PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ali Dixon (ranked 1286 p4p, 1930 weight class) and Jean Cristopher La Vellei (ranked 181 p4p, 260 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dixon
vs
La Vellei

182 cm
26
203
14 - 6 - 1

196 cm
38
185
22 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Cristopher La Vellei!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Vellei throws the left hand but Dixon avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Dixon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dixon scores with a crisp jab that stopped La Vellei in his tracks.
Dixon avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Vellei scoring well with a low kick there.
Dixon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. La Vellei doesn't seem bothered though.
Jean Cristopher La Vellei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Dixon does it's job there.
Dixon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Vellei at a distance.
Dixon throws a lazy right hand but La Vellei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown but Dixon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dixon misses with an uppercut. La Vellei saw that one coming.
La Vellei looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Vellei has his takedown stuffed
letting Dixon counter with a right hand.

La Vellei shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dixon's guard.

Dixon uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Vellei at a distance.
We've been told by Dixon's head coaches at Sparks gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
La Vellei throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dixon counters with a stiff right hand.
La Vellei misses with a wild combination.
La Vellei fails with the takedown.
Ali Dixon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Cristopher La Vellei.
Dixon swings for the body but La Vellei moves out of range.
La Vellei misses with a takedown attempt - Dixon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
La Vellei slips a straight right by Dixon.
Dixon scores with a body shot.
La Vellei walks into a jab.
Dixon moves away from the strike by La Vellei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dixon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La Vellei thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Vellei shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dixon pinned against the cage. Dixon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
La Vellei misses with a takedown
and Dixon counters with a one-two to the body.
Dixon digs a good body shot into La Vellei's ribs.
La Vellei misses with a takedown
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
La Vellei is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Donk. La Vellei catches Dixon right on the button with a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Dixon misses the target.
La Vellei swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dixon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La Vellei ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La Vellei tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dixon defends well and La Vellei ends up having to push Dixon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei tries for a takedown but Dixon circles away easily
and Dixon counters with a left to the body.
La Vellei throws a front kick aimed at Dixon's knee but Dixon avoids it well.
La Vellei closes the distance and clinches up with Dixon, looking for a takedown. La Vellei pushes Dixon against the cage but Dixon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
La Vellei tries for a takedown but Dixon circles away easily
and Dixon counters with a left to the body.
La Vellei looks winded!
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
La Vellei just misses with a punch to the body.
La Vellei shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dixon counters with a right hand to the body.
Dixon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La Vellei.
La Vellei misses with a takedown
letting Dixon counter with a right hand.
La Vellei slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Vellei.

La Vellei closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Dixon's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Vellei controlling from the top position.

Dixon has his feet on La Vellei's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dixon misses with a straight right.
Dixon scores with a hook.
Dixon lands with a good body shot.
Dixon lands a nice hook to La Vellei's body. La Vellei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dixon misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Vellei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dixon.
Dixon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Dixon dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

La Vellei looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dixon lands a jab to the nose.

Dixon gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Dixon pushes La Vellei off and gets back to his feet.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown but Dixon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
La Vellei misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ali Dixon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dixon misses with a hook.
La Vellei misses with a double jab
and Dixon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
La Vellei shoots for a takedown but Dixon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
La Vellei takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Vellei shoots in but no luck this time.
Ali Dixon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Cristopher La Vellei.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei misses with an uppercut.
As La Vellei looks to move away, Dixon throws a big counter combo but La Vellei just gets out of the way.
Dixon stuffs the takedown.
La Vellei shoots for a double leg takedown but Dixon sprawls well. He's pushed La Vellei's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
La Vellei is breathing heavily.
Dixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dixon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dixon lands with a hook. La Vellei tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dixon scores with a shot to the body.
No luck for La Vellei with that takedown attempt.
Dixon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La Vellei looks to throw the jab but Dixon is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Dixon there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from La Vellei.
Ali Dixon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei misses with a takedown attempt
letting Dixon counter with a right hand.
Dixon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Vellei was well out of range. Poor timing from Dixon.
La Vellei looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Vellei dodges the punch combination from Dixon.
La Vellei tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dixon defends well and La Vellei ends up having to push Dixon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dixon throws a counter high kick but La Vellei was just alert enough to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dixon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dixon throws a good cross that connects.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Vellei manages to avoid it.
Dixon scores with a decent looking hook.
La Vellei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dixon.
Dixon dips to his left and cracks La Vellei with an uppercut!
Dixon connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Dixon misses.
La Vellei will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
La Vellei throws the left hand but Dixon avoids the punch easily.
La Vellei changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dixon tries to avoid it but La Vellei manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dixon to the ground. Dixon escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
La Vellei rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Vellei throws out a counter right but Dixon avoids it with no problem.
La Vellei moves out of range as Dixon strikes.
La Vellei fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Vellei.
Dixon throws an off balance right hand
and La Vellei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown but Dixon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dixon seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
La Vellei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei swings for the body but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La Vellei scores with a jab. Dixon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

La Vellei dives in and scores a takedown into Dixon's guard.

Dixon is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. La Vellei presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!

La Vellei breaks the clinch.
Dixon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Vellei takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good exchange - Dixon coming out on top.
La Vellei tries for a takedown but Dixon circles away easily
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck with that takedown attempt from La Vellei.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Dixon dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!

La Vellei swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dixon counters with a left and a right that stings La Vellei.
La Vellei looks for a takedown but Dixon sprawls well.
Dixon misses with a two punch combination.
La Vellei swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
La Vellei with a poor takedown
letting Dixon counter with a right hand.
Dixon scores with a sloppy right hand. La Vellei should have avoided that one.

La Vellei is rocked!
La Vellei lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dixon at a distance.
La Vellei is still on wobbly legs! Can Dixon finish him?
La Vellei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Dixon misses the target.
La Vellei takes one to the chin there.
Dixon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dixon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Vellei can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Dixon misses the target.
Dixon scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Vellei closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A cross from La Vellei lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dixon as he avoids it easily.
Ali Dixon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Cristopher La Vellei.
La Vellei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dixon as he jumps to the side.
La Vellei seems to have recovered his senses.

Dixon lands a left and a right that send La Vellei crashing to the mat, dazed. Dixon thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
La Vellei looks for a takedown but Dixon sprawls well.
La Vellei takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but La Vellei is just out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Dixon as La Vellei shoots in.
Some wild striking there from La Vellei.
Jean Cristopher La Vellei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dixon throws out a powerful jab.
Dixon throws a shot to the body.
A left lands for La Vellei.
La Vellei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Vellei manages to avoid it.

La Vellei closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dixon to the mat! Dixon manages to get full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as La Vellei accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
La Vellei prevents Dixon from getting back to his feet.
La Vellei throwing strikes from guard but Dixon blocks nicely.
Dixon wants to stand but La Vellei is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei distracts Dixon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
La Vellei looking to pass the guard.
La Vellei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dixon has momentary wrist control but La Vellei slips an elbow through the middle.
Dixon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
La Vellei trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
La Vellei trying to control but Dixon is working from the bottom.
La Vellei postures up in Dixon's guard and throws a big left but Dixon blocks it.
La Vellei throws a strike but Dixon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

La Vellei trying to control the position.

Dixon got a little sloppy there for a moment and La Vellei has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dixon has managed to get both his arms back between La Vellei's legs - danger averted.
Dixon has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dixon gets to his feet - La Vellei follows without any prompting.
La Vellei misses with an uppercut
enabling Dixon to counter with a crisp jab.
Dixon scores with a decent looking hook.
La Vellei throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ali Dixon is winning the standup battle so far.
La Vellei misses with a low kick.
La Vellei throws a shot from downtown. Dixon moves away and avoids it.
Dixon slaps away a takedown attempt from La Vellei, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ali Dixon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La Vellei misses with a hook
and Dixon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ali Dixon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dixon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ali Dixon!
A relieved looking Ali Dixon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.