PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bad Dawg (ranked 2678 p4p, 3348 weight class) and Zeke Titus (ranked 369 p4p, 444 weight class). The key to victory for Bad Dawg has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Dawg
vs
Titus

193 cm
25
212
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
210
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

CHURCH OF ZOIDBERG - FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bad Dawg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zeke Titus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Titus throws a lazy right hand but Dawg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Titus ducks under a wild hook from Dawg.

Titus closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dawg to the mat! Dawg manages to get full guard.
Dawg is trying to keep Titus in close.
Titus trying to control but Dawg is working from the bottom.
Titus is working Dawg over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dawg holds on and takes a little breather.
Titus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawg keeping moving, preventing Titus from controlling successfully.
Titus pushes down on Dawg's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Titus connects with a nice short shot to Dawg's temple.
Titus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dawg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Titus on the ground.
Titus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Titus winds up and cracks Dawg with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Titus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dawg defending well though.
Dawg is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Bone Breakerz that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Dawg on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dawg tries to get out of the position.
Dawg has hold of Titus's hands but Titus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Titus looks to land a strike but Dawg avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dawg keeping moving, preventing Titus from controlling successfully.
Titus is working Dawg over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Titus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dawg's head.
Dawg is looking to stand back up but Titus counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dawg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titus working the head and body with strikes.
Titus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dawg keeps working.
Titus thows a huge punch but Dawg dodges it nicely.
Titus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dawg defending well though.
Titus is thwarting Dawg's attempts to control the position.
Dawg is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Titus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Titus working over Dawg with some ground and pound. Dawg looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Titus wants to take a breather but Dawg is having none of it.
Dawg is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Titus scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawg trying to control from the bottom.
Titus working Dawg over with strikes.
Titus controlling the pace.
Titus is trying to control the action in half guard but Dawg is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dawg tries to roll over but Titus keeps him under control.
Titus is looking to advance position but Dawg won't allow it.
Titus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Titus is nestled in close to Dawg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dawg is trying to control but can't.
Titus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Titus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dawg wants to control but Titus is keeping busy.
Titus lands strikes from half guard.
Dawg taking some punishment here, with Titus in his half guard.

Dawg is rocked!
Titus controlling the action here.
Oh Dawg is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Titus lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Dawg! More strikes land and this one is all over! Titus jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeke Titus!
After the fight, Zeke Titus was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Bad Dawg stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lost on purpose.'.