dillon

175 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

175 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

The Dark Side

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mister Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Dillon!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillon closes the distance but Love moves to the side

and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Love is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A frustrated look appears on Dillon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Love putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dillon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dillon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dillon takes an elbow to the temple.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dillon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dillon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Dillon circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Love forces Dillon back against the cage and clinches.
Love lands a good knee to the midsection. Dillon won't want to take too many of those.
Love struggles to land a body shot inside as Dillon controls his hands.
Dillon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Love has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dillon uses from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Love is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dillon is controlling him.
Love working a defensive guard here.
Dillon must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Love slows the pace down in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mister Love.
Dillon tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.

Love forces Dillon back against the cage and clinches.
Love lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love wants to stall.

Dillon manages to break the clinch.
Dillon swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Dillon misses with a hook
and Love counters with a head kick. That will keep Dillon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Dillon throws a big shot that misses.
Dillon tries to clinch up.
Dillon doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love tries for a takedown but Dillon circles away easily
and Dillon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dillon misses with a body shot
and Love counters with a big head kick but Dillon shrugs it off.
Dillon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dillon tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Love gets a clinch.
Dillon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Love gets underhooks to prevent Dillon's takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Love dominated that 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.

Dillon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dillon swings away with a body shot that misses

and Love counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Love.
Dillon working a defensive guard here.
Love is looking to stand up but Dillon won't let him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Dillon circles away.
Dillon tries for a takedown but Love sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillon throws a leg kick

and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dillon pinned against the cage. Dillon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dillon scores with a jab. Love acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Love tries to clinch but Dillon moves out of range.
Love needs to keep his hands up - Dillon had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a spinning back kick!
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.

Love moves into the clinch.
Love manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dillon takes an elbow to the temple.
Love putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dillon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dillon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love crunches a lovely knee into Dillon's ribcage.

Love pulls Dillon into guard.
Dillon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chad Dillon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dillon throws a sloppy body shot

and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Love landing knees to the body.
Love taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Love.
Love landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Love pulls guard effortlessly.
Dillon trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Chad Dillon wasn't active enough on the ground.
Love throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dillon's head.
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!
Dillon moves in looking to clinch but Love pushes him off.
Love tries to clinch there but Dillon circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Love. Dillon shrugs it off though.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Love dominated that second round.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Love clinches up against the cage.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dillon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dillon tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Love.
The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillon tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Dillon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dillon swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
Love leaves Dillon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dillon wants to clinch.
Love lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Love closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Love throws a series of strikes that have Dillon backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Love doesn't seem bothered though.
Love moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dillon looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.

Love drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dillon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Love advances to full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Dillon is holding on tight.
Mister Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Love 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.
Dillon is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Love, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Love!
Mister Love decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.