PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lou Dalton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn The Viking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Viking is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wardruna - Fehu. Bjorn The Viking has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lou Dalton's chin.

Dalton
vs
The Viking

187 cm
22
278 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

196 cm
19
248 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lou Dalton!
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, Bjorn The Viking!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dalton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dalton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Viking's guard.

Dalton stops The Viking from standing up.
Dalton throwing strikes but missing.
Dalton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dalton distracts The Viking with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The Viking avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Viking controlling the position.
Dalton chips away with some ground and pound.
Dalton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Viking preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dalton postures up in The Viking's guard and throws a big left but The Viking blocks it.
Dalton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Viking really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dalton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dalton distracts The Viking with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dalton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dalton is looking to work some ground and pound but The Viking has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton chips away with some ground and pound.
Dalton won't allow The Viking to get back to his feet.
The Viking utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Viking wants to sweep but no luck.
Dalton is fighting to break The Viking's control of his arms but The Viking is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The Viking working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dalton.
Dalton is looking to work some ground and pound but The Viking has wrist control.
Dalton throwing strikes from guard but The Viking blocks nicely.
Dalton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dalton throws a big right hand that misses.
Dalton postures up and lands a big shot to The Viking's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The fighters are working up against the cage. The Viking manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dalton is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. The Viking can't fight it off and eventually Dalton manages to take the fight to the floor. The Viking looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

The Viking kicks Dalton off and gets to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Viking closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Dalton has one foot on The Viking's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Dalton is breathing heavily.

The Viking closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dalton to the mat! Dalton manages to get full guard.
The Viking postures up in Dalton's guard and throws a big left but Dalton blocks it.
The Viking trying to control the position from guard on top but Dalton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Viking won't allow Dalton to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalton looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The Viking trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dalton's guard.
Dalton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ground and pound from Dalton.
The Viking blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dalton.
The Viking has hold of Dalton's hands but Dalton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dalton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dalton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dalton drops an elbow to the side of The Viking's head.
The Viking avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dalton.
The Viking avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dalton.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dalton lands a nice short elbow.
The Viking keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Viking wants to get back to full guard.
Dalton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Viking tries to get to full guard but Dalton has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Dalton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Viking closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The Viking taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalton sneaks back into half guard.
Dalton trying to control but The Viking postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton is controlling The Viking's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Dalton manages to get to full guard.
The Viking not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The Viking is looking to advance position but Dalton has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dalton misses with a head shot.
Lou Dalton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Viking keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dalton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dalton sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The Viking is bucking up trying to escape but Dalton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The Viking is breathing heavily.
Dalton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The Viking wants to hold on but Dalton pushes him away.
Dalton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Viking hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dalton sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Viking tries to hold on but Dalton pushes him away.
Dalton scoring with strikes but The Viking is staying in there.
Dalton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Viking can do to turn this around?
The Viking blocking the ground and pound.
The Viking is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dalton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dalton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dalton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Viking hang on?
Dalton with a couple of short strikes.
Dalton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dalton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dalton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Viking is bucking up trying to escape but Dalton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dalton looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Dalton working The Viking over with strikes here.
Dalton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dalton working the ground and pound effectively.
The Viking is looking to get to half guard.
Dalton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Viking hang on?
Dalton landing shots from mount.
Dalton lands a couple of good shots and The Viking has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Dalton lands with a hammerfist to the side of The Viking's head.

Dalton working for a choke but The Viking is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Dalton 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!

Dalton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dalton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The Viking would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalton seems keen to control The Viking's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dalton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Viking manages to get himself to full guard.

The Viking preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dalton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Viking works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dalton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dalton throws a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Viking utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dalton with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Viking working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dalton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dalton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The Viking manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Dalton jumps guard.
Dalton has a closed guard, preventing The Viking from standing up.

The Viking decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dalton, up you get!

The Viking changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dalton looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dalton sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dalton manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalton seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The Viking wants to stand and escape but instead Dalton has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dalton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dalton throwing strikes but missing.
The Viking is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Viking is looking to stand up but Dalton isn't so interested in that idea.
Dalton postures up in The Viking's guard and throws a big left but The Viking blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dalton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dalton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dalton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dalton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dalton is looking to work some ground and pound but The Viking has wrist control.
The Viking has momentary wrist control but Dalton slips an elbow through the middle.
Dalton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dalton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dalton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dalton gets caught napping as The Viking dives in and scores a takedown. Dalton manages to retain guard.
Dalton is pulling down on The Viking's head. It's preventing any offense from The Viking, at least for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lou Dalton.
Well Dalton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lou Dalton!