|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Flanders (ranked 555 p4p, 1792 weight class) and Bam Bam Joshy (ranked 51 p4p, 150 weight class). Dallas Flanders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
 |
|
 |
| 174 cm
26
154
11 - 5 - 0 |
|
150 cm
36
152
24 - 23 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Excellent grappler
World class MT
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dallas Flanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam Joshy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flanders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joshy works the jab nicely.
Jab, jab by Joshy - just one landing.
Flanders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joshy moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Joshy. Those never looked like landing.
Flanders thinks about countering with a body kick.
Flanders moves out of range of the strikes.
Joshy jabs at Flanders's body.
Flanders cracks Joshy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Flanders looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Joshy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Joshy misses with a body shot.
Dallas Flanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flanders scores with a jab to the head.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Flanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flanders throws a body punch but Joshy moves out of range.
Flanders uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Joshy ducks under a wild hook from Flanders.
Joshy is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Joshy misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joshy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Joshy misses.
Flanders scoring well with a low kick there.
Flanders throws a good cross that connects.
Joshy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Joshy looks to move away, Flanders throws a big counter combo but Joshy just gets out of the way.
Joshy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Flanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Flanders.
Joshy tries to counter with a clinch but Flanders shakes him off and moves away.
Joshy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joshy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joshy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joshy darts in trying to clinch
and Flanders counters with a straight right hand.
Good exchange - Flanders coming out on top.
A head kick misses from Joshy.
Joshy moves out of range of the leg kick from Flanders.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a hook but Flanders blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joshy lands the left hand.
Flanders lands a leg kick that knocks Joshy off balance momentarily.
Flanders looks for the body kick but Joshy saw that one coming.
Joshy moves out of range of the body kick.
Joshy misses with a wild combination.
Joshy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Flanders swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joshy throws a series of punches but Flanders moves out of range.
Flanders connects with a body shot.
We've been told by Flanders's head coaches at Convicted Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Joshy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
Flanders lands a lovely overhand right.
Flanders lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joshy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flanders.
As Joshy backs away, Flanders returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Flanders throws a body punch but Joshy moves out of range.
Joshy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy misses with a hook. Flanders ducked under it nicely.
Flanders is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Joshy connects with a jab.
Joshy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Flanders's head.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Flanders tries to land a front kick but Joshy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders tried to score with a low kick but Joshy checks it.
Joshy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Flanders. That did some damage!
Flanders throws the left hand but Joshy avoids the punch easily.
Flanders blocks a head kick by Joshy.
Flanders lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Joshy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice body punch from Flanders.
Flanders dodges the punch combination from Joshy.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Flanders - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flanders lands a jab to Joshy's midsection.
Flanders thows a body kick. Joshy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Flanders.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Flanders lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Flanders keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joshy.
Flanders is looking to counter with head kicks.
Flanders lands with a cross.
Flanders is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Flanders.
Joshy throws the left hand but Flanders avoids the punch easily.
Joshy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flanders.
Flanders throws a leg kick that misses.
Joshy wants to counter with a clinch but Flanders pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flanders turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Flanders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flanders scores with a nice head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Flanders.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dallas Flanders dominated that round.
That's time! Flanders's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Flanders 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 Joshy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Joshy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joshy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flanders.
Joshy wants to counter the offense by Flanders and move into the clinch position.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joshy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joshy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Joshy staying out of range there.
Flanders checks a low kick from Joshy.
An attempted straight right counter from Flanders misses the target.
Flanders misses the shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Joshy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Flanders has got the better of the exchanges.
Joshy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Flanders counters with a nice leg kick.
Joshy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Flanders throws the left hand but Joshy avoids the punch easily.
Joshy is looking for the big counter here.
Joshy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flanders walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joshy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Flanders fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joshy is out of range.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flanders lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
Flanders connects with the punch.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Flanders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joshy closes the distance and pushes Flanders back into the cage.
Flanders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joshy can do to turn this around?
Flanders lands with a light punch inside.
Joshy lands an uppercut.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Joshy avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Joshy avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Joshy has a couple of punches blocked by Flanders.
Joshy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flanders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flanders uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Flanders appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dallas Flanders is winning the standup battle so far.
Joshy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Joshy throws a hook but Flanders blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joshy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flanders connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheers as Joshy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Flanders doesn't seem phased though.
Flanders throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Joshy on the side of the head.
Flanders walks into a stiff left hand from Joshy.
Flanders moves out of range of the leg kick from Joshy.
Flanders ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Flanders swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joshy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Joshy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Joshy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Joshy misses with an uppercut
and Flanders counters with a two punch combo.
Flanders slips a straight right by Joshy.
Flanders moves into range and connects with a jab.
Joshy loads up on a big right hand but Flanders slips the punch.
Joshy misses with a lunging right hand
and Flanders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joshy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joshy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Flanders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Flanders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joshy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Flanders scores with a head kick.
Joshy misses with a head kick.
Flanders connects with a solid leg kick.
Joshy misses with a hook. Flanders ducked under it nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Flanders getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joshy moves out of range as Flanders throws a body kick.
Flanders scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joshy throws a hook but Flanders blocks it.
Flanders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Flanders cracks Joshy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joshy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Flanders scores with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joshy lands with a cross.
Flanders misses with a head kick.
Flanders throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Flanders misses its intended target.
Joshy misses with a wild body shot.
Joshy misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flanders. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
No joy there for Joshy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joshy throws out the jab.
Joshy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flanders.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joshy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joshy throws a leg kick
and Flanders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flanders lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Flanders lands a nice looking kick to the body. Joshy takes a step back to recover.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dallas Flanders dominated that second round.
That's time! Flanders's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Flanders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Joshy. That did some damage!
Joshy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Flanders slips under a jab from Joshy.
Flanders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joshy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Joshy.
Joshy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Joshy swings for the body but Flanders moves out of range.
Joshy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flanders circles away quickly and effectively.
Flanders scores with a nice right hand.
Joshy takes a swing at Flanders's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flanders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joshy.
Flanders was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Flanders misses.
Flanders loads up on a big right hand but Joshy slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joshy! But no joy.
Joshy misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joshy is out of range and Flanders settles back down.
Flanders connects with a good right hand that stumbles Joshy. Joshy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Flanders scores with a nice head shot.
Flanders dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Flanders lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joshy tries to bum rush Flanders with a series of wild strikes but Flanders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Flanders swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joshy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flanders is looking to counter punch.
Good work by Joshy as he checks the leg kick.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flanders slips a straight right by Joshy.
Flanders throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Flanders defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Flanders's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Joshy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flanders scrambles back to his feet.
Joshy scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joshy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flanders.
Joshy is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy checks a leg kick nicely.
Joshy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Flanders connects with a right hand. Joshy shakes it off.
Flanders throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Flanders misses its intended target.
Joshy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flanders looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Flanders connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Joshy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joshy looks to land a right hand but Flanders moved out of range.
Joshy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Flanders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joshy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Flanders. Flanders obviously looking to wear him down.
Flanders lands a jab.
Joshy misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Joshy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joshy swings for the body but Flanders moves out of range.
Flanders defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Flanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joshy.
Donk. Joshy catches Flanders right on the button with a cross.
Flanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Flanders misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joshy throws a leg kick but Flanders sees it coming and moves out of range.
Joshy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Flanders can pounce on him.
Joshy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joshy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Flanders punishes Joshy's body with a nice straight punch.
Flanders misses the jab.
Joshy looks to throw the jab but Flanders is out of range.
Flanders throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flanders scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joshy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flanders.
Joshy takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joshy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flanders lands a nice shot that snaps Joshy's head back.
Joshy tries to land a leg kick but Flanders saw it coming and moves away.
Flanders throws a good cross that connects.
Flanders throws a looping overhand right but Joshy ducks down to avoid it.
Joshy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Flanders defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Joshy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Flanders connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Joshy scrambles back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Flanders.
A cross from Flanders lands.
Joshy misses with a looping left.
Bam Bam Joshy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flanders connects with a solid leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dallas Flanders showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Flanders, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dallas Flanders!
A victorious Dallas Flanders thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
