PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wade Dew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmund Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dew
vs
Dantes

169 cm
24
164 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wade Dew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edmund Dantes!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dew throws out a loose jab but Dantes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dew darts in trying to clinch

and Dantes counters with a single leg into guard. Dew didn't expect that.
Dantes wants to pass the guard but Dew is keeping the position.
Dew tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dew has his hands on Dantes's head, controlling the position.
Dew controls Dantes momentarily but Dantes frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Wade Dew wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Dantes throws a front kick aimed at Dew's knee but Dew avoids it well.
Dantes keeps the fight on the outside.
Dew throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dew stuns Dantes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dew misses with a hook. Dantes ducked under it nicely.
Dew takes one to the chin there.
Dantes cracks Dew with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dantes misses with a wild body shot.
Dantes wants to land a leg kick but Dew is out of range.
Dantes moves away from the strike by Dew.
Dew lands a nice shot that snaps Dantes's head back.
Dantes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dew on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantes lunges at Dew with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dew's hand.
Dantes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dew.
Dantes checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice cross by Dew.
Dew falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dantes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dew has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dew there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dew closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dantes fails to land the takedown.
Dew tries to clinch
and Dantes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dantes slips a straight right by Dew.
Wade Dew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dew wants to clinch
and Dantes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dew wants to clinch up but Dantes keeps it at a distance.
Dantes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dantes swats away the attempt to clinch by Dew.
Dantes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dew had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dew throws the left hand but Dantes avoids the punch easily.
Dew tries to close the distance and clinch but Dantes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dew tries to clinch up.

Dantes closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dew quickly recovers to half guard.
Dantes is controlling the pace.
Dew tries to roll over but Dantes keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Edmund Dantes.
Dew misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Dantes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dew closes the distance and pushes Dantes back into the cage.
Dew lands a nice shot to the body.
Dew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dantes's elbow.
A short right from Dew.
Dantes blocks an uppercut.
Dew struggles to land a body shot inside as Dantes controls his hands.
Dantes takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Dew.
Dew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dew is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dantes is defending well for now.
Dew lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dew lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Dantes breaks the clinch.
Dantes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes swats away the attempt to clinch by Dew.
Dantes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dantes's coach down at Dark Horse MMA Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Dantes's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dew tries to clinch up.
Dantes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dew misses with a low kick as Dantes jumps back.
Dantes connects with the punch.
Dantes misses with a wild body shot.
Dantes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dantes throws a big shot that misses.
Dew fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dew looks to land a body kick but Dantes moved away.
Dantes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dew finds it's way round the side to connect with Dantes's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Edmund Dantes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dew tries to clinch but Dantes moves out of range.

Dew instigates a clinch.
A short right from Dew.

Dantes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dantes misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A leg kick checked by Dantes.

Dew forces Dantes back against the cage and clinches.
Dew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dantes blocks it with crossed arms.
Dantes wants to break free but Dew has control.
Dew misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dantes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes trying to control the position but instead, Dew has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dantes into the cage.
Dew misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dew digs a right hand underneath Dantes's ribcage. Dantes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dantes throws a head punch that misses.
Dew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dantes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dantes tries to break free but Dew pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Dew.
A head punch on the inside from Dew fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dew with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dew throws a knee to the head but misses.

Dantes manages to break the clinch.
Dew scores with a shot to the body.

Dew darts in and clinches Dantes up against the cage.
Dantes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dew throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dew looking to throw knees to the head but Dantes is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dantes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dew with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Dew dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dantes misses with an uppercut. Dew saw that one coming.
Dew goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A lazy left from Dew finds it's target.
Dew wants to clinch up but Dantes keeps it at a distance.
Dew motions for Dantes to come forward. Dew throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dew doesn't manage to clinch there - Dantes circles away.
Dew misses with a body kick.
Dantes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dew tries to clinch up.

Dantes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dew looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dew might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dew dodges the ground and pound from Dantes.
Dantes remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dew takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dew is not content to let Dantes control the position.
Dew can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes wants to control for a moment but Dew uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Dantes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dantes is looking to take a break and control but Dew is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dantes working over Dew with some ground and pound. Dew looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dew is not content to let Dantes control the position.
Dantes is stalling here. Dew is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dantes seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dew has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Dantes tries to improve position but can't.
Dantes misses with a strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dew wants to control but Dantes is keeping him busy.
Dantes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Dew off and has taken his back!
Dew is really stuck here.
Dantes is riding his opponent, not letting Dew buck him off.
Dantes missing with punches from the back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edmund Dantes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dantes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edmund Dantes!
Edmund Dantes thanked the fans post fight for their support.