PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawson (ranked 3928 p4p, 432 weight class) and Kyle Ryan (ranked 5596 p4p, 575 weight class). Dawson comes to the cage accompanied by Titanic theme. Kyle Ryan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dawson
vs
Ryan

175 cm
19
270 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

196 cm
19
223 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

IniTech Nutrition
Arcticus University: London

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson moves to clinch but Ryan breaks away
and Ryan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ryan lands a jab to Dawson's midsection.
Dawson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ryan with a poor takedown

and Dawson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dawson misses with an elbow strike.
Dawson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dawson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dawson misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ryan is looking to break free of the clinch but Dawson has double underhooks.
Ryan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ryan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dawson smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson tries to clinch up
and Ryan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dawson misses with a body shot.
Dawson tries to clinch there but Ryan circles away.
Dawson misses the shot to the body.
Dawson tries to close the distance and clinch but Ryan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ryan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dawson with a body shot.
Dawson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ryan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ryan cracks Dawson with a good jab.
Ryan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dawson back to the cage. Ryan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Dawson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ryan to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Dawson is looking for a triangle but Ryan pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryan passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Ryan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dawson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dawson is not content to let Ryan control the position.
Dawson tries to improve position but can't.
Dawson being controlled for a moment.

Ryan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ryan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dawson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Ryan goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Dawson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Ryan's guard! Nice work there by Dawson!
Dawson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ryan is proving hard to escape from.

Ryan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dawson is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dawson controls the pace.
Dawson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ryan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dawson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ryan is trying to control the position but Dawson postures up.

Ryan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Dawson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ryan dives on top into guard.

Ryan stands and throws Dawson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dawson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ryan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Dawson forces Ryan back against the cage and clinches.
Dawson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dawson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ryan is trying to break free.
Dawson tries to work over Ryan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dawson crunches a lovely knee into Ryan's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Dawson.
Ryan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ryan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ryan manages to break the clinch.
Ryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dawson tries to clinch up.
Ryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dawson takes one to the side of the head.
Jack Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dawson clinches with his opponent.
Dawson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Our sources have told us that Dawson has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Ryan is breathing heavily.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dawson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ryan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Dawson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dawson obliges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Ryan has Dawson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ryan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dawson tumbling to the mat - Ryan dives into Dawson's guard.

Dawson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dawson trying to control the position.

Ryan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dawson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ryan has managed to get both his arms back between Dawson's legs - danger averted.

Dawson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ryan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ryan tries to free his leg and advance position but Dawson is retaining full guard.

Dawson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ryan passes into side control.

Ryan tries for a kimura but Dawson is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ryan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ryan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dawson tries to improve position but can't.
Ryan working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kyle Ryan has got the better of the ground game so far.

Ryan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dawson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dawson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ryan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Ryan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dawson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dawson can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Dawson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dawson missing with a left hand there. Ryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Dawson.
Dawson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ryan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ryan scores with a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ryan tests Dawson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kyle Ryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ryan lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryan scores with a nice head shot.
Ryan scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Dawson misses.
Dawson tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dawson as he jumps to the side.
Ryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ryan defending well as Dawson loads up on a big left hand.
Dawson wants to clinch
and Ryan counters with a stiff right hand.
Ryan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dawson on the side of the head.
Dawson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dawson tries to clinch there but Ryan circles away.
Dawson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ryan.
Ryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dawson back to the cage. Ryan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dawson is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson misses with a hook to the body
and Ryan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dawson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jack Dawson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dawson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ryan works over Dawson's head and body with a nice combination.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ryan. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Dawson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ryan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Dawson darts in and clinches Ryan up against the cage.
Ryan blocks a body shot from Dawson.
Dawson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Kyle Ryan has been cut.
Ryan is trying to break free.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ryan avoids it.
Dawson misses with a body punch.
Ryan wants to get back to striking at distance but Dawson won't allow it.
Dawson lands a knee to the body.
Ryan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dawson leaning against his opponent.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawson manages to avoid it.
Ryan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ryan keeps the fight on the outside.
Ryan is looking for the big counter here.
Ryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Dawson moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dawson throws an elbow but misses.
Ryan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ryan tries to score a body lock takedown but Dawson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dawson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jack Dawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle Ryan.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from Dawson.
Dawson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dawson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ryan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dawson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dawson lands a body shot.
Nice elbow from Dawson.
Ryan takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dawson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ryan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dawson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ryan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dawson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ryan takes an elbow to the forehead.

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 Jack Dawson.
I think Dawson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Dawson!
Our winner, Jack Dawson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.