PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Maverick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dickie Dirty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Maverick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maverick
vs
Dirty

184 cm
22
171 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Maverick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dickie Dirty!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maverick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dirty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maverick moves away.
Dirty connects with an inside leg kick.
Dirty fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maverick looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dirty stuns Maverick with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Maverick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dirty lets loose with a powerful body kick. Maverick will feel that in the morning.
Dirty takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dirty sizes up Maverick with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dirty misses with a low kick.
Dirty feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maverick's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maverick misses with a kick to the body.
Dirty lands with a nice body punch.
Maverick throws a body kick that misses.
Maverick shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Dan Maverick has been cut.
Dirty throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dirty misses with a hook. Maverick ducked under it nicely.
Dirty fails with the takedown.
Maverick wants to land a leg kick but Dirty is out of range.
Dickie Dirty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dirty connects with a solid leg kick.
Maverick keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dirty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Maverick throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dirty takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Maverick throws a hook to the side of Dirty's head but Dirty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dirty darts in looking for a takedown but Maverick gets double underhooks and turns Dirty into the cage.
Dirty scores with a shot to the side of Maverick's head.
Dirty can't find room to land a body shot as Maverick controls the action.
Dirty swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dirty misses with a body punch.
Dirty lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dirty throws a head punch that misses.

Maverick breaks from the clinch.
Maverick throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Maverick misses with a low kick.
Dirty does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dirty.
Dirty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maverick swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Dirty throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Maverick was covering up waiting for the punch and Dirty finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Dirty trying to control the position from guard on top but Maverick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maverick wants to sweep but no luck.
Dirty looking to pass the guard.
Maverick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dirty stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maverick swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dirty controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dirty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maverick is keeping the position for now.
Dirty won't allow Maverick to sweep him here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Maverick misses with a low kick as Dirty jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maverick tries a head kick but it misses.
Dirty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dirty tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Maverick is able to avoid easily.
Dan Maverick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dirty wants to slow Maverick down by chopping away at his legs.
Dirty wants to land a leg kick but Maverick is out of range.
Maverick tries a head kick but it misses.
A shot to the liver by Dirty. Beautiful body shot.
Maverick throws a sloppy head kick and Dirty moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Maverick checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dirty fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Maverick checks it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dirty connects with an inside leg kick.
Maverick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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!
Maverick checks a leg kick nicely.
Dirty fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dickie Dirty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Maverick's cut.
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.

Dirty lands an overhand right.
Dirty bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dirty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maverick. That did some damage!
Dirty blocks the body kick.
Maverick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dirty motions for Maverick to come forward. Dirty throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dirty uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Maverick has time to react.
Dirty throws an overhand right that lands on Maverick's shoulder, as Maverick tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dirty, right into the meat.
Maverick throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dirty misses with a takedown attempt - Maverick sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dirty throws a body punch but Maverick moves out of range.
Dirty attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Dirty closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dirty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dirty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maverick drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dirty trying to control the position but instead, Maverick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dirty into the cage.
Dirty misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Dirty.
Maverick can't find room to land a body shot as Dirty controls the action.
Maverick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maverick is trying to break the clinch but Dirty is controlling him.
Dirty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dirty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dirty wants a takedown.
Dirty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dirty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maverick has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dirty after a bit of a struggle.
Dirty misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Maverick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dirty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maverick.
Dirty taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maverick is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dirty pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Maverick. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maverick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dirty blocks it with crossed arms.
Dirty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dirty throws a punch but it's blocked by Maverick.
Dirty throws a punch but it's blocked by Maverick.
Dirty can't find room to land a body shot as Maverick controls the action.
Dirty is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maverick prevents a body shot from Dirty.
Dirty throws a punch but it's blocked by Maverick.
Dirty misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dirty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dirty.
Maverick is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dirty gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maverick blocks a body shot from Dirty.
Maverick looking to slow down the pace here.
Maverick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dirty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dirty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dirty scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maverick blocks an uppercut.
Dirty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maverick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dickie Dirty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Maverick's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Maverick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dirty connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maverick's hands.
Dirty throws a chopping leg kick but Maverick manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dirty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Maverick walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dirty checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maverick lands with a slapping head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maverick.
Maverick throws the kick towards the body but Dirty avoids it.
Dirty throws a low kick, looking for Maverick's leg but Maverick calmly moves out of range.
Dirty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dirty is looking to land body kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dirty.
Maverick tries to land a front kick but Dirty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dirty tries for a takedown but Maverick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dirty misses with a few strikes there.
Dirty blocks a head kick by Maverick.

Dirty drives through and clinches with Maverick against the cage.
Dirty taking a breather.

Maverick has picked Dirty up - he's going for a ride! Maverick dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Dirty trying to control but Maverick postures up.
Maverick trying to control the pace.
Dirty is looking to get back to full guard here but Maverick has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Maverick.
Maverick tries to stand but Dirty is controlling his head.
Dan Maverick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dirty gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Maverick lands strikes from half guard.
Dickie Dirty is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maverick prevents Dirty from improving his position.
Maverick not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dirty wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dirty preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Dirty trying to hold on to Maverick's head to control him but Maverick postures up.
Maverick performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dirty is holding on to half guard well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Maverick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maverick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dickie Dirty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dirty takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maverick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Maverick.
That kick from Dirty tenderised Maverick's leg. Maverick is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dirty throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dirty throws a right hand that Maverick ducks under and follows up with a left that Maverick also avoids with ease.
Dirty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maverick was well out of range. Poor timing from Dirty.
Dirty looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dirty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dirty scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An inside leg kick lands from Dirty.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maverick misses with a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maverick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dan Maverick.
Well Dirty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dickie Dirty!
An out of breath Dickie Dirty thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.