PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Warren Dickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blazed Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dickson
vs
Gracie

209 cm
24
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Warren Dickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blazed Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Dickson.
Dickson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dickson looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gracie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dickson scores with a head kick.
Dickson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Dickson throws a head kick that misses.
Dickson throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Dickson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Warren Dickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dickson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dickson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Dickson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dickson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dickson lands a high kick!
Dickson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dickson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dickson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Dickson.
Dickson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dickson.
Dickson throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Dickson is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickson digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Dickson is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Dickson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Dickson pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.

Gracie has Dickson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gracie pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dickson tumbling to the mat - Gracie dives into Dickson's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dickson is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dickson seems keen to control Gracie's posture.
Gracie pushes down on Dickson's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie content to control rather than advance.
Dickson trying to control here.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dickson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but Dickson defends it.
Dickson is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Dickson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dickson has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Dickson dominated that round.
That's time! Dickson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dickson lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Dickson.
Dickson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dickson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Dickson misses with a two punch combination.
Dickson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickson lands a head kick!
Dickson tries to clinch

and Gracie decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dickson's guard.
Dickson wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Dickson is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Dickson keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Dickson.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dickson.
Warren Dickson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dickson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie moves out of range as Dickson throws a body kick.
Dickson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dickson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dickson misses with the combination.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dickson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dickson throws a head kick that misses.
Dickson throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dickson.
Dickson throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Dickson misses the shot to the body.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Warren Dickson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dickson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dickson tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Dickson dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Dickson throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Dickson.
Warren Dickson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dickson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dickson digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Dickson throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dickson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Dickson.
Dickson looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dickson is looking to wear down Gracie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dickson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dickson misses with a head kick.
Dickson throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Dickson misses with a head kick.
A combination from Dickson does no damage.
Dickson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dickson tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Dickson throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Dickson misses with a double jab

and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie moves into full mount!

Gracie wants to finish this one by submission but Dickson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dickson is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Gracie locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Dickson is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Blazed Gracie!