PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Jr Dobzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Magdeburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erik Magdeburg will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jr Dobzinski
vs
Magdeburg

188 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

177 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Jr Dobzinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Erik Magdeburg!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Dobzinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magdeburg avoids the head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Magdeburg looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Dobzinski misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dobzinski sets himself, and Magdeburg steps forward looking for the clinch! Dobzinski avoids it this time.
Dobzinski tries a head kick but it misses.
Dobzinski throws a head kick but Magdeburg moves out of range.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMagdeburg.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Magdeburg raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.
Dobzinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMagdeburg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Dobzinski tries a head kick but it misses.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.
Magdeburg avoids the head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg shapes to counter with a head kick.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMagdeburg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski tries a head kick but it misses.
Dobzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Jr Dobzinski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Dobzinski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMagdeburg.
Dobzinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magdeburg tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dobzinski throws a lazy head kick

and Magdeburg moves into the clinch.

Dobzinski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Magdeburg raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dobzinski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Magdeburg raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
Magdeburg tries to counter with a clinch but Dobzinski shakes him off and moves away.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magdeburg is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
Magdeburg is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dobzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dobzinski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMagdeburg.
Dobzinski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Magdeburg can do to turn this around?
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski misses with a head kick.
Magdeburg steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses.
Magdeburg tries to counter with a clinch but Dobzinski shakes him off and moves away.
Dobzinski throws a head kick but Magdeburg moves out of range.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Dobzinski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMagdeburg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
Magdeburg throws a fast counter high kick but Dobzinski manages to duck under it in time.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Magdeburg tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.
Magdeburg avoids the head kick by Dobzinski.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses.
Marcelo Jr Dobzinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magdeburg avoids the head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg wants to counter with a clinch but Dobzinski pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Jr Dobzinski dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Dobzinski.
Magdeburg with the counter takedown but Dobzinski avoids it easily.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magdeburg is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick and Magdeburg moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobzinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dobzinski sets himself, and Magdeburg steps forward looking for the clinch! Dobzinski avoids it this time.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses.
Magdeburg tries to counter with a clinch but Dobzinski shakes him off and moves away.
Dobzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Magdeburg looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.
Dobzinski misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dobzinski throws a head kick that misses.
Magdeburg wants to counter with a clinch but Dobzinski pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dobzinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dobzinski throws a head kick but Magdeburg moves out of range.
Magdeburg blocks a head kick by Dobzinski.
Dobzinski sets himself, and Magdeburg steps forward looking for the clinch! Dobzinski avoids it this time.
Magdeburg avoids the head kick by Dobzinski.
Magdeburg throws a big counter head kick but Dobzinski avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dobzinski throws a sloppy head kick

and Magdeburg counters by clinching up.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Magdeburg.
Magdeburg slows down the pace here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Magdeburg - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Magdeburg prevents Dobzinski from breaking the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dobzinski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Magdeburg has him pressed against the cage.
Erik Magdeburg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcelo Jr Dobzinski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Dobzinski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Jr Dobzinski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dobzinski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcelo Jr Dobzinski!