PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ainsley Clearly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Dyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Clearly
vs
Dyer

185 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ainsley Clearly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Dyer!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clearly shoots in but Dyer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Clearly looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Dyer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dyer showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dyer decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Dyer misses with a wild combination.
Dyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dyer throws a looping overhand right but Clearly ducks down to avoid it.
Dyer lands a jab to Clearly's midsection.

Dyer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dyer is pushing down on Clearly's leg trying to pass to half guard. Clearly is fighting to maintain full guard but Dyer has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dyer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dyer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Clearly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dyer working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clearly tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Clearly is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dyer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dyer wants to take a breather but Clearly is having none of it.
Clearly misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Clearly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Clearly taking some punishment here, with Dyer in his half guard.

Dyer stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Clearly slips under a jab from Dyer.
Dyer takes a swing at Clearly's ribcage but misses.
Dyer lands a head shot.
Dyer tries to bum rush Clearly with a series of wild strikes but Clearly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Dyer shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dyer was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dyer scoring with strikes but Clearly is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyer lands a big elbow.
Clearly flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dyer blocks Clearly's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Clearly throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dyer. What's that going to do exactly?
Clearly flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dyer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dyer landing punches.
Dyer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dyer dominating with strikes here.
Clearly can't escape the position.
Clearly is in a horrible position here. Dyer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Clearly swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dyer blocks Clearly's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Clearly in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Clearly throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dyer. What's that going to do exactly?
Dyer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyer with the ground and pound from mount.
Clearly is looking to improve his position but Dyer isn't that keen on the idea.
Dyer with a couple of short strikes.
Dyer working the ground and pound effectively.
Dyer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Dyer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Clearly is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Clearly flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Clearly throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dyer blocks Clearly's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Clearly is trying desperately to improve position.
Clearly throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dyer. What's that going to do exactly?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dyer tries to control but Clearly wriggling away.
Clearly taking shots to the head.
Dyer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Dyer with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Clearly tries to reverse the position but Dyer maintains control.
Dyer lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Dyer.
Dyer tries to control but Clearly wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clearly gets back to half guard.
Dyer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dyer is nestled in close to Clearly, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Dyer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dyer with a lazy takedown attempt

and Clearly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dyer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dyer is doing well to control the position and prevent Clearly from advancing to side control.
Clearly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dyer wants to get back to his feet.
Dyer manages to get to full guard.
Dyer is looking to stand up but Clearly isn't so interested in that idea.
Clearly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Dyer scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dyer misses with a double jab

and Clearly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Clearly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dyer tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Dyer has his feet on Clearly's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dyer wants to clinch but Clearly slips to the side

and Clearly counters with a takedown into side control.
Clearly working the ground and pound.
Dyer is pushing Clearly's head away, looking to escape. Clearly manages to hold on to the position though.
Clearly lands an elbow.
Dyer pushes Clearly away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Clearly gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dyer is trying to control Clearly's posture but Clearly avoids it.
Dyer is trying to buck Clearly off.
Dyer takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dyer is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Clearly is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dyer misses with a series of wild punches.
A lazy left from Dyer finds it's target.
Dyer misses with a hook.
Dyer connects with the punch.
Clearly ducks right into an uppercut from Dyer.
Dyer lands with a right hand.
Dyer misses with a shot to the body

and Clearly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Clearly with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clearly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dyer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Clearly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dyer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clearly postures up in Dyer's guard and throws a big left but Dyer blocks it.
Clearly stops Dyer from standing up.
Dyer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Clearly with a flurry of punches that miss.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dyer tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Clearly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dyer trying to control the position.
Clearly stops Dyer from standing up.
Clearly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Clearly being controlled here momentarily.
Dyer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Dyer kicks Clearly off and gets to his feet.
Dyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clearly shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dyer defends it nicely.

Dyer closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dyer wants to stand but Clearly is controlling his arm.
Clearly sneaks back into half guard.
Clearly lands with a few short shots to the body.
Stephen Dyer has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dyer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Dyer decides to stand up.
Dyer misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ainsley Clearly dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Dyer misses with a wild body shot.
Dyer lands a nice shot that snaps Clearly's head back.
Dyer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Clearly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dyer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Clearly is working away from the top position though.
Clearly drops an elbow to the side of Dyer's head.
Dyer is looking to escape.
Clearly landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Clearly throwing shots but Dyer is blocking nicely.
Clearly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dyer's head.
Clearly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dyer is trying to stand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Clearly misses with a takedown attempt

and Dyer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Clearly!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clearly keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Clearly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Clearly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Clearly is looking to get to half guard.
Dyer blocks Clearly's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Clearly taking shots to the head.
Dyer landing strikes from the mount.
Dyer is landing with some decent strikes but Clearly is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dyer blocks Clearly's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Clearly is looking to improve his position but Dyer isn't that keen on the idea.
Dyer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Clearly can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dyer with shots to the head and body - Clearly looks very uncomfortable down there.
Clearly bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Dyer wants to stand and escape but Clearly is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dyer is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Clearly stands up over Dyer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dyer is looking to stand up but Clearly isn't so interested in that idea.
Clearly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dyer wants to get back to his feet but Clearly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dyer takes a swing at Clearly's ribcage but misses.
Clearly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dyer connects with a right hand. Clearly shakes it off.
Clearly slips under a jab from Dyer.
Dyer tries to clinch up but Clearly circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyer tries to bum rush Clearly with a series of wild strikes but Clearly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clearly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dyer.
Clearly shoots and misses

and Dyer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Clearly!
Clearly is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Dyer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Clearly throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Clearly tries to reverse the position but Dyer maintains control.
Dyer breaks from Clearly's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Clearly is in a horrible position here. Dyer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Clearly looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Clearly keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyer is landing with some decent strikes but Clearly is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Clearly is looking to improve his position but Dyer isn't that keen on the idea.
Clearly swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Clearly throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dyer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dyer has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clearly's face.
Dyer prevents Clearly from getting the reversal.
Clearly swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dyer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Clearly is working to get back to half guard.
Clearly is bucking up trying to escape but Dyer cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dyer landing punches.

Clearly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Dyer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Dyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dyer 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Dyer!