PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ni Hao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deuce Dillenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deuce Dillenger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hao
vs
Dillenger

185 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ni Hao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Deuce Dillenger!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dillenger gets a clinch.
Dillenger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dillenger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dillenger trying to stall but Hao improves his position.
Dillenger looking to throw knees to the head but Hao is blocking nicely.
Hao lands a nice uppercut.
Hao lands a nice uppercut.
Dillenger looking to slow down the pace here.
Hao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hao is trying to break free.
Dillenger with a knee to the head.
Dillenger stalling against the ropes.
Dillenger looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dillenger backwards.
Dillenger looking to throw knees to the head but Hao is blocking nicely.
Dillenger throws a head punch that misses.
Hao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dillenger has him pressed against the ropes.
Dillenger misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillenger is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hao is keeping busy.
Hao is looking to break free of the clinch but Dillenger has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dillenger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hao backwards.
Knees to the body from Dillenger.
Hao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dillenger has him pressed against the ropes.
Dillenger prevents Hao from breaking the clinch.
Dillenger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hao blocks an elbow strike from Dillenger.
Dillenger trying to stall but Hao improves his position.
Dillenger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dillenger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dillenger prevents Hao from breaking the clinch.
Dillenger prevents Hao from breaking the clinch.
Dillenger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dillenger is trying to maintain a safe position but Hao gets an underhook and turns Dillenger into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dillenger looking to throw knees to the head but Hao is blocking nicely.
Dillenger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hao's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Dillenger.
Dillenger pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Hao is trying to break the clinch but Dillenger has him pressed against the ropes.
Hao is looking to break free of the clinch but Dillenger has double underhooks.
Dillenger looking to stall.
Hao blocking some punches.
Dillenger taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillenger is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hao is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Deuce Dillenger.
Hao misses with a body shot.
Dillenger slips a straight right by Hao.
Dillenger wants to clinch.
Dillenger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hao.
A jab-cross combination lands for Hao and sends Dillenger crashing to the mat! Hao follows him down to the mat - Dillenger regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Deuce Dillenger has been cut.
Dillenger looks gassed!
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!
Hao tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Dillenger is trying to control but Hao passes into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillenger is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dillenger can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dillenger is trying to escape the position but Hao is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hao working away.

Hao stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ni Hao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Deuce Dillenger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dillenger moves into the clinch successfully.
Dillenger is trying to maintain a safe position but Hao gets an underhook and turns Dillenger into the ropes.
Dillenger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dillenger's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hao has had enough of the clinch but Dillenger keeps him there for the moment.
Hao lands with a light punch inside.
Hao is trying to break the clinch but Dillenger has him pressed against the ropes.
Dillenger pushes off an throws an elbow but Hao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dillenger backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hao.
Dillenger is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hao is keeping busy.
Dillenger is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Hao has denied him.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hao as Dillenger tries to tie him up.
Hao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dillenger trying to control the position but instead, Hao has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dillenger into the ropes.
Hao is trying to break free.
Dillenger pushes off an throws an elbow but Hao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hao is trying to break the clinch but Dillenger has him pressed against the ropes.
Hao avoids a wild elbow strike from Dillenger.
Hao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hao as Dillenger tries to tie him up.
Hao has had enough of the clinch but Dillenger keeps him there for the moment.
Hao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dillenger has him pressed against the ropes.
Dillenger trying to stall but Hao improves his position.
Hao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dillenger wants to stall.
Dillenger is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dillenger misses with a knee to the head.
Dillenger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dillenger keeps control of Hao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hao is trying to break free.
Hao blocking some punches.

Hao manages to break the clinch.
Dillenger throws an overhand right that lands on Hao's shoulder, as Hao tries to avoid the shot.

Hao moves into range and clinches up with Dillenger.
Hao blocks a body shot from Dillenger.
Dillenger keeps control of Hao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dillenger lands an elbow inside that Hao shrugs off.
Dillenger taking a breather.
Hao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillenger missing with knees to the body.
Hao is trying to break free.
Dillenger is trying to stall.
Hao tries to break the clinch but Dillenger is controlling the position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dillenger tries to land knees in the clinch but Hao avoids the damage to the body.
Dillenger trying to stall but Hao improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Deuce Dillenger.
Hao scores with a jab to the body.
A jab-cross combination lands for Hao and sends Dillenger crashing to the mat! Hao follows him down to the mat - Dillenger regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Dillenger is rocked!

That has opened up Deuce Dillenger's cut even more.
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!
Hao moves into full mount! Dillenger won't be happy about that!
Dillenger is still in real trouble! Can Hao finish him?
Hao sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dillenger seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ni Hao dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Deuce Dillenger's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Hao does it's job there.

The cut above Deuce Dillenger's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hao digs a good body shot into Dillenger's ribs.
Hao connects with a crisp jab.
Deuce Dillenger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hao lands a lovely overhand right.
Dillenger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dillenger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hao is looking to wear down Dillenger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hao tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dillenger takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao works Dillenger's body with a nice hook.
Hao lands a right hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Hao. That snapped Dillenger's head back.

Deuce Dillenger's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hao throws a shot to the body.
Hao keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dillenger walks into a jab.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Deuce Dillenger's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ni Hao!