PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Ignacio Cresta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by This is How I Bang. Cresta is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The black keys - I got mine. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Dawkins
vs
Ignacio Cresta

186 cm
37
194 lbs
25 - 17 - 1

185 cm
28
189 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Ignacio Cresta!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Cresta is just out of range.
Cresta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dawkins.
Dawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dawkins slips a jab and a cross from Cresta.
Cresta avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Cresta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cresta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dawkins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cresta misses with a wild combination.
Cresta throws a nice looking combination but Dawkins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cresta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a body shot
and Cresta counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cresta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cresta misses with a few strikes there.
Cresta swinging wildly here.
Dawkins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cresta circles away.
Juan Ignacio Cresta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Cresta misses.
Cresta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dawkins lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cresta backs up against the cage.
Dawkins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cresta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Cresta does no damage.

Dawkins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ground and pound from Dawkins seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Dawkins goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Cresta rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dawkins's guard! Nice work there by Cresta!
Dawkins wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cresta's guard.

Dawkins sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cresta wants to stand and escape but Dawkins is having none of it.
Dawkins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dawkins content to stall in guard here.
Dawkins trying to control but Cresta is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins looking to sit in guard and control but Cresta gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Cresta postures up in Dawkins's guard and throws a big left but Dawkins blocks it.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dawkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cresta is aware though and is defending well.

Dawkins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cresta throws a big elbow that misses.

Dawkins has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cresta can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Dawkins has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Cresta doesn't defend quickly enough and Dawkins has managed to lock this one up! Can Cresta escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Dawkins on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jack Dawkins!
An out of breath Jack Dawkins thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Juan Ignacio Cresta spoke after the fight, saying 'No comments.'.