PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Huston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huston comes to the cage accompanied by Coming Home. Derrick Huston has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Huston
vs
Dance

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Derrick Huston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Dance!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dance manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Huston on his heels. He'll look to pass Huston's guard now, I'm sure.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dance controls from within his opponent's guard.
Huston wants to control but Dance passes easily into half guard.
Huston knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dance on the ground.

Dance is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Huston has managed to free his arm - good work.
Huston wants to get back to full guard.
Huston trying to control but Dance postures up.

Dance is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Huston has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dance passes to full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huston wants to hold on but Dance pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Huston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Dance wants to finish this one by submission but Huston is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dance.
Dance tries to control but Huston wriggling away.

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

Dance swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Huston is now in Dance's guard. A big mistake from Dance there, giving up the dominant position!
Huston wanted to stand there but Dance had control of the position.
Dance keeping moving, preventing Huston from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dance is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dance looks winded!

Huston avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Huston wants to control from the top but Dance keeps moving.
Huston is looking to work some ground and pound but Dance has wrist control.
Huston wants to stand but Dance is controlling his posture from full guard.

Dance looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huston trying to control the position from guard on top but Dance is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huston wants to pass the guard but Dance is keeping the position.
Huston wants to stand but Dance is controlling his posture from full guard.

Huston avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dance is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Huston wants to control from the top but Dance keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huston postures up.
Huston tries to free his leg and advance position but Dance is retaining full guard.
We've been informed that Dance has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Huston with a flurry of punches that miss.
Huston trying to control but Dance is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Derrick Huston wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Huston closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Huston is trying to get an arm triangle but Dance is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Huston tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Huston has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dance is trying to control Huston's posture but Huston avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Huston closes the distance and pushes Dance back into the cage.

Dance tightens his grip and picks Huston up, before dumping him to the ground. Huston manages to land in guard.
Huston is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dance pushes down on Huston's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Huston has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dance is working away from the top position though.
Dance wants to take a breather but Huston is having none of it.

Dance maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Huston could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Dance has cracked it and Huston is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Dance!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dave Dance!
After the fight, Dave Dance was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Derrick Huston stepped up to the mic, saying 'I would like to thank my fans first and for most and i will come back stronger and better'.