PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Naseem Hamed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorh has chosen Heaven & Hell as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hamed
vs
Dorh

185 cm
29
194 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

183 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Naseem Hamed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cris Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hamed pushes Dorh up against the cage in a clinch.
Dorh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Hamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hamed.
Dorh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dorh leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hamed can't find room to land a body shot as Dorh controls the action.
Hamed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hamed prevents a body shot from Dorh.
Dorh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Dorh.
Dorh misses with a punch to the body.
Hamed prevents a body shot from Dorh.
Hamed avoiding damage as Dorh throws knees to the body.
Dorh swings wildly with an uppercut but Hamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hamed struggles to land a body shot inside as Dorh controls his hands.
Dorh struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Dorh as the two fighters clinch.
Dorh blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorh throws a punch but it's blocked by Hamed.
Hamed struggles to land a body shot inside as Dorh controls his hands.
Dorh pushes Hamed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hamed lands with a right to the head.
Dorh lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hamed blocks an elbow strike from Dorh.
Dorh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hamed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dorh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hamed works on Dorh's body with a couple of short punches.
Hamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Dorh.
Dorh blocking some punches.
Hamed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dorh misses with a punch to the body.
Hamed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamed wants to stall.
Dorh lands a shoulder strike.
Dorh lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorh lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dorh lands with a light punch inside.
Dorh lands with a right to the head.
Dorh lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hamed or not.
Hamed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dorh lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Hamed.
Hamed blocks an elbow strike.
Hamed can't find room to land a body shot as Dorh controls the action.
Dorh tries to throw a body punch but Hamed avoids it by throwing Dorh back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Dorh as the two fighters clinch.
Hamed lands a right hand.
Hamed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dorh's elbow.
Hamed prevents a body shot from Dorh.
A shot in the inside from Hamed.
Dorh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dorh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hamed cracks Dorh with a nice body shot.
Hamed blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hamed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dorh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Dorh.
Hamed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamed manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Hamed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dorh tries to work over Hamed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dorh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dorh pushes Hamed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dorh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dorh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dorh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dorh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dorh blocking some punches.
Hamed throws a head punch that misses.
Hamed misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dorh misses with a body punch.
Hamed working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dorh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dorh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hamed backwards.
Hamed tries a body shot but Dorh blocks it.
Hamed is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dorh is keeping busy.
Dorh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dorh works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Hamed.
Dorh misses with a knee strike.
Dorh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dorh working aggressively here.
Dorh can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamed takes a shot to the head.
Dorh being controlled against the cage.
Hamed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cris Dorh dominated that round.
That's time! Hamed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dorh fails with the takedown.
Hamed fails to land with a series of punches.
Naseem Hamed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hamed throws a low kick, looking for Dorh's leg but Dorh calmly moves out of range.

Dorh instigates a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dorh as Hamed tries to tie him up.
Hamed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hamed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dorh backwards.
Dorh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hamed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dorh's elbow.
Dorh misses with a punch to the body.
Dorh lands a nice uppercut.
Hamed tries to stall but Dorh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dorh pushes Hamed back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hamed blocks an uppercut.
Hamed scores with a shot to the side of Dorh's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dorh can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
Hamed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dorh misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dorh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
A short right from Hamed on the inside.
Dorh lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hamed.
Hamed trying to stall but Dorh improves his position.
Hamed working aggressively here.
Dorh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dorh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cris Dorh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hamed looking to stall.
Hamed prevents a body shot from Dorh.
Dorh tries a body shot but Hamed blocks it.
Hamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Dorh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dorh struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
Hamed is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dorh is keeping busy.
Dorh tries to land knees in the clinch but Hamed avoids the damage to the body.
Dorh has a couple of punches blocked by Hamed.
Dorh lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Dorh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dorh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dorh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Dorh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dorh is leaning against Hamed and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dorh can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
Hamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Dorh can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
Dorh swings wildly with an uppercut but Hamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dorh pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dorh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dorh struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
A short right from Hamed on the inside.
Hamed lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hamed tries to stall but Dorh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dorh will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hamed up against the cage.
Hamed stalling in the clinch but Dorh improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hamed backwards.
Hamed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Hamed misses with the head strike.
Dorh can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
Hamed controlling the action here for a moment.
Dorh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dorh.
Hamed wants to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Dorh.
Dorh displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hamed up against the cage.
Hamed displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dorh up against the cage.
Dorh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dorh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dorh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dorh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Dorh misses with a punch to the body.
Dorh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hamed stalls.
Dorh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Hamed being controlled against the cage.
Hamed blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dorh throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Dorh fails to land.
Hamed throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cris Dorh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hamed leaves Dorh with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Hamed closes the distance and pushes Dorh back into the cage.
A hook to the body from Dorh.
Hamed tries to throw a body punch but Dorh avoids it by throwing Hamed back against the cage.
Hamed dodges an elbow strike from Dorh.
Hamed working aggressively here.
Hamed is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dorh lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hamed misses with the head strike.
Dorh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hamed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Hamed.
Hamed prevents a body shot from Dorh.
Dorh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hamed is defending well for now.
Hamed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dorh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hamed tries to work over Dorh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Dorh fails to land.
Dorh blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dorh.
Dorh slows down the pace here.
Good body shot from Dorh.
Dorh tries to work over Hamed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hamed.
Dorh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hamed is keeping busy.
Dorh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dorh tries to throw a body punch but Hamed avoids it by throwing Dorh back against the cage.
Hamed misses with the head strike.
Hamed letting Dorh take a breather here.
Hamed can't find room to land a body shot as Dorh controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dorh misses with a punch to the body.
The referee calls for Hamed to work.
Nice body punch from Dorh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dorh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dorh misses with an elbow over the top.
Hamed taking a breather.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice body punch from Hamed - that landed with a thud.
Dorh misses with a body punch.
Dorh misses with a punch on the inside.
Dorh struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dorh as Hamed tries to tie him up.
Dorh blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamed wants to stall.
Dorh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hamed.
Dorh working aggressively here.
Hamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Dorh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dorh.
Dorh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hamed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dorh lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hamed working aggressively here.
Dorh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hameds head.
Dorh cracks Hamed with a nice body shot.
Dorh misses with a body punch.
Dorh blocks an uppercut.
Hamed blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorh can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
Hamed lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dorh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hamed manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dorh struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
Cris Dorh is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dorh blocks a body shot from Hamed.
Dorh tries to throw a body punch but Hamed avoids it by throwing Dorh back against the cage.
Dorh blocking some punches.
Dorh displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hamed up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dorh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hameds head.
Naseem Hamed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dorh misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cris Dorh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dorh 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cris Dorh!
A relieved looking Cris Dorh thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.