PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tupac Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Dickerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shakur comes into the arena with Ambitionz Az a Ridah blaring out of the sound system. Tupac Shakur has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Shakur
vs
Dickerson

174 cm
23
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tupac Shakur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Dickerson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakur takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shakur lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dickerson at a distance.
Shakur throws a jab but it's blocked by Dickerson.
Dickerson with a hook.
Dickerson misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Shakur misses the target.
Shakur lands with a hook. Dickerson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shakur misses with a looping left.
Dickerson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shakur manages to avoid it.
Shakur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shakur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Dickerson has Shakur up against the cage in a clinch.
Shakur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Shakur.
Shakur lands a hook that snaps the head of Dickerson backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Shakur.
A short left from Dickerson.
Dickerson struggles to land a body shot inside as Shakur controls his hands.
Dickerson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dickerson blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Dickerson.
Dickerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Shakur backwards.
Shakur lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dickerson backwards.
Dickerson scores with a hook to the body.
Dickerson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dickerson blocking some punches.
Dickerson blocks a body shot from Shakur.
Dickerson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dickerson takes a shot to the head.
Dickerson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dickerson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Dickerson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Dickerson.
Shakur can't find room to land a body shot as Dickerson controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Shakur.
Shakur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shakur misses with the head strike.
Shakur misses with a punch on the inside.
Dickerson throws a head punch that misses.
Dickerson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shakur backwards.
Dickerson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickerson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shakur backwards.
Dickerson misses with a punch to the body.
Shakur misses with a hook to the ribs.

Shakur breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shakur ducks under a wild hook from Dickerson.
Dickerson throws a body shot but no joy.
Shakur closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shakur walks into a stiff left hand from Dickerson.
Dickerson looks to score with a jab to the body but Shakur is just out of range.
Dickerson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dickerson tries to clinch up
and Shakur counters with a three punch combo that has Dickerson backing up. Dickerson nods at Shakur to acknowledge the strikes.
Dickerson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dickerson misses the jab.
Shakur misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur takes a swing at Dickerson's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Dickerson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dickerson closes the distance but Shakur moves to the side
enabling Shakur to counter with a crisp jab.
Dickerson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dickerson takes one to the side of the head.
Dickerson lands with a right hand.
Dickerson cracks Shakur with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Shakur is rocked!
Dickerson walks into a straight right hand from Shakur.
Oh Shakur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dickerson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shakur to score with a decent uppercut.
Dickerson lands with a shot to the body.
Dickerson misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shakur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dickerson moves away.
Nice cross by Dickerson.
Dickerson connects with a combination that backs up Shakur into the cage. Dickerson lands a flurry of punches that gets past Shakur's guard. Shakur is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Dickerson bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Dickerson!