PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Wills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Dover
vs
Wills

186 cm
28
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

175 cm
23
160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabe Wills!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover jabs Wills to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dover scores with a hook.
Dover connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dover scores with a nice strike.
Wills shoots and misses
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wills thinking.
Dover changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dover is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dover misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wills on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dover waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wills.
Dover throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wills counters with a nice body shot.
Wills defending well as Dover loads up on a big left hand.
Wills takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dover lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ben Dover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dover lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dover cracks Wills with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover connects with a single shot there.
Wills shoots in looking for a takedown. Dover tries to sprawl out of it but Wills keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dover manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dover with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A shot to the liver by Dover. Beautiful body shot.
Wills getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dover swings for the body but Wills moves out of range.
Wills takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dover is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wills misses with a hook
and Dover counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Wills does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dover ducks under a wild hook from Wills.
Dover's corner calls for a 1-2. Dover obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Dover. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dover.
Dover lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover lands a jab.
Dover fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dover uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wills has time to react.
Wills fails with the takedown.
Ben Dover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabe Wills.
Wills takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dover misses with a straight right.
Wills takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dover lands a jab to the head.
Dover throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wills takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A jab from Dover does it's job there.
Wills misses with a lunging right hand
and Wills takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills ducks under a wild hook from Dover.
Dover throws an off balance right hand

and Wills counters with a takedown into side control.
Wills lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dover down.
Wills connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dover some visible discomfort.
Wills misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Dover regains half guard.
Dover is looking for a sweep. Wills is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wills missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wills missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wills throwing shots but Dover is blocking nicely.
Wills thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Dover to regain full guard.
Wills working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wills working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wills postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wills throws a strike but Dover rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dover tries to stand but Wills is controlling from the bottom.
Wills has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wills keeping moving, preventing Dover from controlling successfully.
Dover would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dover seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Dover dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dover misses with a double jab

so Wills counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wills keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dover's head.
Dover utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wills scoring with some ground and pound.
Wills is in close to Dover's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wills scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wills postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dover preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wills distracts Dover with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wills distracts Dover with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dover is trying to keep Wills in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wills throws a strike but Dover rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dover controlling from the top position.
Wills is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Wills lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dover!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Wills.
Dover is working to get back to half guard.
Wills landing shots from mount.
Dover wants to control but Wills is having none of it.
Wills with a couple of short strikes.
Dover in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wills is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dover can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wills landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Wills.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover taking shots to the head.
Gabe Wills has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wills lands a heavy elbow.
Wills lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wills 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wills landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dover working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wills in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wills breaks from Dover's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dover is bucking up trying to escape but Wills cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wills landing strikes from the mount and Dover is in trouble!
Dover tries to hold on but Wills pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dover is bucking up trying to escape but Wills cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wills working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dover is bucking up trying to escape but Wills cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dover wants to control but Wills is having none of it.
Dover is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wills working Dover over with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dover can't escape the position.
Wills cracks Dover with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wills cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabe Wills showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wills decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wills looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dover with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wills is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Wills.
Wills working the head and body with strikes.
Wills lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wills lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wills looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dover with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wills is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wills misses with a head shot. Dover uses the momentum to regain guard.
Dover has momentary wrist control but Wills slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wills trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dover working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wills.
Wills in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wills working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wills with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wills trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wills lands a couple of elbows.
Dover utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wills is looking to work some ground and pound but Dover has wrist control.

That's two 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.
Wills postures up and lands a big shot to Dover's brow.
Wills postures up in Dover's guard and throws a big left but Dover blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wills accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wills distracts Dover with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wills throwing strikes from guard but Dover blocks nicely.
Wills with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dover preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wills loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wills thows a big elbow that misses.
Wills cracks Dover with a solid left hand.
Wills is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills scoring with some ground and pound.
Wills landing some decent shots from guard.
Wills working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dover's head.
Dover looking for a sweep. Not yet Dover, not yet.
Wills postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dover preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wills connects with a couple of short punches.
Wills lands a couple of elbows.
Wills scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wills missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wills is in close to Dover's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wills's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wills is looking to work some ground and pound but Dover has wrist control.
Wills works over Dover with some ground and pound from guard.
Wills content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wills distracts Dover with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wills scoring with some ground and pound.
Wills lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wills postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wills missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wills throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabe Wills comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wills has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabe Wills!