PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Dalit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dalit
vs
Michaels

173 cm
26
164 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
163 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dexter Dalit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Dalit.
Dalit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Michaels has time to react.
Michaels moves away from the strike by Dalit.
Michaels looks to land a combination but Dalit avoids it well.
Dalit takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Dalit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Michaels looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dalit swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Dalit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Michaels stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dexter Dalit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels walks into a straight right hand from Dalit.
Dalit's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dalit duly obliges.
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dalit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dalit punishes Michaels's body with a nice straight punch.
Dalit swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Dalit feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
Michaels blocks a jab.
A big left from Dalit misses.
Dalit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dalit.
Dalit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michaels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Michaels defending well as Dalit loads up on a big left hand.
Michaels lands a nice hook to Dalit's body. Dalit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dalit lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dalit misses with a hook.
Dalit fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Michaels on the side of the head.
Dalit lands with a cross.
Dalit throws a series of punches but Michaels moves out of range.
Dalit lands the left hand.
Dalit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dalit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michaels.
Dalit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dalit looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Dalit.
Michaels gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dalit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalit scores with a hook to the body. Michaels takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dalit is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
A jab lands there for Dalit.
Michaels slips under a jab from Dalit.
Dalit thuds his right hand into Michaels's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dalit has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Michaels scores with a hook to the body. Dalit takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dalit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michaels throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dalit.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Dalit.
Michaels throws a right hand that Dalit ducks under and follows up with a left that Dalit also avoids with ease.
Dalit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dalit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.
Michaels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dalit, right into the meat.
Michaels cracks a nice hook into Dalit's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels swinging wildly here.
Dalit lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dalit.
Dalit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Michaels circles away quickly and effectively.
Dalit's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Michaels connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dalit scrambles back to his feet.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Dalit avoids them all with ease.
Michaels misses with a two punch combination.
Dalit fails to land with a series of punches.
Michaels moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dalit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dalit!
Michaels avoids the body shot from Dalit.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Dalit avoids nicely.
Dalit misses the shot to the body.
Dalit lands a right hook to the body.
Dalit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Michaels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels slips under a jab.
Dalit lands with a right hand.
Michaels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dalit.
Michaels moves out of range as Dalit strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dalit.
Michaels digs a good body shot into Dalit's ribs.
Dalit scoring well with a low kick there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Michaels checks a leg kick.
Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dalit.
Michaels 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.
Michaels takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dalit dips to his left and cracks Michaels with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dalit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dalit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Michaels.
Michaels ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Dalit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Dalit dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dalit scores with a hook.
Dalit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Michaels lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dalit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.
Michaels is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dalit rather than just go for the knockout.
Dalit wants to slow Michaels down by chopping away at his legs.
Dexter Dalit is winning the standup battle so far.
Dalit connects with a solid leg kick.
Michaels wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Michaels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab from Dalit.
Dalit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Dalit.
Dalit throws out a loose jab but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dalit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dalit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Michaels has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dalit finds it's way round the side to connect with Michaels's head.
Donk. Dalit catches Michaels right on the button with a cross.
A punch combination from Michaels misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalit punishes Michaels's body with a nice straight punch.
Dalit misses with a hook.
Michaels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dalit.
Dalit cracks a nice hook into Michaels's ribs.
Dalit throws a leg kick but Michaels moved away.
Dalit takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Dalit misses.
Dalit misses with an uppercut
and Michaels counters with a stiff right hand.
Michaels's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dalit lands with a nice body punch.
Michaels throws a combination that misses
and Dalit counters with a good low kick that Michaels was not able to check.
Michaels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dalit was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaels.
Dalit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Dalit.
Michaels scores with a jab to the jaw.
Michaels blocks a low kick nicely.
Dalit looks to land a combination but Michaels avoids it well.
Nice straight punches there by Dalit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dalit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dalit misses with a hook.
Dalit throws the left hand but Michaels avoids the punch easily.
Dalit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michaels has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dalit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dalit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dalit connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michaels checks a low kick from Dalit.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dalit misses with a hook.
Michaels lands with a nice body punch.
Dalit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels fails to land with a series of punches.
Michaels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dalit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Michaels walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Josh Michaels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Dalit there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dalit misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dalit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dalit scores with a body shot.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Dalit moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Michaels. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Michaels.
Michaels cracks Dalit with an open hand slap.
Michaels slips a jab and a cross from Dalit.
Dalit swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Dalit throws out a loose jab but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaels jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dalit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Michaels misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Dalit avoids nicely.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Dalit avoids them all with ease.
Dalit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Michaels.
Dalit lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by Dalit. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dalit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Michaels takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dalit lands a jab to Michaels's midsection.
Michaels works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dalit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dalit lands with a right hand.
Michaels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dalit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Dalit dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dalit looks to score with a jab to the body but Michaels is just out of range.
Dalit scores with a one two! Michaels had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dalit scores with a nice strike.
Dalit tried to score with a low kick but Michaels checks it.
Dalit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Michaels swinging wildly here.
Dalit scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels loads up on a big right hand but Dalit slips the punch.
Michaels looks to land a combination but Dalit avoids it well.
Michaels takes a swing at Dalit's ribcage but misses.
Dalit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michaels. That did some damage!
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Dalit connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Dalit misses the target.
Dalit scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Michaels thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from Dalit.
Dalit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michaels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dalit.
Michaels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dalit.
Michaels throws a hook but Dalit avoids it easily.
Dalit tests Michaels's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dalit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dalit connects with a looping right hand.
Dalit looks to land a left hand but Michaels moved out of range nicely.
Michaels slips under a jab from Dalit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Michaels scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Michaels throws a right hand that Dalit ducks under and follows up with a left that Dalit also avoids with ease.
Dalit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Michaels misses with a few strikes there.
Dalit slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dalit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Dalit.
Dalit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dalit. Michaels does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dalit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dalit lands a nice shot that snaps Michaels's head back.
Dalit with a hook.
Dalit feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Michaelss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dalit scores with a decent looking hook.
Michaels takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dalit lands a nice looking body shot.
Dalit on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michaels moves forwards but Dalit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dalit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Dalit avoids them all with ease.
Dalit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Dalit misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Dalit.
Dalit misses with an uppercut.
Michaels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dalit. That's going to slow Michaels down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dalit throws a shot to the body.
Dalit throws a sloppy body shot
and Michaels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Michaels feints a jab promting Dalit to slip. Michaels then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dalit slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalit scores with a nice head shot.
Dalit throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dalit misses with a lunging right hand
and Michaels counters with a one-two to the body.
Michaels missing with a left hand there. Dalit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Dalit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dalit scores with a jab. Michaels acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dalit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michaels.
Michaels moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dalit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dalit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Dalit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Josh Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dalit throws a combination that misses
and Michaels counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dexter Dalit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dalit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

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