PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Danza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dee comes to the cage accompanied by One Dimension. Danza is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Who's the Boss. 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.

Dee
vs
Danza

168 cm
26
179 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
183 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Danza!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danza misses with a looping left.
Danza throws a jab but it's blocked by Dee.
Danza checks a low kick from Dee.
Dee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dee misses with a body kick.
Dee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dee.
Dee is looking to land body kicks.
Danza looks to score with a jab to the body but Dee is just out of range.

Dee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Danza gets back to half guard.
Dee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dee is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Dee seems to be looking for submissions.
Danza is holding on to half guard well.
Danza wants to improve his position but Dee is controlling well.

Danza actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danza gets full guard.
Dee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Danza trying to control the position.
Dee is looking to work some ground and pound but Danza has wrist control.
Danza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dee wants to control from the top but Danza keeps moving.
Dee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dee postures up in Danza's guard and throws a big left but Danza blocks it.
Dee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Danza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Dee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dee trying to control the position from guard on top but Danza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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.

Danza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dee is aware though and is defending well.
Dee wants to pass the guard but Danza is keeping the position.

Dee is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dee connects with a couple of short punches.
Dee makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dee throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Danza wants to sweep here but Dee controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Danza defending well though.
Dee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Danza wants to improve his position but Dee is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Danza manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dee being controlled here momentarily.
Danza is trying to control the position but Dee postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Danza is keeping the position for now.
Danza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dee manages to get himself to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dee is on top in guard.
Dee 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.
Dee tries to free his leg and advance position but Danza is retaining full guard.
Dee controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Danza working a defensive guard here.
Danza utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dee throws a strike but Danza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Dee dominated that 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.

Danza bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Danza tries to score with some ground and pound. Dee controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Danza wants to control but Dee is keeping him busy.
Dee tries to improve position but can't.
Dee wants to control but Danza postures up.
Dee sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Dee actively working from the bottom here.
Danza passes to side control.
Dee is trying to control Danza's posture but Danza avoids it.
Dee is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dee keeps working.
Sloppy strikes there by Danza.
Dee dodges the ground and pound from Danza.
Danza misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Danza scores with punches from side control.
Dee manages to get back to half guard.

Dee looking for a kimura from the bottom but Danza passes into side control!
Dee manages to work his way to half guard, despite Danza's best efforts.
Dee is refusing to be controlled, as Danza sits in half guard.
Danza is thwarting Dee's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Danza is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dee has managed to free his arm - good work.
Danza not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Dee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dee tries to roll over but Danza keeps him under control.
Danza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dee trying to hold on to Danza's head to control him but Danza postures up.

Danza is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dee has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dee looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Danza uses his free foot to push down on Dee's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dee.
Danza cracks Dee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dee tries to reverse the position but Danza maintains control.
Danza is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tony Danza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Danza thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dee is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dee is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danza looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dee tries to reverse the position but Danza maintains control.

Danza looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Danza unloads with some shots from mount but Dee bucks and avoids them well.
Dee is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Danza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Dee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Danza counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Dee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dee is looking to improve his position.
Dee is staying active underneath Danza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Danza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dee wants to improve his position but Danza is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee is staying active underneath Danza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Danza wants to work for an arm triangle but Dee is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Danza.
Dee is looking to get back to full guard here but Danza has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dee throwing hammer fists to the chest of Danza. What's that going to do exactly?
Dee can't escape the position.
Dee is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dee is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Danza is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dee sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee is not content to let Danza control the position.
Dee is looking to control Danza's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dee avoid being mounted?
Dee wants to improve his position but Danza is controlling well.
Danza is keen to just control but Dee is a slippery customer.
Dee is trying to maintain the position but Danza is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dee throws a low kick but Danza avoids it.

Dee gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dee trying to keep a closed guard but Danza is proving a slippery customer.

Dee working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Danza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Danza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Dee working for a triangle but Danza defends it easily.
Danza trying to control the position from guard on top but Dee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dee looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Danza passes into side control.
Dee is not content to let Danza control the position.
Dee tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Danza wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Danza wants to control but Dee is keeping him busy.
Danza in side control, throwing shots but Dee defends.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Danza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Danza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Danza!