PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between billy kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Dye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

kid
vs
Dye

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, billy kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron Dye!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dye moves into range and clinches up with kid.
Dye stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting on Dye's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Dye stalling the fight.
Dye landing knees to the head.
Dye scores with a knee to the head.
Dye is stalling here.
Dye continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Dye crunches a lovely knee into kid's ribcage.
Dye slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.
kid shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dye as he jumps to the side.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch but kid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dye tries to clinch up but kid circles away and keeps his distance.
kid shoots for a takedown but Dye saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dye gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dye managing to block the knees to the body from kid.
kid is breathing heavily.
Dye just leaning against kid, taking a breather.
Dye with a knee to the head.
kid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
kid being controlled against the cage.
Dye lands an elbow just above kid 's eye.
Dye landing knees to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Dye.
Dye with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dye lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dye unloads a knee to the mid-section. kid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dye landing knees to the head.
Dye connects with a knee to the head.

kid is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Dye scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Dye.
Dye connects with a nasty looking knee right to kid's face.
Dye leaning against his opponent.
Dye lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dye connects with a knee to the head.
Dye has kid pressed against the cage.
kid takes an elbow to the temple.
Dye effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dye scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The is referee keeping an eye on Dye - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Dye.
Dye receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

Dye moves into the clinch.
Dye lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dye lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Dye.
Knees to the body from Dye.
kid tries to pull guard but Dye holds him up against the cage and eventually kid drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for billy kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dye lands a damaging elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dye connects with a nasty looking knee right to kid's face.
kid has had enough of the clinch but Dye keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Dye - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dye lands an elbow inside that kid shrugs off.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Dye gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dye landing some nice looking knees to the body.
kid letting Dye take a breather here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

Dye rushes kid and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Dye dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dye clinches with his opponent.
kid is trying to drag Dye to the mat but Dye just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dye landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dye landing knees to the body.
Dye lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dye with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like billy kid has been cut.
Dye stalling.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dye.
Dye crunches a lovely knee into kid's ribcage.
Dye landing knees to the head.
Dye lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Dye.
Dye dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dye creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through kid's defenses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dye lands an elbow just above kid 's eye.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dye lands a nice knee to the body.
Dye manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dye scores with a knee to the head.
Dye stalling.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
kid takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dye displaying some good clinch control by pressing kid up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
kid takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dye gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dye is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

Dye moves into range and clinches up with kid.
kid takes a knee right on the jaw!
kid is looking to break free of the clinch but Dye has double underhooks.
Dye stalling.
Dye lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dye landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dye stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.
Dye moves in looking to clinch but kid pushes him off.
billy kid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dye closes the distance and clinches.
Dye content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dye scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dye connects with a knee to the head.
Dye with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
kid is looking to break free of the clinch but Dye has double underhooks.
Dye unloads a knee to the mid-section. kid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dye lands an elbow inside.
Dye is pushing kid up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
kid is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dye lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dye with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dye leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dye crunches a lovely knee into kid's ribcage.
kid takes an elbow to the temple.
Dye will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning kid up against the cage.
Dye lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dye takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dye with a knee to the head.
Dye lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dye scores with a knee to the head.
Dye connects with a nasty looking knee right to kid's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Dye showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on billy kid's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dye clinches with his opponent.
Dye gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from kid.
Dye connects with a nasty looking knee right to kid's face.
Dye unloads a knee to the mid-section. kid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cameron Dye seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dye is struggling to control the position.
Dye using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
kid takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dye unloads a knee to the mid-section. kid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dye lands a nice elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dye takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dye connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kid takes an elbow to the temple.
Dye lands an elbow inside.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dye lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Dye.
A knee to the head by Dye.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Dye connects with a knee to the head.
Dye with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dye gets underhooks to prevent kid's takedown attempt.
Dye creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through kid's defenses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dye landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dye stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

Dye rushes kid and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Dye.
Dye lands a knee to the head.
Dye connects with a knee to the head.
kid goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dye prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for billy kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dye with a knee to the head.
Dye connects with a knee to the head.
Dye will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning kid up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dye unloads a knee to the mid-section. kid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dye pressing his opponent against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

Dye closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dye taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cameron Dye.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A knee to the head by Dye.
Dye blocking some punches.
Dye with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dye has kid pushed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dye lands a knee to the body.
billy kid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron Dye comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dye 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron Dye!