PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Selwoods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Gravemakers & Gunslingers. Mark Selwoods has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dean
vs
Selwoods

179 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Selwoods!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Selwoods.
Selwoods looks to land a combination but Dean avoids it well.
Selwoods lands a right hook to the body.

Dean clinches with his opponent.
Selwoods takes a shot to the head.

Dean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dean takes the fight into the clinch.
Dean lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Selwoods backwards.
Selwoods wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalling in the clinch from Dean.
Dean struggles to land a body shot inside as Selwoods controls his hands.

Dean manages to break the clinch.
Selwoods misses with a two punch combination.
Dean misses with a double jab.
Selwoods swats away the attempt to clinch by Dean.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dean looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Selwoods misses with a double jab

and Dean counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right from Dean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selwoods is trying to break free.
Dean doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dean fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Selwoods wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dean has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dean.
Selwoods wants to break free but Dean has control.

Dean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dean rushes Selwoods and presses him up against the cage.
Dean digs a right hand underneath Selwoods's ribcage. Selwoods let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dean digs a right hand into Selwoods's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Selwoods's gas tank.
Dean lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dean has him pressed against the cage.
Dean prevents Selwoods from breaking the clinch.
Dean pushes Selwoods back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dean has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Dean as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dean.

Dean breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Selwoods, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Selwoods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dean displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Selwoods throws out the jab.

Dean shoots in and bounces Selwoods off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Selwoods looks gassed!
Dean wanted to stand there but Selwoods had control of the position.
Selwoods manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dean defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Selwoods.

Selwoods looking to secure an arm triangle but Dean defends it well.

Selwoods is working for a guillotine from mount but Dean frees his head quite easily.
Dean wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selwoods trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dean is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Selwoods has hold of Dean's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dean manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Selwoods is trying to take his opponent's back.
Dean squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Dean is squirming around, avoiding Selwoods's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Dean dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Selwoods tries to bum rush Dean with a series of wild strikes but Dean uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Selwoods throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dean stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Selwoods throws a combination that misses
and Dean counters with a left and a right that stings Selwoods.
Dean tries to clinch but Selwoods is having none of it.
Selwoods throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dean counters with a nice double leg into side control. Selwoods won't be happy with that.
Selwoods is trying to control Dean's posture but Dean avoids it.
Selwoods manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Selwoods wants to control but Dean is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Selwoods wants to improve his position but Dean is controlling well.

Dean postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Selwoods to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Selwoods throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dean.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dean looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Dean instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dean digs a right hand underneath Selwoods's ribcage. Selwoods let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dean throws a head punch that misses.
Dean scores with a hook to the body.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Dean has double underhooks.
Selwoods is trying to break the clinch but Dean has him pressed against the cage.
Dean lands with a right to the head.
Dean lands with a light punch inside.

Dean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Selwoods keeps the fight on the outside.
Selwoods falls off balance throwing a combination
and Selwoods takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Selwoods avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mark Selwoods is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dean fails in his attempt to clinch.

Dean gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dean stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Selwoods breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Selwoods throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Dean moves into the clinch.
Dean is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Selwoods gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Selwoods blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dean looking to stall.
Dean throws a punch but it's blocked by Selwoods.
Selwoods blocks an uppercut.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Dean has double underhooks.
Selwoods has had enough of the clinch but Dean keeps him there for the moment.
Selwoods tries to break the clinch but Dean is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Selwoods's elbow.

Dean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Selwoods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Selwoods falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dean counters by clinching up.
Selwoods blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dean fails to land.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Dean has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dean.
Dean has a couple of punches blocked by Selwoods.
Dean lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dean tries for a takedown but Selwoods manages to get underhooks.
Dean can't find room to land a body shot as Selwoods controls the action.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dean has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Selwoods escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Selwoods misses with a wild combination.
Selwoods throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dean on the side of the head.
Mark Selwoods seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Selwoods.
Some wild striking there from Selwoods.
Dean dodges the punch combination from Selwoods.
Selwoods tries to bum rush Dean with a series of wild strikes but Dean uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Selwoods throws a right and a left that both miss.

Dean gets a takedown into half guard.
Selwoods makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Selwoods.
Dean wants to stand and escape but instead Selwoods has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Dean dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A punch combination from Selwoods misses.

Dean shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dean wants to control the pace but Selwoods is squirming around nicely.
Dean knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Selwoods on the ground.
Selwoods tries to lock up and control but Dean gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Selwoods is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dean tries to control but Selwoods wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selwoods gets back to half guard.
Selwoods is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dean's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dean's back!
Selwoods controls the position.
Dean controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Selwoods controlling from the back.

Selwoods is persistently looking for the submission but Dean is defending it well.

Selwoods looking for the choke from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selwoods tries to keep control of the position but Dean is staying busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Selwoods working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Selwoods trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Dean wants to get back to his feet.

Selwoods has got one arm under Dean's chin. This could be trouble... Dean trying to control the other hand but Selwoods gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Dean has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mark Selwoods!