PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawson (ranked 1731 p4p, 201 weight class) and Ricco Torres (ranked 2925 p4p, 282 weight class). Dawson comes into the arena with Titanic theme blaring out of the sound system. Ricco Torres will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dawson
vs
Torres

175 cm
27
270 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

196 cm
29
275 lbs
9 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricco Torres!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dawson attempts a counter takedown but Torres avoids it well and moves away.
Torres works the jab nicely.
Torres moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Torres scores with a kick to the body.
Dawson closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Torres to counter with a crisp jab.
Torres tries to bum rush Dawson with a series of wild strikes but Dawson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Torres fails to land with a series of punches.
Torres connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dawson. Dawson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Torres takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dawson swings widly with a right hand
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dawson wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Torres is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dawson throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson looks to clinch
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torres. That's going to slow Dawson down.
Dawson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torres.

Dawson darts in and clinches Torres up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Dawson.
Torres avoids the elbow strike from Dawson, against the cage.
Torres scores with a hook to the body.
Dawson is trying to maintain a safe position but Torres gets an underhook and turns Dawson into the cage.
Dawson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Torres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torres has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dawson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torres is keeping busy.
Torres scores with a hook to the body.
Dawson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson misses with a knee to the head.
Dawson lands a knee to the body.
Good body shot from Torres.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dawson misses with a knee to the head.

Torres manages to break the clinch.
Dawson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jack Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres swings for the body but Dawson moves out of range.
Torres is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dawson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dawson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torres doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Torres scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dawson throws a right hand that misses
enabling Torres to counter with a crisp jab.
Torres has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Torres scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Torres cracks a nice hook into Dawson's ribs.
Dawson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Torres paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Torres, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dawson looks to score with a jab to the body but Torres is just out of range.
Nice jab there from Torres.
Dawson darts in trying to clinch
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawson wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torres throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dawson on the side of the head.
Dawson tries to clinch up.
A countering left hand to the body from Torres misses.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Torres circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dawson.
Torres scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Torres counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dawson tries to clinch up.
Torres throws a good cross that connects.
Dawson tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dawson tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Dawson tries to clinch but Torres moves out of range.
Torres lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dawson throws a body punch but Torres moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Torres. Beautiful body shot.
Torres cracks Dawson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dawson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dawson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Torres lands a jab to Dawson's midsection.
Torres on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Torres changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torres has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Torres keeps the fight on the outside.
Torres moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Torres does no damage.
Dawson tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Ricco Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torres clobbers Dawson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Torres throws out a powerful jab.
Torres will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawson stuns Torres with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dawson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dawson at a distance.

Torres tries to keep at a distance but Dawson has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Torres.
Dawson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dawson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Torres blocks the elbow strike.
Torres blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torres tries to work over Dawson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dawson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Torres up against the cage.
Dawson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dawson misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Torres scores with a nice short uppercut.
Torres lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torres lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Torres.
Dawson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres digs a right hand into Dawson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dawson's gas tank.
Torres lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Torres escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torres jabs at Dawson's body.
Torres keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Torres lands a left and a right that send Dawson crashing to the mat, dazed. Torres thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Dawson is rocked!

It looks like Jack Dawson has been cut.
Dawson loses concentration momentarily and Torres pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Dawson crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Torres finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ricco Torres!
Ricco Torres decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.