PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Dinklage (ranked 3142 p4p, 357 weight class) and Benny Woody (ranked 3910 p4p, 412 weight class). The key to victory for Peter Dinklage has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Dinklage
vs
Woody

210 cm
21
196 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

176 cm
19
184 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Dinklage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benny Woody!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woody takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Dinklage clinches.
Woody creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Woody is looking to break free of the clinch but Dinklage has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dinklage.
Our sources have told us that Dinklage has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Woody tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dinklage avoids it.
Woody trying to land knees to the body.
Dinklage blocking some punches.
Woody swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dinklage has Woody pressed against the cage, preventing Woody from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dinklage really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Woody throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dinklage breaks from the clinch.
Woody throws a body shot but no joy.
Dinklage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Woody.
Dinklage lands a high kick!
Dinklage cracks a nice hook into Woody's ribs.
Dinklage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woody throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinklage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dinklage avoids the body shot from Woody.
Peter Dinklage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick from Dinklage lands but Woody takes it in his stride.
Woody misses with a two punch combination.
Woody takes a swing at Dinklage's ribcage but misses.
Dinklage misses with a double jab.
Woody misses with a wild body shot.

Dinklage tries to sprawl but Woody drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dinklage avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Woody.
Dinklage has hold of Woody's hands but Woody slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dinklage avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Woody.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dinklage is breathing heavily.
Dinklage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woody.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dinklage is refusing to be controlled, as Woody sits in half guard.
Dinklage won't allow Woody to pass to mount.
Woody throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woody trying to control from half guard but Dinklage is working away.
Nice strikes from Woody there.
Woody slips a nice elbow through Dinklage's hands, connecting with Dinklage's forehead.
Woody lands strikes from half guard.
Woody not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dinklage is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Woody stops Dinklage from getting back to his feet.
Woody thows a huge punch but Dinklage dodges it nicely.
Dinklage won't allow Woody to pass to mount.
Woody is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Woody trying to pass the guard but Dinklage defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woody missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Woody slips a nice elbow through Dinklage's hands, connecting with Dinklage's forehead.
Woody is looking to advance position but Dinklage won't allow it.
Woody looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dinklage is trying to stand.
Woody wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dinklage keeps working.
Woody misses with a head shot. Dinklage uses the momentum to regain guard.
Dinklage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woody.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woody prevents Dinklage from getting back to his feet.
Woody postures up in Dinklage's guard and throws a big left but Dinklage blocks it.
Woody pushes down on Dinklage's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Woody throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Woody lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Woody misses with a head shot. Dinklage uses the momentum to regain guard.
Woody lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Woody throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dinklage tries to close the distance and clinch but Woody swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dinklage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Woody throws a hook to the side of Dinklage's head but Dinklage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dinklage defending well as Woody loads up on a big left hand.
Woody swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dinklage went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Woody misses with a straight right.
Dinklage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dinklage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Woody.
A big right from Woody misses.
Woody misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Woody misses.
Dinklage lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dinklage lands a leg kick that knocks Woody off balance momentarily.
Woody fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dinklage manages to avoid it.
Dinklage stuns Woody with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Woody takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dinklage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peter Dinklage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dinklage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dinklage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Woody throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woody swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Woody swats away the attempt to clinch by Dinklage.
Woody steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dinklage. That one must have hurt.
Dinklage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Woody scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dinklage lands a nice leg kick that just misses Woody's sensitive parts.
Woody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dinklage.
Woody looks to throw the jab but Dinklage is out of range.
Dinklage dips to his left and cracks Woody with an uppercut!
Dinklage misses with a body shot.
Dinklage looks for the body kick but Woody saw that one coming.
Woody swings for the body but Dinklage moves out of range.
Woody tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinklage was well out of range. Poor timing from Woody.
Dinklage is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Woody takes a kick to the side of the head.
Woody swings for the body but Dinklage moves out of range.
Dinklage moves away from the strike by Woody.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woody looks to score with a jab to the body but Dinklage is just out of range.
Dinklage swings for the body but Woody moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woody throws a hook to the side of Dinklage's head but Dinklage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Woody swinging wildly here.
Woody fails to land with a series of punches.
Dinklage has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dinklage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dinklage looks to land a combination but Woody avoids it well.
Dinklage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Woody.
Woody looks to score with a jab to the body but Dinklage is just out of range.
Dinklage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dinklage misses with the combination.

Woody shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Woody showed some decent athleticism there.
Dinklage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woody.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woody not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Woody is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dinklage is just riding it out for now. Woody eventually gives up the hold.
Woody missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Woody throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Woody thows a huge punch but Dinklage dodges it nicely.
Dinklage is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Woody scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Woody throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Woody working the head and body with strikes.
Woody throwing shots but Dinklage is blocking nicely.
Woody throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Woody has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Woody throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Woody sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dinklage defending well though.
Dinklage is in trouble now - Woody has advanced to mount!
Woody scoring with strikes but Dinklage is staying in there.
The referee warns Dinklage that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Woody landing strikes from the mount.
Woody looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Woody is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dinklage can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Woody showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Woody misses with a double jab.
Dinklage throws a quick counter head kick but Woody was just out of range.
Dinklage swings for the body but Woody moves out of range.
Woody takes a swing at Dinklage's ribcage but misses.
Dinklage throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Woody misses.
Woody's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dinklage under the eye.
Woody throws a hook to the side of Dinklage's head but Dinklage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Woody swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dinklage connects with the punch.
Woody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dinklage.
Benny Woody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woody tries to clinch but Dinklage is having none of it.
Dinklage jabs at Woody's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinklage looks to score with a jab to the body but Woody is just out of range.
Woody drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dinklage defends it well.
Dinklage staying out of range there.
Dinklage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Woody manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Woody takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Woody throws a looping overhand right but Dinklage ducks down to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Woody loads up on a big right hand but Dinklage slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from Dinklage misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinklage looks to land a combination but Woody avoids it well.
Woody misses with a hook to the body
and Dinklage counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Dinklage lands a nice shot that snaps Woody's head back.

Dinklage gets caught flat footed, as Woody shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Woody has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woody accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Woody loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Woody loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Woody wants to pass the guard but Dinklage is keeping the position.
Woody throwing strikes but missing.
Woody makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Woody in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Woody loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woody trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Woody scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Woody with a flurry of punches that miss.
Woody sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dinklage's guard.
Woody is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Woody is looking to advance position but Dinklage won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Woody lands a nice short elbow.
Woody missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Woody seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dinklage does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dinklage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woody.

Woody looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
My spies in Iron mikes mma inform me that Woody has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woody thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dinklage's head.
Dinklage is trying to stand up here but Woody is controlling him well.
Peter Dinklage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Woody throwing shots but Dinklage is blocking nicely.
Woody not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Woody lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Woody not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dinklage is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Woody scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Woody is looking to take a break and control but Dinklage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Woody moves nicely into side control.
Woody prevents Dinklage from escaping the position.
Woody throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ground and pound from Woody seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dinklage seems a little lost for a moment, as Woody dominates the positioning.
The strikes coming from Woody are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Woody cracks Dinklage with a big elbow.
Woody working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Benny Woody is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Woody landing a few strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Woody comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Woody 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Woody!