PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Misirlou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piere Dolinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Misirlou comes to the cage accompanied by Most Precious Blood - Shark Ethic. Piere Dolinski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mark Misirlou's chin.

Misirlou
vs
Dolinski

172 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Misirlou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piere Dolinski!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dolinski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dolinski throws a jab but it's blocked by Misirlou.
Nice shot lands for Dolinski.

It looks like Mark Misirlou has been cut.
Dolinski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Misirlou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Dolinski does no damage.
Misirlou fails to land the takedown.
Misirlou is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Misirlou dodges the punch combination from Dolinski.
Dolinski misses with a double jab.
Dolinski looks to land a combination but Misirlou avoids it well.
Misirlou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dolinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Piere Dolinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dolinski misses with a combination
and Misirlou counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Piere Dolinski has been cut.
Dolinski throws a left and a right that both miss

and Misirlou counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misirlou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dolinski has one foot on Misirlou's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Misirlou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dolinski.
Dolinski thows a body shot but no joy.
Misirlou throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Misirlou slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Misirlou bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dolinski's head backwards.
Misirlou feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dolinski's calf.
Misirlou scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dolinski misses with a body punch

and Misirlou counters by clinching up.
Dolinski wants to break free but Misirlou has control.

Misirlou manages to break the clinch.
Dolinski misses with a combination
and Misirlou counters with a straight right hand.
Dolinski looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dolinski throws a combination that misses

and Misirlou counters with a series of strikes that sends Dolinski to the canvas! Misirlou follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Dolinski is rocked!
Misirlou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dolinski is still in real trouble! Can Misirlou finish him?
Misirlou works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dolinski seems to have recovered his senses.
Dolinski is looking to escape.
Misirlou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dolinski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dolinski has hold of Misirlou's hands but Misirlou slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Misirlou is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dolinski sees it coming and defends easily.
Dolinski tries to kick Misirlou off but Misirlou keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Misirlou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Misirlou lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Misirlou is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dolinski!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolinski tries to hold on but Misirlou pushes him away.
Dolinski wants to get back to his feet.
Misirlou misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Misirlou lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dolinski is bucking up trying to escape but Misirlou cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Misirlou has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dolinski's face.
Misirlou pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Misirlou with good strikes from the mount here!
Misirlou is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dolinski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dolinski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Misirlou tries to push Dolinski's head away but Dolinski is holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou is landing with some decent strikes but Dolinski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dolinski is looking to improve his position but Misirlou isn't that keen on the idea.
Misirlou lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dolinski is bucking up trying to escape but Misirlou cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dolinski can't escape the position.
Dolinski is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Misirlou punishing his opponent with strikes.

Misirlou working for a guillotine from mount but Dolinski is in no mood to give up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dolinski tries to hold on but Misirlou postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Misirlou dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dolinski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Misirlou, as that shot connected.
Misirlou closes the distance and clinches up with Dolinski, looking for a takedown. Misirlou pushes Dolinski against the cage but Dolinski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dolinski throws a combination that misses

and Misirlou counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dolinski wants to control but Misirlou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dolinski looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dolinski is concentrating on defense, preventing Misirlou from advancing position.
Dolinski is trying to get back to full guard.

Dolinski kicks Misirlou off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dolinski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dolinski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dolinski throws a left and a right that both miss

and Misirlou counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dolinski's guard now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misirlou lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Misirlou slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Misirlou is trying to get an arm triangle but Dolinski is defending well.
Misirlou misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Dolinski explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Dolinski throws a combination that misses
and Misirlou counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Misirlou looks to land a combination. Dolinski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dolinski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Misirlou.
Dolinski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dolinski misses with a combination
and Misirlou makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolinski misses the shot to the body.
Piere Dolinski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Misirlou throws out a powerful jab.
Misirlou lands with a shot to the body.
Misirlou fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dolinski checks it well.
Misirlou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dolinski.
Dolinski blocks a leg kick.
Misirlou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dolinski.
Misirlou looks to land a combination but Dolinski avoids it well.
Mark Misirlou is winning the standup battle so far.
Misirlou throws a nice looking combination but Dolinski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Misirlou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mark Misirlou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dolinski misses with a double jab
and Misirlou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dolinski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Misirlou shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Misirlou was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Misirlou working the ground and pound effectively.
Dolinski wants to hold on but Misirlou pushes him away.
Misirlou controlling the pace for now.
Misirlou thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Misirlou misses with a head shot.
Dolinski tries to hold on but Misirlou pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Dolinski is squirming around, avoiding Misirlou's attempts to control the action.
Misirlou looking to finish with strikes here!
Dolinski sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Dolinski is not content to let Misirlou control the position.
Dolinski tries to kick Misirlou off but Misirlou keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Misirlou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dolinski defending well though.
Dolinski keeping control of the position.
Dolinski is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Misirlou dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dolinski throws a one two combo.
Misirlou doesn't manage to clinch there - Dolinski circles away.
Misirlou connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dolinski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Misirlou counters with a stiff right hand.
Misirlou looks to land a combination but Dolinski avoids it well.
Dolinski just misses with a punch to the body.
Dolinski misses with a combination

and Misirlou counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Misirlou wants to control from the top but Dolinski keeps moving.

Dolinski manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Misirlou scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dolinski throws a combination that misses
and Misirlou counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misirlou fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dolinski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Misirlou to counter with a crisp jab.
Dolinski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good exchange - Dolinski coming out on top.
Dolinski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Misirlou throws and low kick but Dolinski moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Dolinski.
Dolinski misses with an uppercut. Misirlou saw that one coming.
Misirlou looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dolinski staying out of range there.
Misirlou slips a jab and a cross from Dolinski.

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.
Dolinski fails to land with a series of punches.
Dolinski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dolinski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Misirlou connects with a right hand. Dolinski shakes it off.
Dolinski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Misirlou counters with a nice body shot.

Misirlou closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dolinski to the mat! Dolinski manages to get full guard.
Misirlou is looking to work some ground and pound but Dolinski has wrist control.
Misirlou trying to control the position from guard on top but Dolinski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Misirlou tries to free his leg and advance position but Dolinski is retaining full guard.
Dolinski controlling Misirlou's posture.
Dolinski lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Misirlou!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolinski moves to back control.
Misirlou turns into Dolinski and is now in his guard.
Misirlou wants to pass the guard but Dolinski is keeping the position.
Dolinski controls Misirlou momentarily but Misirlou frees himself.
Misirlou stops Dolinski from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dolinski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Misirlou prevents Dolinski from getting back to his feet.
Dolinski keeping full guard, as Misirlou tries to pass.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dolinski throws a nice looking combination but Misirlou bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Misirlou fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Misirlou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dolinski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Misirlou counters with a straight right hand.
Misirlou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Misirlou shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dolinski defends it nicely.
Dolinski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Misirlou counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Misirlou landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Misirlou clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Misirlou's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dolinski misses with a looping right.
Dolinski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dolinski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dolinski throws a series of punches but Misirlou avoids them all with ease.
Dolinski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dolinski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Misirlou attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Misirlou throws a combination. Dolinski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Misirlou gets a takedown into half guard.
Dolinski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Misirlou.

Dolinski kicks off Misirlou and gets to his feet.
Dolinski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Misirlou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Misirlou attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dolinski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Misirlou counters with a left and a right that stings Dolinski.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Misirlou shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Misirlou throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Misirlou unloads with some shots from mount but Dolinski bucks and avoids them well.
Dolinski sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Dolinski is staying active underneath Misirlou, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Misirlou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dolinski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Misirlou missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dolinski wants to control but Misirlou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Misirlou lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dolinski gets full guard.
Misirlou stands up over Dolinski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Dolinski pushes Misirlou off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Misirlou throws a nice looking combination but Dolinski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dolinski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Misirlou counters with a three punch combo that has Dolinski backing up. Dolinski nods at Misirlou to acknowledge the strikes.
Misirlou scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dolinski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Misirlou counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dolinski!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dolinski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dolinski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Misirlou working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolinski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dolinski is bucking up trying to escape but Misirlou cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Misirlou looking for a guillotine from mount but Dolinski is having none of it.
Misirlou raining down shots from the mount!
Misirlou misses with a head shot.

Misirlou goes for an armbar but Dolinski turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Dolinski.
Dolinski preventing the sweep.

Misirlou looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Dolinski has picked Misirlou up and slammed him! Misirlou can't keep hold of the triangle and Dolinski manages to pass to side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Dolinski stands up and beckons Misirlou to his feet.
Misirlou tries to clinch but Dolinski moves out of range.
Dolinski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Misirlou misses with a leg kick.
Dolinski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Misirlou circles away quickly and effectively.
Misirlou tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dolinski sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Misirlou somewhat.
Dolinski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Dolinski.
Misirlou gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Misirlou had his way with Piere Dolinski in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dolinski checks the leg kick.
Dolinski throws a looping overhand right but Misirlou ducks down to avoid it.
Misirlou getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Misirlou moves out of range as Dolinski strikes.

Misirlou shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Misirlou can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dolinski is looking to escape.
Misirlou looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Misirlou has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dolinski tries to lock up and control but Misirlou gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Dolinski is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misirlou lands with some strikes.
Misirlou unloading with bombs!
Misirlou raining down shots from the mount!
Dolinski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Misirlou lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Misirlou landing strikes, looking to finish!
Misirlou lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Misirlou landing strikes from the mount and Dolinski is in trouble!
Misirlou with the ground and pound from mount.
Misirlou scoring with strikes but Dolinski is staying in there.
Dolinski really wants to buck Misirlou off and get back to his feet.
Mark Misirlou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolinski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Misirlou lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Misirlou looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Misirlou looking to ground and pound but Dolinski is blocking nicely.
Misirlou throws some wild stikes that Dolinski manages to avoid easily.
Misirlou lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Misirlou throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dolinski sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Misirlou throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dolinski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Misirlou.
Misirlou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dolinski defending well though.
Misirlou is looking to advance position but Dolinski won't allow it.
Dolinski is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolinski moves into full guard.

Dolinski is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Dolinski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dolinski ducks right into an uppercut from Misirlou.
Dolinski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dolinski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Misirlou.
Dolinski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Misirlou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Misirlou lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dolinski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Misirlou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dolinski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mark Misirlou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Misirlou drives through with a takedown into guard.
Misirlou is looking to work some ground and pound but Dolinski has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Misirlou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Dolinski has his feet on Misirlou's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dolinski throws a combination that misses
and Misirlou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dolinski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Misirlou counters with a three punch combo that has Dolinski backing up. Dolinski nods at Misirlou to acknowledge the strikes.
Misirlou does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Piere Dolinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dolinski throws a combination that misses
and Misirlou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Misirlou misses with a double jab.
Nice jab there from Dolinski.
Dolinski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Misirlou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dolinski misses with a combination
and Misirlou counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Misirlou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Misirlou has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:45
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Misirlou!
Mark Misirlou is the new featherweight champion!