PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dingdown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gotard Krasnodebski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingdown comes into the arena with Baggy Trousers blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Dingdown
vs
Krasnodebski

177 cm
30
160 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

180 cm
23
164 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Zentrope Fighting Universe

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 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Dingdown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gotard Krasnodebski!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dingdown misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick from Krasnodebski misses.
Dingdown throws a jab but it's blocked by Krasnodebski.
Dingdown checks the leg kick.
Dingdown blocks a leg kick.
Dingdown scores with a shot to the body.
Krasnodebski jabs at Dingdown's body.
Dingdown throws a head kick but Krasnodebski moves out of range.
Dingdown misses with a wild combination.
Krasnodebski tries to clinch up but Dingdown circles away and keeps his distance.
Dingdown misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krasnodebski.
Dingdown thuds his right hand into Krasnodebski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Gotard Krasnodebski has been cut.
Krasnodebski tries to score with a low kick but Dingdown moves his leg out of the way.
The fighters circling - Dingdown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krasnodebski thows a body shot but no joy.
Krasnodebski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dingdown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dingdown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Krasnodebskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dingdown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dingdown checks a leg kick nicely.

Krasnodebski takes the fight into the clinch.
Krasnodebski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krasnodebski blocks an elbow strike from Dingdown.
A short right from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski tries to throw a body punch but Dingdown avoids it by throwing Krasnodebski back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Dingdown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Krasnodebski has a couple of punches blocked by Dingdown.
A right hand to the body from Krasnodebski.
A body shot lands from Krasnodebski.

Dingdown pulls Krasnodebski into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krasnodebski preventing the sweep.

Krasnodebski drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dingdown dives on top into guard.
Krasnodebski seems keen to control Dingdown's posture.
Krasnodebski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Well, if Krasnodebski is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dingdown is not content to let Krasnodebski control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Gotard Krasnodebski hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Krasnodebski throws a solid leg kick but Dingdown takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Krasnodebski.

Dingdown gets tackled into the cage by Krasnodebski. Krasnodebski maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dingdown.
Krasnodebski misses with a punch to the body.
Krasnodebski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krasnodebski lands a nice uppercut.

Krasnodebski breaks from the clinch.
Dingdown misses the shot to the body.

Krasnodebski pushes Dingdown up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown misses with a punch to the body.
Dingdown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krasnodebski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dingdown's efforts to push away.
Krasnodebski throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Dingdown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dingdown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krasnodebski avoids it.
Dingdown has had enough of the clinch but Krasnodebski keeps him there for the moment.
Krasnodebski lands a hook to the side of the head.

Dingdown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dingdown blocks the body kick.
Krasnodebski is looking to score with low kicks.
Krasnodebski throws a low kick but Dingdown avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krasnodebski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dingdown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dingdown misses with a wild combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Krasnodebski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gotard Krasnodebski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gotard Krasnodebski's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Krasnodebski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dingdown's sensitive parts.
Dingdown loads up on a big right hand but Krasnodebski slips the punch.
Dingdown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dingdown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krasnodebski.
Dingdown thows a leg kick but Krasnodebski checks it
and Krasnodebski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dingdown slips under a jab.
Krasnodebski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Krasnodebski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dingdown takes a step back to recover.
Krasnodebski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dingdown has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Krasnodebski.
Dingdown misses with a right hand
and Krasnodebski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Krasnodebski tries to clinch but Dingdown moves out of range.
Gotard Krasnodebski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dingdown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Krasnodebski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Dingdown.
Krasnodebski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dingdown lands a really nice looking cross but Krasnodebski seems unphased.
A shot to the liver by Krasnodebski. Beautiful body shot.
Dingdown connects with a body shot.
Dingdown takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dingdown throws a sloppy head kick
and Krasnodebski counters with a head kick. That will keep Dingdown thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Krasnodebski tries to clinch but Dingdown is having none of it.
Dingdown plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krasnodebski connects with an inside leg kick.
Krasnodebski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dingdown misses with a leg kick
letting Krasnodebski counter with a right hand.
Krasnodebski throws out a powerful jab.
Krasnodebski thuds his shin into the meat of Dingdown's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Krasnodebski. That snapped Dingdown's head back.
Dingdown looks to score with a jab to the body but Krasnodebski is just out of range.
Krasnodebski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dingdown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dingdown has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Krasnodebski clinches up against the cage.
Dingdown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Krasnodebski lands an uppercut.
Krasnodebski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Krasnodebski.
Dingdown prevents a body shot from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dingdown misses with a punch to the body.
Krasnodebski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dingdown lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dingdown lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krasnodebski backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Krasnodebski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ben Dingdown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dingdown checks a leg kick.
Dingdown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krasnodebski misses with a low kick as Dingdown jumps back.
Dingdown tries to bum rush Krasnodebski with a series of wild strikes but Krasnodebski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krasnodebski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dingdown swinging wildly here.
Dingdown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Krasnodebski misses with a kick to the body.
Dingdown throws a nice looking combination but Krasnodebski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dingdown wants to clinch but Krasnodebski slips to the side
and Krasnodebski counters with a left to the body.
Krasnodebski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dingdown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Krasnodebski doesn't seem bothered though.
Krasnodebski connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krasnodebski blocks a head kick by Dingdown.
Krasnodebski lands a jab to Dingdown's midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Krasnodebski throws a solid leg kick but Dingdown takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Krasnodebski.
Dingdown lands a slapping body shot.
Krasnodebski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krasnodebski misses with a kick to the body.
Dingdown misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Krasnodebski misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gotard Krasnodebski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gotard Krasnodebski's cut.
That's time! Dingdown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dingdown scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Krasnodebski swinging wildly here.
Krasnodebski lands with a nice body kick.
Dingdown jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dingdown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dingdown throws a series of punches but Krasnodebski moves out of range.
Krasnodebski is looking to clinch but Dingdown is avoiding it.
Krasnodebski scores with a jab to the body.
Dingdown avoids a kick to the body.
Krasnodebski misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Dingdown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Dingdown as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingdown swings for the body but Krasnodebski moves out of range.
Dingdown misses the jab.
Dingdown misses with a body punch
and Krasnodebski counters with a series of strikes. Dingdown will be more careful next time no doubt.
Krasnodebski misses with a head kick.
Krasnodebski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dingdown lands a head kick!
Krasnodebski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dingdown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dingdown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krasnodebski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dingdown rather than just go for the knockout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krasnodebski.
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!
Krasnodebski throws a solid leg kick but Dingdown takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Krasnodebski.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krasnodebski. Dingdown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ben Dingdown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Krasnodebski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dingdown is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dingdown lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dingdown missing with a left hand there. Krasnodebski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dingdown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dingdown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dingdown throws a chopping leg kick but Krasnodebski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Dingdown blocks the leg kick.
Good shot there by Krasnodebski.
Dingdown cracks the inside of Krasnodebski's front leg.

Dingdown lands a left and a right that send Krasnodebski crashing to the mat, dazed. Dingdown thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Krasnodebski is rocked!

That has opened up Gotard Krasnodebski's cut even more.
Dingdown's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Krasnodebski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dingdown scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krasnodebski misses with a body kick.
Krasnodebski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Krasnodebski is still on wobbly legs! Can Dingdown finish him?
Dingdown tries to land a front kick but Krasnodebski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Krasnodebski seems to have recovered his senses.
Dingdown throws a body punch but Krasnodebski moves out of range.
Krasnodebski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dingdown lands a nice hook to Krasnodebski's body. Krasnodebski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dingdown misses with a double jab.
Krasnodebski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dingdown checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Krasnodebski tries to clinch but Dingdown moves out of range.
Krasnodebski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dingdown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krasnodebski with a jab.
Krasnodebski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krasnodebski moves away from the strike by Dingdown.
Krasnodebski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dingdown looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dingdown misses with a hook. Krasnodebski ducked under it nicely.
Krasnodebski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krasnodebski throws a good cross that connects.
Dingdown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dingdown cracks Krasnodebski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krasnodebski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krasnodebski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krasnodebski lands with a nice body punch.
Krasnodebski connects with a leg kick. Dingdown looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Dingdown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Krasnodebski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

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