PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Avree Dubree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caetano Czar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caetano Czar will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dubree
vs
Czar

154 cm
25
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Avree Dubree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caetano Czar!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Czar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dubree sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Czar somewhat.
Dubree keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dubree scoring well with a low kick there.

Czar instigates a clinch.
Czar blocks the elbow strike.
Dubree using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Czar blocks the elbow strike.
Dubree really is a fat lump.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Czar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dubree landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Czar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Czar managing to block the knees to the body from Dubree.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czar is looking to break free of the clinch but Dubree has double underhooks.
Czar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dubree throws an elbow but it misses.
Dubree crunches a lovely knee into Czar's ribcage.
Dubree lands a good knee to the midsection. Czar won't want to take too many of those.
Dubree misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dubree just misses with a elbow thrown towards Czar's brow.
Czar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dubree throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Czar avoiding damage as Dubree throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dubree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Czar is trying to push Dubree away but Dubree has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Czar is looking to break free of the clinch but Dubree has double underhooks.
Czar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dubree swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dubree missing with knees to the body.
Dubree throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Czar can't break the clinch.
Dubree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dubree keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Czar's efforts to push away.
Czar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Czar has had enough of the clinch but Dubree keeps him there for the moment.
Dubree tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dubree tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Czar's elbow.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Dubree landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Dubree throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Czar has had enough of the clinch but Dubree keeps him there for the moment.
Czar working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Dubree.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Czar.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Czar blocks an elbow strike from Dubree.
Czar is trying to break the clinch but Dubree is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Czar.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Czar is trying to break the clinch but Dubree has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dubree has Czar pressed against the cage, preventing Czar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dubree has Czar pressed against the cage, preventing Czar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avree Dubree dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Czar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dubree, pushing him back against the cage.
Dubree struggles to land a body shot inside as Czar controls his hands.
Czar avoids a wild elbow strike from Dubree.
Dubree doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dubree.
Dubree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dubree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Czar.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dubree.
Dubree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Czar.
Dubree keeps control of Czar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Dubree.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Dubree - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Czar has had enough of the clinch but Dubree keeps him there for the moment.
Dubree trying to land knees to the body.
Czar managing to block the knees to the body from Dubree.
Avree Dubree has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Dubree.
Dubree pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dubree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Czar avoids it.
Dubree missing with knees to the body.
Dubree missing with knees to the body.
Czar blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dubree misses with an elbow strike.
Dubree tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Czar avoids a wild elbow strike from Dubree.
Czar avoids the elbow strike from Dubree, against the cage.
Dubree struggles to land a body shot inside as Czar controls his hands.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
Dubree tries to land knees in the clinch but Czar avoids the damage to the body.
Dubree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Czar.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dubree obliges.
Dubree misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Czar wants to break free but Dubree has control.
Czar managing to block the knees to the body from Dubree.
Czar has had enough of the clinch but Dubree keeps him there for the moment.
Czar avoids the elbow strike from Dubree, against the cage.
Dubree has Czar pressed against the cage, preventing Czar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dubree throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dubree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Czar.
Dubree misses with an elbow over the top.
Dubree misses with an elbow strike.
Dubree keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Czar's efforts to push away.
Czar blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dubree throws an elbow but misses.
Dubree misses with a body punch.
Dubree working Czar over with knees to the body.
Czar avoids the elbow strike from Dubree, against the cage.
Czar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dubree pushes off an throws an elbow but Czar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Czar blocks a body shot from Dubree.
Dubree throws an elbow that misses.
Dubree pushes off an throws an elbow but Czar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avree Dubree dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dubree throws a nice inside leg kick.
Czar lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Avree Dubree has been cut.
Czar lands with a good body shot.
Caetano Czar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Czar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Czar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dubree.

Czar has closed the distance and engaged Dubree in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Czar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dubree swings wildly with an uppercut but Czar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Czar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Czar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dubree has him pressed against the cage.
Dubree tries to work over Czar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dubree unloads a knee to the mid-section. Czar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Czar is trying to break free.
Dubree trying to land knees to the body.
Czar is trying to break free.
Dubree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Czar can't break the clinch.
Czar avoids the elbow strike from Dubree, against the cage.
Dubree working Czar over with knees to the body.
Czar has had enough of the clinch but Dubree keeps him there for the moment.
Dubree misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czar managing to block the knees to the body from Dubree.
Dubree working Czar over with knees to the body.
Dubree pushes off an throws an elbow but Czar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dubree just misses with a elbow thrown towards Czar's brow.
Dubree can't find room to land a body shot as Czar controls the action.
Dubree misses with a hook from the clinch.
Czar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dubree utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dubree prevents Czar from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubree unloads a knee to the mid-section. Czar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dubree throws a head punch that misses.
Dubree tries to throw a body punch but Czar avoids it by throwing Dubree back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Dubree.
Czar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dubree tries a body shot but Czar blocks it.
Czar wants to break free but Dubree has control.
Dubree using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Czar tries to circle away but Dubree has him pinned against the cage.
Dubree fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dubree pushes off an throws an elbow but Czar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dubree lands a good knee to the midsection. Czar won't want to take too many of those.
Dubree pushes off an throws an elbow but Czar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dubree.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dubree just misses with a elbow thrown towards Czar's brow.
Czar managing to block the knees to the body from Dubree.
Czar is trying to push Dubree away but Dubree has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dubree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czar is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dubree pushes off an throws an elbow but Czar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Caetano Czar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dubree tries to work over Czar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Avree Dubree.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dubree, 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avree Dubree!