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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 2179 p4p, 117 weight class) and Frank Irrozios (ranked 2854 p4p, 139 weight class). Irrozios is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: L'Algérino - Hasni. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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144 lbs
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137 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Irrozios!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irrozios throws a lazy uppercut
and Irrozios takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Irrozios's corner calls for a 1-2. Irrozios obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Irrozios throws a jab when Dover was well out of range.
Irrozios swings widly with a right hand
enabling Dover to counter with a crisp jab.
Irrozios throws an off balance right hand
and Dover counters with a straight right hand.
Dover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irrozios rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dover counters with a nice uppercut.
Irrozios throws a good cross that connects.
Irrozios throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Irrozios on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irrozios misses with a right hand
and Dover counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dover lands a body shot.
Irrozios takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Irrozios lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Irrozios throws a body shot but no joy.
Irrozios scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irrozios misses with a hook.
Dover misses with a series of wild punches.
Dover lands a lovely overhand right.
Irrozios on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Irrozios tests Dover's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dover moves out of range as Irrozios strikes.
Irrozios swings widly with a right hand
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irrozios thinking.
Irrozios misses with a hook
and Dover counters with a left to the body.
Irrozios throws an off balance right hand
and Dover counters with a nice body shot.
Irrozios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
Irrozios swings widly with a right hand
and Dover makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dover lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irrozios throws a big shot that misses.
Irrozios throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Dover to counter with a crisp jab.
Irrozios misses with a hook
and Dover counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dover defending well as Irrozios loads up on a big left hand.
Dover is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Irrozios swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Dover tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut.
Irrozios throws a shot from downtown. Dover moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Dover misses its target.
Irrozios lands an overhand right.
Dover jabs at Irrozios's body.
Dover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dover misses with a body shot.
Irrozios throws a poor cross that misses
and Dover counters with a one-two to the body.
Irrozios misses with a right hand
and Dover connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Irrozios rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dover counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Irrozios misses with a hook. Dover ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios misses with a hook.
A counter left hand to the body from Dover misses its target.
Irrozios throws a hook to the side of Dover's head but Dover sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Irrozios throws a hook to the side of Dover's head but Dover sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Dover was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dover throws a body shot but no joy.
Irrozios misses with a lunging right hand
and Dover counters with a nice body shot.
Dover walks into a left hand.
Irrozios might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dover slips under a jab from Irrozios.
Dover throws a body punch but Irrozios moves out of range.
Irrozios rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Irrozios is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut
and Dover counters with a left to the body.
Dover really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Irrozios throws a looping overhand right but Dover ducks down to avoid it.
Dover lands a right hook to the body.
Irrozios throws a jab but it's blocked by Dover.
Irrozios misses with a right hand
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irrozios thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dover sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Dover misses its target.
Irrozios throws a shot from downtown. Dover moves away and avoids it.
Dover is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dover swings for the body but Irrozios moves out of range.
Dover is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dover lands with a nice body punch.
Dover ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Irrozios misses with a hook
and Dover counters with a series of strikes. Irrozios will be more careful next time no doubt.
Irrozios throws the left hand but Dover avoids the punch easily.
Irrozios throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dover counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Irrozios throws a hook to the side of Dover's head but Dover sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Irrozios thows a left - swing and a miss!
Irrozios throws an off balance right hand
and Dover counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Irrozios is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dover.
A quick step to the side and Dover tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dover moves out of range of the strikes.
Dover seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Dover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irrozios.
Dover throwing a counter right hand but Irrozios manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Dover dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irrozios was well out of range. Poor timing from Dover.
Dover swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
and Dover counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dover lands with a good body shot.
Dover dodges the punch combination from Irrozios.
Dover is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
enabling Dover to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Dover there.
Irrozios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dover.
Irrozios rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irrozios thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Irrozios misses.
Dover throws a body punch but Irrozios moves out of range.
Dover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irrozios lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irrozios rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dover counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Irrozios misses with a straight right.
Dover is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Irrozios can do to turn this around?
Irrozios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
Irrozios avoids the body shot from Dover.
Irrozios throws a hook but Dover avoids it easily.
Dover throws a body punch but Irrozios moves out of range.
Irrozios feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dovers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dover looks to score with a jab to the body but Irrozios is just out of range.
Dover is looking to wear down Irrozios with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A big left from Irrozios misses.
Dover paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Irrozios swinging wildly here.
A counter left hand to the body from Dover misses its target.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
and Dover counters with a right hand to the body.
Dover slips a straight right by Irrozios.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover ducks under a wild hook from Irrozios.
Dover lands with a straight right. Irrozios didn't see that one coming.
Dover takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Irrozios throws out a loose jab but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irrozios throws a poor cross that misses
letting Dover counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Irrozios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irrozios throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dover counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a nice uppercut.
Irrozios misses with a right hand
and Dover counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irrozios throws an overhand right that lands on Dover's shoulder, as Dover tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Irrozios misses.
Dover swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut
and Dover counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dover ducks under a wild hook from Irrozios.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Irrozios misses with a hook
and Dover counters with a three punch combo that has Irrozios backing up. Irrozios nods at Dover to acknowledge the strikes.
Dover bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Irrozios pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dover appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Irrozios throws out a loose jab but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dover appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dover throws a body shot but no joy.
Irrozios looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irrozios.
Dover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Irrozios.
Frank Irrozios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irrozios looks to land a right hand but Dover moved out of range.
Dover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dover works Irrozios's body with a nice hook.
Dover misses the shot to the body.
Irrozios misses with a hook
and Dover counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irrozios throws a jab but it's blocked by Dover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut
and Dover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Irrozios throws a body punch but Dover moves out of range.
Dover appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Irrozios dodges the punch combination from Dover.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut
and Dover counters with a three punch combo that has Irrozios backing up. Irrozios nods at Dover to acknowledge the strikes.
Irrozios throws a poor cross that misses
and Dover counters with a nice uppercut.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a one-two to the body.
Dover ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dover moves away from the strike by Irrozios.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a right hand to the body.
Irrozios has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Irrozios misses with a hook
enabling Dover to counter with a crisp jab.
Ben Dover is winning the standup battle so far.
Irrozios throws an overhand right that lands on Dover's shoulder, as Dover tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Dover 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!
Dover walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Irrozios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irrozios throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Irrozios misses with a hook. Dover ducked under it nicely.
A lazy left from Dover finds it's target.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
and Dover counters with a nice body shot.
Dover needs to keep his hands up - Irrozios had a free shot at his head there.
Irrozios loads up on a big right hand but Dover slips the punch.
It looked like Dover was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Irrozios.
Dover slips under a jab from Irrozios.
Irrozios throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irrozios.
Dover is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Irrozios misses with a straight right.
Irrozios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut. Dover saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Irrozios misses.
Dover misses with a wild body shot.
Dover scores with a three punch combo!
Dover defending well as Irrozios loads up on a big left hand.
Irrozios misses with a looping left.
Dover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dover ducks under a wild hook from Irrozios.
Irrozios throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dover counters with a right hand to the body.
Dover stuns Irrozios with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Irrozios avoids the body shot from Dover.
Dover with a hook.
Irrozios throws a lazy uppercut
and Dover counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irrozios thinking.
Irrozios loads up on a big right hand but Dover slips the punch.
Irrozios keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irrozios thinking.
Dover bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dover uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Irrozios.
A slow jab from Irrozios misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Irrozios misses the target.
Dover scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dover has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dover there as he acknowledges the shot.
Irrozios throws a looping overhand right but Dover ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut
and Dover counters with a three punch combo that has Irrozios backing up. Irrozios nods at Dover to acknowledge the strikes.
Irrozios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
Dover connects with a body shot.
Dover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Irrozios moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Irrozios misses.
Irrozios misses with a straight right.
Dover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Irrozios.
Frank Irrozios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Irrozios misses with a right hand
and Dover counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dover staying out of range there.
Irrozios misses with a hook.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a series of strikes. Irrozios will be more careful next time no doubt.
Irrozios swings widly with a right hand
and Dover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Dover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irrozios.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios loads up on a big right hand but Dover slips the punch.
Dover lands a jab to the head.
Dover changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Irrozios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
and Dover connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Irrozios throws a lazy uppercut
and Dover counters with a left to the body.
Irrozios throws a hook but Dover blocks it.
Dover throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Dover.
Dover was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Irrozios throws a right hand that misses
and Dover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irrozios thinking.
Irrozios takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Irrozios doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dover is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Irrozios throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dover counters with a nice uppercut.
Irrozios misses with a straight left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Dover showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dover 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Dover!
A victorious Ben Dover thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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