PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karol Dowda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Karol Dowda has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Dowda
vs
Mac

200 cm
23
264 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karol Dowda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Mac!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dowda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dowda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dowda is looking to clinch but Mac is avoiding it.
Mac circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mac shoots for a double leg takedown but Dowda sprawls well. He's pushed Mac's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Mac shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dowda is holding on to half guard well.

Mac is working for a kimura but Dowda is defending it quite comfortably.
Mac perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dowda knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mac on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowda trying to hold on to Mac's head to control him but Mac postures up.
Mac takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mac wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dowda keeps working.
Mac throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mac is trying to control. Dowda wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mac not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mac missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dowda tries to clinch there but Mac circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mac shoots in looking for a takedown. Dowda tries to sprawl out of it but Mac keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dowda manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mac misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Karol Dowda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Mac.
Dowda tries to clinch but Mac moves out of range.
Mac has a takedown stuffed.
Dowda tries to clinch but Mac moves out of range.
Mac fails with a takedown attempt.
Dowda tries to clinch up but Mac circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dowda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mac throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dowda's waist but Dowda gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mac off to one side.
Mac looks gassed!
Dowda wants to clinch up but Mac keeps it at a distance.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Mac looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dowda is fending him off so far but Mac persists. Nope, Dowda circles away and we're back to standing.
Dowda is looking to clinch but Mac is avoiding it.
Dowda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mac throws out a loose jab but Dowda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch but Mac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Mac shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mac trying to control but Dowda is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dowda pushes Mac off and gets back to his feet.
Dowda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dowda moves in looking to clinch but Mac pushes him off.
Dowda moves in looking to clinch but Mac pushes him off.
Mac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dowda stuffs the takedown.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mac swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dowda tries to clinch but Mac is having none of it.

Dowda clinches.
Mac drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dowda pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mac shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dowda sprawls well. Dowda wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mac gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowda tries to clinch up but Mac circles away and keeps his distance.

Dowda drives through and clinches with Mac against the cage.

Dowda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dowda has Mac up against the cage in a clinch.
Dowda lands a damaging elbow.
Dowda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mac tries to pull guard but Dowda won't allow it.
Dowda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dowda prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dowda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dowda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dowda crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Dowda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dowda lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowda lands an elbow inside.
Mac takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dowda lands an elbow that stopped Mac in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Charlie Mac has been cut.

Dowda breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karol Dowda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Mac'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.

Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mac swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Dowda closes the distance and clinches.
Dowda landing knees to the body.
Dowda lands an elbow inside that Mac shrugs off.

Dowda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dowda tries to clinch up but Mac circles away and keeps his distance.
Karol Dowda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dowda tries to clinch but Mac moves out of range.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dowda slips a straight right by Mac.
Dowda tries to clinch but Mac moves out of range.
Dowda doesn't manage to clinch there - Mac circles away.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mac swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dowda tries to clinch up.
Mac misses with an attempted mid kick.

Mac shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dowda is defending against the submission attempts here by Mac.
Mac seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dowda does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mac is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowda is pressing down on Mac's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mac looking to sit in guard and control but Dowda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mac trying to keep a closed guard but Dowda is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mac doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dowda not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mac pulls Dowda in to control the position.

Mac has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dowda can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dowda is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dowda preventing the sweep.
Dowda postures up.
Dowda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dowda slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mac is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mac is trying to control Dowda's posture but Dowda avoids it.
Mac tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dowda wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dowda tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dowda tries to clinch up.
Dowda is looking to clinch.
Mac swats away the attempt to clinch by Dowda.
Dowda fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karol Dowda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Mac's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dowda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mac misses the jab.
Dowda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dowda stuffs the takedown attempt from Mac. Mac gets slowly back to his feet.
Dowda wants to clinch up but Mac keeps it at a distance.
Dowda tries to clinch up.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Dowda wants to clinch up but Mac keeps it at a distance.

Mac is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dowda's half guard.
Mac tries to pass to full mount but Dowda defends it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mac thows a huge punch but Dowda dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dowda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac is looking to advance position but Dowda won't allow it.
Mac is keen to just control but Dowda is a slippery customer.
Mac is just content to waste time from the top position. Dowda takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mac throwing strikes but missing.
Mac trying to control the position from guard on top but Dowda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dowda wants to clinch.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.

Dowda pushes Mac up against the cage in a clinch.
Mac jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dowda walks away with a smile on his face. Mac gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dowda tries to clinch but Mac moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mac.
Karol Dowda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Mac.
Dowda is looking to clinch but Mac is avoiding it.

Dowda gets a clinch.
Dowda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mac has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dowda is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dowda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mac tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dowda scores a nice knee to the body.
Mac takes an elbow to the temple.
Dowda lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowda obliges.
Dowda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mac in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dowda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karol Dowda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mac tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dowda was well out of range. Poor timing from Mac.
Dowda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mac fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dowda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dowda closes the distance and pushes Mac back into the cage.
Dowda landing knees to the body.
Dowda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowda obliges.
Dowda lands a damaging elbow.
Dowda lands a good knee to the midsection. Mac won't want to take too many of those.

Dowda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mac swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dowda tries to clinch up.
Mac shoots in looking for a takedown. Dowda tries to sprawl out of it but Mac keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dowda manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dowda is looking to clinch.
Mac fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dowda wants to clinch up but Mac keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mac wants to clinch up but Dowda keeps it at a distance.
Dowda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mac moves in looking to clinch but Dowda pushes him off.
Mac is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dowda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dowda tries to clinch up but Mac circles away and keeps his distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mac.
Dowda wants to clinch.
Charlie Mac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Mac shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dowda's guard.
Mac tries to free his leg and advance position but Dowda is retaining full guard.
Karol Dowda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dowda preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karol Dowda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dowda, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karol Dowda!