PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Dock (ranked 4494 p4p, 3951 weight class) and Jun Liu (ranked 525 p4p, 469 weight class). Dock's entrance music is The Hangover Soundtrack- Iko Iko. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dock
vs
Liu

225 cm
38
200
22 - 38 - 0

192 cm
25
199
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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 22 - 38 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Dock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jun Liu!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dock throws a head kick that misses.
Liu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dock with a body shot.
Dock tries a head kick but it misses.
Liu throws a shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Liu as he connects with a hook.
Bob Dock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu throws a head kick but Dock moves out of range.
Dock wants to clinch up but Liu keeps it at a distance.
Dock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dock moves out of range of the body kick.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Liu pushes Dock away with a front kick.
Liu moves out of range of the body kick from Dock.
Dock really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Liu lands with a nice body kick.
Dock lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
Dock feinted with a counter takedown.

Dock closes the distance and clinches.
Dock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jun Liu has been cut.
Dock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Liu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Liu misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu has a couple of punches blocked by Dock.
Dock scores with a knee to the head.

Liu breaks from the clinch.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Liu counters with a left and a right that stings Dock.
Dock is looking to clinch but Liu is avoiding it.
As Dock backs off Liu throws a huge counter combo but Dock manages to avoid it all.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Liu manages to break the clinch.
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Liu finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Dock.
Dock throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Liu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dock closes the distance but Liu moves to the side
and Liu counters with a series of strikes. Dock will be more careful next time no doubt.

Dock has managed to clinch.
A knee to the head by Dock.
Dock misses with a knee to the head.
Dock working Liu over with knees to the body.
Dock tries to land knees in the clinch but Liu avoids the damage to the body.
Dock throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Liu.

Liu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liu works Dock's body with a nice hook.
Liu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Dock throws a quick counter kick to the body but Liu avoids it.

Dock gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liu.
Dock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liu blocks it with crossed arms.
Liu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Liu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liu misses with a double jab.
Dock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dock blocking some punches.
Liu managing to block the knees to the body from Dock.

Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Dock has managed to clinch.
Dock tries to land knees in the clinch but Liu avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dock crunches a lovely knee into Liu's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu gets through Dock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liu avoids it.
Dock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liu blocks it with crossed arms.

Liu breaks the clinch.
Liu scores with a jab to the head.
Liu stalks Dock and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dock's face. Dock staggers backwards, shaken.
Liu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dock is looking to land body kicks.
Dock avoids a kick to the body.
Dock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liu lands with a kick to the ribs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Liu.
Dock tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu lands a slapping body shot.
Dock tries to close the distance and clinch but Liu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Dock drives through and clinches with Liu against the cage.
Dock trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Liu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jun Liu'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.

Liu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jun Liu seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Dock clinches with his opponent.
Liu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dock as Liu tries to tie him up.
Dock keeps control of Liu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bob Dock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dock with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Liu manages to break the clinch.
Dock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dock tries to clinch there but Liu circles away.
Liu throws a counter combo.

Dock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dock looking to throw knees to the head but Liu is blocking nicely.
Dock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liu is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu wants to break free but Dock has control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Liu avoiding damage as Dock throws knees to the body.
Dock misses with a knee to the head.
Liu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dock is keeping busy.
Dock looking to throw knees to the head but Liu is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Liu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dock tries a knee to the head but Liu blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Liu managing to block the knees to the body from Dock.
Dock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Liu slows down the pace here.
Dock tries to land a knee to the head but Liu blocks with his arms.
Dock missing with knees to the body.
Dock with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab from Liu.
A head kick by Dock misses
and Liu counters with a solid body kick.
Dock moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.
Liu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liu lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu lands a glancing blow to the side of Dock's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Liu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dock thinking.
Dock moves out of range of the body kick.
Dock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Liu lands a jab to Dock's midsection.
Dock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liu paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Liu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liu lands with an uppercut that bounces Dock off the cage and back into range.
Dock fakes the leg kick and cracks Liu in the body.
Dock wants to clinch but Liu slips to the side
and Liu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jun Liu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a head kick that misses.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu misses with a few strikes there.
Liu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dock doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Dock throws a nice head kick!
Liu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dock tries to clinch up.
Dock throws a sloppy head kick
and Liu counters with a left to the body.
Liu avoids the head kick by Dock.
Dock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Liu lands a slapping body shot.
Liu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu lands a glancing blow to the side of Dock's head.
Dock walks forward, straight into a front kick from Liu.
Dock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liu misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dock goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good shot there by Liu.
Liu avoids the head kick by Dock.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dock crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Liu - the referee stops the clock and Dock gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Liu. Dock manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liu lands with a good body shot.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu moves out of range of the body kick from Dock.
Liu scores with a spinning back kick!
Some wild striking there from Liu.
Dock will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Dock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liu is trying to counter with his kicks.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Dock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liu to score with a decent uppercut.
Dock misses with a head kick.
Liu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Liu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jun Liu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Liu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Liu moves out of range as Dock throws a body kick.
Dock blocks the body kick.
Dock thinks about countering with a body kick.

Dock darts in and clinches Liu up against the cage.

Liu manages to break the clinch.
Liu is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dock rather than just go for the knockout.
Dock throws a lazy head kick
enabling Liu to counter with a crisp jab.
Dock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liu throws a hook to the side of Dock's head but Dock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dock dodges the punch combination from Liu.
Liu throws a right hand that Dock ducks under and follows up with a left that Dock also avoids with ease.
Dock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dock misses with a low kick.
Dock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dock sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Liu's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Liu duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu throws a right hand that Dock ducks under and follows up with a left that Dock also avoids with ease.
Liu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dock doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Dock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
Crunch! Liu slams his shin into Dock's torso.

Dock clinches up with Liu and pushes him back against the cage.

Liu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
Dock throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dock scores with a spinning back kick!
Dock throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dock fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice side step and Liu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Dock has closed the distance and engaged Liu in a clinch.
Dock lands a nice knee to the body.
Dock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dock landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dock obliges.
Knees to the body from Dock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liu.
Dock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liu.
Liu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dock lands a nice knee to the body.
Liu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liu lands with a nice body punch.
Dock tries to clinch
and Liu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Liu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Docks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dock tries to clinch there but Liu circles away.
Dock looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Dock moves into range and clinches up with Liu.
Dock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liu is defending well for now.
Dock misses with a knee strike.
Dock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liu avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dock tries to clinch up but Liu circles away and keeps his distance.
It seemed like Liu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Liu looks for the body kick but Dock saw that one coming.
Dock throws a head kick that misses
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dock moves to clinch but Liu breaks away
and Liu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dock tries to land a body kick
letting Liu counter with a right hand.
Dock doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Liu looks for the body kick but Dock saw that one coming.
Liu throws out a loose jab but Dock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Dock.
Liu lands a jab to Dock's midsection.
Dock slips a straight right by Liu.
Liu throws a sloppy head kick and Dock moves out of range easily.
Dock misses with a body kick.
Dock moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dock fakes the leg kick and cracks Liu in the body.
Dock tries to clinch there but Liu circles away.
Liu follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dock wants to clinch but Liu slips to the side
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Despite the aggression on Liu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Liu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dock was well out of range. Poor timing from Liu.
Dock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Liu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dock looks to clinch
and Liu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dock throws a low kick but Liu moves out of range easily.
Dock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dock tries to clinch but Liu is having none of it.
Liu looks to land a right hand but Dock moved out of range.
Dock avoids the body shot from Liu.
Dock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bob Dock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dock goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jun Liu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Liu winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jun Liu!
Jun Liu decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.