PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Byrne
vs
Dick

203 cm
25
240 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

198 cm
24
285 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Big Dick!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dick throws a leg kick which misses Byrne's front leg but catches the back leg as Byrne tries to avoid it.
Dick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byrne.
Byrne tries to move into range but Dick moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Byrne scores with a nice head shot.
Dick looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Byrne throws a body shot but no joy.
Byrne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dick lands a glancing blow to the side of Byrne's head.
Byrne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dick was well out of range. Poor timing from Byrne.
Byrne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dick takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dick swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Byrne counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dick throws the left hand but Byrne avoids the punch easily.
We've been hearing reports that Byrne has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Byrne throws a right and a left that Dick avoids nicely.
Dick steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Byrne.
Dick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Byrne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Byrne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Byrne throws a hook to the side of Dick's head but Dick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Byrne connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne cracks Dick with an open hand slap.
A telegraphed right hand from Byrne misses the target.
Dick throws a big shot that misses.
Dick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Dick. Those never looked like landing.
Good leg kick by Dick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Byrne takes a swing at Dick's ribcage but misses.
Dick blocks a low kick nicely.
Dick tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byrne.
Dick throws out a powerful jab.
Dick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Byrne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Byrne drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dick sprawls and moves away.
Dick tries to clinch up but Byrne circles away and keeps his distance.
Dick throws a right and a left that Byrne avoids nicely.
Byrne throws the kick towards the body but Dick avoids it.
Byrne sets himself, and Dick steps forward looking for the clinch! Byrne avoids it this time.
Dick throws a lazy right hand but Byrne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne misses with a right hand
and Dick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Byrne connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byrne tries a head kick but it misses.
Byrne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dick is out of range.
Dick throws a jab but it's blocked by Byrne.
Dick looks to land a left hand but Byrne moved out of range nicely.
Byrne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dick.
Dick avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Byrne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dick doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab, jab by Dick - just one landing.
Byrne throws a leg kick but Dick checks it.
Dick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Byrne tries a head kick but it misses.
Dick misses with a wild body shot.
Byrne misses with a low kick.
Byrne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Byrne connects with an inside leg kick.
Byrne loads up on a big right hand but Dick slips the punch.
Dick works Byrne's body with a nice hook.
Dick tries to work over Byrne's front leg with a kick but Byrne checks it.
Good exchange - Dick coming out on top.
Byrne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dick lands a jab.
Dick feints a jab promting Byrne to slip. Dick then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Byrne slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Byrne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dick misses with a series of wild punches.
Byrne appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Byrne connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dick works over Byrne's head and body with a nice combination.
Dick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Byrne throws out the jab.
Byrne throws a body kick that misses.
Byrne throws a hook to the side of Dick's head but Dick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Dick misses.
Byrne misses with a hook. Dick ducked under it nicely.
Byrne throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Byrne tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dick is able to avoid easily.
Byrne throws a leg kick but Dick moved away.
Byrne lands with a nice body punch.
Dick misses the shot to the body.
Byrne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dick moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byrne throws a solid leg kick but Dick takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Byrne.
Nice uppercut lands for Byrne. That snapped Dick's head back.
Byrne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Byrne will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Byrne blocks a jab.
Byrne tries to land a leg kick but Dick saw it coming and moves away.
Byrne keeps the fight on the outside.
Byrne works over Dick's head and body with a nice combination.
Byrne scores with a hook.
Byrne ducks under a wild hook from Dick.
Dick moves out of range as Byrne strikes.
Dick misses with a hook. Byrne ducked under it nicely.
Byrne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dick.
Byrne drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dick sprawls and moves away.
Byrne throws a nice head kick!
Good work by Dick as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byrne looks to land a combination but Dick avoids it well.
Byrne cracks Dick with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne takes a swing at Dick's ribcage but misses.
Byrne slips under a jab from Dick.
A counter left hand to the body from Byrne misses its target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dick misses with a hook. Byrne ducked under it nicely.
Dick misses with a double jab.
Byrne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dick moves away.
Dick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byrne manages to avoid it.
Dick with a jab.
Byrne staying out of range there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Byrne here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Byrne.
Dick misses with a combination
and Byrne counters with a slapping leg kick.
The fighters circling - Byrne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Byrne's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Byrne duly obliges.
Dick lands with a right hand.
Byrne missing with a left hand there. Dick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Dick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne throws a push kick but Dick slaps the foot to one side.
Byrne sets himself, and Dick steps forward looking for the clinch! Byrne avoids it this time.
Dick needs to keep his hands up - Byrne had a free shot at his head there.
Nice shot lands for Byrne.
Dick scores with a one two! Byrne had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Byrne scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dick throws a hook but Byrne avoids it easily.
Dick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Byrne lands with a cross.
Dick lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab from Byrne finds it's way through Dick's defenses.
Byrne moves out of range of the strikes.
Dick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byrne works the jab nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dick might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Byrne has got the better of the exchanges.
Byrne swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dick avoids the head kick by Byrne.
Byrne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dick.
Byrne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dick.
Dick throws out a counter right but Byrne avoids it with no problem.
Dick tries to clinch but Byrne moves away
letting Byrne counter with a right hand.
Byrne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dick was well out of range. Poor timing from Byrne.
Byrne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Byrne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Byrne counters with a left to the body.
A big right from Byrne misses.
Dick throws out a counter right but Byrne avoids it with no problem.
Byrne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dick.
Byrne missing with a left hand there. Dick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dick now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dick looks to land a right hand but Byrne moved out of range.
Byrne jabs Dick to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Byrne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byrne throws a jab but it's blocked by Dick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dick misses with a wild body shot.
Byrne misses with a leg kick
and Dick counters with a nice leg kick.
Byrne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dick can do to turn this around?
Dick's corner calls for a 1-2. Dick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Good shot there by Byrne.
Dick looks to land a right hand but Byrne moved out of range.
Dick swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Dick rushes Byrne and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dick misses with a body punch.
Byrne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dick is defending well for now.
Byrne tries to land knees in the clinch but Dick avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byrne wants a takedown.
Byrne scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Byrne dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Byrne throws a leg kick but Dick sees it coming and moves out of range.
Byrne swings widly with a right hand
and Dick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Byrne to score with a decent uppercut.
Byrne misses with a leg kick
and Dick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Byrne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dick looks to throw the jab but Byrne is out of range.
Dick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byrne was well out of range. Poor timing from Dick.
Dick connects with a body shot that sends Byrne's belly button to the back.
Byrne ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Byrne misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Byrne slips a straight right by Dick.
Both fighters circling a little - Byrne finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Byrne with a nice cross.
Dick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Byrne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dick lands a nice hook to Byrne's body. Byrne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dick throws a right hand that misses
enabling Byrne to counter with a crisp jab.
Matt Byrne is winning the standup battle so far.
Byrne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dick throws a lazy uppercut
and Byrne counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Byrne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dick throws a body punch but Byrne moves out of range.
Byrne is looking to score with low kicks.
Byrne tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Byrne throws a head kick but Dick moves out of range.
Dick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Byrne throws out the jab.
Dick misses with a straight left.
Dick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Byrne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dick was well out of range. Poor timing from Byrne.
Dick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Byrne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Byrne lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dick circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne needs to keep his hands up - Dick had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dick misses with a hook
and Byrne counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dick is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Byrne connects with a solid leg kick.
Byrne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dick.
The fighters circling - Byrne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dick dips to his left and cracks Byrne with an uppercut!
Dick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Byrne defending well as Dick loads up on a big left hand.
Dick misses with a wild body shot.
Byrne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Byrne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Byrne misses with an uppercut
and Byrne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Byrne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dick swings for the body but Byrne moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Byrne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne tries to land a front kick but Dick steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dick tries to counter by closing the distance.
Byrne throws out a loose jab but Dick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrne defending well as Dick loads up on a big left hand.
Byrne defending well as Dick loads up on a big left hand.
Dick misses the jab.
Dick lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Byrne clobbers Dick with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Byrne misses with a body shot.
Dick misses with a straight left.
Dick throws a lazy right hand but Byrne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Byrne lands a jab to Dick's midsection.
Dick takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Byrne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dick manages to avoid it.
Dick takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byrne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dick misses with a straight right.
Byrne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Big Dick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne's corner calls for a 1-2. Byrne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Dick is rocked!
Byrne feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Dick crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Matt Byrne!
A victorious Matt Byrne thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.