PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rap Reiplinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Dotson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dotson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Motor Mouth. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Reiplinger
vs
Dotson

199 cm
29
254 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

200 cm
24
275 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rap Reiplinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Dotson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reiplinger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dotson sprawls well. Dotson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Reiplinger gets slowly back to his feet.
Reiplinger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reiplinger jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reiplinger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reiplinger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dotson throws out the jab.
Dotson throws a head kick that misses.
Dotson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dotson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reiplinger avoids the head kick by Dotson.
Reiplinger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dotson.
Reiplinger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reiplinger connects with the punch.
Reiplinger swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dotson scores with a shot to the body.
Dotson throws a shot from downtown. Reiplinger moves away and avoids it.
Reiplinger misses with a wild combination.
Reiplinger misses with a low kick.
Dotson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reiplinger. That did some damage!
Reiplinger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dotson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reiplinger throws a lazy body kick
and Dotson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dotson landing knees to the head.

It looks like Rap Reiplinger has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dotson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reiplinger lands an elbow just above Dotson 's eye.
Reiplinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Reiplinger tries to score a body lock takedown but Dotson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dotson working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dotson.
Dotson pushes Reiplinger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dotson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reiplinger backwards.
Reiplinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Dotson won't want to take too many of those.
Dotson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reiplinger missing with knees to the body.
Reiplinger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dotson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reiplinger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reiplinger trying to land knees to the body.
Dotson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reiplinger is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dotson is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rap Reiplinger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reiplinger is breathing heavily.
Dotson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dotson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reiplinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Dotson avoids the damage to the body.
Dotson lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Dotson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dotson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Dotson on the inside.
Dotson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reiplinger or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dotson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Dotson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reiplinger throws an elbow but misses.
Dotson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dotson lands a right hand.
Dotson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dotson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dotson throws a big uppercut that drops Reiplinger! More strikes from Dotson and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Reiplinger lies dazed against the cage as Dotson celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Dotson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Dan Dotson waved his t-shirt featuring Hopkins Athletics's logo in front of the cameras.