PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kari Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Dovik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Karhu
vs
Dovik

183 cm
25
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kari Karhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kyle Dovik!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dovik throws a right and a left that Karhu avoids nicely.
Dovik throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karhu counters with a straight right hand.
Karhu loads up on a big right hand but Dovik slips the punch.
Karhu misses with a hook.
Dovik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karhu.
Dovik jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karhu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dovik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karhu manages to avoid it.
It looked like Karhu was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Karhu throws an off balance right hand
letting Dovik counter with a right hand.
Karhu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dovik.
Karhu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dovik.
Karhu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dovik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dovik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Dovik throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Dovik moves into the clinch.
Dovik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karhu misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Dovik tries to throw a body punch but Karhu avoids it by throwing Dovik back against the cage.
Karhu blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dovik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karhu's elbow.
Dovik lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karhu tries a body shot but Dovik blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Karhu fails to land.
Dovik working aggressively here.
Karhu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dovik gets through Karhu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dovik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dovik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
Dovik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karhu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Karhu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Karhu struggles to land a body shot inside as Dovik controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dovik misses with the head strike.
Karhu looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Dovik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
Dovik cracks Karhu with a nice body shot.
Karhu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karhu has a couple of punches blocked by Dovik.
A short left from Dovik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu is looking to control Dovik's arms but Dovik gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karhu has his back to the cage.
Dovik lands with a short shot to the head.
Karhu looking to stall.
Dovik has a couple of punches blocked by Karhu.
Dovik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dovik.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dovik.
Dovik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dovik.
Dovik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karhu blocks an uppercut.
Karhu misses with the head strike.
Dovik lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dovik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karhu.
Karhu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karhu blocking some punches.
Karhu misses with a punch on the inside.
Dovik working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovik blocks an uppercut.
Dovik lands a nice uppercut.
Karhu is stalling here.
Karhu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dovik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karhu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dovik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karhu misses with some punches.
Dovik has a couple of punches blocked by Karhu.
Dovik throws a punch but it's blocked by Karhu.
A nice left hand lands by Karhu.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dovik tries to throw a body punch but Karhu avoids it by throwing Dovik back against the cage.
Karhu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dovik's elbow.
Dovik misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Dovik.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karhu.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovik throws a punch but it's blocked by Karhu.
Dovik tries to throw a body punch but Karhu avoids it by throwing Dovik back against the cage.
Karhu working aggressively here.
Dovik misses with the head strike.
A short right from Dovik.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karhu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dovik or not.
Dovik lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karhu or not.
Karhu is breathing heavily.
Dovik scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karhu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dovik misses with some punches.
Dovik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dovik misses with some punches.
Dovik working aggressively here.
Karhu gets through Dovik's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Karhu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dovik has a couple of punches blocked by Karhu.
Karhu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dovik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karhus head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Dovik dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Karhu.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karhu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dovik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karhu staying out of range there.

Karhu drives through and clinches with Dovik against the cage.
Dovik digs a right hand underneath Karhu's ribcage. Karhu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Karhu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karhu.
A short uppercut from Dovik.
Karhu struggles to land a body shot inside as Dovik controls his hands.
Dovik working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dovik stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Karhu blocks a body shot from Dovik.
Dovik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karhu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Doviks head.
Dovik misses with a body punch.
Dovik has a couple of punches blocked by Karhu.
Kyle Dovik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dovik throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karhu's elbow.
Dovik can't find room to land a body shot as Karhu controls the action.
Dovik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karhu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karhu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karhu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Karhu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karhu effectively controlling the action here.
A short uppercut from Dovik.
Dovik lands with a light punch inside.
Dovik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karhu.
Dovik blocks a body shot from Karhu.
Karhu blocks a body shot from Dovik.
Dovik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dovik will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Karhu up against the cage.
Karhu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dovik misses with the head strike.
Karhu blocks an uppercut.
Karhu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dovik's elbow.
Dovik throws a punch but it's blocked by Karhu.
Dovik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Karhu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dovik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dovik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Dovik.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dovik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karhu prevents a body shot from Dovik.
A body shot lands from Dovik.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu stalling in the clinch but Dovik improves position.
Karhu lands with a right to the head.
Dovik presses Karhu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dovik lands with a left to the head.
Dovik working aggressively here.
Karhu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karhu gets through Dovik's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dovik misses with the head strike.
Dovik working aggressively here.
Dovik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karhus head.
A head punch on the inside from Karhu fails to land.
Dovik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karhu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dovik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dovik blocking some punches.
Dovik throws a head punch that misses.
Karhu blocking some punches.
Dovik misses with a punch to the body.
Dovik tries to throw a body punch but Karhu avoids it by throwing Dovik back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovik working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karhu blocking some punches.
Karhu blocks a body shot from Dovik.
Dovik can't find room to land a body shot as Karhu controls the action.
A short right from Karhu.
Dovik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karhu wants to stall.
Dovik swings wildly with an uppercut but Karhu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karhu stalling in the clinch but Dovik improves position.
Karhu effectively controlling the action here.
Dovik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karhu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dovik misses with a punch on the inside.
Dovik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dovik scores with a shot to the side of Karhu's head.
Dovik misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Dovik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A big right from Karhu misses.
Karhu lunges at Dovik with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dovik's hand.
Dovik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dovik stuns Karhu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Dovik sends Karhu crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Dovik is motioning to the referee to let Karhu up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Karhu is rocked!
Dovik misses with a straight left.
Oh Karhu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karhu is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Dovik doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Karhu crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Karhu's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kyle Dovik!