PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Whonjon William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dobryi Dag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

William
vs
Dag

170 cm
20
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Whonjon William!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dobryi Dag!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dag shoots in but no luck this time.
William moves in looking to clinch but Dag pushes him off.

William darts in and clinches Dag up against the cage.
Dag blocks an uppercut.
Dag misses with a knee strike.
William content to slow the pace in the clinch.
William is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dag is keeping busy.
William blocks a body shot from Dag.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
William content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from William.
William prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dag missing with knees to the body.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dag trying to stall but William improves his position.
Dag with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dag misses with a knee to the head.
Dag being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dag wants to break the clinch but can't.
A left hand lands to the body for William.
Dag throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but William blocks it with crossed arms.
Dag tries to stall but William uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
William misses with a punch to the body.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dag is looking for a takedown.
Whonjon William has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dobryi Dag.
William is looking to control Dag's arms but Dag gets an underhook and turns him. Now William has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dag fails to land.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dag.
A right hand to the body from William.
William blocks an uppercut.
William stalls.
Dag taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William blocks an uppercut.
Dag stalling.
Dag misses with a knee strike.
A left hand lands to the body for William.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dag tries to break free but William pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from William on the inside.
Dag letting William take a breather here.
William missing with knees to the body.
Dag trying to stall but William improves his position.
Dag blocks a body shot from William.
William missing with knees to the body.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dag misses with a knee strike.
Dag is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from William.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from William.
William tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dag throws a knee to the head but misses.
William throws an elbow that misses.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dag's elbow.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
William is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dag is defending well for now.
Dag tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dag tries a body shot but William blocks it.
William wants to stall.
William tries a body shot but Dag blocks it.
Dag with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dag tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from William.
Dag looks gassed!
Dag looking to throw knees to the head but William is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William leaning against his opponent.
William blocking some punches.
William avoiding damage as Dag throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for William to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William trying to land knees to the body.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Dag avoids the damage to the body.
William is working Dag over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from William.
Dag misses with a knee to the head.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
William pushes Dag back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dag up against the cage.
Dag takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Dobryi Dag has been cut.
Dag blocks a body shot from William.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whonjon William dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dobryi Dag's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

William swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dag counters with a two punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from William. Dag does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Dag.
William keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
William cracks a nice hook into Dag's ribs.
William throws a leg kick that misses.
William tries to clinch there but Dag circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dag throws a low kick but William avoids it.
Dag uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before William has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
William tries a low kick but Dag avoids it.
William misses with a looping right.
William swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dag misses with a double jab
and William counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dag has taken the fight to the clinch.
William slows down the pace here.
William swings wildly with an uppercut but Dag uses good head movement to avoid it.
William content to slow the pace in the clinch.
William misses with a body punch.
Dag looking to throw knees to the head but William is blocking nicely.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dag looking to stall.
Dag swings wildly with an uppercut but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dag takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dag lands with a left to the head.
Dag struggles to land a body shot inside as William controls his hands.
Dag using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dag being controlled against the cage.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Dag.
A head punch blocked on the inside by William.
Dag can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
William is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dag is stalling here.
William is working Dag over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dag wants to take the fight to the mat but William manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dag's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, William scores with a nice short uppercut.
William tries a body shot but Dag blocks it.
A right hand to the body from William.
Dag is breathing heavily.
Dag tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
William cracks Dag with a nice body shot.
William blocking some punches.
William missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for William to work.
William pushes off an throws an elbow but Dag leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
William lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dag lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from William.
William slows down the pace here.
Dag prevents a body shot from William.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dag tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
Dag throws a knee to the head but misses.
William blocking some punches.
William tries a body shot but Dag blocks it.
William lands a left hand.
William tries to work over Dag's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dag trying to stall but William improves his position.
William just leaning against Dag, taking a breather.
William is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dag missing with knees to the body.
Dag blocks a body shot from William.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Dag controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whonjon William dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dobryi Dag's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

William lands with a nice body punch.
Dag scores with a shot to the body.
Dag throws a hook to the side of William's head but William sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Dag closes the distance and pushes William back into the cage.
Dag lands with a short shot to the head.
Dag goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
William has Dag pushed against the cage.
Dag stalls.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, William creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from William.
Whonjon William has scored more points in the clinch so far.
William lands with a left to the head.
William is leaning against Dag and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
William misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William trying to stall but Dag improves his position.
Dag fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
William is pushing Dag up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dag tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dag lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dag misses with a knee strike.
Dag takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice body punch from William.
William digs a right hand into Dag's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dag's gas tank.
William lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dag or not.
William lands with a light punch inside.
William misses with a punch to the body.
Dag tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
William pushes Dag back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as William takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
William tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
William stalling against the cage.
William lands with a short head shot on the inside.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
William misses with a punch to the body.
William digs a right hand underneath Dag's ribcage. Dag let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, William scores with a nice short uppercut.
William lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
William lands a hook that snaps the head of Dag backwards.
William lands on the inside with an uppercut.
William misses with an elbow over the top.
Good body shot from William.
Dag tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from William.
William lands a hook that snaps the head of Dag backwards.
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dag is trying to maintain a safe position but William gets an underhook and turns Dag into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
William tries a body shot but Dag blocks it.
William missing with knees to the body.
Dag on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dag blocking some punches.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dag's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dag swings wildly with an uppercut but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
William lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dag is trying to drag William to the mat but William just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
William taking a breather.
William blocking some punches.
Dag lands a right hand that snaps the head of William backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
William trying to land knees to the body.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dag's elbow.
Dag lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
William has Dag pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for William.
William is pushing Dag up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whonjon William clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dobryi Dag's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dag attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dobryi Dag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
William misses with a lunging right hand

and Dag decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in William's guard.
William keeping moving, preventing Dag from controlling successfully.
Dag passes William's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dag is looking to take a break and control but William is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dag is just content to waste time from the top position. William takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dag sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dag passes William's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
William is trying to maintain the position but Dag is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dag wants to pass to mount but William is defending the position.
William is not content to let Dag control the position.
Dag might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control William kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dobryi Dag hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Dag fails to land the takedown.
William avoids the body shot from Dag.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dag checks a leg kick.
Dag uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by William.
William uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dag.
Dag misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from William.
Dag fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dag is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
William misses the shot to the body.
Dag misses with a left hand
and William counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dag dives in and grabs William's left leg, looking for a takedown. William pushes down on Dag's head and hops out.
Whonjon William has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dobryi Dag.
William fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dag checks the leg kick.
William throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William throws a hook to the side of Dag's head but Dag sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

William gets a clinch.
Dag tries to work over William's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dag trying to land knees to the body.
William taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dag softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dag misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dag trying to stall but William improves his position.
Dag on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dag.
William is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dag is keeping busy.
William stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dobryi Dag dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Dobryi Dag's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Dag throws a one two combo.
Dag misses with a straight left.
William needs to keep his hands up - Dag had a free shot at his head there.
William throws a sloppy head kick and Dag moves out of range easily.
Dag on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
William throws a body punch but Dag moves out of range.
William blocks a low kick nicely.
Dobryi Dag seems to be getting the better of the standup.
William scores with a jab.
Dag fails with a takedown attempt.
William uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dag.
Dag throws the left hand but William avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dag avoids the body shot from William.
Dag misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from William.
Dag fails with the takedown
and Dag takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dag is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
William throws a looping overhand right but Dag ducks down to avoid it.
William's corner calls for a 1-2. William obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch combination from Dag misses.
Dag shoots in for a double leg but William sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Whonjon William has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dobryi Dag.

William fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dag, pushing him back against the cage.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dag looking for a takedown.
William leaning his opponent against the cage.
William gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
William looking to slow down the pace here.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dag is defending well for now.
Dag stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
William trying to control the position but instead, Dag has worked for underhooks and has pushed William into the cage.
William prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dag tries a body shot but William blocks it.
William blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from William.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William is trying to maintain a safe position but Dag gets an underhook and turns William into the cage.
Dag goes for a takedown in the clinch but William prevents it.
William tries to throw a body punch but Dag avoids it by throwing William back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dag.
William blocks a body shot from Dag.
Dag misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from William on the inside.
William gets through Dag's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dag misses with a punch to the body.
William is leaning against Dag and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dag fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dag is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
William stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dag's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from William.
William misses with a punch to the body.
Dag tries for a takedown but William manages to get underhooks.
Dag throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but William blocks it with crossed arms.
Dobryi Dag has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William has a couple of punches blocked by Dag.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dag's elbow.
Dag trying to control the position but instead, William has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dag into the cage.
William misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dag.
Whonjon William is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
William tries to work over Dag's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Whonjon William showed his dominance in that final round.
I think William has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Whonjon William!
Whonjon William retains his middleweight title!