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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Bobeth (ranked 3320 p4p, 367 weight class) and Koboko Dada (ranked 5386 p4p, 556 weight class). Dada has chosen Welcome to Jamrock as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Michael Bobeth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Bobeth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koboko Dada!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dada gets tackled into the cage by Bobeth. Bobeth maintains the clinch.
Bobeth is looking to break free of the clinch but Dada has double underhooks.
Bobeth leaning against his opponent.
Bobeth manages to break the clinch.
Bobeth walks into a straight right hand from Dada.
Bobeth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dada.
Dada scores with a jab to the head.
Dada shoots in and drives through. Bobeth sprawls well.
Dada tries to land a front kick but Bobeth steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As Dada backs away, Bobeth returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bobeth tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobeth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Michael Bobeth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bobeth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bobeth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobeth pushes Dada up against the cage in a clinch.
Dada tries to score a body lock takedown but Bobeth shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bobeth manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bobeth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dada throws out a counter right but Bobeth avoids it with no problem.
Dada fails to land with a series of punches.
Bobeth appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bobeth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dada tries to counter with a clinch but Bobeth shakes him off and moves away.
Bobeth fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dada.
Bobeth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bobeth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bobeth tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dada counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobeth throws a right and a left that Dada avoids nicely.
Bobeth fails in his attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bobeth.
Bobeth clinches.
Dada wants a takedown but no success here.
Michael Bobeth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Koboko Dada.
Bobeth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dada changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bobeth fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bobeth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobeth gets underhooks to prevent Dada's takedown attempt.
Bobeth gets underhooks to prevent Dada's takedown attempt.
Dada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bobeth breaks from the clinch.
We've been told by Bobeth's head coaches at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym ($600/Week) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bobeth tries to clinch there but Dada circles away.
Bobeth pushes Dada up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bobeth.
Bobeth misses with a knee to the head.
Bobeth displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dada up against the cage.
Bobeth manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bobeth is fighting off a takedown attempt but Dada is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Bobeth to the mat. Bobeth regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dada advances to half guard.
Bobeth is looking to escape.
Bobeth taking some punishment here, with Dada in his half guard.
Bobeth looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dada is looking to take a break and control but Bobeth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bobeth wants to get back to his feet.
Dada missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bobeth looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bobeth dominated that 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.
Bobeth throws a head kick that misses
and Dada counters with a nice uppercut.
Bobeth throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dada counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bobeth!
Dada cracks Bobeth with a big right hand but Bobeth just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bobeth wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobeth trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Dada's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bobeth tries to escape but Dada is in control.
Dada has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bobeth taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bobeth is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Dada has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Dada works to advance to full mount. Bobeth defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dada landing strikes from the mount and Bobeth is in trouble!
Dada scoring with strikes but Bobeth is staying in there.
Dada cracks Bobeth with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bobeth is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dada connects with a bit shot that sees Bobeth covering up! More strikes from Dada and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dada is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koboko Dada!
In his post fight interview, Koboko Dada started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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