PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Krylov (ranked 1983 p4p, 2752 weight class) and Jack Dawson (ranked 265 p4p, 343 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krylov
vs
Dawson

180 cm
26
195
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
190
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anton Krylov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dawson has managed to clinch.
Dawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dawson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Krylov fails to land.
A short left from Dawson.
Dawson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krylov's efforts to push away.
Krylov is working for takedown but Dawson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Krylov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krylov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dawson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Dawson.
Krylov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dawson pulls his leg out and moves away.

Dawson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Krylov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dawson pushes Krylov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Krylov is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dawson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dawson.
Dawson lands an uppercut.
Dawson digs a right hand underneath Krylov's ribcage. Krylov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Krylov has been working on his balance at Elite Island Training, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Dawson.
A short uppercut from Dawson.
Dawson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dawson works on Krylov's body with a couple of short punches.
Dawson lands with a short shot to the head.
Dawson lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Dawson - that landed with a thud.
Dawson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dawson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krylov.
Dawson lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Krylov is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krylov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krylov misses with some punches.
Dawson lands a left hand.
Oh Krylov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right hand to the body from Dawson.
A short body shot lands from Dawson as the two fighters clinch.
Krylov seems to have got his legs back now.
Dawson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dawson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dawson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Krylov! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Dawson is unloading with more strikes now! Krylov drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Dawson!