PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cody Garbrandt (ranked 3986 p4p, 164 weight class) and Jack Dawson (ranked 4082 p4p, 172 weight class). Cody Garbrandt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garbrandt
vs
Dawson

166 cm
25
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
144 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cody Garbrandt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garbrandt rushes Dawson and presses him up against the cage.
Garbrandt is leaning against Dawson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Garbrandt lands a nice uppercut.
Dawson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garbrandt digs a right hand into Dawson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dawson's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dawson throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garbrandt avoids it.
Dawson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garbrandt avoids the elbow strike from Dawson, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Garbrandt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dawson takes a shot to the head.
Garbrandt avoiding damage as Dawson throws knees to the body.
Garbrandt lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garbrandt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garbrandt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garbrandt lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dawson looks winded!
Dawson missing with knees to the body.
Garbrandt scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
Dawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garbrandt lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Dawson is rocked!
Garbrandt pushes Dawson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dawson is still on wobbly legs! Can Garbrandt finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbrandt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garbrandt lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt lands with a short shot to the head.
Garbrandt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Garbrandt lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Garbrandt.
A short right from Garbrandt on the inside.
Garbrandt managing to block the knees to the body from Dawson.
Garbrandt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Garbrandt.
Garbrandt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garbrandt scores with a hook to the body.
Garbrandt scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
Garbrandt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garbrandt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garbrandt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garbrandt pushes Dawson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garbrandt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Garbrandt.
A short left from Garbrandt.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dawson takes a shot to the head.
Garbrandt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garbrandt presses Dawson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garbrandt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garbrandt lands a left hand.
Garbrandt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garbrandt lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Garbrandt.
A short right from Garbrandt on the inside.
Garbrandt is leaning against Dawson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garbrandt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garbrandt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garbrandt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dawson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garbrandt lands a right hand.
Garbrandt lands a left hand.
Garbrandt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garbrandt gets through Dawson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garbrandt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garbrandt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the head but Garbrandt blocks with his arms.
Garbrandt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garbrandt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Garbrandt.
Garbrandt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garbrandt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garbrandt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Garbrandt scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garbrandt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garbrandt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garbrandt lands a left hand.
Garbrandt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garbrandt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garbrandt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawson misses with an elbow strike.
Garbrandt avoiding damage as Dawson throws knees to the body.
Garbrandt lands a hook that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Garbrandt scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dawson gets tackled into the cage by Garbrandt. Garbrandt maintains the clinch.
Garbrandt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garbrandt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garbrandt lands a hook that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Garbrandt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Garbrandt drops Dawson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dawson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dawson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garbrandt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dawson or not.
A shot in the inside from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dawson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Garbrandt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dawson takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Garbrandt.
Dawson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Garbrandt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbrandt creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Dawson with a big uppercut! Dawson tries to clinch up but Garbrandt pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Dawson to the mat! Dawson covers up and Garbrandt unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cody Garbrandt!