PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Badri Dadiani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yong Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wright has chosen Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough To Build Fires as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dadiani
vs
Wright

171 cm
19
153 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

165 cm
28
163 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Hates pizza

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

BlackStar Athletics
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Badri Dadiani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yong Wright!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dadiani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wright manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Dadiani.

Wright gets a clinch.
Dadiani wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dadiani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Dadiani's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wright throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wright lands with a right to the head.
Wright throws a punch but it's blocked by Dadiani.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright scores with a shoulder strike.
Wright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dadiani has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dadiani looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Wright.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Wright.
Wright lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
Dadiani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Dadiani controls the action.
Wright throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dadianis head.
Wright misses with the head strike.
Dadiani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wright has Dadiani pressed against the cage, preventing Dadiani from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dadiani is trying to push Wright away but Wright has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dadiani is trying to break the clinch but Wright is controlling him.
Wright misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Wright on the inside.
Dadiani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright swings wildly with an uppercut but Dadiani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dadiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dadiani tries to break free but Wright pushes him back against the cage.
Dadiani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright tries to work over Dadiani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dadiani can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dadiani.
Wright lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wright.
Dadiani prevents a body shot from Wright.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wright tries a body shot but Dadiani blocks it.
Wright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dadiani backwards.
Wright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wright creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wright has Dadiani pressed against the cage, preventing Dadiani from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dadiani prevents a body shot from Wright.
Wright misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wright lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wright lands an uppercut.
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wright creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dadiani blocking some punches.
Wright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dadiani's efforts to push away.
Wright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wright struggles to land a body shot inside as Dadiani controls his hands.
Dadiani working hard to break the clinch.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dadiani's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dadiani looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dadiani is trying to force a seperation but Wright has the dominant position.
Wright prevents Dadiani from breaking the clinch.
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yong Wright dominated that round.
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.

Dadiani tests Wright's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dadiani fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wright on the side of the head.

Wright fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dadiani, pushing him back against the cage.
Wright keeps control of Dadiani as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dadiani prevents a body shot from Wright.
Wright tries to work over Dadiani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wright misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dadiani is trying to force a seperation but Wright has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dadiani blocks a body shot from Wright.
Dadiani tries to break free but Wright pushes him back against the cage.
Wright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dadiani's elbow.
Dadiani is trying to break the clinch but Wright is controlling him.
Wright working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dadiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Dadiani.
Wright throws a punch but it's blocked by Dadiani.
Dadiani is trying to break the clinch but Wright is controlling him.
A right hook to the body lands for Wright.
Wright misses with some punches.
Wright lands a body punch.
Dadiani blocking some punches.
Wright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Dadiani blocks a body shot from Wright.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wright.
Wright has Dadiani pressed against the cage, preventing Dadiani from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Wright.
Wright works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dadiani is trying to break the clinch but Wright is controlling him.
Wright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dadiani blocking some punches.
Dadiani is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dadiani.
Dadiani has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dadianis head.
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!
Wright lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dadiani is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dadiani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wright prevents Dadiani from breaking the clinch.
Wright scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wright misses with some punches.
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Dadiani controls the action.
Wright prevents Dadiani from breaking the clinch.
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dadiani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yong Wright seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Wright on the inside.
Dadiani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dadiani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dadiani tries to break the clinch but Wright is controlling the position.
Wright has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands with a light punch inside.
Wright digs a right hand underneath Dadiani's ribcage. Dadiani let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dadiani wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dadiani blocks an uppercut.
Wright lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Dadiani controls the action.
Wright scores with a shoulder strike.

Dadiani is rocked!
Dadiani tries to break the clinch but Wright is controlling the position.
Dadiani wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dadiani is trying to push Wright away but Wright has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dadiani.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dadiani has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.
Wright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dadiani's efforts to push away.
Wright lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yong Wright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Wright walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Wright has managed to clinch.
Wright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dadiani backwards.
Oh Dadiani is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wright working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wright lands a shoulder strike.
Dadiani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright gets through Dadiani's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Dadiani controls the action.
Wright lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dadiani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dadiani blocks an uppercut.
Dadiani is trying to force a seperation but Wright has the dominant position.
Wright goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dadiani's efforts to push away.
Wright throws a big uppercut that drops Dadiani! More strikes from Wright and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dadiani lies dazed against the cage as Wright celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yong Wright!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Yong Wright waved his t-shirt featuring Arcticus University: London's logo in front of the cameras.