PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Tony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Beaudrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dustin Beaudrey will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tony
vs
Beaudrey

189 cm
18
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Tony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Beaudrey!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tony fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Beaudrey misses with a few strikes there.
Tony shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beaudrey as he jumps to the side.
Beaudrey swings for the body but Tony moves out of range.

Tony forces Beaudrey back against the cage and clinches.
Beaudrey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tony has him pressed against the cage.
Tony just leaning against Beaudrey, taking a breather.
Tony looking to throw knees to the head but Beaudrey is blocking nicely.

Tony ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tony no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Beaudrey decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tony, up you get!
Beaudrey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beaudrey dodges the punch combination from Tony.
Beaudrey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beaudrey moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Beaudrey with a hook.
Beaudrey throws a nice looking combination but Tony bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tony tries to clinch there but Beaudrey circles away.
Tony closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beaudrey circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Tony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tony misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Beaudrey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beaudrey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beaudrey throws a head kick but Tony moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudrey tests Tony's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Beaudrey tests Tony's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tony closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beaudrey circles away.
Tony is breathing heavily.
Tony throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Beaudrey does no damage.
Beaudrey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Beaudrey!
Beaudrey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tony gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beaudrey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beaudrey tries to land a front kick but Tony steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tony moves forwards but Beaudrey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Beaudrey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tony shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beaudrey as he jumps to the side.
Beaudrey misses with a low kick.
Tony moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beaudrey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Beaudrey misses.
Beaudrey connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey lands an overhand right.
Dustin Beaudrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Beaudrey - just one landing.
Tony takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beaudrey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A clash of legs there as Tony blocks the low kick.
Beaudrey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tony stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beaudrey moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beaudrey thuds a left hand into Tony's body.
Beaudrey lands a two punch combo.
Tony shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Beaudrey's corner calls for a 1-2. Beaudrey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beaudrey does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Beaudrey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beaudrey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beaudrey attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beaudrey throws the kick towards the body but Tony avoids it.
Tony has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tony takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beaudrey lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Beaudrey misses with a head kick.
Tony dodges the punch combination from Beaudrey.
Beaudrey connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Beaudrey is working the combinations to good effect here.
Beaudrey throws a combination. Tony tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Beaudrey jabs at Tony's body.
Beaudrey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tony has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Beaudrey finds it's way round the side to connect with Tony's head.
Tony tries to close the distance and clinch but Beaudrey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beaudrey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beaudrey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Beaudrey is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Tony had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Beaudrey lands with a straight right. Tony didn't see that one coming.
Beaudrey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tony.
Jab, jab by Beaudrey - just one landing.
Dustin Beaudrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tony on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Beaudrey lands with a straight right. Tony didn't see that one coming.
Beaudrey scores with a three punch combo!
Beaudrey throws a leg kick but Tony moved away.
Some bone on bone action there as Tony checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Beaudrey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tony.
Tony blocks a low kick nicely.
Beaudrey lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey misses with a wild combination.
Beaudrey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beaudrey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beaudrey throws a right and a left that Tony avoids nicely.
A left and a right from Beaudrey both land. Nice combination.
Beaudrey throws a one two combo.
Beaudrey throws a right hand that Tony ducks under and follows up with a left that Tony also avoids with ease.
Tony takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beaudrey tries a low kick but Tony avoids it.
Beaudrey lands with a straight right. Tony didn't see that one coming.
Beaudrey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Beaudrey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tony gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beaudrey.
Beaudrey scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beaudrey lands with a nice combination. Tony backs away looking to recover.
Beaudrey throws a one two combo.
Beaudrey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tony on the side of the head.
Tony fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Beaudrey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Beaudrey lands with a shot to the body.
Donk. Beaudrey catches Tony right on the button with a cross.
Beaudrey misses with a looping right.
Tony slips a jab and a cross from Beaudrey.
Beaudrey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dustin Beaudrey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beaudrey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Beaudrey throws a series of punches but Tony moves out of range.
Beaudrey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tony doesn't seem bothered though.
Beaudrey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Beaudrey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tony shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beaudrey as he avoids it easily.
Tony takes one to the side of the head.
Beaudrey throws a push kick but Tony slaps the foot to one side.
Tony takes a jab right on the kisser.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beaudrey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Decent striking displayed by Beaudrey there.
A jab lands there for Beaudrey.
A cross from Beaudrey lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tony blocks a head kick by Beaudrey.
Beaudrey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good shot there by Beaudrey.
Beaudrey fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tony checks it well.
Beaudrey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Beaudrey lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Beaudrey throws a series of punches but Tony avoids them all with ease.
Tony ducks right into an uppercut from Beaudrey.
A jab lands there for Beaudrey.
A left and a right from Beaudrey both land. Nice combination.
Tony shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beaudrey pinned against the cage. Beaudrey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Tony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beaudrey throws a wild body kick that Tony sees coming a mile off.
Tony moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beaudrey works over Tony's head and body with a nice combination.
Beaudrey lands a jab to the nose.
Beaudrey throws a series of strikes that have Tony backpedaling.
Beaudrey lands a really nice looking cross but Tony seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A cross from Beaudrey lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Beaudrey scores with a four punch combination!
Beaudrey lands a two punch combo.
Beaudrey lands a with a good body shot.
Beaudrey connects with a looping right hand.
Tony looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tony takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beaudrey has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Beaudrey throws a combination. Tony tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Beaudrey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Beaudrey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Beaudrey cracks Tony with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tony pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tony lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Beaudrey has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Beaudrey and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tony fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tony shoots for a double leg takedown but Beaudrey sprawls well. He's pushed Tony's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Beaudrey bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tony's head backwards.
Tony doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A left lands for Beaudrey.
Tony has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Beaudrey finds it's way round the side to connect with Tony's head.
A right-left combo lands from Beaudrey.
Tony on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tony looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tony finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tony drops his hands momentarily and Beaudrey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tony takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Horrible takedown by Tony or perhaps it was just good defense by Beaudrey which made him look bad.
Tony takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Beaudrey lands a slapping body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Beaudrey.
Beaudrey lands a two punch combo.
Beaudrey lands a nice shot that snaps Tony's head back.
Tony swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tony closes the distance and clinches up with Beaudrey, looking for a takedown. Tony pushes Beaudrey against the cage but Beaudrey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Tony forces Beaudrey back against the cage and clinches.
Tony wants a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beaudrey is looking to break free of the clinch but Tony has double underhooks.
Tony using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beaudrey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tony trying to land knees to the body.
Beaudrey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beaudrey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tony with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beaudrey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beaudrey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tony is trying to drag Beaudrey to the mat but Beaudrey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Beaudrey wants a takedown but no success here.
Beaudrey wants to break the clinch but can't.

Tony pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaudrey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tony blocks a head kick by Beaudrey.
Beaudrey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beaudrey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tony stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tony looks for a takedown but Beaudrey sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Beaudrey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tony drops his hands momentarily and Beaudrey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Tony clinches with his opponent.
Beaudrey is looking to break free of the clinch but Tony has double underhooks.
Beaudrey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Beaudrey wants to break free but Tony has control.
Tony prevents Beaudrey from breaking the clinch.
Tony pushes off an throws an elbow but Beaudrey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Tony decides to pull guard.
Tony looking to control.

Beaudrey stands up from Tony's guard - Beaudrey perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tony moves out of range as Beaudrey strikes.
Beaudrey scores with a jab to the body.
Beaudrey throws a series of punches but Tony moves out of range.
Tony tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beaudrey swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Tony looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tony trying to control but Beaudrey is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beaudrey pushes Tony off and scrambles back to his feet.
Beaudrey throws the left hand but Tony avoids the punch easily.
Beaudrey lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beaudrey lands a jab-cross combination.
Beaudrey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beaudrey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tony shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Beaudrey but Beaudrey pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Beaudrey lands with a nice combination. Tony backs away looking to recover.
Beaudrey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tony pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tony moves in looking to clinch but Beaudrey pushes him off.
Beaudrey scores with a sloppy right hand. Tony should have avoided that one.
Beaudrey with a nice cross.
Beaudrey scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tony fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beaudrey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tony shoots for a takedown but Beaudrey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beaudrey scores with a one two! Tony had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Beaudrey misses with a body shot.
Tony shoots in for a double leg but Beaudrey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Tony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beaudrey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tony showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beaudrey.
Beaudrey swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tony throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beaudrey's waist but Beaudrey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tony off to one side.
Tony shoots in but no luck this time.
Beaudrey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Beaudrey.
Beaudrey scores with a jab.
Tony looks for a takedown but Beaudrey sprawls well.
Tony fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tony fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Beaudrey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ray Tony is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tony takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beaudrey stuns Tony with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tony tries to clinch but Beaudrey is having none of it.
Beaudrey lands a jab.
Tony throws a nice looking combination but Beaudrey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beaudrey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tony in his tracks.
Beaudrey throws a chopping leg kick but Tony manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Beaudrey thuds a left hand into Tony's body.

Tony instigates a clinch.

Tony breaks from the clinch.
Beaudrey scores with a body shot.
Beaudrey scores with a nice strike.
Beaudrey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tony doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch lands to the side of Tony 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Beaudrey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Beaudrey lands with an uppercut that bounces Tony off the cage and back into rage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beaudrey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Beaudrey connects with a crisp jab.
Beaudrey goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Beaudrey throws a right hand that Tony ducks under and follows up with a left that Tony also avoids with ease.
Nice takedown defense from Beaudrey. No joy for Tony on that attempt.
Tony fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tony looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tony misses the jab.
Beaudrey slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Good work by Tony as he checks the leg kick.
Tony takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beaudrey lands a two punch combo.
Beaudrey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beaudrey works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Beaudrey takes a swing at Tony's ribcage but misses.
Ray Tony has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dustin Beaudrey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tony throws a sloppy head kick and Beaudrey moves out of range easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Beaudrey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Beaudrey winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Beaudrey!