PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toney Dickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Banderez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dickson
vs
Banderez

213 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
24
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toney Dickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Banderez!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Banderez moves into the clinch.
Banderez lands an elbow just above Dickson 's eye.

It looks like Toney Dickson has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dickson.
Banderez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Banderez drags the fight down to the ground.
Banderez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Banderez has his foot on Dickson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dickson works his way back into a safe position though.
Dickson postures up in Banderez's guard and throws a big left but Banderez blocks it.
Dickson being controlled here momentarily.
Banderez wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Banderez has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Dickson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Banderez.
Dickson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banderez closes the distance and pushes Dickson back into the cage.
Banderez avoiding damage as Dickson throws knees to the body.
Banderez lands a shoulder strike.

Dickson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Banderez clinches with his opponent.
Dickson tries to throw a body punch but Banderez avoids it by throwing Dickson back against the cage.
Banderez tries a knee to the head but Dickson blocks it.

Banderez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Banderez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dickson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Dickson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dickson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dickson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dickson cracks Banderez with a nice body shot.
Banderez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dickson wants to stall.

Dickson breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dickson fails to land the takedown.

Banderez gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Banderez.
Banderez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dickson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banderez's elbow.
Banderez content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Dickson breaks from the clinch.

Dickson gets tackled into the cage by Banderez. Banderez maintains the clinch.

Banderez jumps into guard, dragging Dickson to the mat.
Dickson won't allow Banderez to sweep him here.
Banderez controlling the position.

Banderez scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Banderez gets a clinch.
Banderez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Banderez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Banderez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dickson, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Banderez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Dickson is trying to keep an underhook but Banderez manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Dickson manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Banderez clinches with his opponent.
Dickson stalling the fight.

Dickson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Banderez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Banderez working Dickson over with knees to the body.

Dickson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Banderez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dickson to the mat. Dickson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Dickson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Banderez.
Dickson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Dickson wriggles free and stands up.

Banderez rushes Dickson and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Banderez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Toney Dickson'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.

Dickson tries to keep at a distance but Banderez has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dickson misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Banderez.
Dickson tries a body shot but Banderez blocks it.
Dickson tries to land knees in the clinch but Banderez avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Banderez obliges.
Banderez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dickson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Dickson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banderez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Dickson is rocked!

Banderez drives through and clinches with Dickson against the cage.
Oh Dickson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dickson blocks the elbow strike.
Dickson blocks an elbow strike from Banderez.
Banderez throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Dickson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Banderez shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Dickson is on queer street and Banderez is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Ricardo Banderez!