PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakuma Hariyuoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dowiyogo comes to the cage accompanied by another life - kano. Hakuma Hariyuoki told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Dowiyogo
vs
Hariyuoki

178 cm
22
212 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

186 cm
21
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

PWNAGE™ (WOT)

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grover Dowiyogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hakuma Hariyuoki!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dowiyogo drives through and clinches with Hariyuoki against the cage.
Hariyuoki blocks an elbow strike from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hariyuoki's efforts to push away.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hariyuoki is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Hariyuoki misses with a knee to the head.
Dowiyogo misses with the head strike.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hariyuoki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hariyuoki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hariyuoki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dowiyogo crunches a lovely knee into Hariyuoki's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hariyuoki can't find room to land a body shot as Dowiyogo controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Hariyuoki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dowiyogo tries to work over Hariyuoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hariyuoki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dowiyogos head.
Hariyuoki managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hariyuoki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki wants to get back to striking at distance but Dowiyogo won't allow it.
Hariyuoki is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo prevents a body shot from Hariyuoki.

Hariyuoki breaks the clinch.
Hariyuoki avoids a kick to the body.
Dowiyogo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hariyuoki's calf.

Hariyuoki gets tackled into the cage by Dowiyogo. Dowiyogo maintains the clinch.
Hariyuoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dowiyogo prevents a body shot from Hariyuoki.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki struggles to land a body shot inside as Dowiyogo controls his hands.
Hariyuoki managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki tries to throw a body punch but Dowiyogo avoids it by throwing Hariyuoki back against the cage.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Hariyuoki managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hariyuoki is looking to break free of the clinch but Dowiyogo has double underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Hariyuoki tries to break the clinch but Dowiyogo is controlling the position.
Hariyuoki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Hariyuoki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Dowiyogo slams his shin into Hariyuoki's torso.
An inside leg kick lands from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki throws a jab when Dowiyogo was well out of range.
Hariyuoki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hariyuoki throws a right and a left that Dowiyogo avoids nicely.
Nice body kick from Dowiyogo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Dowiyogo gets a clinch.
Dowiyogo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hariyuoki missing with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki is trying to push Dowiyogo away but Dowiyogo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hariyuoki working hard to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki can't find room to land a body shot as Dowiyogo controls the action.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Hakuma Hariyuoki has been cut.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Hariyuoki throws knees to the body.
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dowiyogo tries a knee to the head but Hariyuoki blocks it.
Hariyuoki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Hariyuoki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hariyuoki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hariyuoki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dowiyogo is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee to the head.
Hariyuoki managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki throws an elbow that misses.
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on Hariyuoki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hariyuoki.
Dowiyogo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dowiyogo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hariyuoki's elbow.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hariyuoki.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hariyuoki.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo keeps control of Hariyuoki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hariyuoki misses with a punch to the body.
Hariyuoki tries to throw a body punch but Dowiyogo avoids it by throwing Hariyuoki back against the cage.
Dowiyogo looking to throw knees to the head but Hariyuoki is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo lands a body shot.
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!
Dowiyogo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hariyuoki working aggressively here.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Hariyuoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dowiyogo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hariyuoki.
That kick from Dowiyogo tenderised Hariyuoki's leg. Hariyuoki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hariyuoki scores with a jab to the body.
Hariyuoki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dowiyogo there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Grover Dowiyogo has been cut.
Hariyuoki misses with a series of wild punches.
Dowiyogo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo defending well as Hariyuoki loads up on a big left hand.
Dowiyogo scores with a head kick. Hariyuoki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hariyuoki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dowiyogo lands a leg kick that knocks Hariyuoki off balance momentarily.
Dowiyogo throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hariyuoki blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Hariyuoki closes the distance and pushes Dowiyogo back into the cage.
Hariyuoki trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki tries to land a knee to the head but Dowiyogo blocks with his arms.
Dowiyogo slowing the pace effectively.
Hariyuoki tries to work over Dowiyogo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dowiyogo blocks a body shot from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki tries a knee to the head but Dowiyogo blocks it.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hariyuoki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dowiyogo lands a good knee to the midsection. Hariyuoki won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki is breathing heavily.
Dowiyogo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hariyuoki managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Hariyuoki avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo connects with a knee to the head.
Hariyuoki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dowiyogo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hariyuoki wants to break the clinch but can't.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
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!
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki tries to work over Dowiyogo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hariyuoki's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hariyuoki lands a knee to the body.

Hariyuoki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo thumps Hariyuoki with a low kick.
Dowiyogo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hariyuoki's head.
Dowiyogo lands a front kick.

Hariyuoki instigates a clinch.
Hariyuoki missing with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Hariyuoki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hariyuoki avoids it.
Hariyuoki can't break the clinch.
Hariyuoki can't find room to land a body shot as Dowiyogo controls the action.
Grover Dowiyogo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dowiyogo misses with a punch to the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Hariyuoki tries to break the clinch but Dowiyogo is controlling the position.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo with a knee to the head.
Dowiyogo looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hariyuoki tries a body shot but Dowiyogo blocks it.
Hariyuoki working hard to break the clinch.
Hariyuoki avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Hariyuoki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki is trying to stall.
Hariyuoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to work over Hariyuoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dowiyogo is trying to maintain a safe position but Hariyuoki gets an underhook and turns Dowiyogo into the cage.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Hariyuoki avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hariyuoki avoids it.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hariyuoki.
Dowiyogo lands a body punch.
Dowiyogo lands a good knee to the midsection. Hariyuoki won't want to take too many of those.
Dowiyogo lands a nice elbow.
Hariyuoki is trying to force a seperation but Dowiyogo has the dominant position.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the head.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hariyuoki is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo crunches a lovely knee into Hariyuoki's ribcage.
Dowiyogo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hariyuoki is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo misses with a punch to the body.
Hariyuoki scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hariyuoki tries a body shot but Dowiyogo blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Dowiyogo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dowiyogo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hariyuoki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hariyuoki avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Hariyuoki.

Hariyuoki has closed the distance and engaged Dowiyogo in a clinch.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hariyuoki is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hariyuoki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki misses with a punch to the body.
Hariyuoki managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki is trying to break free.
Hariyuoki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hariyuoki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hariyuoki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hariyuoki lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dowiyogo takes a shot to the head.

Hariyuoki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hariyuoki lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dowiyogo lands a high kick!
Dowiyogo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki thows a body shot but no joy.
Hariyuoki avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki throws a body punch but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Dowiyogo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dowiyogo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hariyuoki scores with a hook to the body. Dowiyogo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dowiyogo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dowiyogo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Dowiyogo clinches.
Dowiyogo looking to throw knees to the head but Hariyuoki is blocking nicely.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee to the head.
Hariyuoki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hariyuoki lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hariyuoki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dowiyogo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hariyuoki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dowiyogo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dowiyogo's elbow.
Hariyuoki lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki is trying to force a seperation but Dowiyogo has the dominant position.
Hariyuoki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hariyuoki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hariyuoki lands a body punch.
Hariyuoki dodges an elbow strike from Dowiyogo.
Nice elbow from Dowiyogo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hariyuoki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hariyuoki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hariyuoki missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the temple.

Hariyuoki breaks from the clinch.
Hariyuoki tries to bum rush Dowiyogo with a series of wild strikes but Dowiyogo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dowiyogo takes one to the chin there.
Hariyuoki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dowiyogo on the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dowiyogo.
Hariyuoki smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Hariyuoki clinches up with Dowiyogo and pushes him back against the cage.
Hariyuoki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hariyuoki working Dowiyogo over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hariyuoki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dowiyogo clinches up with Hariyuoki and pushes him back against the cage.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Hariyuoki avoids the damage to the body.
Hariyuoki cracks Dowiyogo with a nice body shot.

Hariyuoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hariyuoki with a jab.
Dowiyogo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hariyuoki lands with a hook. Dowiyogo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hariyuoki misses with a body shot.
Grover Dowiyogo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dowiyogo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hariyuoki. That did some damage!
A decent looking cross lands there for Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki lands with an uppercut that bounces Dowiyogo off the cage and back into range.
Hariyuoki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dowiyogo's head backwards.
Hariyuoki catches Dowiyogo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that Hariyuoki semi-blocks.
Hariyuoki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hariyuoki throws a right hand that Dowiyogo ducks under and follows up with a left that Dowiyogo also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Dowiyogo.
Hakuma Hariyuoki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Hariyuoki.
Dowiyogo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hakuma Hariyuoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hariyuoki just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hakuma Hariyuoki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dowiyogo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grover Dowiyogo!
A very excited looking Grover Dowiyogo rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.