PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Omar Avelar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Dowell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Avelar
vs
Dowell

173 cm
27
144 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

177 cm
22
140 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Omar Avelar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mac Dowell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dowell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Avelar looks to land a combination but Dowell avoids it well.
Mac Dowell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Avelar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dowell manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dowell. Avelar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Avelar stuns Dowell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dowell thumps Avelar with a low kick.
Dowell misses with an uppercut.
Dowell throws a push kick but Avelar slaps the foot to one side.
Dowell takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dowell throws the kick towards the body but Avelar avoids it.
Dowell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Avelar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dowell. That one must have hurt.
Avelar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Avelar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Avelar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dowell.
Dowell is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Avelar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dowell was well out of range. Poor timing from Avelar.
Dowell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Avelar's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dowell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Avelar.
Avelar misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avelar misses with an uppercut. Dowell saw that one coming.
Dowell misses with a double jab.
Dowell lands with a slapping head kick.
Avelar misses with a wild combination.
Dowell connects with a leg kick. Avelar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dowell throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dowell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Dowell lands a nice looking kick to the body. Avelar takes a step back to recover.
Dowell looks to land a body kick but Avelar moved away.
Avelar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dowell.
Avelar clobbers Dowell with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dowell misses with a body kick.
Dowell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Avelar throws a good cross that connects.
Dowell tries a low kick but Avelar avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avelar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Avelar throws out a loose jab but Dowell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Avelar swings for the body but Dowell moves out of range.
Avelar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avelar scores with a one two! Dowell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dowell blocks a leg kick.
Avelar lands with a good body shot.
Avelar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avelar misses with a wild combination.
Avelar is looking to wear down Dowell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Avelar throws a right and a left that Dowell avoids nicely.
Avelar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Avelar tries to score with a low kick but Dowell moves his leg out of the way.
Avelar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dowell. Avelar shrugs it off though.
Avelar checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dowell thows a body shot but no joy.
Dowell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dowell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Avelar blocks a head kick by Dowell.
Avelar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dowell throws a head kick that Avelar semi-blocks.
Dowell tries a head kick but it misses.
Dowell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Avelar misses with a body shot.
Avelar misses with an uppercut.
Avelar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avelar fails to land with a series of punches.
Dowell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avelar misses with a low kick.
Dowell scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Avelar.

It looks like Omar Avelar has been cut.
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!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dowell checks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Dowell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dowell throws a head kick that misses.
Dowell lands a head kick. Avelar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dowell looks gassed!
Dowell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dowell walks into a jab.
Avelar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dowell doesn't seem bothered though.
Dowell scores with a head kick. Avelar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dowell throws a body kick that misses.
Avelar works over Dowell's head and body with a nice combination.

Dowell is rocked!
Avelar throws a right hand that Dowell ducks under and follows up with a left that Dowell also avoids with ease.
Dowell is still on wobbly legs! Can Avelar finish him?
Dowell misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice jab there from Avelar.
Dowell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Avelar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dowell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Avelar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Avelar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some wild striking there from Avelar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Omar Avelar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Omar Avelar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dowell thows a body kick. Avelar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dowell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Avelar.
Avelar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dowell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Avelar thows a body shot but no joy.
Dowell tries a head kick but it misses.
Avelar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dowell seems to have recovered his senses.
Dowell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dowell connects with a high kick.
Avelar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dowell!
Avelar misses with a double jab.
Dowell misses with a kick to the body.
Avelar throws a combination. Dowell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Avelar throws an overhand right that drops Dowell like a sack of potatoes! Avelar dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Avelar!
Omar Avelar thanked the fans post fight for their support.