PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Dawson (ranked 22160 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rubson Racker (ranked 7023 p4p, 0 weight class). Rubson Racker will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dawson
vs
Racker

153 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 New York, Pierre Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rubson Racker!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Racker moves into the clinch.
Dawson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Racker looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nice elbow from Racker.

It looks like Pierre Dawson has been cut.
Racker wants to break free but Dawson has control.
Dawson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Dawson pulls guard effortlessly.
Racker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Dawson manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Dawson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dawson slips a nice elbow through Racker's hands, connecting with Racker's forehead.
Dawson working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawson is nestled in close to Racker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dawson is nestled in close to Racker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Dawson there.
Dawson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Racker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dawson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Racker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dawson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Racker is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dawson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson is nestled in close to Racker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dawson 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.
Dawson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawson working over Racker with some ground and pound. Racker looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dawson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dawson drops an elbow to the side of Racker's head.
Dawson drops an elbow to the side of Racker's head.
Racker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dawson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dawson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dawson lands strikes from half guard.
Dawson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dawson is controlling the pace.
Dawson winds up and cracks Racker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dawson slows the pace down in half guard.
Dawson working Racker over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson 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.
Dawson working the head and body with strikes.
Still in half guard, Dawson seems content to control.
Racker is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dawson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dawson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dawson lands a nice short elbow.
Dawson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Racker is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Racker has hold of Dawson's hands but Dawson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Racker is still in real trouble! Can Dawson finish him?

Dawson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Racker is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Pierre Dawson!