PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dixon
vs
Ripgut

183 cm
40
276 lbs
35 - 27 - 0

191 cm
25
260 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Conquer
Conviction

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 35 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vince Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Ripgut!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ripgut.
We've been hearing reports that Dixon has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Dixon clinches with his opponent.
Ripgut blocks a body shot from Dixon.
Dixon stalling against the cage.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
Ripgut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dixon's defenses.

It looks like Vince Dixon has been cut.
Ripgut pushes Dixon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ripgut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dixon pushes off an throws an elbow but Ripgut leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ripgut misses with a knee to the head.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Dixon blocks with his arms.
Dixon lands an elbow that stopped Ripgut in his tracks for a moment.
Dixon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ripgut.
Ripgut lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dixon backwards.
Ripgut tries a body shot but Dixon blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ripgut landing knees to the head.
Ripgut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dixon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dixon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dixon tries to work over Ripgut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Ripgut on the inside.

Vince Dixon's cut is getting worse.
Dixon lands with a left to the head.
Ripgut avoids the elbow strike from Dixon, against the cage.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ripgut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripgut avoids a wild elbow strike from Dixon.
Dixon has a couple of punches blocked by Ripgut.
Dixon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dixon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ripgut looks winded!
Ripgut takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Dixon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dixon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dixon just leaning against Ripgut, taking a breather.
Ripgut takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Shane Ripgut has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon throws an elbow that misses.
Ripgut with a knee to the head.
Dixon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ripgut.
Dixon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dixon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
Ripgut takes an elbow to the temple.
Dixon lands an elbow inside.
Ripgut's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters up against the cage, Dixon throws an elbow but misses.
Ripgut has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dixon seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ripgut can turn it around.
Dixon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ripgut avoids a wild elbow strike from Dixon.
Ripgut gets underhooks to prevent Dixon's takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Dixon.
Dixon tries to land knees in the clinch but Ripgut avoids the damage to the body.
Dixon lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dixon.
Ripgut misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ripgut wants to stall.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dixon pushes off an throws an elbow but Ripgut leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ripgut avoiding damage as Dixon throws knees to the body.
Ripgut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dixon.
Ripgut is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dixon.
Dixon can't get the takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dixon.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Ripgut.
Ripgut takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dixon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ripgut takes an elbow to the temple.
Dixon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ripgut is defending well for now.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ripgut managing to block the knees to the body from Dixon.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
Dixon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Dixon.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
Ripgut looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dixon dodges an elbow strike from Ripgut.
Ripgut landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Dixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ripgut blocks an elbow strike.
Ripgut blocks an elbow strike.
Ripgut looking to throw knees to the head but Dixon is blocking nicely.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Dixon.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dixon throws an elbow but misses.
Dixon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ripgut managing to block the knees to the body from Dixon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Vince Dixon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dixon takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Dixon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dixon darts in and clinches Ripgut up against the cage.
Dixon missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ripgut.
Ripgut avoiding damage as Dixon throws knees to the body.
Ripgut avoids the elbow strike from Dixon, against the cage.
Dixon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ripgut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dixon throws an elbow but it misses.
Dixon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ripgut's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Ripgut scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripgut avoids a wild elbow strike from Dixon.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dixon crunches a lovely knee into Ripgut's ribcage.
Ripgut is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dixon avoiding damage.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Dixon blocks it.
Ripgut lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dixon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ripgut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dixon.
Ripgut lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Vince Dixon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Dixon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dixon'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.
Ripgut managing to block the knees to the body from Dixon.
Dixon missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dixon working Ripgut over with knees to the body.
Ripgut blocks the elbow strike.
Ripgut prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Dixon avoids the damage to the body.
Dixon blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut takes an elbow to the temple.
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!
Dixon lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Shane Ripgut's cut even more.
Dixon looking to throw knees to the head but Ripgut is blocking nicely.
Ripgut blocks an elbow strike.
Ripgut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dixon misses with a knee strike.
Dixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripgut.
Vince Dixon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dixon trying to control the position but instead, Ripgut has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dixon into the cage.
Ripgut looking to throw knees to the head but Dixon is blocking nicely.
Dixon cracks Ripgut with a nice body shot.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dixon stalling against the cage.
Dixon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ripgut can do to turn this around?
Dixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dixon can't find room to land a body shot as Ripgut controls the action.
Dixon dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut looking to throw knees to the head but Dixon is blocking nicely.
Dixon controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dixon throws an elbow but misses.
Dixon trying to land knees to the body.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
Dixon looking to stall.
Dixon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ripgut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut lands with a short shot to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vince Dixon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shane Ripgut!
A very excited looking Shane Ripgut made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.