PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sabu Dreamer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dreamer has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Dwayne Johnson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dreamer
vs
Johnson

195 cm
22
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
23
270 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sabu Dreamer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Dreamer is working an open guard so Johnson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Johnson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dreamer!
Dreamer is breathing heavily.
Johnson trying to control but Dreamer is having none of it.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Johnson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but Dreamer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Johnson working Dreamer over with strikes here.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
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!
Johnson tries to control but Dreamer wriggling away.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson with shots to the head and body - Dreamer looks very uncomfortable down there.

It looks like Sabu Dreamer has been cut.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dreamer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dreamer is in a horrible position here. Johnson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Johnson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with some strikes.
Johnson tries to control but Dreamer wriggling away.
Johnson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dreamer kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Despite being in the dominant position, Dwayne Johnson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Dreamer is avoiding it.

Johnson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dreamer looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dreamer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dreamer tries to get out of the position.
Johnson trying to control the position but Dreamer is working away.
Johnson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dreamer keeps working.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Johnson decides to stand back up. Johnson steps back and let's Dreamer get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dreamer keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dreamer's guard.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
Johnson slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dreamer!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sabu Dreamer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dreamer looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dwayne Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dreamer some visible discomfort.
Johnson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson wants to control but Dreamer is keeping him busy.
Johnson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Johnson decides to stand back up. Johnson steps back and let's Dreamer get back to his feet.
Johnson tries to clinch but Dreamer moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Johnson connects with a nice short shot to Dreamer's temple.
Johnson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Johnson lands a big elbow.
Johnson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dreamer is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson landing strikes from the mount and Dreamer is in trouble!
Johnson breaks from Dreamer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Johnson looking to control but Dreamer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Johnson wants to control the pace but Dreamer is squirming around nicely.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
BOOM! Johnson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dreamer has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dreamer working to try and regain half guard.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dreamer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnson tries to control but Dreamer wriggling away.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dreamer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Johnson trying to control but Dreamer is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
Johnson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Johnson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dreamer looks a forlorn figure.
Dreamer is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sabu Dreamer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.

Johnson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johnson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson trying to control but Dreamer is working from the bottom.

Despite being in the dominant position, Dwayne Johnson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Johnson.

Johnson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Johnson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dreamer knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dreamer is looking to regain half guard here but Johnson keeps moving and retains side control.
Dreamer seems a little lost for a moment, as Johnson dominates the positioning.
Dreamer takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Johnson trying to control the position but Dreamer is working away.

Johnson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dreamer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Johnson postures up.

Dreamer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Dreamer keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson content to stall in guard here.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Dreamer keeps moving.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Johnson cracks Dreamer with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson slips nicely into half guard.

Johnson is working for a kimura but Dreamer is defending it quite comfortably.
Johnson trying to control the pace.
Dreamer trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Johnson manages to pass to mount!
Sabu Dreamer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dwayne Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight for Dwayne Johnson!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Dwayne Johnson!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Dwayne Johnson!

Dwayne Johnson wins by unanimous decision!