PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rin Rinzler (ranked 4574 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Dope (ranked 7280 p4p, 267 weight class). Rinzler comes to the cage accompanied by Pray 4 Em. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jake Dope enters the cage!

Rinzler
vs
Dope

170 cm
20
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
27
143 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rin Rinzler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Dope!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rinzler rushes Dope and presses him up against the cage.
Dope lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rinzler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dope putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rinzler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rinzler tries to break the clinch but Dope is controlling the position.
Rinzler tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dope just stands there and leans against the cage.

Rinzler successfully pulls guard.
Dope stops Rinzler from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rinzler has his feet on Dope's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Rinzler scores with a spinning back kick!
Rinzler shoots in looking for a takedown but Dope manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rinzler's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rinzler avoids the head kick by Dope.
Rinzler throws a big counter combination but Dope scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Dope instigates a clinch.
Dope lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dope looking to throw knees to the head but Rinzler is blocking nicely.
Rinzler has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dope after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rin Rinzler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rinzler wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dope is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Dope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dope misses with an attempted mid kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rinzler.

Dope has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dope taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Dope.
Rinzler drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dope pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jake Dope is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dope moves into range and clinches up with Rinzler.
Rinzler is trying to pull guard but Dope turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dope takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dope misses with a knee strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dope trying to land knees to the body.
Rinzler has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dope avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rinzler takes an elbow to the temple.
Dope crunches a lovely knee into Rinzler's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Dope.
Dope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dope working Rinzler over with knees to the body.
Dope connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rinzler's face.
Rinzler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rinzler is breathing heavily.
Rinzler takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinzler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dope smiles and moves away.

Rinzler clinches up with Dope and pushes him back against the cage.
Dope lands a nice knee to the body.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rinzler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dope content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dope obliges.
Dope scores with a knee to the head.
Dope controlling the action here for a moment.
Dope connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rinzler's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dope obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dope slows down the pace here.
The referee calls for Dope to work.
Dope receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Dope with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dope as Rinzler tries to tie him up.
Dope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rinzler's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dope lands an elbow just above Rinzler 's eye.
Dope landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rinzler.

Rinzler jumps guard and drags Dope to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dope slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Dope dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rinzler fails with a takedown attempt.
Dope throws a wild body kick that Rinzler sees coming a mile off.

Rinzler pushes Dope up against the cage in a clinch.
Dope landing knees to the head.
Dope lands an elbow inside.
Dope using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dope avoiding damage.
Rinzler tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dope just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinzler is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rin Rinzler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dope is stalling here.
Dope landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dope.
Rinzler can't find room to land a body shot as Dope controls the action.
Rinzler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rinzler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dope.
Dope lands a damaging elbow.
Rinzler tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dope lands a good knee to the midsection. Rinzler won't want to take too many of those.
Rinzler tries to pull guard but Dope won't allow it.
Dope lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dope obliges.
Rinzler is trying to pull guard but Dope turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dope connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rinzler's face.
Dope effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dope effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dope leaning against his opponent.
Rinzler is stalling here.
Dope landing knees to the body.
Dope working Rinzler over with knees to the body.
Dope connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rinzler's face.
Rinzler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dope pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dope.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dope landing knees to the body.
Rinzler tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dope lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dope putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rinzler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rinzler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dope landing knees to the head.
Dope prevents the takedown attempt.
Dope working Rinzler over with knees to the body.
Rinzler is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dope to keep the fight standing.
Dope gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rinzler.
Dope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dope displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rinzler up against the cage.
Rinzler fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dope throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rinzler blocks it with crossed arms.
Dope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rinzler avoids it.
Dope displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rinzler up against the cage.
Dope lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rinzler is trying to drag Dope to the mat but Dope just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rinzler working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Dope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rinzler looks for a takedown but Dope sprawls well.
Dope tries a head kick but it misses.

Dope tries to keep at a distance but Rinzler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dope holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dope lands a knee to the head.
Rinzler fails to pull guard.
Dope with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinzler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jake Dope seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dope connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rinzler's face.
Dope scores a nice knee to the body.
Rinzler takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dope stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dope utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dope has Rinzler pressed against the cage.
Rinzler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rinzler fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rin Rinzler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dope lands an elbow that stopped Rinzler in his tracks for a moment.
Dope has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rinzler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dope lands a knee to the body.
Rinzler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dope smiles and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinzler shoots in for a double leg but Dope sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rinzler moves out of range of the body kick.

Rinzler darts in and clinches Dope up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Dope.
Rinzler is working for takedown but Dope is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rinzler is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rinzler letting Dope take a breather here.

Dope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rinzler checks a low kick from Dope.

Dope gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dope tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinzler is trying to drag Dope to the mat but Dope just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dope stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dope throws an elbow that misses.
Rinzler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dope smiles and moves away.
Dope throws a head kick but Rinzler moves out of range.
Rinzler lands a head kick!

Dope instigates a clinch.
Rinzler tries to pull guard but Dope holds him up against the cage and eventually Rinzler drops back down to his feet.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dope takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dope.
Rinzler looking to stall.
Rinzler tries a knee to the head but Dope blocks it.
Rinzler is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dope to keep the fight standing.

Dope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dope misses with a head kick.

Rinzler closes the distance and clinches.
Rinzler missing with knees to the body.
Rin Rinzler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jake Dope is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rinzler is trying to break the clinch but Dope has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Dope comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dope 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Dope!
A victorious Jake Dope thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Rin Rinzler stepped up to the mic, saying 'Every loss is an opportunity to better myself'.