PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Diplo Dorkus (ranked 6186 p4p, 282 weight class) and Albert Sure (ranked 6791 p4p, 296 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dorkus
vs
Sure

166 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diplo Dorkus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Sure!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sure digs a good body shot into Dorkus's ribs.
Sure tries a head kick but it misses.
Dorkus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sure thuds his right hand into Dorkus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sure takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sure scores with the left hand. Dorkus knows he should have avoided that one.

Dorkus drives through and clinches with Sure against the ropes.
Dorkus lands with a right to the head.
Dorkus misses with some punches.
Sure looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sure wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dorkus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Sure's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dorkus working aggressively here.
Dorkus misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Dorkus.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dorkus.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus has him pressed against the ropes.
Dorkus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Sure misses with a punch on the inside.
Sure looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sure is looking to break free of the clinch but Dorkus has double underhooks.
Sure tries to throw a body punch but Dorkus avoids it by throwing Sure back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorkus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sure wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dorkus lands a left hand.
Dorkus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Dorkus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sure blocks an uppercut.
Dorkus scores with a shoulder strike.
Dorkus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Dorkus fails to land.
Sure swings wildly with an uppercut but Dorkus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dorkus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dorkus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dorkus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dorkus lands a hook that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sure has had enough of the clinch but Dorkus keeps him there for the moment.
Sure misses with a punch on the inside.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus is controlling him.
Sure wants to get back to striking at distance but Dorkus won't allow it.
Dorkus lands a hook that snaps the head of Sure backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorkus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Sure is trying to force a seperation but Dorkus has the dominant position.
Sure wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dorkus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dorkus.
Dorkus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Dorkus.
Still in the clinch, Dorkus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dorkus lands a left hand.
Sure blocking some punches.
Sure lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dorkus backwards.
Sure tries to circle away but Dorkus has him pinned against the ropes.
Sure throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Sure's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dorkus pushes Sure back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dorkus lands a right hand.
Sure tries to throw a body punch but Dorkus avoids it by throwing Sure back against the ropes.
Dorkus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dorkus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dorkus lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Dorkus.
Dorkus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dorkus lands a left hand.
Sure misses with a body punch.
Dorkus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dorkus lands with a light punch inside.
Dorkus throws a head punch that misses.
Sure looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sure.
Sure is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sure tries to work over Dorkus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sure working hard to break the clinch.
Sure wants to get back to striking at distance but Dorkus won't allow it.
Sure tries to throw a body punch but Dorkus avoids it by throwing Sure back against the ropes.
Dorkus misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dorkus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sure looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dorkus.
Dorkus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sure working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorkus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dorkus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dorkus lands a right hand.
Dorkus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sure can't break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dorkus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sure working aggressively here.
Dorkus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus has him pressed against the ropes.
Dorkus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sure has had enough of the clinch but Dorkus keeps him there for the moment.
Sure wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sure misses with a knee to the head.
Dorkus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sure's efforts to push away.

Sure breaks the clinch.
Dorkus takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dorkus tries to clinch but Sure is having none of it.

Dorkus moves into the clinch successfully.
Sure is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dorkus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sure blocks an uppercut.
Dorkus lands a shoulder strike.
Dorkus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sure wants to get back to striking at distance but Dorkus won't allow it.
Sure misses with the head strike.
Dorkus gets through Sure's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus is controlling him.
Sure using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dorkus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sure misses with a body punch.
Sure wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dorkus has him pressed against the ropes.
Sure wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dorkus has him pressed against the ropes.
Dorkus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sures head.
Dorkus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dorkus throws a head punch that misses.
Dorkus lands a hook that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Sure can't break the clinch.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus has him pressed against the ropes.
Dorkus has a couple of punches blocked by Sure.
Sure swings wildly with an uppercut but Dorkus uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sure lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dorkus backwards.
Dorkus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dorkus.
Dorkus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dorkus blocking some punches.
Dorkus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dorkus fails to land.
Dorkus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dorkus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dorkus managing to block the knees to the body from Sure.
Dorkus avoids a wild elbow strike from Sure.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sure.
A short right from Dorkus.
Dorkus throws a punch but it's blocked by Sure.
Sure wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sure is trying to break free.
Sure tries to circle away but Dorkus has him pinned against the ropes.
Sure working hard to break the clinch.
Sure blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dorkus gets through Sure's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sure.
Sure is trying to break free.
Dorkus lands with a short shot to the head.
Sure has had enough of the clinch but Dorkus keeps him there for the moment.
Dorkus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dorkus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sure takes a shot to the head.
Sure wants to break free but Dorkus has control.
Dorkus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dorkus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dorkus.
Sure lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Dorkus.
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!
Sure wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dorkus lands a shoulder strike.
Sure takes a shot to the head.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Dorkus is controlling him.
Dorkus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dorkus misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sure is looking to break free of the clinch but Dorkus has double underhooks.
Sure wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dorkus has him pressed against the ropes.
Dorkus throws a head punch that misses.
Dorkus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Sure's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dorkus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sure circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sure throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dorkus is looking to counter the offense by Sure and move into the clinch.
Dorkus tries to clinch there but Sure circles away.
Dorkus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sure scores with a shot to the body.
Sure avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dorkus tries to clinch but Sure moves out of range.
Sure lands a front kick.
Sure throws a nice looking combination but Dorkus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dorkus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sure will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Sure 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Dorkus takes the fight into the clinch.
Dorkus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dorkus lands with a short shot to the head.
Dorkus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dorkus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dorkus gets through Sure's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sure has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dorkus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dorkus throws a punch but it's blocked by Sure.
Sure swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sure tries to break free but Dorkus pushes him back against the ropes.
Dorkus has a couple of punches blocked by Sure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sure pushes off an throws an elbow but Dorkus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dorkus lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sure is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Albert Sure has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dorkus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sure backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diplo Dorkus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dorkus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Diplo Dorkus!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Diplo Dorkus!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Diplo Dorkus!

Diplo Dorkus wins by unanimous decision!