PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrell Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dawson
vs
Grant

188 cm
27
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
18
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Master Lee's One Stop
The Empire Clothing and Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terrell Grant!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant throws a leg kick but Dawson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grant misses the shot to the body.
Grant misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dawson is looking to slow Grant down with leg kicks.
Grant scores with a spinning back kick!
Grant takes one to the chin there.
Dawson lands the left hand.

It looks like Terrell Grant has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dawson just misses with a punch to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Grant - that will leave a mark!
Dawson throws a shot from downtown. Grant moves away and avoids it.
Dawson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Grant circles away.
Dawson is looking to land body kicks.
Dawson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grant buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grant throws a body kick that misses.
Grant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant tries a head kick but it misses.
Dawson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grant at a distance.
Dawson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dawson misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
Crunch! Dawson slams his shin into Grant's torso.
Dawson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grant swings for the body but Dawson moves out of range.
Grant moves out of range of the body kick from Dawson.
Dawson misses the shot to the body.
Dawson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
Dawson misses with a head kick.
Grant tries to land a leg kick but Dawson saw it coming and moves away.
Dawson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Grant circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant blocks a head kick by Dawson.
Dawson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dawson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dawson but Dawson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dawson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grant's sensitive parts.
Grant avoids a kick to the body.
Grant darts in looking for a takedown but Dawson gets double underhooks and turns Grant into the cage.
Grant avoiding damage.
Dawson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Dawson.
A short right from Dawson.
Grant tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dawson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mike Dawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terrell Grant.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.

Dawson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Grant regains guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dawson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Grant is looking for a triangle but Dawson pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Grant manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Dawson wants to stand and escape but Grant is having none of it.
Grant trying to control but Dawson is working from the bottom.
Dawson wants to get back to his feet but Grant is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grant controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Grant trying to control but Dawson is working from the bottom.
Grant sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dawson's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant is trying to control. Dawson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Grant is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dawson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Grant.

Grant is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dawson is looking to control Grant's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dawson avoid being mounted?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dawson has one foot on Grant's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Dawson misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Dawson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terrell Grant's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dawson stuffs the takedown.
We've been informed that Grant has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Dawson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grant lands a body shot.
Mike Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawson throws a head kick but Grant moves out of range.
Grant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawson.
Grant scores with a shot to the body.
Dawson stuns Grant with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grant scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Mike Dawson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grant scores with a three punch combo!
Dawson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mike Dawson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dawson fails to land with a series of punches.
Dawson throws a head kick that Grant semi-blocks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dawson moves out of range as Grant throws a body kick.
Dawson throws a hook to the side of Grant's head but Grant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant blocks a head kick by Dawson.
Dawson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dawson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grant, right into the meat.
Dawson ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
Grant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dawson looks to throw the jab but Grant is out of range.
Grant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dawson.
Dawson tries to clinch there but Grant circles away.
Grant lands a jab to Dawson's midsection.
Grant wants to clinch up but Dawson keeps it at a distance.
Dawson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dawson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick from Grant lands but Dawson takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Grant.

Grant drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dawson keeping moving, preventing Grant from controlling successfully.
Grant tries to free his leg and advance position but Dawson is retaining full guard.
Dawson is looking to stand up but Grant isn't so interested in that idea.
Grant pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dawson is keeping the position for now.
Grant trying to control the position from guard on top but Dawson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Terrell Grant hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Dawson closes the distance looking to clinch

and Grant counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grant is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dawson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Grant.
Dawson is looking to escape.
Grant is trying to control. Dawson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Dawson is defending against the submission attempts here by Grant.
Dawson is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant is stalling here. Dawson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Grant seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dawson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Grant tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dawson landing a few strikes.
Grant struggling a bit here.
Grant avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dawson.
Grant sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant is trying to maintain the position but Dawson is very close to passing his half guard.

Dawson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrell Grant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Grant throws a push kick but Dawson slaps the foot to one side.
Dawson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Grant.
Grant is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dawson rather than just go for the knockout.
Dawson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grant. Dawson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grant shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grant looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawson is just out of range.
Dawson lands with a nice body kick.
Dawson missing with a left hand there. Grant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grant is looking to land body kicks.
Grant misses with a body shot.

Dawson lands a head kick that stumbles Grant and the fighters go to the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawson trying to control but Grant is working from the bottom.
Grant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dawson lands a couple of elbows.
Grant bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dawson's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson is wriggling around but Grant manages to pass to half guard.
Grant tries to pass to full mount but Dawson defends it.
Dawson is staying active underneath Grant, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dawson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Grant wants to take a breather but Dawson is having none of it.

Dawson is defending against the submission attempts here by Grant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grant is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Grant trying to pass the guard but Dawson defending well.

Grant is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Grant is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dawson is just riding it out for now. Grant eventually gives up the hold.

Grant is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant is looking to advance position but Dawson won't allow it.

Dawson has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Grant is on him like a limpet, forcing Dawson back against the cage.
Grant dodges an elbow strike from Dawson.
Dawson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dawson tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.

Grant gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Grant is stalling here. Dawson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Grant seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dawson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Grant's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dawson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grant has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dawson tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Dawson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Grant down.
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!
Grant can't do much from the bottom here.
Grant tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Dawson swings around for an armbar but Grant sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dawson's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawson being controlled here, momentarily.
Dawson is looking to stand up but Grant isn't so interested in that idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Dawson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dawson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Dawson!
Mike Dawson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.