PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dillon Bender (ranked 6362 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonny Wyatt (ranked 23322 p4p, 0 weight class). Lonny Wyatt will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bender
vs
Wyatt

186 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

213 cm
20
214 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dillon Bender!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lonny Wyatt!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bender fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wyatt sprawls well initially but Bender persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wyatt wants to control but Bender is keeping busy.
Bender is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Wyatt is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bender seems to be looking for submissions.
Wyatt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bender.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt tries to roll over but Bender keeps him under control.
Bender passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Wyatt!
Wyatt tries to lock up and control but Bender gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bender lands with some strikes.
Wyatt is bucking up trying to escape but Bender cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bender lands a big elbow.
Bender looking to control but Wyatt is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bender is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Wyatt is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bender controlling from the full mount.
Bender lands a couple of good shots and Wyatt has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Wyatt trying to get back to his feet but Bender is in full control for now.
Bender keeps control of the position easily here as Wyatt tries to buck him off.
Bender lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bender wants to control but Wyatt is keeping busy.
Bender landing with strikes.
Wyatt tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
You get the feeling that Wyatt really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Wyatt is looking to improve his position but Bender isn't that keen on the idea.
Wyatt tries to hold on but Bender pushes him away.
Bender scoring with strikes but Wyatt is staying in there.
Bender putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bender prevents Wyatt from getting the reversal.
Bender content just to control the position here.
Wyatt sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bender thows a huge punch but Wyatt dodges it nicely.
Bender lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bender prevents Wyatt from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wyatt tries to get to full guard but Bender has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dillon Bender dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Wyatt.
Bender wants to control but Wyatt postures up.

Wyatt is trying to get an arm triangle but Bender is defending well.
Bender struggling a bit here.
Bender is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wyatt can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bender is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

Wyatt decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Bender rushes Wyatt and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bender is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wyatt stalls.

Bender pulls guard.
Bender is adopting a defensive guard.
Wyatt is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wyatt would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bender working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wyatt.
Bender looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wyatt is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bender looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Wyatt pushes Bender off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt throws a lazy head kick
and Bender counters with a two punch combo.

Bender gets caught napping as Wyatt dives in and scores a takedown. Bender manages to retain guard.
Wyatt wants to stand but Bender has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Wyatt throws an elbow that misses. Bender uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wyatt's guard. Nice move by Bender!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wyatt throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wyatt is breathing heavily.
Bender is stalling in the full guard.
Wyatt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bender postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lonny Wyatt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bender gets a double leg takedown into Wyatt's guard.
Bender trying to control the position from guard on top but Wyatt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wyatt has momentary wrist control but Bender slips an elbow through the middle.
Wyatt looking for a sweep. Not yet Wyatt, not yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bender's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bender postures up.
Bender has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bender is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyatt working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bender scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bender lands a couple of digs.
Bender throws a big elbow that misses.
Bender works over Wyatt with some ground and pound from guard.
Wyatt wants to sweep here but Bender controlling him for the moment.
Bender scoring with some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wyatt is on top in guard.

Wyatt gets to his feet - Bender follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bender looking to score a takedown here. Wyatt is defending well but Bender drives through and ends up in Wyatt's guard.
Wyatt keeping moving, preventing Bender from controlling successfully.
Bender seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bender tries to stand but Wyatt is controlling from the bottom.
Wyatt looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bender's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bender looking to sit in guard and control but Wyatt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bender has a closed guard, preventing Wyatt from standing up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bender holds on and takes a little breather.
Bender manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wyatt manages to get himself to full guard.

Bender is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bender postures up and lands a big shot to Wyatt's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wyatt has a closed guard, preventing Bender from standing up.
Bender prevents Wyatt from getting back to his feet.
Bender looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bender is looking to work some ground and pound but Wyatt has wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wyatt is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bender is controlling him.
Wyatt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bender is one step ahead there.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dillon Bender showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bender 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dillon Bender!