PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Bills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bills's entrance music is Say Goodbye. A fine choice. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Ben Dover enters the cage!

Bills
vs
Dover

195 cm
25
210 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

185 cm
27
205 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP

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 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bud Bills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Dover misses.
Dover tries to work over Bills's front leg with a kick but Bills checks it.
Dover takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bills fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bills blocks a head kick by Dover.
Bills throws a leg kick that misses.
Bills throws a combination. Dover tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
Bills tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dover manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bills buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bills scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dover listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Bills tries to keep at a distance but Dover has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bills breaks from the clinch.
Bills connects with the punch.
Bud Bills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bills scores with a nice head shot.
Dover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick from Bills lands but Dover takes it in his stride.
Dover just misses with a punch to the body.

Bills closes the distance and pushes Dover back into the cage.
Bills lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dover backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover looking to throw knees to the head but Bills is blocking nicely.

Dover escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dover misses with a few strikes there.
Bills scores with a decent looking hook.

Dover clinches with his opponent.
Dover misses with an elbow over the top.

Bills breaks from the clinch.
Nice jab there from Bills.
Dover takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dover showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bills.
Bills throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bills lands the left hand.
Dover throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bills.
Dover motions for Bills to come forward. Dover throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bills closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bills lands an elbow inside.
Dover throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bills breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bills misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bills lands with a thumping leg kick.

Bills closes the distance and pushes Dover back into the cage.
Bills lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bills tries to circle away but Dover has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Bills scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bills tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bills avoids a wild elbow strike from Dover.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bills.

Bills breaks the clinch.
Bills is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bills lunges at Dover with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dover's hand.
Bills lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bills tries to clinch there but Dover circles away.
Dover throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bills sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bills checks a leg kick.
Dover walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bills dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dover looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Bills tenderised Dover's leg. Dover is trying to keep his angry face on.

Bills closes the distance and clinches.

Bills breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Bills.
Bills thumps Dover with a low kick.
Bills feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dover's calf.
Dover moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bills looks to land a combination but Dover avoids it well.
Bills is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bills fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dover has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bills lands with a nice combination. Dover backs away looking to recover.
Bills scoring well with a low kick there.
Dover throws a low kick but Bills avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dover throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bills looks to land a combination. Dover sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Dover drives through and clinches with Bills against the cage.
Bills works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dover prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bills stalls.
Still in the clinch, Bills scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dover taking a breather.
Bills avoiding damage as Dover throws knees to the body.
Dover has Bills pressed against the cage, preventing Bills from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dover's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Dover's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bills thumps Dover with a low kick.
Bills thumps Dover with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bills on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bills displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bills lands a body shot.
Bills throws a one two combo.

That has opened up Ben Dover's cut even more.

Dover gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bud Bills dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover'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.

Dover takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Bills takes the fight into the clinch.
Dover with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dover is working Bills over against the cage.
Bills presses Dover against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bills digs a right hand underneath Dover's ribcage. Dover let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bills stalling against the cage.
A short right from Bills.
Bills looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dover tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bills looking to throw knees to the head but Dover is blocking nicely.
Dover with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bills lands a left hand.

Bills decides to pull guard.
Dover thows a big elbow that misses.
Dover is breathing heavily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dover wants to pass the guard but Bills is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover wanted to stand there but Bills had control of the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bills holds on and takes a little breather.

Bills working for a triangle but Dover defends it easily.
Bills controlling Dover's posture.

Bills working for a triangle but Dover defends it easily.

Bills looking for a guillotine here but Dover defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bills has a closed guard, preventing Dover from standing up.
Bills is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dover can do to turn this around?
Dover is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bills is on top in guard.
Bills is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bills stands up over Dover, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bills is pushing down on Dover's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dover is fighting to maintain full guard but Bills has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bills passes to full mount!
Dover is trying desperately to improve position.
Bills looking to finish Dover with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dover!

Bills is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dover is surviving well by controlling Bills's body position as best he can.
Bills has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dover's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bills raining down shots from the mount!

Dover is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bills's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bud Bills!