PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dante Alastair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alastair might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The End by Roadrunner United. Matt Wright is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Alastair
vs
Wright

184 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Alastair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Wright!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Wright with that takedown attempt.
Wright closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alastair circles away.
Wright is looking to clinch but Alastair is avoiding it.
Wright shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alastair but Alastair pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dante Alastair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Wright.
Alastair fails to land with a series of punches.
Wright tries to clinch but Alastair is having none of it.
Wright looks to land a body kick but Alastair moved away.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Alastair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright shoots for a takedown but Alastair saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alastair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alastair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alastair misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright darts in trying to clinch

and Alastair decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wright's guard.
Alastair has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Alastair is breathing heavily.
Alastair postures up.
Alastair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wright works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wright is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wright is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alastair lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright is trying to keep Alastair in close.
Alastair connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wright tries to clinch there but Alastair circles away.
Wright showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alastair.
Matt Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wright takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wright takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alastair moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alastair swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Alastair changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wright looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wright manages to get back to half guard.
Alastair looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wright wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alastair wants to control but Wright is keeping him busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wright manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alastair controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Wright looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wright trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Alastair trying to control but Wright is working from the bottom.
Alastair stopping the sweep attempt from Wright.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wright trying to keep a closed guard but Alastair is proving a slippery customer.
Wright utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wright working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wright has his takedown stuffed

and Alastair counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Well, if Alastair is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Alastair lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Alastair dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wright wants to clinch.
Wright has his takedown stuffed
and Alastair counters with a right hand to the body.
Alastair misses with the combination.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt

and Alastair counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wright bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alastair's guard.
Alastair is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Alastair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wright is looking to stand up but Alastair won't let him.
Alastair not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wright forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alastair is looking to improve his position.
Wright throwing shots but Alastair is blocking nicely.
Alastair wants to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Alastair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alastair misses with a series of wild punches.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Wright shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Alastair counters with a shoot takedown. Wright fights it but they end up in guard.
Dante Alastair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Wright.
Wright manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Alastair on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Alastair tries to get out of the position.
Alastair is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dante Alastair overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alastair tries to reverse the position but Wright maintains control.

Wright is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Alastair is surviving well by controlling Wright's body position as best he can.
Alastair flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wright lands a big shot there that rocks Alastair but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alastair is wriggling around trying to escape.
Alastair tries to hold on but Wright pushes him away.
Wright controlling the position easily from mount.
Alastair is working to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.
Alastair looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Alastair is trying to break free.

Wright working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Wright trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Alastair tries to break free.
Wright trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Alastair dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alastair.
Wright fails with the takedown.
Alastair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Alastair pushes him off.
Alastair takes one to the side of the head.

Wright closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright is pressed up against the cage. Alastair has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wright down to the mat. Wright avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wright clinches but Alastair breaks the clinch
and Alastair counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wright throws a sloppy head kick and Alastair moves out of range easily.
Wright tries to clinch up but Alastair circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alastair keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Alastair works over Wright's head and body with a nice combination.
Wright wants to clinch up but Alastair keeps it at a distance.

Wright gets the takedown into side control.
Alastair struggling a bit here.
Alastair is not content to let Wright control the position.
Alastair gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright prevents Alastair from improving his position.
Wright scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alastair is trying to maintain the position but Wright is very close to passing his half guard.
Wright frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wright cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wright can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alastair is looking to escape.
Alastair can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wright prevents Alastair from getting the reversal.

Wright moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Alastair has worked his arm free - good work by Alastair!
Wright misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Alastair is looking to regain half guard here but Wright keeps moving and retains side control.
Alastair is not content to let Wright control the position.
Alastair is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wright wants to control but Alastair is keeping him busy.

Wright stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Alastair rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wright shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alastair as he jumps to the side.
Dante Alastair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Wright.
Wright wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Wright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Alastair 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Alastair!