PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beric Dondarrion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and No Way (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dondarrion
vs
Way

172 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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 Hilo, Beric Dondarrion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, No Way!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dondarrion tries to land a knee to the head but Way blocks with his arms.
Way scores with a knee to the head.
Way with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Way looking to stall.
Way pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dondarrion misses with a knee strike.
Way tries to land a knee to the head but Dondarrion blocks with his arms.
Way tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dondarrion smiles and moves away.
A head kick from Dondarrion lands but Way takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dondarrion moves into the clinch successfully.
Dondarrion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Way tries a knee to the head but Dondarrion blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dondarrion looking to throw knees to the head but Way is blocking nicely.
Way tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Way tries to pull guard but Dondarrion forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dondarrion tries a knee to the head but Way blocks it.
Way trying to control the position but instead, Dondarrion has worked for underhooks and has pushed Way into the cage.
Way tries to pull guard but Dondarrion holds him up against the cage and eventually Way drops back down to his feet.
Beric Dondarrion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of No Way.
Dondarrion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Way tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dondarrion just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dondarrion unloads a knee to the mid-section. Way lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dondarrion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Way using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dondarrion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dondarrion tries a knee to the head but Way blocks it.
Way tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dondarrion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dondarrion with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dondarrion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dondarrion holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Way with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dondarrion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Way blocks it with crossed arms.
Dondarrion connects with a knee to the head.
Way throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dondarrion with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Way lands a knee to the head.
Dondarrion is stalling here.
Dondarrion is pushing Way up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dondarrion gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Dondarrion landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Dondarrion.
Dondarrion connects with a nasty looking knee right to Way's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dondarrion landing knees to the head.

Way jumps guard and drags Dondarrion to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dondarrion wants to stand and escape but instead Way has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Dondarrion working a defensive guard here.
Way cracks Dondarrion with a solid left hand.
Way wants to control from the top but Dondarrion keeps moving.
Way throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Way trying to control the position from guard on top but Dondarrion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Way stopping the sweep attempt from Dondarrion.
Way trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Way is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Way drops back looking for a leg! Dondarrion is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dondarrion manages to kick Way off! Way jumps back into Dondarrion's guard.
Dondarrion wants to sweep here but Way controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beric Dondarrion dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dondarrion scores with a punch to the head.

Way tries to keep at a distance but Dondarrion has taken the fight into the clinch.
Way with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dondarrion working Way over with knees to the body.
Dondarrion lands a knee to the head.
Dondarrion is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A knee to the head by Dondarrion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dondarrion misses with a knee to the head.
Dondarrion landing knees to the head.
Dondarrion landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dondarrion tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dondarrion prevents the takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dondarrion stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dondarrion's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dondarrion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Way can do to turn this around?
Way is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dondarrion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dondarrion lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dondarrion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Way blocks it with crossed arms.

Way manages to pull guard.
Way is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Way has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Way controls Dondarrion momentarily but Dondarrion frees himself.
Way pulls Dondarrion in close to his closed guard and prevents Dondarrion from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Way is continuing to stall.

Way looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Way managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dondarrion looking to pass the guard.
Way keeping moving, preventing Dondarrion from controlling successfully.
Dondarrion has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Way is proving hard to escape from.
Dondarrion knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Way on the ground.

Way working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dondarrion doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dondarrion manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Way not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Way is controlling Dondarrion's posture.
Dondarrion tries to stand but Way is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dondarrion wants to stand and escape but instead Way 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.

Beric Dondarrion dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dondarrion moves into the clinch.
Way takes a knee right on the jaw!
Beric Dondarrion has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Way throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dondarrion blocks it with crossed arms.
Dondarrion manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dondarrion misses with a knee strike.
Dondarrion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Way manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Way misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dondarrion tries to land a knee to the head but Way blocks with his arms.
The referee calls for Dondarrion to work.
Way is working for takedown but Dondarrion is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Way fails to pull guard.
Dondarrion tries to land a knee to the head but Way blocks with his arms.
Way using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dondarrion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dondarrion tries to land a knee to the head but Way blocks with his arms.
Way is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dondarrion is defending well for now.
Dondarrion scores with a knee to the head.
Way tries for a takedown but Dondarrion manages to get underhooks.
Beric Dondarrion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of No Way.
Dondarrion leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dondarrion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dondarrion tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dondarrion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dondarrion connects with a nasty looking knee right to Way's face.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dondarrion misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Way has clasped his hands together around Dondarrion's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dondarrion tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Way wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Way decides to stand back up. Way steps back and let's Dondarrion get back to his feet.

Way drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Way scoring with punches to the head and body.
Way trying to control but Dondarrion is working from the bottom.
Dondarrion looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Way wants to control from the top but Dondarrion keeps moving.
No Way has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dondarrion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Way.
Way working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dondarrion's head.
Way slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Way has an Americana. Dondarrion didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Way is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Way hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). No Way!