PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Tribute (ranked 495 p4p, 666 weight class) and Sean Dickinson (ranked 69 p4p, 96 weight class). Tribute comes to the cage accompanied by tank abbot tribute. Dickinson has chosen Resurrection - Chris Travis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tribute
vs
Dickinson

184 cm
31
204
20 - 10 - 0

189 cm
34
196
22 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Conquer
Conviction

Northern Zombie
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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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tank Tribute!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean Dickinson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tribute misses with the body kick
and Dickinson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tribute has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tribute there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tribute swings for the body but Dickinson moves out of range.
Tribute fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tribute looks to throw a body kick
letting Dickinson counter with a right hand.
Dickinson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickinson just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Tribute wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Some bone on bone action there as Dickinson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tribute misses with the body kick
and Dickinson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribute ducks under a wild hook from Dickinson.
Tribute misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice side step and Dickinson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tribute goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tribute fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tribute throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dickinson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tribute with a jab.
Tribute throws a lazy body kick
letting Dickinson counter with a right hand.
Tribute throws a lazy body kick
and Dickinson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tribute throws a series of punches but Dickinson avoids them all with ease.
Dickinson tries a quick counter leg kick but Tribute is wise to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribute with a nice calf kick.
Tribute lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tribute throws a wild body kick that Dickinson sees coming a mile off.
Dickinson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tribute has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good shot there by Tribute.
Dickinson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tribute counters with a nice body kick.
Tribute throws a push kick but Dickinson slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Dickinson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tribute rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dickinson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dickinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tribute.
Dickinson blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tribute lands with an uppercut that bounces Dickinson off the cage and back into range.
Nice uppercut there from Dickinson.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dickinson checks a leg kick.
Dickinson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tribute misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dickinson stuns Tribute with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tribute throws an off balance right hand
and Dickinson counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick lands for Tribute.
Tank Tribute seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tribute looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tribute walks into a stiff left hand from Dickinson.
Dickinson throws a hook but Tribute blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dickinson moves out of range as Tribute throws a body kick.
Dickinson lands a leg kick that knocks Tribute off balance momentarily.
Tribute walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dickinson.
Dickinson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tribute moves out of range as Dickinson strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sean Dickinson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dickinson throws a hook but Tribute blocks it.
Dickinson misses with a body shot.
Dickinson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dickinson misses the shot to the body.
Tribute misses with a body kick.
Sean Dickinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tribute with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dickinson to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tribute throws a lazy body kick
and Dickinson counters with a thumping low kick.
Dickinson connects with a body shot.
Dickinson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Tank Tribute has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribute looks to land a body kick but Dickinson moved away.
Dickinson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tribute swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dickinson thuds his right hand into Tribute's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tribute is looking to land body kicks.
Tribute misses with a looping left.
Dickinson lands with a shot to the body.
Tribute swings widly with a right hand
and Dickinson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tribute fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dickinson manages to avoid it.
Dickinson tries a quick counter leg kick but Tribute is wise to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribute throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dickinson.
Dickinson moves away from the strike by Tribute.
Tribute rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dickinson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tribute on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dickinson. Dickinson obviously looking to wear him down.
Tribute misses with a shot to the body
letting Dickinson counter with a right hand.
Tribute throws a sloppy head kick
and Dickinson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tribute throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tribute gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dickinson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tribute takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tribute gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dickinson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dickinson blocks a low kick nicely.
Dickinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tribute.
It seemed like Dickinson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tribute throws a wild body kick that Dickinson sees coming a mile off.
Dickinson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dickinson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dickinson blocks a jab.
Dickinson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tribute doesn't seem bothered though.
Dickinson swings for the body but Tribute moves out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Tribute might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tribute throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dickinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dickinson misses with a body kick.
Tribute goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Sean Dickinson has been cut.
Dickinson avoids the body shot from Tribute.
Dickinson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tribute swings widly with a right hand
and Dickinson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tribute thinking.
Tribute uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dickinson.
Tribute throwing a counter right hand but Dickinson manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Dickinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tribute.
Tank Tribute has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Tribute misses the target.
Tribute throws a wild body kick that Dickinson sees coming a mile off.
Tribute backing away here, and Dickinson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tribute misses with an uppercut
and Dickinson counters with a low kick, right behind Tribute 's knee.
Tribute smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dickinson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickinson misses with a straight left.
Dickinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tribute.
Dickinson connects with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribute misses with a double jab.
It seemed like Dickinson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dickinson connects with a leg kick.
Tribute takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dickinson misses with a low kick as Tribute jumps back.
Tribute with a nice cross.
Tribute waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dickinson.
Dickinson scores with a nice body kick.
Tribute jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribute misses with a head kick.
Dickinson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dickinson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tribute.
Tribute takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dickinson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dickinson sizes up Tribute with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tribute is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice straight punches there by Dickinson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dickinson.
Dickinson cracks Tribute with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tribute uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dickinson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Dickinson.
Tribute misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tribute lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dickinson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dickinson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dickinson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dickinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tribute.
A little jabbing left from Dickinson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tribute misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dickinson! But no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Dickinson.
Dickinson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tribute was well out of range. Poor timing from Dickinson.
A quick step to the side and Tribute tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dickinson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tribute takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dickinson wants to land a leg kick but Tribute is out of range.
Tribute throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dickinson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dickinson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tribute swings for the body but Dickinson moves out of range.
Tribute ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dickinson moves away.
Dickinson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tribute with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Dickinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dickinson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Dickinson!
Sean Dickinson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.