PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeWayne Bowes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Centr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bowes
vs
Centr

165 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DeWayne Bowes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mirko Centr!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Centr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Centr wants to clinch up but Bowes keeps it at a distance.
Centr doesn't manage to clinch there - Bowes circles away.
Centr wants to clinch up but Bowes keeps it at a distance.
Centr tries to clinch up but Bowes circles away and keeps his distance.
Bowes wants to clinch up but Centr keeps it at a distance.
Centr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Centr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bowes tries to clinch but Centr moves out of range.
Centr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Centr tries to clinch but Bowes is having none of it.
Centr is looking to slow Bowes down with leg kicks.
Bowes could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Centr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bowes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Centr keeps the fight on the outside.
Centr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bowes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bowes is looking to clinch.
Centr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Centr moves in looking to clinch but Bowes pushes him off.
Bowes slips a jab and a cross from Centr.
Bowes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Centr wants to clinch but Bowes slips to the side

and Bowes counters by clinching up.
Bowes pushes off an throws an elbow but Centr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bowes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bowes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bowes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Centr's brow.
Bowes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bowes throws an elbow but misses.
Bowes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Centr is trying to break the clinch but Bowes is controlling him.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Centr is looking to control Bowes's arms but Bowes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Centr has his back to the cage.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bowes misses with the head strike.
Centr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Centr trying to control the position but instead, Bowes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Centr into the cage.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Centr.
Centr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bowes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Centr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bowes.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bowes takes an elbow to the temple.
Bowes misses with an elbow strike.
Centr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bowes has a couple of punches blocked by Centr.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bowes misses with some punches.
Centr avoids the elbow strike from Bowes, against the cage.
Centr looking to throw knees to the head but Bowes is blocking nicely.
Centr blocks an elbow strike from Bowes.
Centr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bowes is breathing heavily.
Bowes misses with the head strike.
Centr is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bowes is keeping busy.
Bowes misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Centr avoids a wild elbow strike from Bowes.
Centr looking to slow down the pace here.
Centr tries to break free but Bowes pushes him back against the cage.
Centr avoids the elbow strike from Bowes, against the cage.
Bowes swings wildly with an uppercut but Centr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowes misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowes throws an elbow that misses.
Centr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Centr scores with a knee to the head.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
Centr avoids the elbow strike from Bowes, against the cage.
Centr is trying to stall.
Come on Centr - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Centr can't break the clinch.
Centr is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Centr blocks an elbow strike from Bowes.
Centr dodges an elbow strike from Bowes.
Bowes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four 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.
Bowes throws a punch but it's blocked by Centr.
Bowes has Centr pressed against the cage, preventing Centr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Centr taking a breather.
Centr seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Centr blocks the elbow strike.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mirko Centr.
Bowes throws a head kick but Centr moves out of range.
Centr fails to land with a series of punches.
Centr tries to clinch up but Bowes circles away and keeps his distance.
Centr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Centr tries to keep at a distance but Bowes has taken the fight into the clinch.

Centr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bowes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Centr dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Centr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bowes tries to clinch up
and Centr counters with a head kick.
Centr circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bowes instigates a clinch.
Centr has Bowes pressed against the cage.
Bowes throws an elbow that misses.
Centr is trying to break the clinch but Bowes is controlling him.
Bowes pushes off an throws an elbow but Centr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Centr tries to stall but Bowes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Centr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bowes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Centr looking to stall.
Centr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Centr is breathing heavily.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bowes dodges an elbow strike from Centr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowes misses with an elbow over the top.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bowes as Centr tries to tie him up.
Centr blocks an elbow strike from Bowes.
Bowes misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Centr.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bowes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Centr's brow.
Centr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Centr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bowes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Centr tries to land knees in the clinch but Bowes avoids the damage to the body.
Bowes misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bowes.
Bowes misses with an elbow strike.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
Centr wants to stall.
Centr 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 Bowes has denied him.

That's two 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.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bowes throws an elbow but misses.
Bowes misses with a punch on the inside.
Centr dodges an elbow strike from Bowes.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.

Centr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bowes misses with a combination
and Centr counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bowes fails in his attempt to clinch.
DeWayne Bowes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Centr dodges the punch combination from Bowes.
Centr throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bowes's head.
Centr keeps the fight on the outside.
Bowes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Centr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Centr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bowes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fighters circling - Bowes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Centr tries to clinch but Bowes is having none of it.
Bowes tries to clinch
and Centr counters with a thumping low kick.
Centr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bowes tries to clinch
and Centr counters with a body kick that stops Bowes in his tracks momentarily.
Bowes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Centr counters with a leg kick.
Centr tries to clinch but Bowes is having none of it.
Centr throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Centr wants to clinch up but Bowes keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowes fails in his attempt to clinch.

Centr closes the distance and clinches.
Centr blocks an elbow strike from Bowes.
Centr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Centr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bowes misses with the head strike.
Centr scores with a knee to the head.
Bowes misses with an elbow strike.
Centr trying to control the position but instead, Bowes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Centr into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bowes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Centr's brow.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Centr is trying to maintain a safe position but Bowes gets an underhook and turns Centr into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bowes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Centr's brow.
Bowes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bowes pushes off an throws an elbow but Centr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Centr trying to land knees to the body.
Centr blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Centr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Centr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bowes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Centr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Centr lands with a nice combination. Bowes backs away looking to recover.
Bowes swats away the attempt to clinch by Centr.
Centr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Centr fakes the leg kick and cracks Bowes in the body.
Centr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bowes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Centr counters with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bowes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Centr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bowes is looking to clinch.
Bowes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Centr paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowes is looking to clinch.
Bowes is looking to clinch.
Centr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Centr lands the left hand.
Centr tries to clinch up but Bowes circles away and keeps his distance.
Centr avoids the body shot from Bowes.
Centr scores with a one two! Bowes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bowes wants to clinch up but Centr keeps it at a distance.
Bowes clinches but Centr breaks the clinch
and Centr counters with a left and a right that stings Bowes.
Centr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowes paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowes misses with a combination
and Centr counters with a head kick. That will keep Bowes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mirko Centr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bowes wants to clinch.
Centr tries to clinch

and Bowes counters by clinching up.
Bowes misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bowes throws an elbow but misses.
Centr looking to slow down the pace here.
Centr dodges an elbow strike from Bowes.
Bowes avoiding damage as Centr throws knees to the body.
Bowes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bowes throws an elbow that misses.
Bowes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Centr trying to control the position but instead, Bowes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Centr into the cage.
Bowes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowes throws an elbow that misses.
Centr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bowes.
Bowes managing to block the knees to the body from Centr.
Centr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bowes is defending well for now.
Centr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bowes avoids it.
Bowes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bowes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Centr blocks an elbow strike.
Bowes misses with some punches.
Bowes throws an elbow that misses.
Centr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bowes misses with an elbow over the top.
Centr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bowes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Centr avoids a wild elbow strike from Bowes.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
Bowes has a couple of punches blocked by Centr.
Bowes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bowes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Centr stalling in the clinch but Bowes improves position.
Bowes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bowes pushes off an throws an elbow but Centr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

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.
Centr is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bowes is keeping busy.
Bowes misses with an elbow over the top.
Centr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Centr blocks an elbow strike.
Centr avoids the elbow strike from Bowes, against the cage.
Bowes managing to block the knees to the body from Centr.
Bowes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bowes pushes off an throws an elbow but Centr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bowes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Centr's brow.
Centr lands an elbow just above Bowes 's eye.
Centr tries to stall but Bowes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bowes throws an elbow but misses.
Bowes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Centr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
Bowes throws an elbow but it misses.
Bowes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Centr is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
DeWayne Bowes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mirko Centr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bowes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Centr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Centr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Centr!