PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine De Lorme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosko Dojava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dojava has chosen Numbers as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Lorme
vs
Dojava

193 cm
23
273 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Antoine De Lorme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bosko Dojava!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Lorme scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Bosko Dojava has been cut.

Dojava changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. De Lorme looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dojava controls the position.
De Lorme tries to escape but Dojava is in control.
Dojava in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ground and pound from Dojava seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
De Lorme could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
De Lorme wants to get back to his feet.
Dojava scoring with punches from side control.
The referee asks Dojava politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dojava prefers to stall for the moment though.
De Lorme dodges the ground and pound from Dojava.
A lull in the action here as Dojava stalls from top position.
Dojava fails to land a wild elbow strike.
De Lorme is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lorme is letting Dojava control him for a moment.
Check out the look on Dojava's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
De Lorme taking a bit of punishment here - Dojava scoring with strikes.
Dojava in side control, throwing shots but De Lorme defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

De Lorme explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
A punch combination from De Lorme misses.
De Lorme throws a looping overhand right but Dojava ducks down to avoid it.
De Lorme missing with a left hand there. Dojava was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dojava keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Lorme misses with an uppercut.
De Lorme moves in looking to clinch but Dojava pushes him off.
De Lorme tries to clinch but Dojava moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from De Lorme misses.

De Lorme gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dojava throws and elbow that misses. De Lorme uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dojava's guard. Nice move by De Lorme!
Dojava is pulling down on De Lorme's head to control his posture.

Dojava looking for submissions from the bottom but instead De Lorme passes into half guard.
Dojava wants to stand back up but De Lorme manages to pass into side control.
Dojava struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dojava is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dojava manages to get back to half guard.
De Lorme tries to stand but can't do so whilst Dojava controls his leg.
Dojava tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Lorme tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Dojava.

Dojava actively working from the bottom here.
Dojava is looking for a sweep. De Lorme is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De Lorme looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Dojava shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in De Lorme's guard.
Dojava slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dojava works over De Lorme with some ground and pound from guard.
Dojava postures up in De Lorme's guard and throws a big left but De Lorme blocks it.
Dojava is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

De Lorme pushes Dojava off and scrambles back to his feet.
De Lorme is breathing heavily.
De Lorme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bosko Dojava dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bosko Dojava's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dojava looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dojava has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Dojava escapes and gets back to his feet.
De Lorme misses with a jab, cross combination.

De Lorme gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dojava to score an easy takedown into full guard.
De Lorme wants to stand up but Dojava is controlling him.
Dojava controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
De Lorme wants to stand up but Dojava is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Dojava stands up from guard. Let's bang!
De Lorme misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Lorme throws a head kick that misses.

Dojava looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dojava frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Dojava connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dojava has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of De Lorme's face.
De Lorme is bucking up trying to escape but Dojava cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

It looks like Antoine De Lorme has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lorme is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Dojava dominating with strikes here.
Dojava content just to control the position here.
Dojava pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dojava controlling his opponent.
Dojava scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dojava controlling his opponent.
Dojava lands a big shot there that rocks De Lorme but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
You get the feeling that De Lorme really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Dojava tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dojava cracks De Lorme with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dojava looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dojava lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dojava tries to control but De Lorme wriggling away.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bosko Dojava just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice body punch from De Lorme.

Dojava changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. De Lorme looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
De Lorme gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice elbow there by Dojava.
Dojava lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bosko Dojava showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

De Lorme misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab from De Lorme.
Antoine De Lorme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dojava shoots in and bounces De Lorme off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dojava not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
De Lorme keeping moving, preventing Dojava from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Lorme can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dojava controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dojava throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dojava showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
De Lorme wants to stand and escape but Dojava is having none of it.
Dojava sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed De Lorme's guard.
Dojava content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De Lorme is looking to escape.
Dojava is trying to control. De Lorme wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dojava working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dojava seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but De Lorme does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bosko Dojava just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dojava avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dojava fails to land the takedown.

Dojava feints and as De Lorme raises his hands in defense, Dojava changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bosko Dojava has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dojava working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dojava controlling from the top position.
Dojava has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Lorme working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dojava.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dojava works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dojava thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Lorme tries to kick Dojava off but Dojava keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dojava perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
De Lorme looks like he's trying to stand up.
Antoine De Lorme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dojava controlling the action here.
Dojava not landing any meaningful shots this time.

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.
Dojava is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dojava controlling his opponent.
Dojava scoring with strikes but De Lorme is staying in there.
Dojava dominating with strikes here.
Dojava with good strikes from the mount here!
Dojava looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dojava scores with a couple of good head shots there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bosko Dojava comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dojava 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 James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bosko Dojava!