PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 10758 p4p, 876 weight class) and Oldaghar Khara (ranked 7519 p4p, 770 weight class). Dowiyogo comes to the ring accompanied by another life - kano. Khara has chosen Khusugtun Batzorig Chinggis khaan as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dowiyogo
vs
Khara

178 cm
42
212 lbs
40 - 25 - 1

190 cm
25
210 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 40 - 25 - 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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oldaghar Khara!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khara misses with a hook. Dowiyogo ducked under it nicely.
Dowiyogo checks a leg kick.
Dowiyogo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dowiyogo lands a nice looking body kick.
Dowiyogo throws a leg kick which misses Khara's front leg but catches the back leg as Khara tries to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dowiyogo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dowiyogo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dowiyogo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Khara tries to keep at a distance but Dowiyogo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dowiyogo blocks the elbow strike.
Khara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dowiyogo lands a nice knee to the body.
Our sources have told us that Dowiyogo has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Khara looks winded!
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dowiyogo stalls.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the head.
Dowiyogo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo crunches a lovely knee into Khara's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo just leaning against Khara, taking a breather.
Khara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a damaging elbow.
Khara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo crunches a lovely knee into Khara's ribcage.
Dowiyogo is trying to maintain a safe position but Khara gets an underhook and turns Dowiyogo into the ropes.
Khara swings wildly with an uppercut but Dowiyogo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dowiyogo is pushing Khara up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo taking a breather.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khara.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khara misses with some punches.
Khara lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Khara avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khara.
Khara has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dowiyogo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Khara can turn it around.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
Khara managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dowiyogo can't find room to land a body shot as Khara controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khara.
Dowiyogo lands with a light punch inside.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khara.
Dowiyogo looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khara is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khara as Dowiyogo tries to tie him up.
Dowiyogo digs a right hand underneath Khara's ribcage. Khara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dowiyogo throws a nice head kick!
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but Khara is having none of it.
Khara swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dowiyogo wants to clinch up but Khara keeps it at a distance.
Dowiyogo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dowiyogo is looking to clinch.
Khara throws the left hand but Dowiyogo avoids the punch easily.
Khara misses with a wild body shot.
Khara motions for Dowiyogo to come forward. Khara throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khara blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Khara walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo lands a head kick!
Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dowiyogo scoring well with a low kick there.
Dowiyogo lands a head kick. Khara smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Dowiyogo lands a head kick!
Dowiyogo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khara is breathing heavily.
Dowiyogo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khara will feel that in the morning.
Grover Dowiyogo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo scores with a head kick.
Dowiyogo doesn't manage to clinch there - Khara circles away.
Khara has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo throws a shot to the body.
Khara moves out of range of the body kick.
Dowiyogo throws a body kick that misses.
Khara has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses.
Khara swings for the body but Dowiyogo moves out of range.

Dowiyogo clinches.
Khara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khara.
Khara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khara misses with a body punch.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Khara managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Khara avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo prevents a body shot from Khara.
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!
Khara digs a right hand underneath Dowiyogo's ribcage. Dowiyogo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grover Dowiyogo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khara misses with a body punch.
Khara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khara misses with a punch on the inside.
Khara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Khara as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A knee to the head by Dowiyogo.
Khara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo stalling in the clinch but Khara improves position.
Dowiyogo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khara lands with a light punch inside.
Dowiyogo blocks a body shot from Khara.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khara.
Khara managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo presses Khara against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dowiyogo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Khara avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Khara appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A head kick from Dowiyogo lands but Khara takes it in his stride.
Khara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dowiyogo moves in looking to clinch but Khara pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Khara on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid body kick from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo lands a head kick. Khara smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Oldaghar Khara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dowiyogo moves in looking to clinch but Khara pushes him off.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up.
Khara stalks Dowiyogo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dowiyogo's face. Dowiyogo staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dowiyogo throws a lazy head kick
and Khara counters with a straight right hand.
Dowiyogo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dowiyogo misses with a head kick.
Khara circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Khara misses the target.
Khara misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo moves out of range as Khara strikes.
Dowiyogo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dowiyogo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Khara closes the distance and pushes Dowiyogo back into the ropes.
Khara has a couple of punches blocked by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dowiyogo slows down the pace here.
Khara struggles to land a body shot inside as Dowiyogo controls his hands.
Khara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khara throws a punch but it's blocked by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dowiyogo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dowiyogo backwards.
Dowiyogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khara misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khara.
Khara swings wildly with an uppercut but Dowiyogo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khara misses with a punch to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo missing with knees 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!
Dowiyogo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dowiyogo is trying to maintain a safe position but Khara gets an underhook and turns Dowiyogo into the ropes.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Khara throws a head punch that misses.
Dowiyogo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khara 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.
Khara struggles to land a body shot inside as Dowiyogo controls his hands.
Khara pushes Dowiyogo back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Khara managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo blocks an elbow strike from Khara.
Khara misses with a body punch.
Khara cracks Dowiyogo with a nice body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Oldaghar Khara.
Well Dowiyogo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grover Dowiyogo!
Grover Dowiyogo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.