PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Dawson (ranked 6173 p4p, 5136 weight class) and Tim Silverspoon (ranked 580 p4p, 511 weight class). Tim Silverspoon struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dave Dawson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dawson
vs
Silverspoon

198 cm
25
270
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
275
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Silverspoon!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silverspoon misses with a few strikes there.
Silverspoon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dawson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Dawson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dawson stops Silverspoon from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silverspoon throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silverspoon is looking to escape.
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.
Silverspoon looks winded!
Dawson slips a nice elbow through Silverspoon's hands, connecting with Silverspoon's forehead.
Dawson trying to pass the guard but Silverspoon defending well.
Ground and pound from Dawson.
Dawson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Dawson seems to be working for a kimura but Silverspoon defends the submission attempt.
Dawson content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silverspoon is trying to stand.
Dawson passes to full mount!
Dawson dominating with strikes here.
Dawson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Silverspoon is rocked!
Dawson softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Silverspoon is out cold! Dawson jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Dawson!
Dave Dawson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.