PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tweedle Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Danger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dee comes into the arena with Chumbawamba - Tubthumping blaring out of the sound system. Danger has chosen Danger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dee
vs
Danger

180 cm
32
195 lbs
37 - 8 - 1

182 cm
35
194 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

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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 37 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tweedle Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Danger!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danger throws a nice inside leg kick.

Danger gets caught flat footed, as Dee shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Danger is adopting a defensive guard.
Danger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Danger keeping full guard, as Dee tries to pass.
Danger looking for a sweep. Not yet Danger, not yet.
Danger pulls Dee in close to his closed guard and prevents Dee from doing any damage or advancing position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Carlos Danger hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Danger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dee moves away.
Dee misses with a takedown attempt
and Danger counters with a straight right hand.
Dee moves out of range of the body kick from Danger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger throws a right hand that misses

and Dee counters with a single leg into guard. Danger didn't expect that.
Danger pulls Dee in close to prevent any damage.
Dee chips away with some ground and pound.
Danger is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Dee has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dee throwing strikes but missing.
Danger keeping moving, preventing Dee from controlling successfully.
Dee lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dee wants to control from the top but Danger keeps moving.
Danger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dee postures up.
Danger pulls Dee in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Carlos Danger was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Danger staying out of range there.
A combination from Danger does no damage.
Dee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dee misses with a body shot.
Dee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dee there as he acknowledges the shot.
Danger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dee.
Danger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dee thuds his right hand into Danger's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dee ducks under a wild hook from Danger.
Danger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danger misses with a hook
and Dee counters with a nice uppercut.
Danger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dee.
Danger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dee moves away.
Dee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Danger tries a low kick but Dee avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Danger misses the target.
Dee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dee connects with an inside leg kick.
Dee tries to clinch up.
Dee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danger's coach down at Alpha Elite Private Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Danger's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dee shoots in but Danger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dee lands a nice looking kick to the body. Danger takes a step back to recover.
Dee lands a nice looking body shot.
Danger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Danger misses with a hook.
Dee slips a jab from Danger.
Danger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danger throws a looping overhand right but Dee ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands a lovely overhand right.
Danger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dee lands a front kick.
Danger with a jab.
Danger misses with a lunging right hand

and Dee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Danger won't be happy with that.
Danger defending against the ground and pound.
Dee is working Danger over with some ground and pound from side control.

Dee looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Danger struggling a bit here.
Dee looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Danger is avoiding damage well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dee postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dee looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Danger is avoiding damage well.
Danger manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tweedle Dee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab lands there for Dee.
Dee lands a nice shot that snaps Danger's head back.
Danger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dee 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.
A jab from Danger misses.
Danger throws a low kick, looking for Dee's leg but Dee calmly moves out of range.
Dee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dee slips a jab from Danger.
Danger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dee scoring well with a low kick there.
A lazy left from Danger finds it's target.
Danger 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Danger checks a low kick from Dee.
Danger misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Danger misses with an uppercut. Dee saw that one coming.
Dee cracks Danger with a good jab.
Danger misses with a right hand
and Dee finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Danger.
Danger lands a leg kick that knocks Dee off balance momentarily.
Dee connects with a solid leg kick.
Dee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Danger to score with a decent uppercut.
Danger throws a leg kick but Dee checks it.
Dee throws a leg kick but Danger moved away.
Dee takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Carlos Danger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dee moves out of range of the leg kick from Danger.
Dee misses the shot to the body.
Dee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dee checks a low kick from Danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger thuds his right hand into Dee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danger misses the jab.
Danger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dee ducks under a wild hook from Danger.
Danger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dee cracks Danger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Dee.
Dee connects with a leg kick. Danger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dee scores with a nice body kick.
Dee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Danger stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Danger wants it to stay on the feet.
Danger throws a head kick but Dee moves out of range.
Carlos Danger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Danger is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Danger scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dee throws a body punch but Danger moves out of range.
Danger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dee lands a jab to the nose.
Dee throws a push kick but Danger slaps the foot to one side.
Dee cracks Danger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tweedle Dee is winning the standup battle so far.
Danger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dee moves away.
Dee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Danger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dee looks to land a body kick but Danger moved away.
Danger moves out of range as Dee throws a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danger jabs Dee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Danger darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Danger swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands with a nice body punch.
Dee scores with a nice head shot.
Dee misses with a body kick.
Dee misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from Dee.
Danger scores with a decent looking hook.
Dee lands a jab.
Danger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dee.
Dee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Danger's waist but Danger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dee off to one side.
Danger throws a jab when Dee was well out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dee slips under a jab from Danger.
Danger lands a body shot.
Dee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tweedle Dee dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Danger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Dee throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Danger tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dee is in Danger's guard.
Danger pulls Dee in close to prevent any damage.
Dee wants to control from the top but Danger keeps moving.
Dee passes Danger's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Danger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dee.
Danger trying to control here.
Dee not doing much here.
Dee wants to control but Danger is keeping him busy.
Carlos Danger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Danger works his way to full guard. Good work.
Danger keeping moving, preventing Dee from controlling successfully.
Dee stands up over Danger, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dee postures up in Danger's guard and throws a big left but Danger blocks it.
Danger seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dee slips nicely into half guard.
Dee tries to pass the half guard into mount. Danger knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Danger is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger gets full guard.
Dee is in close to Danger's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dee postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee throwing strikes but missing.
Dee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Danger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Danger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dee pushing down on Danger's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tweedle Dee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dee is looking to take a break and control but Danger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Danger is doing well to control the position and prevent Dee from advancing to side control.
Dee is thwarting Danger's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dee.
Dee is looking to advance position but Danger won't allow it.
Danger is looking to control Dee's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Danger avoid being mounted?
Danger wants to get back to full guard.
Danger works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dee postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Danger has control of Dee's left arm, preventing Dee from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Carlos Danger.
A lazy left from Danger finds it's target.
Dee slips under a jab.
Danger misses with a hook.
Dee cracks the inside of Danger's front leg.
Danger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Dee slams his shin into Danger's torso.
Danger uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dee has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Danger misses
and Dee counters with a good low kick that Danger was not able to check.
Dee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danger.
Dee thows a body kick. Danger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Danger misses with a body punch
and Dee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Danger is fending him off so far but Dee persists. Nope, Danger circles away and we're back to standing.
Dee will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Danger. That did some damage!
A swing and a miss from Danger.
Dee misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dee decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dee throwing shots but Danger is blocking nicely.
Danger holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tweedle Dee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dee 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tweedle Dee!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tweedle Dee thanked Australian Xtreme Elite Supplements 160Q for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).