PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Dooalot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cid
vs
Dooalot

183 cm
29
164 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

180 cm
30
168 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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LOD: Affordable Quality
GREEN!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Virgil Cid!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Dooalot!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dooalot misses with an uppercut
and Cid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dooalot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cid connects with a right hand. Dooalot shakes it off.
Dooalot motions for Cid to come forward. Dooalot throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cid throws a head kick that Dooalot semi-blocks.
Cid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dooalot is just out of range.
Cid checks a leg kick.
Cid misses with a straight left.
Dooalot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dooalot chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Virgil Cid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dooalot tries to score with a low kick but Cid moves his leg out of the way.
Cid tries to work over Dooalot's front leg with a kick but Dooalot checks it.
Dooalot throws a jab when Cid was well out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dooalot. Cid shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Dooalot. That's going to slow Cid down.
A leg kick checked by Dooalot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dooalot's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cid under the eye.
Cid blocks a low kick nicely.
Dooalot thows a body shot but no joy.
Cid falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dooalot counters with a good low kick that Cid was not able to check.
Dooalot takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dooalot checks a low kick from Cid.
Dooalot avoids a kick to the body.
Dooalot misses with a hook.
Cid misses with an uppercut. Dooalot saw that one coming.
Cid lands a nice looking body shot.
Dooalot slips a straight right by Cid.
Cid misses with an uppercut. Dooalot saw that one coming.
Cid avoids the body shot from Dooalot.
Cid swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dooalot moves in looking to clinch but Cid pushes him off.
Cid throws a push kick but Dooalot slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cid pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dooalot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
Cid fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dooalot checks it well.
Cid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cid throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dooalot throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dooalot misses with a low kick.
Dooalot scoring well with a low kick there.
Cid scores with a spinning back kick!
Cid lands a right hook to the body.
Cid misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Cid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dooalot lands a lovely overhand right.
Dooalot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cid jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dooalot misses the shot to the body.
Cid throws a hook but Dooalot blocks it.
Cid is looking to score with low kicks.
Cid checks a low kick from Dooalot.
Cid takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dooalot dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dooalot 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.
Dooalot throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cid counters with an outside leg kick.
Cid scoring well with a low kick there.
Cid wants to slow Dooalot down by chopping away at his legs.
Dooalot avoids the head kick by Cid.
Dooalot misses with a low kick.
A punch combination from Dooalot misses.
Dooalot thuds his shin into the meat of Cid's side.
Cid on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dooalot. Dooalot obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid avoids the body shot from Dooalot.
Cid does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dooalot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Good exchange - Cid coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dooalot swings for the body but Cid moves out of range.
Dooalot will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dooalot.
Cid connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cid fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dooalot checks it well.
Cid cracks Dooalot with an open hand slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cid.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dooalot ducks right into an uppercut from Cid.
Cid feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dooalot's calf.
Dooalot takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cid on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
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 Virgil Cid will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cid throws a leg kick but Dooalot moved away.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dooalot is just out of range.
Dooalot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cid was well out of range. Poor timing from Dooalot.
Dooalot throws a shot to the body.
Dooalot misses with a hook to the body
and Cid counters with a right hand to the body.
Dooalot tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dooalot lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cid will feel that in the morning.
A slow jab from Cid misses its intended target.
Cid lands a glancing blow to the side of Dooalot's head.
Virgil Cid is winning the standup battle so far.
Dooalot swings for the body but Cid moves out of range.
Cid connects with a leg kick. Dooalot looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dooalot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dooalot is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cid rather than just go for the knockout.
Dooalot checks a leg kick.
Cid looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dooalot throws a big shot that misses.
Dooalot checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dooalot connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cid's hands.
Dooalot throws a shot from downtown. Cid moves away and avoids it.
Cid tries to land a leg kick but Dooalot saw it coming and moves away.
Dooalot throws out a powerful jab.
A good leg kick by Dooalot.
Dooalot takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cid tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dooalot throws out a leg kick but Cid moves out of range and Dooalot only half commits.
Cid misses with a body kick.
Dooalot misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jab, jab by Cid - just one landing.
Cid checks the leg kick.
Cid fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dooalot.
Cid turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dooalot in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dooalot throws a low kick but Cid avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot walks into a left hand.
Good work by Cid as he checks the leg kick.
Dooalot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cid.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cid moves out of range of the body kick.
Cid scores with a nice head shot.
Cid thows a leg kick but Dooalot checks it
letting Dooalot counter with a right hand.
Dooalot moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dooalot.
Dooalot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dooalot tries to work over Cid's front leg with a kick but Cid checks it.
Cid scores with a punch to the head.
Cid tries to land a leg kick but Dooalot saw it coming and moves away.
Dooalot throws a chopping leg kick but Cid manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cid blocks a leg kick.
Dooalot lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid misses with a low kick.
Cid checks a low kick from Dooalot.
Cid scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cid scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Dooalot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dooalot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dooalot takes a swing at Cid's ribcage but misses.
Cid connects with an inside leg kick.
Cid throws a hook but Dooalot blocks it.
A solid body kick from Cid.
Nice cross by Cid.
Cid throws a low kick but Dooalot avoids it.
Cid on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dooalot's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dooalot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dooalot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cid moves out of range as Dooalot strikes.
Cid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dooalot.
Cid's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dooalot under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dooalot throws a sloppy head kick and Cid moves out of range easily.
Dooalot attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dooalot has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cid.
Dooalot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab by Dooalot.
Dooalot takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Dooalot. Those never looked like landing.
A good leg kick by Cid.
Dooalot misses with a body shot.
Dooalot misses with an uppercut. Cid saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Virgil Cid will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cid bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dooalot thows a body kick. Cid tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dooalot misses with a low kick.
Dooalot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cid.
Cid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dooalot moves away.
Dooalot tried to score with a low kick but Cid checks it.
Both fighters circling a little - Cid finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cid bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dooalot's head backwards.
Cid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dooalot. That did some damage!
Dooalot walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cid checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dooalot looks to throw a body kick
and Cid counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dooalot's knee momentarily.
Cid swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dooalot.
Cid throws a head kick that misses.
Dooalot moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cid misses with a body kick.
Dooalot swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dooalot throws a head kick that misses
enabling Cid to counter with a crisp jab.
Dooalot takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cid lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cid connects with a right hand. Dooalot shakes it off.
A cross from Cid lands.
Cid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dooalot avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dooalot lands a nice looking body shot.
Dooalot attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dooalot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cid throws a big shot that misses.
Dooalot misses with a two punch combination.
Cid misses with a body shot.
Cid will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cid just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cid.
A slow jab from Cid misses its intended target.
Cid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dooalot throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cid scores with a decent looking hook.
Cid throws a hook but Dooalot blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dooalot throws a leg kick which misses Cid's front leg but catches the back leg as Cid tries to avoid it.
Cid motions for Dooalot to come forward. Cid throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cid bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dooalot's head.
Dooalot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dooalot misses with a wild body shot.
Cid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dooalot attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dooalot moves out of range of the leg kick from Cid.
Dooalot walks into a straight right hand from Cid.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dooalot avoids the body shot from Cid.
Jab from Cid.
Cid scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cid thows a body shot but no joy.
Dooalot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cid feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dooalots jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Dooalot misses.
Cid scores with a shot to the body.
That kick from Dooalot tenderised Cid's leg. Cid is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dooalot scoring well with a low kick there.
Dooalot lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dooalot misses with a series of wild punches.
Cid throws a leg kick but Dooalot sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid throws a body punch but Dooalot moves out of range.
Cid lands a leg kick that knocks Dooalot off balance momentarily.
Dooalot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cid's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cid scores with a nice strike.
Cid with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some bone on bone action there as Cid checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cid listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dooalot has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cid throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dooalot avoids a kick to the body.
Cid throws a leg kick but Dooalot sees it coming and moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dooalot dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dooalot uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cid.
Dooalot dodges the punch combination from Cid.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil Cid clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dooalot connects with a looping right hand.
Cid avoids the body shot from Dooalot.
Cid slips under a jab from Dooalot.
Dooalot tries to score with a low kick but Cid moves his leg out of the way.
A low kick from Cid misses
and Dooalot counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dooalot is just out of range.
Cid getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cid misses with a head kick.
Dooalot slips a straight right by Cid.
Cid tries to land a leg kick but Dooalot saw it coming and moves away.
Dooalot comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cid lands a jab to Dooalot's midsection.
Cid misses with a lunging right hand
and Dooalot counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cid thinking.
Dooalot throws out a loose jab but Cid uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dooalot wants to slow Cid down by chopping away at his legs.
Dooalot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cid throws a head kick but Dooalot moves out of range.
A slow jab from Cid misses its intended target.
Cid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dooalot throws a jab when Cid was well out of range.
Cid swats away the attempt to clinch by Dooalot.
Dooalot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cid misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dooalot.
Cid with a nice cross.
Cid scores with a body shot.
Cid moves away from the strike by Dooalot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cid. Cid circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dooalot plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dooalot connects with a solid leg kick.
Cid scores with a hook to the body. Dooalot takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dooalot misses with a low kick as Cid jumps back.
Cid misses with a head kick.
Dooalot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cid tries a low kick but Dooalot avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cid takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cid scores with a nice strike.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cid. Dooalot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dooalot defending well as Cid loads up on a big left hand.
Dooalot throws a hook to the side of Cid's head but Cid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dooalot is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Cid misses.
Dooalot blocks a head kick by Cid.
Dooalot has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dooalot there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cid throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dooalot's head.
Cid moves out of range of the strikes.
Dooalot feints and then cracks Cid's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cid down.
Dooalot pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cid back to the cage. Dooalot follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dooalot throws a looping overhand right but Cid ducks down to avoid it.
Dooalot throws a good cross that connects.
Cid 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.
Dooalot misses with an uppercut
and Cid counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cid thows a body shot but no joy.
Cid pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dooalot blocks a head kick by Cid.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dooalot. That's going to slow Cid down.
Cid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dooalot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cid throws a leg kick but Dooalot sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cid does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A swing and a miss from Dooalot.

Dooalot moves into range and clinches up with Cid.
Dooalot slowing the pace effectively.
A body shot lands from Dooalot.
Dooalot misses with some punches.
Dooalot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dooalot tries to work over Cid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Dooalot fails to land.
Cid lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Dooalot breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but James Dooalot will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Cid's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dooalot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cid. That did some damage!
Nice uppercut there from Dooalot.
Cid connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dooalot lands a leg kick that knocks Cid off balance momentarily.
Dooalot misses with a looping right.
Dooalot throws out a loose jab but Cid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dooalot throws a low kick, looking for Cid's leg but Cid calmly moves out of range.
Cid misses with a wild body shot.
Dooalot fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cid checks it well.
Dooalot is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cid missing with a left hand there. Dooalot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dooalot avoids the body shot from Cid.
Dooalot slips a jab and a cross from Cid.
Cid needs to keep his hands up - Dooalot had a free shot at his head there.
Dooalot has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cid finds it's way round the side to connect with Dooalot's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Cid.
Cid lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cid lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cid on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cid is looking to slow Dooalot down with leg kicks.
Cid is looking to score with low kicks.
Dooalot connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cid's hands.
Dooalot avoids the head kick by Cid.
Dooalot connects with a solid leg kick.
The fighters circling - Dooalot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Dooalot.
A big right from Dooalot misses.
Dooalot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Dooalot misses
and Cid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Dooalot.
Dooalot works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dooalot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dooalot ducks under a wild hook from Cid.
A jab from Cid misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dooalot throws a head kick but Cid moves out of range.
Cid throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slow jab from Cid misses its intended target.
Dooalot throws a leg kick
and Cid counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cid looks to land a body kick but Dooalot moved away.
Cid is looking to chop away at Dooalot's legs.
Cid moves out of range of the leg kick from Dooalot.
Dooalot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cid throws a low kick, looking for Dooalot's leg but Dooalot calmly moves out of range.
James Dooalot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Dooalot.
Dooalot misses with a two punch combination.
Dooalot takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dooalot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cid lands a jab to the nose.
Dooalot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cid sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dooalot defending well as Cid loads up on a big left hand.
Jab, jab by Cid - just one landing.
Cid blocks a low kick nicely.
Dooalot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dooalot feints and then cracks Cid's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cid down.
Cid pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dooalot takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dooalot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cid feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dooalot's calf.
Cid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dooalot.
A leg kick checked by Dooalot.
A jab from Cid misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Cid misses the target.
Cid buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dooalot is just out of range.
Cid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cid with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dooalot scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Virgil Cid has been cut.
Dooalot connects with an inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cid.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Dooalot.
I think Cid 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Virgil Cid!
Virgil Cid retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Virgil Cid made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.