PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arod Doyea (ranked 1406 p4p, 146 weight class) and DooHo Choi (ranked 21342 p4p, 482 weight class). Arod Doyea could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to DooHo Choi's chin.

Doyea
vs
Choi

166 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
159 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arod Doyea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, DooHo Choi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Choi lands with a cross.
Doyea throws a nice looking combination but Choi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Choi misses with an uppercut.
Choi cracks Doyea with a good jab.
Choi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choi throws an overhand right that lands on Doyea's shoulder, as Doyea tries to avoid the shot.
Choi cracks Doyea with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Doyea scores with a jab to the head.
Doyea throws a jab when Choi was well out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Choi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Choi.
Choi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Choi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Doyea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Choi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Doyea looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
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!
Choi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Doyea counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Doyea drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Doyea ducks under a wild hook from Choi.
Doyea throws a big shot that misses.
Choi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doyea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choi.
A little jabbing left from Choi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Doyea waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Choi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choi cracks a nice hook into Doyea's ribs.
Doyea throws a leg kick
and Choi counters with a nice body shot.
Doyea walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Doyea throws a jab when Choi was well out of range.
We've been informed that Choi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Choi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doyea.
Doyea does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Doyea does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Doyea slips a straight right by Choi.
Choi lands the left hand.
Doyea lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Doyea misses with a body punch
and Choi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Doyea.
Choi looks to throw the jab but Doyea is out of range.
Doyea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Doyea throws a body kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Doyea misses.
Doyea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choi.
It seemed like Choi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Doyea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Doyea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choi defending well as Doyea loads up on a big left hand.
Doyea scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Doyea shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Choi but Choi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Doyea is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Choi misses with a straight right.
A leg kick checked by Choi.
Choi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Choi lands with a hook. Doyea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Choi lands a lovely overhand right.
Choi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Doyea!
Doyea tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Choi is able to avoid easily.
Choi with a hook.
Doyea shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Doyea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doyea wants to slow Choi down by chopping away at his legs.
Choi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Choi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Doyea had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Choi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Choi throws out a powerful jab.
Doyea looks for a takedown but Choi sprawls well.
Choi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choi misses with a looping right.
Doyea looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A slow jab from Choi misses its intended target.
A big left from Choi misses.
Doyea misses with a straight right.
Choi throws a lazy right hand but Doyea sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doyea throws a hook but Choi avoids it easily.
Choi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Choi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Doyea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Choi manages to avoid it.
Doyea lands a body shot.
Choi scores with a hook.
Choi connects with the punch.
DooHo Choi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Choi throws a good cross that connects.
Choi moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doyea throws a head kick that misses
and Choi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Doyea cracks Choi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Doyea drops his hands momentarily and Choi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Doyea lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyea looks to throw a body kick
and Choi counters with a right hand to the body.
Doyea throws a poor cross that misses
and Choi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Choi connects with a looping right hand.
Doyea connects with a leg kick. Choi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Choi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Choi throws a shot from downtown. Doyea moves away and avoids it.
Doyea tries to land a leg kick but Choi saw it coming and moves away.
Choi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Doyea's head.
Doyea swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Choi to counter with a crisp jab.
Doyea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Choi connects with a jab.
Choi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Doyea throws a lazy right hand but Choi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Choi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Choi tests Doyea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doyea dives in for a single leg takedown but Choi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arod Doyea. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Choi tests Doyea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Choi connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DooHo Choi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Choi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Doyea looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Doyea swings away with a body shot that misses
and Choi counters with a thumping low kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Doyea might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Doyea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Choi on the side of the head.
Choi connects with a body shot that sends Doyea's belly button to the back.
Choi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fighters circling - Doyea throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Choi throws a head kick that misses
and Doyea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Doyea takes one to the chin there.
DooHo Choi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Doyea lands with an overhand left.
Doyea takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doyea looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Choi is fending him off so far but Doyea persists. Nope, Choi circles away and we're back to standing.
Choi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Doyea takes a swing at Choi's ribcage but misses.
Doyea throws a body punch but Choi moves out of range.
Doyea throws a low kick but it's checked well by Choi.
Doyea throws a predictable looking body shot
and Choi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Choi staying out of range there.
Choi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Doyea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Choi misses with a body shot.
Choi connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyea fails to land with a series of punches.
Choi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Doyea throws a leg kick but Choi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Doyea misses with a lunging right hand
and Choi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Choi lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Choi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Doyea doesn't seem phased though.
Doyea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choi.
Doyea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Choi's calf.
Choi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Choi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Doyea lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Choi at a distance.
Doyea missing with a left hand there. Choi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyea misses with a kick to the body.
Doyea throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Choi.
Choi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Choi scores with a jab to the head.
Doyea throws a chopping leg kick but Choi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Doyea jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Doyea misses
and Choi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Choi misses with the combination.
Doyea shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Choi defends it nicely.
Choi throws out a powerful jab.
Choi connects with a looping right hand.
Choi swings for the body but Doyea moves out of range.
Choi scores with a nice strike.
Doyea throws a lazy uppercut
and Choi counters with a stiff right hand.
Doyea slips a jab from Choi.
Choi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slow jab from Doyea misses its intended target.
Doyea has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Choi finds it's way round the side to connect with Doyea's head.
Choi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyea misses with an attempted mid kick.
Doyea staying out of range there.
Choi throws a body punch but Doyea moves out of range.
Doyea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Choi was well out of range. Poor timing from Doyea.
Choi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Doyea throws a body shot but no joy.
Choi slips a jab from Doyea.
Doyea throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doyea moves out of range of the strikes.
Choi lunges at Doyea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Doyea's hand.
Choi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Choi misses with a hook.
Doyea shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Choi lands with a right hand.
Choi lands an overhand right.
Choi lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doyea takes a swing at Choi's ribcage but misses.
Doyea throws a hook but Choi blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyea throws a jab when Choi was well out of range.
Choi connects with a right hand. Doyea shakes it off.
Choi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doyea lands the left hand.
A swing and a miss from Choi.
Choi checks a leg kick nicely.
Choi blocks a leg kick.
Choi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Doyea misses with a lunging right hand
letting Choi counter with a right hand.
Doyea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choi.
Choi cracks Doyea with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Choi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Doyeas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big left from Doyea misses.
Doyea takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Doyea throws a leg kick
and Choi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DooHo Choi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Choi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Doyea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Choi moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Choi.
Doyea shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Choi eats them both and turns towards Doyea to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Choi cracks Doyea with an open hand slap.
Choi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyea was well out of range. Poor timing from Choi.
Choi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Doyea scores with a jab.
Doyea drops his hands momentarily and Choi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Doyea takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Choi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Choi lands a lovely overhand right.
Doyea ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big right from Doyea misses.
Choi throws a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Doyea does no damage.
Choi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Doyea circles away quickly and effectively.
A leg kick checked by Choi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choi avoids the body shot from Doyea.
Choi cracks Doyea with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Doyea connects with a solid leg kick.
Choi misses with an uppercut.
Choi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Doyea counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Choi.
Doyea was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Doyea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Choi.
Choi staying out of range there.
Choi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
An inside leg kick from Doyea misses.
Doyea throws the kick towards the body but Choi avoids it.
Doyea takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Choi staying out of range there.
Choi throws out a counter right but Doyea avoids it with no problem.
A punch combination from Doyea misses.
Choi takes a swing at Doyea's ribcage but misses.
Choi lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Choi coming out on top.
Arod Doyea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyea just misses with a punch to the body.
Doyea misses with a looping right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Choi.
Doyea walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Decent striking displayed by Choi there.
Choi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choi connects with the punch.
Doyea will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doyea misses with a hook
and Doyea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Doyea looks to throw a body kick
and Choi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Choi lands with an uppercut that bounces Doyea off the cage and back into range.
Doyea takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Choi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Doyea backs up against the cage.
Choi blocks a head kick by Doyea.
Doyea on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Choi. Choi obviously looking to wear him down.
Doyea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Choi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choi scores with a three punch combo!
Arod Doyea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Choi staying out of range there.
Doyea chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Choi can pounce on him.
Doyea misses with a body shot
and Doyea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Choi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Doyeas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A punch lands to the side of Doyea 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Doyea throws a low kick but Choi moves out of range easily.
Doyea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choi motions for Doyea to come forward. Choi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Choi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Choi misses with a few strikes there.
Choi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Doyea dips to his left and cracks Choi with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Choi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Doyea's hands.
Doyea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A good leg kick by Choi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Doyea. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Doyea. Choi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doyea misses with a hook to the body
enabling Choi to counter with a crisp jab.
Doyea swings for the body but Choi moves out of range.
Choi lands an overhand right.
Doyea takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Choi looks to land a combination. Doyea sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Doyea misses with a lunging right hand
and Choi counters with a three punch combo that has Doyea backing up. Doyea nods at Choi to acknowledge the strikes.
Choi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Choi lands a jab.
Doyea throws a front kick that sends Choi stumbling back into the cage.
Choi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Doyea misses the shot to the body.
Choi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Doyea connects with a single shot there.
Doyea takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Choi blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
DooHo Choi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Choi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DooHo Choi!
After winning the bout, DooHo Choi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.