PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Orkan Dogu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Beginning of the End. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dave Collins enters the cage!

Dogu
vs
Collins

180 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

178 cm
36
175 lbs
28 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Orkan Dogu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Dave Collins!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Collins.
Collins cracks Dogu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dogu shoots in looking for a takedown but Collins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dogu's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Collins connects with a nice looking jab.
Collins lands a nice looking body shot.
Collins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dogu shoots in but no luck this time.

Dogu shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Collins manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Collins keeping moving, preventing Dogu from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collins is pulling down on Dogu's head. It's preventing any offense from Dogu, at least for the moment.
Dogu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Collins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Collins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogu tries to free his leg and advance position but Collins is retaining full guard.

Dave Collins has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dogu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collins lands a slapping body shot.
Dogu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot by Collins.
Collins throws a lazy right hand but Dogu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Collins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dogu manages to avoid it.
Collins throws a leg kick but Dogu checks it.
Horrible takedown by Collins or perhaps it was just good defense by Dogu which made him look bad.
Collins misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dogu. Collins does a little dance to reset his feet.

Collins scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogu throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dogu is staying active underneath Collins, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dogu moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Collins postures up in Dogu's guard and throws a big left but Dogu blocks it.
Dogu looking for a sweep. Not yet Dogu, not yet.
Collins throws a big right hand that misses.
Collins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Collins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dogu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dogu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Collins!
Collins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogu landing strikes from the mount.
Dogu scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Collins?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dogu looking to finish Collins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Collins!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dogu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Collins is looking to improve his position but Dogu isn't that keen on the idea.
Collins wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dogu has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Collins's face.
Dogu raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins is bucking up trying to escape but Dogu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dogu postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Collins bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Dogu and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orkan Dogu!
Orkan Dogu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.