PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Dickinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard comes to the cage accompanied by Superman. Dickinson has chosen Harvester of Sorrow as his entrance music. Dwight Howard could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dave Dickinson's chin.

Howard
vs
Dickinson

201 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

179 cm
29
200 lbs
12 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dwight Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Dickinson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard keeps the fight on the outside.

Dickinson rushes Howard and presses him up against the cage.
Dickinson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Dwight Howard has been cut.
Howard is trying to pull guard but Dickinson has him pressed against the cage.
Dickinson trying to land knees to the body.
Howard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dickinson walks away with a smile on his face. Howard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Howard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dickinson is looking to clinch.

Dickinson closes the distance and clinches.
Howard tries to pull guard but Dickinson holds him up against the cage and eventually Howard drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwight Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Dickinson.
Howard is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dickinson with a knee to the head.
Dickinson lands a knee to the body.
Dickinson landing knees to the body.

Dickinson drops Howard with a big knee straight up the middle! Howard is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Howard is rocked!

Dickinson moves into range and clinches up with Howard.
Oh Howard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dickinson has Howard pressed against the cage. He pushes Howard back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Dickinson throws a beautiful elbow that sends Howard crashing to the floor! Dickinson piles on the pressure with more strikes! Howard is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Dickinson!
Dave Dickinson very nearly forgot to thank Golden Supplements amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.