PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lloyd Dobbler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evgeny Morgoslepov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dobbler
vs
Morgoslepov

190 cm
19
199 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lloyd Dobbler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Evgeny Morgoslepov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dobbler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgoslepov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgoslepov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morgoslepov misses the jab.
Morgoslepov throws a wild body kick that Dobbler sees coming a mile off.
Morgoslepov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morgoslepov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dobbler fails to land with a series of punches.
Dobbler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dobbler tries to clinch but Morgoslepov is having none of it.
Morgoslepov throws a head kick that misses.
Morgoslepov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dobbler counters with a head kick.
Dobbler fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morgoslepov checks it well.
Morgoslepov throws a head kick that misses
and Dobbler counters with a head kick.
Morgoslepov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evgeny Morgoslepov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgoslepov avoids the head kick by Dobbler.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dobbler misses with some punches.
Dobbler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dobbler has a couple of punches blocked by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgoslepov working hard to break the clinch.
Morgoslepov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morgoslepov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morgoslepov wants to get back to striking at distance but Dobbler won't allow it.
Morgoslepov blocking some punches.
Morgoslepov tries to break the clinch but Dobbler is controlling the position.
Morgoslepov tries to break the clinch but Dobbler is controlling the position.
Dobbler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dobbler has Morgoslepov pressed against the cage, preventing Morgoslepov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgoslepov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgoslepov working hard to break the clinch.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dobbler lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgoslepov is trying to force a seperation but Dobbler has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Dobbler fails to land.
Dobbler keeps control of Morgoslepov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgoslepov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dobbler lands with a right to the head.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch but Dobbler keeps him there for the moment.
Morgoslepov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Dobbler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgoslepov tries to break the clinch but Dobbler is controlling the position.
Dobbler keeps control of Morgoslepov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dobbler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Dobbler fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov is trying to break the clinch but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.

That's two 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.
Dobbler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgoslepov's efforts to push away.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler scores with a shoulder strike.
Dobbler is stalling here.
Morgoslepov is trying to break free.
Dobbler misses with some punches.
Dobbler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Morgoslepov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dobbler throws a head punch that misses.
Morgoslepov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dobbler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dobbler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dobbler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgoslepov is keeping busy.
Dobbler prevents Morgoslepov from breaking the clinch.
Morgoslepov tries to break the clinch but Dobbler is controlling the position.
Dobbler lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobbler stalling.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dobbler throws an elbow but misses.
Morgoslepov tries to circle away but Dobbler has him pinned against the cage.
Dobbler taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dobbler with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Evgeny Morgoslepov has been cut.
Dobbler working aggressively here.
Dobbler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dobbler has a couple of punches blocked by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler throws a head punch that misses.
Dobbler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dobbler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgoslepov's efforts to push away.
Morgoslepov wants to get back to striking at distance but Dobbler won't allow it.
Dobbler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dobbler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dobbler swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgoslepov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgoslepov working hard to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dobbler throws a head punch that misses.
Morgoslepov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morgoslepov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgoslepov blocking some punches.
Morgoslepov wants to break free but Dobbler has control.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch but Dobbler keeps him there for the moment.

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.
Dobbler scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dobbler misses with a punch on the inside.
Dobbler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgoslepov is keeping busy.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgoslepov wants to break free but Dobbler has control.
Dobbler lands with a light punch inside.
Morgoslepov dodges an elbow strike from Dobbler.
Dobbler keeps control of Morgoslepov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgoslepov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgoslepov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dobbler fails to land.
Morgoslepov tries to break free but Dobbler pushes him back against the cage.
Dobbler lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Morgoslepov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Morgoslepov manages to break the clinch.
Morgoslepov blocks the body kick.
Dobbler avoids the head kick by Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov misses with a kick to the body.
Morgoslepov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot by Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov misses with an uppercut. Dobbler saw that one coming.
Morgoslepov misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lloyd Dobbler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evgeny Morgoslepov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morgoslepov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dobbler.
Dobbler is looking to clinch.
Morgoslepov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morgoslepov scores with a head kick.
Morgoslepov misses with a straight right.
Morgoslepov misses with an uppercut.
Morgoslepov misses with a straight right.
Dobbler ducks under a wild hook from Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov throws a lazy head kick
and Dobbler counters with a nice body kick.
Morgoslepov tries a head kick but it misses.
Dobbler fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dobbler takes one on the button.
Dobbler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgoslepov works over Dobbler's head and body with a nice combination.
Morgoslepov throws a sloppy head kick and Dobbler moves out of range easily.
Dobbler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgoslepov.
Dobbler throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobbler throws a sloppy head kick and Morgoslepov moves out of range easily.
Dobbler fakes the leg kick and cracks Morgoslepov in the body.
Morgoslepov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dobbler. That one must have hurt.
Morgoslepov is breathing heavily.
Dobbler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov misses with the combination.
Dobbler wants to clinch.
Morgoslepov lands a nice looking body shot.
Morgoslepov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dobbler.
Dobbler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dobbler tries to clinch up.
Dobbler tries a head kick but it misses.
Dobbler misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobbler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dobbler moves out of range of the body kick.
Morgoslepov missing with a left hand there. Dobbler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgoslepov connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgoslepov. Dobbler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgoslepov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morgoslepov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dobbler. That one must have hurt.
Dobbler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morgoslepov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgoslepov throws a head kick that misses
and Dobbler counters with a two punch combo.
Morgoslepov misses with a few strikes there.
Dobbler slips a jab and a cross from Morgoslepov.
Good leg kick by Dobbler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Morgoslepov fails to land with a series of punches.

Dobbler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgoslepov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dobbler has Morgoslepov pressed against the cage, preventing Morgoslepov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgoslepov wants to break free but Dobbler has control.
Morgoslepov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgoslepov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Morgoslepov is trying to break the clinch but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Morgoslepov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Dobbler.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dobbler.
Dobbler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Dobbler.
Dobbler scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morgoslepov tries to break the clinch but Dobbler is controlling the position.
Morgoslepov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dobbler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dobbler's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morgoslepov tries to break free but Dobbler pushes him back against the cage.
Dobbler lands with a short shot to the head.
Morgoslepov blocks an uppercut.
Dobbler will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morgoslepov up against the cage.
Dobbler looking to stall.

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.
Dobbler lands a left hand.
Dobbler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgoslepov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dobbler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dobbler gets through Morgoslepov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dobbler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgoslepov is trying to break the clinch but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Morgoslepov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dobbler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dobbler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morgoslepov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dobbler has a couple of punches blocked by Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov wants to break free but Dobbler has control.
A short uppercut from Dobbler.
Morgoslepov tries to circle away but Dobbler has him pinned against the cage.
Dobbler throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler is trying to maintain a safe position but Morgoslepov gets an underhook and turns Dobbler into the cage.
Morgoslepov tries to break the clinch but Dobbler is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lloyd Dobbler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Evgeny Morgoslepov'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Morgoslepov throws a series of punches but Dobbler avoids them all with ease.
Morgoslepov throws a nice looking combination but Dobbler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dobbler ducks under a wild hook from Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov throws a head kick that misses
and Dobbler finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dobbler ducks under a wild hook from Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dobbler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lloyd Dobbler is winning the standup battle so far.
Dobbler throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Morgoslepov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgoslepov throws a head kick that misses

and Dobbler counters by moving into the clinch.
Dobbler gets through Morgoslepov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dobbler lands a shoulder strike.
Morgoslepov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dobbler.
Dobbler throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Morgoslepov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morgoslepov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Morgoslepov tries to break free but Dobbler pushes him back against the cage.
Dobbler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morgoslepov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dobbler.
Dobbler lands a right hand.
Morgoslepov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgoslepov working hard to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Dobbler.
Dobbler lands with a right to the head.
Morgoslepov blocking some punches.
Morgoslepov wants to break free but Dobbler has control.
Dobbler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dobbler gets through Morgoslepov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dobbler lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dobbler fails to land.
Dobbler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dobbler swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgoslepov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgoslepov tries to circle away but Dobbler has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dobbler.
Dobbler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morgoslepov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morgoslepov wants to get back to striking at distance but Dobbler won't allow it.
Morgoslepov can't break the clinch.
Dobbler lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler misses with the head strike.
Dobbler lands with a left to the head.
Dobbler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

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.
Dobbler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgoslepov's efforts to push away.
Dobbler working aggressively here.
Morgoslepov tries to break free but Dobbler pushes him back against the cage.
Morgoslepov is looking to break free of the clinch but Dobbler has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler keeps control of Morgoslepov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dobbler.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler misses with some punches.
Dobbler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Dobbler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morgoslepov can't break the clinch.
Morgoslepov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dobbler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dobbler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dobbler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dobbler working aggressively here.
Morgoslepov takes a shot to the head.
Dobbler lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Morgoslepov is trying to break the clinch but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Morgoslepov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgoslepov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Dobbler.
Morgoslepov wants to break free but Dobbler has control.
Dobbler has Morgoslepov pressed against the cage, preventing Morgoslepov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morgoslepov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgoslepov tries to break free but Dobbler pushes him back against the cage.
Dobbler misses with the head strike.
Dobbler throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Dobbler.
Morgoslepov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morgoslepov tries to break free but Dobbler pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dobbler.
Dobbler lands an uppercut.
Morgoslepov blocking some punches.
Dobbler lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dobbler looking to throw knees to the head but Morgoslepov is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Dobbler fails to land.
Dobbler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morgoslepov is trying to force a seperation but Dobbler has the dominant position.
Morgoslepov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dobbler lands with a short shot to the head.
Dobbler throws an elbow but it misses.

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.
Morgoslepov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morgoslepov is looking to break free of the clinch but Dobbler has double underhooks.
Morgoslepov is trying to break the clinch but Dobbler has him pressed against the cage.
Dobbler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morgoslepov's efforts to push away.
Morgoslepov tries to circle away but Dobbler has him pinned against the cage.
Morgoslepov working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morgoslepov.
Morgoslepov working hard to break the clinch.
Dobbler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dobbler throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgoslepov.
Dobbler lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgoslepov backwards.
Morgoslepov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dobbler keeps control of Morgoslepov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dobbler displaying some good clinch control by pressing Morgoslepov up against the cage.
Morgoslepov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dobbler misses with a punch on the inside.
Dobbler keeps control of Morgoslepov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Evgeny Morgoslepov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgoslepov can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morgoslepov.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lloyd Dobbler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dobbler 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lloyd Dobbler!