PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Sessions (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dawkins
vs
Sessions

170 cm
26
157 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

169 cm
27
156 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Dawkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Sessions!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sessions swings for the body but Dawkins moves out of range.
Sessions scores with a sloppy right hand. Dawkins should have avoided that one.
Manny Sessions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dawkins throws the left hand but Sessions avoids the punch easily.
Dawkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sessions lands a jab to Dawkins's midsection.
Dawkins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sessions.
Sessions moves out of range as Dawkins strikes.
Sessions checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawkins. Sessions does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawkins has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sessions tries a low kick but Dawkins avoids it.
Dawkins throws a sloppy head kick
and Sessions counters with a nice kick to the body.
Dawkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sessions stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sessions stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sessions wants it to stay on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Dawkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sessions misses with a kick to the body.
Sessions lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sessions throws a body punch but Dawkins moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Dawkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sessions throws a push kick but Dawkins slaps the foot to one side.
Sessions gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dawkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sessions really felt that one!
Good standup being displayed there by Sessions as he connects with a hook.
Dawkins lands a nice looking body kick.
Sessions digs a good body shot into Dawkins's ribs.
Dawkins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dawkins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dawkins ducks under a wild hook from Sessions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sessions misses with a kick to the body.
Sessions scores with a three punch combo!
Sessions lands a slapping body shot.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins misses with a body shot.
Sessions lands with a hook. Dawkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dawkins misses with a body kick.
Sessions takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sessions takes a swing at Dawkins's ribcage but misses.
Dawkins tests Sessions's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins misses with a hook. Sessions ducked under it nicely.
Dawkins moves out of range of the body kick from Sessions.
Sessions scores with a jab to the body.
Sessions tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dawkins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dawkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sessions was well out of range. Poor timing from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sessions.
Dawkins is looking to wear down Sessions with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sessions throws a body punch but Dawkins moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sessions misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dawkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sessions takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sessions, right into the meat.
Sessions misses with a body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dawkins.
Dawkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sessions stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dawkins throws a sloppy head kick and Sessions moves out of range easily.
A big left from Sessions misses.
Nice defenses there by Sessions.
Sessions ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sessions looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dawkins drops his hands momentarily and Sessions takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dawkins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sessions.
Dawkins misses with a looping right.
Dawkins on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sessions throws a wild body kick that Dawkins sees coming a mile off.
Dawkins cracks Sessions with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sessions is looking to land body kicks.
Sessions misses with a hook
and Dawkins counters with a head kick.
Dawkins throws a push kick but Sessions slaps the foot to one side.
Dawkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sessions manages to avoid it.
Sessions throws a series of punches but Dawkins avoids them all with ease.
Sessions throws a body punch but Dawkins moves out of range.
Crunch! Sessions slams his shin into Dawkins's torso.
Dawkins on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Sessions throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dawkins scores with a nice body kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dawkins moves out of range as Sessions throws a body kick.
Dawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sessions.
Dawkins scores with a leg kick.
Sessions throws a hook but Dawkins blocks it.
Dawkins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sessions.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sessions throws the kick towards the body but Dawkins avoids it.
Sessions lands a body shot.
Sessions loads up on a big right hand but Dawkins slips the punch.
Sessions throws a head kick that misses
and Dawkins counters with a head kick. That will keep Sessions thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dawkins defending well as Sessions loads up on a big left hand.
Sessions has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sessions there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sessions misses with a body shot
and Dawkins counters with a nice body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Sessions
and Dawkins counters with a good, hard body kick but Sessions shrugs it off.
Sessions looks gassed!
A shot to the body from Sessions misses
and Dawkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dawkins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dawkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dawkins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sessions has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dawkins lands a jab to the nose.

Dawkins lands a high kick to the side of Sessions's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Dawkins dives into guard, looking to finish.

Sessions is rocked!
Dawkins slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sessions is still in real trouble! Can Dawkins finish him?
Dawkins works to advance to full mount. Sessions defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sessions seems to have recovered his senses.
Dawkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dawkins with the ground and pound from mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dawkins avoids the attempt from Sessions to control.
Sessions takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dawkins postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sessions looks a forlorn figure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sessions can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dawkins landing strikes from the mount.
Dawkins looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Sessions covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Dawkins!
Richard Dawkins retains his featherweight title!
In his post fight interview, Richard Dawkins gave a big smile as he said 'With the best training partners in MMA, and Convicted Inc management standing behind me, I will be the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world. Eberhart, wrong place at the wrong time. You had what was rightfully mine, so I took it back.'.