PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Dominique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Psycho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dominique
vs
Psycho

183 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Dominique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Psycho!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dominique closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dominique lands in his opponent's guard.

Psycho is looking for a triangle but Dominique pushes his legs off easily.
Dominique makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dominique postures up and lands a big shot to Psycho's brow.

Psycho pushes Dominique off and scrambles back to his feet.
Psycho throws a half hearted mid kick.

Dominique bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dominique working the body and head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dominique decides to stand back up. Dominique steps back and let's Psycho get back to his feet.
Psycho wants to clinch.
Psycho looks gassed!

Dominique fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Psycho, pushing him back against the cage.
Psycho wants to break free but Dominique has control.
Dominique has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Psycho is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Dominique gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Psycho regains guard.
Dominique is working Psycho over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dominique lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dominique with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominique connects with a couple of short punches.
Psycho not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dominique's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dominique working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dominique postures up in Psycho's guard and throws a big left but Psycho blocks it.
Psycho has momentary wrist control but Dominique slips an elbow through the middle.

Psycho is working an open guard so Dominique takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Psycho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Dominique clinches.
Psycho wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominique won't allow it.

Dominique gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Dominique is nestled in close to Psycho, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Psycho looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dominique is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dominique landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dominique working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Psycho striking from half guard on the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominique scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dominique is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Psycho clinches.
Psycho is trying to break the clinch but Dominique has him pressed against the cage.
Psycho is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominique has double underhooks.

Dominique wants the takedown. Psycho is fighting it off but Dominique persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Psycho's guard against the cage.

Psycho is working an open guard so Dominique takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Dominique has closed the distance and engaged Psycho in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Psycho has had enough of the clinch but Dominique keeps him there for the moment.

Dominique breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Psycho swats away the attempt to clinch by Dominique.
Dominique throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Psycho's waist but Psycho gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dominique off to one side.
Psycho misses with a double jab.

Dominique closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Psycho to the mat! Psycho manages to get full guard.
Dominique lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dominique loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dominique working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominique scoring with punches to the head and body.
Psycho tries to strike from the bottom.

Psycho has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dominique can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dominique forces his way into half guard.
Dominique is looking to advance position but Psycho won't allow it.
Psycho regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dominique wants to stand but Psycho has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dominique scoring with punches to the head and body.
Psycho is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dominique lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psycho wants to take a breather but Dominique is having none of it.
Dominique landing strikes from the bottom.
Dominique is looking to escape.
Psycho lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Dominique pushes Psycho off and gets back to his feet.
Dominique dodges the punch combination from Psycho.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Dominique closes the distance and pushes Psycho back into the cage.
Psycho prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Dominique. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Psycho manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psycho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dominique. That did some damage!

Psycho gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Dominique has Psycho pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Dominique pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Psycho tumbling to the mat - Dominique dives into Psycho's guard.
Dominique makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Dominique dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dominique scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Psycho takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dominique lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Psycho gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dominique landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dominique scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Psycho tries to get to full guard but Dominique has control of the leg.
Dominique is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Frankie Dominique overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Psycho is trying to get back to full guard.
Dominique working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dominique winds up and cracks Psycho with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Psycho is looking for a sweep. Dominique is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Dominique decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominique avoids the head kick by Psycho.
Dominique fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Dominique shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Psycho is looking to escape.
Dominique looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dominique missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dominique sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Psycho defending well though.
Dominique takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dominique thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Psycho's head.
Dominique takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Psycho connecting with a few gentle strikes.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Dominique shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psycho wants to get back to his feet but Dominique is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dominique postures up in Psycho's guard and throws a big left but Psycho blocks it.

Psycho has his feet on Dominique's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dominique avoids the head kick by Psycho.

Dominique gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dominique drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Psycho gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Psycho breaks the clinch.
Dominique displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dominique tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Psycho paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dominique shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dominique connects with a nice short shot to Psycho's temple.
Dominique landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psycho keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dominique not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Psycho is trying to stand.
Dominique working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dominique not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dominique seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dominique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Psycho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Psycho.
Dominique shoots in for a double leg but Psycho sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Dominique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Psycho has a takedown stuffed.
Psycho misses with a two punch combination.
Dominique doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Psycho counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Psycho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dominique wriggles free and stands up.
Psycho misses with a combination

and Dominique counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Psycho!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dominique lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Psycho hang on?
Dominique landing shots from mount.
Dominique lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Psycho hang on?
Dominique working Psycho over with strikes here.
Dominique in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Psycho is trying to stand.
Dominique has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Psycho's face.
Dominique is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dominique working away from the top, dropping strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psycho really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dominique scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Psycho that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Dominique dominated that second round.
That's time! Dominique's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Psycho dodges the punch combination from Dominique.

Dominique rushes Psycho and presses him up against the cage.

Dominique breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dominique scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Psycho is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dominique's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dominique missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dominique working the head and body with strikes.
Dominique tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Psycho tries to kick Dominique off but Dominique keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dominique looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dominique missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dominique tries to stand but can't do so whilst Psycho controls his leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dominique fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dominique shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dominique throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Psycho striking from the bottom.
Dominique lands strikes from half guard.
Psycho wants to get back to his feet.

Dominique stands up from half guard.
Psycho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dominique takes a jab right on the kisser.

Dominique rushes Psycho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Psycho wants to break free but Dominique has control.
Dominique is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Psycho gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Dominique turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dominique manages to end up in side control.
Dominique is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Psycho can do to turn this around?
Psycho is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dominique is controlling him well.
Dominique cracks Psycho with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psycho is trying to improve his position.
Psycho is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dominique connects with a decent elbow.
Dominique scoring with punches and elbows.
Dominique working the ground and pound.
Psycho is trying to control Dominique's posture but Dominique avoids it.
Psycho is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dominique asserts his dominance and retains side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dominique misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Dominique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Psycho throws a sloppy head kick and Dominique moves out of range easily.
Psycho keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Psycho falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dominique holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Psycho manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psycho tries to clinch but Dominique is having none of it.

Dominique fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Psycho sprawls well initially but Dominique persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Dominique decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Dominique forces Psycho back against the cage and clinches.
Psycho can't break the clinch.
Psycho can't break the clinch.

Dominique's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dominique feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dominique working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Psycho's head.
Dominique lands a couple of digs.
Dominique lands a couple of digs.
Dominique wants to stand but Psycho has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dominique landing some decent shots from guard.

Psycho wriggles free and stands up.
Psycho closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dominique circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dominique clinches with his opponent.

Psycho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Psycho wants to clinch up but Dominique keeps it at a distance.
Psycho tries to clinch up.
Dominique throws a right hand that Psycho ducks under and follows up with a left that Psycho also avoids with ease.
Dominique looks for a takedown but Psycho sprawls well.
A clash of legs there as Dominique blocks the low kick.

Psycho tries to keep at a distance but Dominique has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dominique is looking to control Psycho's arms but Psycho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dominique has his back to the cage.
Psycho tries to break the clinch but Dominique is controlling the position.

Dominique lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Psycho is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dominique scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dominique is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Psycho is trying to stand back up but Dominique is controlling him
Peter Psycho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frankie Dominique is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dominique lands a nice short elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie Dominique showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dominique, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Dominique!