PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rico Dominguez (ranked 1453 p4p, 70 weight class) and Tragic Visions (ranked 1785 p4p, 93 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dominguez
vs
Visions

162 cm
26
145 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

173 cm
29
135 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rico Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tragic Visions!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez with a nice cross.
Dominguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Visions releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dominguez lands a jab.
Visions showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dominguez.
Visions throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Visions throws a body punch but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Visions looks to score with a jab to the body but Dominguez is just out of range.
Dominguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Visions steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dominguez.

Dominguez closes the distance and pushes Visions back into the cage.
Visions struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Visions avoids the damage to the body.
Dominguez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Visions backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominguez lands with a right to the head.
Visions avoids the elbow strike from Dominguez, against the cage.
Visions struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
Dominguez is struggling to control the position.
Dominguez misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Visions swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez misses with some punches.
Visions takes a shot to the head.
Dominguez scores with a shot to the side of Visions's head.
Visions is stalling here.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Visions.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominguez.
Dominguez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dominguez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Visions is defending well for now.
Visions is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dominguez is keeping busy.
Dominguez lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Visions.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Visions.
Dominguez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Visions struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
Visions tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Visions has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Visions dodges an elbow strike from Dominguez.

Dominguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dominguez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rico Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Visions buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Visions throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Visions pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dominguez is out of range and Visions settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Dominguez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Visions doesn't seem phased though.
Dominguez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Visions avoids a kick to the body.
Dominguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Visions tries to clinch but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez throws a hook but Visions avoids it easily.
Visions lands a nice looking body shot.

Dominguez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Visions has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Visions is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dominguez connects with a decent elbow.

Dominguez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Visions has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dominguez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dominguez lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Visions wants to control but Dominguez postures up.
Dominguez landing a few strikes.
Visions is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Dominguez off and has taken his back!

Visions looking for the RNC.

Visions is persistently looking for the submission but Dominguez is defending it well.
Dominguez breaks Visions's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Visions not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Visions is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dominguez defends well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dominguez wants to control from the top but Visions keeps moving.
Dominguez advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is looking to take a break and control but Visions is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Dominguez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Visions has escaped the position, nice work there.
Visions is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dominguez is looking to take a break and control but Visions is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dominguez tries to stand but Visions is controlling his head.
Visions regains half guard.
Dominguez is looking to advance position but Visions won't allow it.
Dominguez winds up and cracks Visions with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Dominguez dominated that round.
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.

Visions misses with a wild body shot.
Rico Dominguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Visions keeps the fight on the outside.
Dominguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dominguez ducks right into an uppercut from Visions.

Dominguez moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Visions struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
Visions misses with the head strike.
Visions pushes Dominguez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Visions.
Visions blocks an uppercut.
Visions tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Visions throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominguez.
Dominguez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Visions can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Visions fails to land.
Visions tries to throw a body punch but Dominguez avoids it by throwing Visions back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Visions scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Visions creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez is pushing Visions up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rico Dominguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Visions is stalling here.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Visions.
Dominguez misses with some punches.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a nice shot to the body.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Visions.
Visions doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Visions doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dominguez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Visions backwards.
Visions digs a right hand into Dominguez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dominguez's gas tank.
Visions misses with a body punch.
Visions scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dominguez scores with a shot to the side of Visions's head.
Visions misses with some punches.
Visions goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Visions is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by Visions.
Visions scores with a shot to the side of Dominguez's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Visions misses with some punches.
Visions misses with some punches.
Dominguez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Visions backwards.
Visions wants to stall.
Dominguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Visions.
Dominguez lands a right hand.
Visions misses with a punch to the body.
Visions fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez tries to break the clinch but Visions is controlling the position.
Dominguez lands with a right to the head.
Visions misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Visions.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dominguez.
Visions misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Visions.
Dominguez misses with the head strike.
Dominguez scores with a hook to the body.

Dominguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dominguez works the jab nicely.
Dominguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Visions doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Visions slips a jab from Dominguez.
Visions scores with the left hand. Dominguez knows he should have avoided that one.
Dominguez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Visions counters with a body kick.
Dominguez 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.

Visions gets tackled into the cage by Dominguez. Dominguez maintains the clinch.
Visions misses with a hook from the clinch.

Dominguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Visions keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dominguez.
Dominguez loads up on a big right hand but Visions slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Visions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Visions lands with an uppercut that bounces Dominguez off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.
Visions wants to stall.
Visions struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominguez controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dominguez throws an elbow but misses.
Dominguez pushes Visions back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Visions swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez'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.

Dominguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dominguez misses with a hook. Visions ducked under it nicely.
Visions looks to throw the jab but Dominguez is out of range.
Visions punishes Dominguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dominguez!
Dominguez wants to clinch up but Visions keeps it at a distance.
Visions connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dominguez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dominguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Visions with a hook.
Dominguez misses with a looping right.
Visions now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dominguez connects with a single shot there.
A punch combination from Dominguez misses.

Dominguez clinches up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Visions is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dominguez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Visions tries to throw a body punch but Dominguez avoids it by throwing Visions back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez throws an elbow that misses.
Visions misses with the head strike.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Visions.
A shot in the inside from Visions.
Visions stalling against the cage.
Visions is looking to control Dominguez's arms but Dominguez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Visions has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Visions tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Visions scores with a shoulder strike.
Visions cracks Dominguez with a nice body shot.
Dominguez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Visions misses with a punch to the body.
Visions tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Visions blocks an uppercut.
Visions tries to throw a body punch but Dominguez avoids it by throwing Visions back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dominguez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Visions's brow.
Visions blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Dominguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Visions throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dominguez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dominguez catches Visions with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dominguez swings widly with a right hand
and Visions connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Visions cracks Dominguez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Visions swats away the attempt to clinch by Dominguez.
Visions throws a front kick that sends Dominguez stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Visions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Visions uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a hook.
Visions connects with a single shot there.
Dominguez misses the jab.
Visions walks into a left hand.
Visions avoids the body shot from Dominguez.
Visions chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Visions misses with a wild body shot.

Dominguez forces Visions back against the cage and clinches.
Visions misses with a punch to the body.
Visions tries to work over Dominguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Dominguez lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Visions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The referee calls for Dominguez to work.
Dominguez lands an uppercut.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Visions blocks the elbow strike.
Visions lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Visions has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Visions throws a head punch that misses.
Dominguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominguez lands a shot to the body.

Dominguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Visions as he avoids it easily.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Dominguez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dominguez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Visions's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dominguez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Visions's head.
Dominguez postures up and lands a big shot to Visions's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Visions tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Visions has momentary wrist control but Dominguez slips an elbow through the middle.
Dominguez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dominguez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dominguez wants to control from the top but Visions keeps moving.
Dominguez wanted to stand there but Visions had control of the position.
Tragic Visions has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dominguez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Dominguez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Danga de danga de dang - Dominguez scores with a four punch combination!
Dominguez tries to bum rush Visions with a series of wild strikes but Visions uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A lazy left from Visions finds it's target.
Visions swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Dominguez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dominguez 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Dominguez!
Our winner, Rico Dominguez, 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.