PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oskars Treimanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dowiyogo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to another life - kano. Oskars Treimanis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dowiyogo
vs
Treimanis

178 cm
34
212 lbs
28 - 15 - 1

189 cm
29
207 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grover Dowiyogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Oskars Treimanis!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Treimanis moves out of range as Dowiyogo throws a body kick.

Dowiyogo drives through and clinches with Treimanis against the ropes.
Dowiyogo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Treimanis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dowiyogo lands a good knee to the midsection. Treimanis won't want to take too many of those.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Treimanis.

It looks like Grover Dowiyogo has been cut.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Treimanis is defending well for now.
Our sources have told us that Dowiyogo has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Treimanis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dowiyogo's elbow.
Treimanis misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Treimanis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Treimanis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dowiyogo on the side of the head.
Treimanis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Dowiyogo blocks the low kick.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Treimanis moves out of range.

Dowiyogo moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Treimanis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Treimanis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Treimanis looks winded!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Treimanis is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Treimanis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the body.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Treimanis told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Treimanis is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Treimanis managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Treimanis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
A left hand lands to the body for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo stalling against the ropes.
Dowiyogo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Treimanis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dowiyogo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo effectively controlling the action here.
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Oskars Treimanis has been cut.
Dowiyogo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Treimanis is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dowiyogo pressing his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo working Treimanis over with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Treimanis swings for the body but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Dowiyogo misses with a body kick.
A big left from Treimanis misses.
Treimanis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Treimanis avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo moves out of range as Treimanis throws a body kick.
Treimanis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dowiyogo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dowiyogo looks to score with a jab to the body but Treimanis is just out of range.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Treimanis thuds a left hand into Dowiyogo's body.
Dowiyogo lands a high kick!

Dowiyogo clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Treimanis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Treimanis.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Treimanis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Treimanis avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the body.
Treimanis is breathing heavily.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Treimanis is trying to break free.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Treimanis can do to turn this around?
Dowiyogo working Treimanis over with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo working Treimanis over with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Treimanis avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Treimanis pushes off an throws an elbow but Dowiyogo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Treimanis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries a knee to the head but Treimanis blocks it.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo prevents a body shot from Treimanis.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Treimanis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo tries to stall but Treimanis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Treimanis misses with the head strike.
Treimanis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Treimanis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dowiyogo stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dowiyogo gets a clinch.
Treimanis struggles to land a body shot inside as Dowiyogo controls his hands.
Treimanis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Treimanis.
Treimanis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dowiyogo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Treimanis is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Treimanis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dowiyogo looking to throw knees to the head but Treimanis is blocking nicely.
Treimanis misses with a body punch.
Treimanis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Treimanis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dowiyogo backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Treimanis.
Treimanis tries to circle away but Dowiyogo has him pinned against the ropes.
Treimanis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Dowiyogo.
Treimanis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Treimanis misses with a punch to the body.
Treimanis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Treimanis avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Treimanis.
Treimanis managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo is trying to stall.
Dowiyogo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dowiyogo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dowiyogo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Treimanis avoids it.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Treimanis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Dowiyogo lands a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Treimanis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Treimanis swings wildly with an uppercut but Dowiyogo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Dowiyogo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dowiyogo stalling.
A short body shot lands from Dowiyogo as the two fighters clinch.
Dowiyogo lands an elbow that stopped Treimanis in his tracks for a moment.
Treimanis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Treimanis misses with a punch on the inside.
Treimanis throws a head punch that misses.
Treimanis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grover Dowiyogo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dowiyogo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Treimanis backwards.
Treimanis working aggressively here.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Treimanis.
Dowiyogo working Treimanis over with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to throw a body punch but Treimanis avoids it by throwing Dowiyogo back against the ropes.
Treimanis misses with the head strike.
Treimanis lands a right hand.
Treimanis takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Treimanis avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries a head kick but it misses.
Treimanis blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Treimanis.
Treimanis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dowiyogo counters with a big head kick but Treimanis shrugs it off.
Dowiyogo staying out of range there.
Dowiyogo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That has opened up Oskars Treimanis's cut even more.

Dowiyogo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Treimanis.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Treimanis misses with a punch to the body.
Dowiyogo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Treimanis's face.
Dowiyogo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Treimanis.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Treimanis misses with some punches.
Treimanis managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Treimanis lands a shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Treimanis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Treimanis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Treimanis lands with a cross.
Treimanis misses with a leg kick.
Grover Dowiyogo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Treimanis takes a swing at Dowiyogo's ribcage but misses.
Treimanis swings for the body but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Treimanis dodges the punch combination from Dowiyogo.
Treimanis misses with a kick to the body.
Treimanis looks to land a body kick but Dowiyogo moved away.
Dowiyogo throws a sloppy head kick and Treimanis moves out of range easily.
Dowiyogo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Treimanis.
Treimanis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Treimanis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dowiyogo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Treimanis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Treimanis swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dowiyogo counters with an outside leg kick.
Dowiyogo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dowiyogo looks to land a body kick but Treimanis moved away.
Treimanis lands a leg kick that knocks Dowiyogo off balance momentarily.
Treimanis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Treimanis lands a lovely overhand right.
Treimanis lands a leg kick that knocks Dowiyogo off balance momentarily.
Dowiyogo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dowiyogo slips under a jab from Treimanis.
Treimanis thows a left - swing and a miss!

Dowiyogo instigates a clinch.
Treimanis avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Treimanis missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Grover Dowiyogo will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dowiyogo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dowiyogo misses the shot to the body.
Dowiyogo tries a head kick but it misses.
Treimanis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Treimanis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Dowiyogo closes the distance and clinches.
Treimanis misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Dowiyogo to work.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Treimanis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dowiyogo with a knee to the head.
Treimanis is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A knee to the head by Dowiyogo.
A short right from Dowiyogo on the inside.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Treimanis managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tries to throw a body punch but Treimanis avoids it by throwing Dowiyogo back against the ropes.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Treimanis.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the head.
Treimanis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the temple.
Dowiyogo presses Treimanis against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Treimanis throws knees to the body.
Treimanis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Treimanis avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Treimanis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but Treimanis blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Treimanis.
Treimanis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Oskars Treimanis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Treimanis misses with some punches.
Dowiyogo looking to throw knees to the head but Treimanis is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dowiyogo takes a shot to the head.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Treimanis.
Dowiyogo blocks an uppercut.
Dowiyogo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Treimanis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Treimanis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Treimanis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dowiyogo backwards.
A right hand to the body from Treimanis.
Treimanis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dowiyogos head.
Dowiyogo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Treimanis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Treimanis tries to throw a body punch but Dowiyogo avoids it by throwing Treimanis back against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grover Dowiyogo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dowiyogo, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:46
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 49:46
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grover Dowiyogo!
A very excited looking Grover Dowiyogo rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.