PBP Commentary

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

Nah
vs
Dobson

192 cm
36
285 lbs
34 - 18 - 0

200 cm
41
260 lbs
42 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tee Nah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Dobson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dobson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dobson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nah counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nah throws a hook to the side of Dobson's head but Dobson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nah finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dobson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Nah drops Dobson with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Dobson looks back up at him and smiles so Nah waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

It looks like Ben Dobson has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Nah. Dobson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dobson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tee Nah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nah cracks Dobson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nah has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Dobson to stand back up!

Dobson is rocked!
A low kick from Nah misses
letting Dobson counter with a right hand.
Dobson is still on wobbly legs! Can Nah finish him?

Nah takes the fight into the clinch.
Nah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dobson seems to have recovered his senses.
Nah misses with some punches.
Nah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobson.
Nah is leaning against Dobson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dobson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Dobson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dobson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Dobson as the two fighters clinch.
Nah is working Dobson over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dobson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nah misses with a punch on the inside.
Nah lands an uppercut.
Dobson scores with a shot to the side of Nah's head.
Nah struggles to land a body shot inside as Dobson controls his hands.
Dobson misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Dobson.
Nah throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Nah.
Dobson looks winded!
Dobson tries to throw a body punch but Nah avoids it by throwing Dobson back against the cage.
Dobson blocking some punches.
Dobson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nah lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Nah.
Nah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dobson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dobson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Nah.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dobson misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nah working aggressively here.
Nah lands with a right to the head.
Dobson working aggressively here.
Nah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nah working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Nah fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dobson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nah prevents a body shot from Dobson.
Dobson blocking some punches.
Dobson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Nah fails to land.
Nah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dobsons head.
Nah lands with a light punch inside.
Nah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dobson swings wildly with an uppercut but Nah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dobson lands a nice uppercut.
Nah misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobson.
Dobson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dobson's elbow.
Nah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nah throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nah.
Dobson misses with some punches.
Nah working aggressively here.
Nah scores with a shot to the side of Dobson's head.
Nah blocking some punches.
Nah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nah has a couple of punches blocked by Dobson.
Dobson tries to throw a body punch but Nah avoids it by throwing Dobson back against the cage.
Dobson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nah.
Dobson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dobson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dobson backwards.
Dobson blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nah gets through Dobson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nah misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dobson.
Dobson has a couple of punches blocked by Nah.
Nah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dobson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dobson misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dobson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dobson misses with a punch to the body.
Dobson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Nah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dobson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Tee Nah has been cut.
Nah walks into a stiff left hand from Dobson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dobson circles away quickly and effectively.
A low kick from Nah misses
and Dobson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nah's knee momentarily.
Nah slips a jab and a cross from Dobson.
Dobson tries to clinch up but Nah circles away and keeps his distance.
Nah slips under a jab from Dobson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tee Nah dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dobson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nah throws a right hand that Dobson ducks under and follows up with a left that Dobson also avoids with ease.
Dobson throws a big counter head kick but Nah avoids it with no problem.
Dobson throws a wild body kick that Nah sees coming a mile off.

Dobson closes the distance and pushes Nah back into the cage.
Dobson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nah backwards.
Nah misses with the head strike.
Nah can't find room to land a body shot as Dobson controls the action.
Dobson misses with a body punch.
Nah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Dobson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nah blocking some punches.
Dobson scores with a shot to the side of Nah's head.
Nah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dobson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dobson can do to turn this around?
Dobson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nah misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Nah fails to land.
Nah working aggressively here.
Nah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dobson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dobson scores with a hook to the body.
Dobson lands a hook that snaps the head of Nah backwards.
Dobson throws a head punch that misses.
Nah takes a shot to the head.
Dobson lands an uppercut.
Dobson works on Nah's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dobson lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Dobson fails to land.
Nah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Dobson.
Nah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Dobson.
Dobson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dobson.
Dobson scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobson scores with a hook to the body.
Dobson lands a right hand.
Dobson misses with the head strike.
Nah struggles to land a body shot inside as Dobson controls his hands.
Dobson lands a shoulder strike.
Dobson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ben Dobson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dobson tries to work over Nah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dobson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nah throws a punch but it's blocked by Dobson.
Dobson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nah working aggressively here.
Dobson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Nah on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobson.
Nah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dobson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dobson blocking some punches.
Nah lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobson lands a left hand.
Nah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dobson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nah throws a punch but it's blocked by Dobson.
Dobson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Dobson.
Dobson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dobson misses with some punches.
Dobson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nah.
Dobson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nah backwards.
Dobson blocks an uppercut.
Dobson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nah.
Dobson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dobson working aggressively here.
Dobson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dobson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dobson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dobson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nah backwards.

Nah is rocked!

Tee Nah's cut is getting worse.
Dobson is working Nah over against the cage.
Oh Nah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nah blocking some punches.
Dobson lands a right hand.
Nah misses with a punch on the inside.
Nah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dobson works on Nah's body with a couple of short punches.
Nah seems to have got his legs back now.
Dobson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dobson throws a head punch that misses.
Dobson blocking some punches.
Dobson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nah misses with a punch on the inside.
Dobson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dobson prevents a body shot from Nah.
Nah blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dobson.
Dobson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nah tries to break free but Dobson pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobson.
Dobson lands with a left to the head.
Dobson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Dobson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 cage so we can get back down to business.

Nah takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Dobson moves into the clinch.
Dobson scores with a shoulder strike.
Nah working aggressively here.
Dobson lands a big right hand that drops Nah! The killer instinct kicks in and Dobson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Dobson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Dobson!
Ben Dobson is the new heavyweight champion!
Ben Dobson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.