PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Dodson (ranked 7849 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Foster (ranked 5528 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Dodson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dodson
vs
Foster

159 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Dodson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Foster!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dodson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Foster to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dodson keeping moving, preventing Foster from controlling successfully.
Foster tries to free his leg and advance position but Dodson is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dodson keeping moving, preventing Foster from controlling successfully.
Dodson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dodson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dodson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Foster trying to control the position from guard on top but Dodson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dodson really is a fat lump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Foster drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Foster jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dodson with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Foster can't handle though.
Foster works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Foster throwing shots but Dodson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodson is holding on to half guard well.
Dodson is trying to control but can't.
Dodson is controlling Foster's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Dodson wants to control but Foster is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dodson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dodson works his way to full guard. Good work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dodson holds on and takes a little breather.
Dodson continues to stall.
Dodson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Foster advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Foster is working for a submission of some sort.
Dodson trying to control here.
Dodson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Foster wants to free his trapped foot but Dodson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dodson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Foster on the ground.
Foster is thwarting Dodson's attempts to control the position.
Foster is looking to advance position but Dodson won't allow it.
Dodson is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Foster landing strikes, looking to finish!
Poor strikes thrown by Foster there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Foster lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Foster misses with a head shot.

Foster is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dodson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Foster is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dodson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Foster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dodson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dodson tries to lock up and control but Foster gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dodson is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Dodson is breathing heavily.

Foster looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Dodson wants to hold on but Foster pushes him away.
Foster lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foster wants to control the pace but Dodson is squirming around nicely.
Foster unloads with some shots from mount but Dodson bucks and avoids them well.
Dodson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foster trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Foster dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dodson clinches with his opponent.
Dodson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Foster fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dodson with a hook.

Foster manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dodson on his heels. He'll look to pass Dodson's guard now, I'm sure.
Foster has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster tries to free his leg and advance position but Dodson is retaining full guard.
Foster cracks Dodson with a solid left hand.
Dodson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Foster is one step ahead there.
Foster tries to free his leg and advance position but Dodson is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dodson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Foster is pushing down on Dodson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dodson is fighting to maintain full guard but Foster has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mike Foster has got the better of the ground game so far.
Foster passes the guard and advances to mount!

Foster swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Dodson is now in Foster's guard. A big mistake from Foster there, giving up the dominant position!
Foster is breathing heavily.
Dodson content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dodson trying to control but Foster is working from the bottom.
We've been informed that Foster has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Foster bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dodson's guard.

Foster throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dodson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Foster prevents Dodson from getting back to his feet.
Dodson looking to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dodson holds on and takes a little breather.
Foster tries to free his leg and advance position but Dodson is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson controlling Foster's posture.
Foster pushing down on Dodson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Foster works his way into side control.
Dodson struggling a bit here.

Foster is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dodson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dodson wants to control but Foster postures up.
Foster scoring with punches and elbows.
Dodson is trying to control Foster's posture but Foster avoids it.
Foster trying to control the position but Dodson is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Foster is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dodson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Foster tries for a kimura but Dodson is defending well.
Dodson stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foster scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Foster showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Foster blocks a head kick by Dodson.

Foster shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Foster was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dodson can't do much from the bottom here.
Foster misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Foster working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dodson is pushing Foster's head away, looking to escape. Foster manages to hold on to the position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster wants to stand but Dodson has his arm trapped.

Foster is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dodson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dodson struggling a bit here.
Foster takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster in side control, throwing shots but Dodson defends.

Foster is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dodson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dodson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Foster punching from mount but Dodson doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Foster goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Dodson turns into him and now he's in Foster's guard.
Dodson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster looking to control.
Dodson controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson throwing strikes but missing.
Dodson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dodson postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Foster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dodson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Foster avoids a kick to the body.
Foster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dodson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Foster manages to circle out of the way.

Foster dives in and scores a takedown into Dodson's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dodson holds on and takes a little breather.
Stephen Dodson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Foster is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Foster wants to stand but Dodson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mike Foster.
I've got Foster 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Foster!