PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Garbutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Dolinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dolinger comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Can't Be Touched kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Garbutt
vs
Dolinger

193 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
207 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kevin Garbutt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean Dolinger!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garbutt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dolinger.
Dolinger misses with a takedown
and Garbutt counters with a right hand to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Garbutt.
A jab lands there for Garbutt.
We've been hearing reports that Garbutt has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Garbutt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garbutt feints and then cracks Dolinger's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dolinger down.
Dolinger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dolinger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garbutt as he jumps to the side.
Dolinger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garbutt as he jumps to the side.
Garbutt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kevin Garbutt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Dolinger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Garbutt.
Garbutt works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garbutt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Dolinger misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbutt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dolinger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dolinger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garbutt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dolinger is out of range.
Dolinger should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Garbutt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dolinger shoots in looking for a takedown. Garbutt tries to sprawl out of it but Dolinger keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Garbutt manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garbutt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dolinger misses with a takedown attempt - Garbutt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dolinger scores with a one two! Garbutt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Garbutt is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Garbutt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That kick from Garbutt tenderised Dolinger's leg. Dolinger is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolinger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot by Garbutt.
Dolinger misses with a takedown attempt
and Garbutt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dolinger looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Garbutt feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Dolinger sprawling to the canvas! Dolinger rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Garbutt finish him?!

Dolinger is rocked!
Garbutt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dolinger's sensitive parts.
Dolinger is still on wobbly legs! Can Garbutt finish him?
Dolinger tries to clinch
and Garbutt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Garbutt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dolinger doesn't seem bothered though.
Dolinger seems to have recovered his senses.
Garbutt circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dolinger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crack! Garbutt connects with the perfect overhand right and Dolinger falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Garbutt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kevin Garbutt!
The defeated Sean Dolinger had this to say: 'You know, I came into this thinking I was gonna win, but I didn't. I'll watch the fight, see what went wrong, fix it, and hopefully next time I'll get the win.'.