PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Snitch (ranked 2020 p4p, 2177 weight class) and Damian Dudley (ranked 278 p4p, 292 weight class). Snitch comes to the cage accompanied by I Wanna Rock. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Snitch
vs
Dudley

183 cm
40
173
30 - 27 - 2

183 cm
35
178
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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 30 - 27 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snitch swings for the body but Dudley moves out of range.
Dudley throws a hook to the side of Snitch's head but Snitch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dudley keeps the fight on the outside.
Dudley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Snitch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dudley slips under a jab.
Dudley scores with a sloppy right hand. Snitch should have avoided that one.
Snitch changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dudley tries to avoid it but Snitch manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dudley to the ground. Dudley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dudley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Snitch moves in looking to clinch but Dudley pushes him off.
Snitch tries to close the distance and clinch but Dudley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dudley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudley throws a big shot that misses.
Dudley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snitch.
Snitch looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice takedown defense from Dudley. No joy for Snitch on that attempt.
A little jabbing left from Dudley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dudley punishes Snitch's body with a nice straight punch.
Dudley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley misses with a looping right.
Snitch throws an overhand right that lands on Dudley's shoulder, as Dudley tries to avoid the shot.
Dudley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Snitch looks to score with a jab to the body but Dudley is just out of range.
Dudley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Snitch with a body shot.
Dudley scores with a jab to the body.

Snitch 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.

Dudley pushes Snitch off and gets back to his feet.
Snitch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Snitch fails with the takedown.
It seemed like Dudley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Snitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dudley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snitch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley leaves Snitch with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Damian Dudley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dudley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Snitch.
Snitch tries to clinch there but Dudley circles away.
Dudley unleashes a big counter combination but Snitch bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The fighters circling - Snitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snitch closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dudley circles away.
Snitch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dudley counters with a nice body shot.
Snitch tries for a takedown but Dudley circles away easily
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
Snitch dives in for a single leg takedown but Dudley sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Snitch is looking to take this one to the mat.

Dudley breaks the clinch.
Dudley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dudley moves out of range as Snitch strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley lands a jab.
Dudley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Snitch looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dudley looking for a sweep. Not yet Dudley, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dudley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dudley is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dudley wants to stand but Snitch is controlling the position.
Snitch trying to control the position from guard on top but Dudley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dudley is pulling down on Snitch's head. It's preventing any offense from Snitch, at least for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snitch trying to control the position from guard on top but Dudley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Snitch controls from within his opponent's guard.
Snitch seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dudley for as long as he can get away with.
Dudley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Snitch is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dudley is pulling down on Snitch's head to control his posture.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Dudley dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Snitch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dudley manages to avoid it.
Dudley misses with a looping right.
Dudley ducks under a wild hook from Snitch.
Snitch misses the body punch
and Dudley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dudley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Snitch fails with a takedown attempt.
Dudley misses with an uppercut. Snitch saw that one coming.
Snitch on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dudley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudley stuffs the takedown attempt from Snitch. Snitch gets slowly back to his feet.
Dudley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snitch throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dudley's waist but Dudley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Snitch off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Snitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley avoids the body shot from Snitch.
Snitch wants to clinch but Dudley slips to the side
and Dudley counters with a nice uppercut.
Snitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dudley.
Dudley misses with a right hand

and Snitch counters with a single leg into guard. Dudley didn't expect that.
Snitch prevents Dudley from getting back to his feet.
Jon Snitch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dudley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dudley is pulling down on Snitch's head to control his posture.
Snitch showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snitch trying to control the position from guard on top but Dudley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Snitch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dudley digs a good body shot into Snitch's ribs.
Dudley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snitch.
Dudley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Snitch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dudley.
Damian Dudley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decent striking displayed by Snitch there.
Snitch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dudley.
Snitch with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snitch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dudley defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley clobbers Snitch with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dudley!
Snitch tries to clinch but Dudley moves away
and Dudley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Snitch.
Dudley looks to score with a jab to the body but Snitch is just out of range.
Snitch changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dudley tries to avoid it but Snitch manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dudley to the ground. Dudley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dudley unleashes a big counter combination but Snitch bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Dudley closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Dudley as he connects with a hook.
Snitch shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dudley but Dudley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dudley lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dudley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snitch fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dudley avoids it really well and circles away.
Dudley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Snitch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Snitch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dudley.
Dudley defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Snitch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Dudley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Snitch.
Snitch tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dudley defends well and Snitch ends up having to push Dudley into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dudley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice elbow from Dudley.
Snitch tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.

Dudley breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Dudley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snitch feinted with a counter takedown.
Dudley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dudley lands a really nice looking cross but Snitch seems unphased.
Dudley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snitch moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snitch shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dudley but Dudley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Snitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot to the liver by Dudley. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snitch just misses with a punch to the body.
Dudley throws out a counter right but Snitch avoids it with no problem.
Snitch with a hook.
Dudley keeps the fight on the outside.
Snitch misses with an uppercut.
Dudley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The fighters circling - Snitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dudley now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dudley stuffs the takedown attempt from Snitch. Snitch gets slowly back to his feet.
Dudley slips a straight right by Snitch.
Dudley thuds a left hand into Snitch's body.
Snitch missing with a left hand there. Dudley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dudley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dudley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Snitch looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Damian Dudley is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snitch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice takedown defense from Dudley. No joy for Snitch on that attempt.
Snitch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dudley.
Snitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dudley.
A jab from Dudley misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the liver by Snitch. Beautiful body shot.
Dudley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dudley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Snitch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dudley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Snitch. Snitch circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Snitch misses the jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Snitch is defended easily by Dudley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snitch wants to clinch but Dudley slips to the side
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
Snitch shoots in looking for a takedown but Dudley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Snitch's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dudley! But no joy.
Snitch is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dudley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dudley connects with a body shot.
Dudley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snitch manages to avoid it.
Dudley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Snitch throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dudley's waist but Dudley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Snitch off to one side.
Dudley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Snitch throws the left hand but Dudley avoids the punch easily.
Snitch fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snitch.
Snitch drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dudley sprawls and moves away.
Damian Dudley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Snitch throws a hook to the side of Dudley's head but Dudley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jon Snitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dudley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Snitch.
Dudley staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Snitch.
Dudley misses with a looping right.
Snitch tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dudley swivels and escapes.
Jon Snitch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Dudley finds it's way through Snitch's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Snitch.
Snitch tries to clinch
and Dudley counters with a left to the body.
Dudley throws a good cross that connects.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Dudley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dudley 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 Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Dudley!
A pretty intense looking Damian Dudley took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
Jon Snitch was interviewed post fight and said 'This loss will make me better, I will be back.'.