PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aussie Victory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Dover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Victory
vs
Dover

185 cm
23
202 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
23
194 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aussie Victory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover shoots in for a double leg but Victory sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dover shoots for a takedown but Victory saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A nice combination there by Victory.

It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
Victory moves into range and connects with a jab.
Victory throws a nice looking combination but Dover bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Victory with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dover on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Nice straight punches there by Victory. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Victory.
Victory jabs Dover right on the nose. Dover blinks but takes it well.
Dover takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Victory gets a takedown into half guard.
Dover tries to roll over but Victory keeps him under control.

Dover looking for submissions off his back.
Dover looks gassed!
Victory is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victory working Dover over with strikes.
Victory is looking to take a break and control but Dover is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dover tries to get to full guard but Victory has control of the leg.
Victory lands with a punch from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Victory in particular looking to stall.
Victory working the head and body with strikes.
Dover wants to get back to full guard.
Dover slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dover is on top in guard.
Victory wants to sweep but no luck.
Victory is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover preventing the sweep.
Victory throws a couple of heel strikes.
Victory has his hands on Dover's head, controlling the position.
Dover preventing the sweep.
Victory throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Victory keeping full guard, as Dover tries to pass.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dover takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dover drops his hands momentarily and Victory takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Victory looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dover misses with a takedown
and Victory counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aussie Victory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Dover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victory throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dover takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Victory connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Victory's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Victory duly obliges.
Victory's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Victory duly obliges.
Victory lands a nice shot that snaps Dover's head back.

Victory shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Dover working for submissions but it's allowed Victory to get to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Victory trying to control from half guard but Dover is working away.
Nice strikes from Victory there.
Dover is pressing down on Victory's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Dover looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victory distracts Dover with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dover wants to sweep here but Victory controlling him for the moment.
Victory lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Victory postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dover keeping moving, preventing Victory from controlling successfully.
Victory lands a couple of elbows.
Victory trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Dover looking for a guillotine here but Victory defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Victory avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aussie Victory dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Victory lands an overhand right.
Dover tries for a takedown but Victory circles away easily
and Victory counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Dover gets caught flat footed, as Victory shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Victory wants to control from the top but Dover keeps moving.

Dover looking for a guillotine here but Victory defends easily.
Dover wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Dover is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Victory makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victory passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Victory lands a few punches from side control.
Dover tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Victory wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dover manages to get back to half guard.
Victory lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Victory scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dover wants to improve his position but Victory is controlling well.
Victory controlling the action here.
Victory trying to control from half guard but Dover is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victory looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Victory seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dover does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Victory looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dover with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Dover actively working from the bottom here.

Dover looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The crowd cheers as Victory lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dover doesn't seem phased though.
Victory connects with a body shot.
Victory throws a shot to the body.
Victory lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Victory.
Victory connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victory lands a right hook to the body.
Dover has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Victory lands with a shot to the body.
Victory digs a good hook to Dover's body.
Victory thuds a left hand into Dover's body.
Victory cracks Dover with a good jab.
Victory is looking to wear down Dover with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Victory lands a body shot.
Victory stuns Dover with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Victory with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dover shoots in for a double leg but Victory sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dover takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice cross by Victory.
Dover takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victory cracks a nice hook into Dover's ribs.
Victory paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dover takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Victory scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dover doesn't seem bothered though.
Aussie Victory is winning the standup battle so far.
Dover moves away from the strike by Victory.
Victory misses with an uppercut.
Ben Dover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Victory misses with a wild body shot.
Victory is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dover can do to turn this around?
Victory misses with a few strikes there.
Dover steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Victory.
Dover ducks right into an uppercut from Victory.
The fighters circling - Victory throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Victory misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aussie Victory dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dover gets the takedown into side control.
Victory wants to control but Dover postures up.

Dover is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Victory has escaped the position, nice work there.
Victory is trying to get back to half guard.
Dover throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Dover tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
An elbow from Dover crashes against the mat.
Victory tries to bench press Dover off him but Dover keeps the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Victory stops Dover from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victory is looking to regain half guard here but Dover keeps moving and retains side control.

Dover looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Victory wants to control but Dover postures up.
Victory is trying to improve his position.
Dover advances to mount.
Victory wants to control but Dover is having none of it.

Victory defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Dover.
Victory is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dover lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Dover wants to finish this one by submission but Victory is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dover.

Dover looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Victory gets back to half guard.
Victory is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dover's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dover's back!
Victory is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Victory gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Victory gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Victory apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Dover tries for a takedown but Victory circles away easily
enabling Victory to counter with a crisp jab.

Victory shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Victory was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Victory cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Victory blocks Dover's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Victory lands a big shot there that rocks Dover but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dover is in all sorts of trouble here.
Victory connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dover regains half guard.
Dover tries to get to full guard but Victory has control of the leg.

Dover actively working from the bottom here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Victory passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dover manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Victory wants to pass to mount but Dover is defending the position.
Dover is refusing to be controlled, as Victory sits in half guard.
Dover is looking for a sweep. Victory is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dover is pressing down on Victory's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Victory tries to free his leg and advance position but Dover is retaining full guard.
Dover keeping moving, preventing Victory from controlling successfully.
Victory stopping the sweep attempt from Dover.
Ben Dover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Victory distracts Dover with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Dover comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Victory has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aussie Victory!