PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Filho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wellen Dowd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulo Filho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Filho
vs
Dowd

173 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
184 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Filho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wellen Dowd!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dowd clinches up with Filho and pushes him back against the ropes.
Filho fails to pull guard.
Dowd lands a knee to the body.
Dowd slows down the pace here.
Dowd digs a right hand into Filho's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Filho's gas tank.
Filho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dowd lands an uppercut.
Dowd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Paulo Filho has been cut.
Dowd lands a body punch.
Dowd gets underhooks to prevent Filho's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Filho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dowd is leaning against Filho and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Filho is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Dowd.
Dowd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

Dowd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Filho gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dowd swinging wildly here.
Dowd connects with a looping right hand.
Wellen Dowd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dowd scores with a spinning back kick!
Dowd scores with a push kick.
Dowd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Good leg kick by Dowd there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dowd.
Filho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dowd feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Filho's calf.

Dowd clinches with his opponent.
Dowd effectively controlling the action here.
Dowd looking to throw knees to the head but Filho is blocking nicely.
Filho missing with knees to the body.
Filho is trying to drag Dowd to the mat but Dowd just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Dowd effectively controlling the action here.
Dowd lands a good knee to the midsection. Filho won't want to take too many of those.
Dowd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Filho avoids it.
Dowd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Dowd breaks the clinch.
Filho closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dowd circles away.
Dowd moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dowd misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dowd connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Filho! He's out on his feet! Dowd rushes in and drops Filho with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Wellen Dowd!
Wellen Dowd is the new middleweight champion!