PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yeu Fei (ranked 1936 p4p, 94 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 2309 p4p, 111 weight class). Ben Dover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fei
vs
Dover

184 cm
29
148 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
29
144 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yeu Fei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover swats away the attempt to clinch by Fei.
Fei tries to clinch up
and Dover counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fei has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fei there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dover now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice side step and Dover releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fei.
An attempted straight right counter from Fei misses the target.
Yeu Fei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dover keeps the fight on the outside.
Dover appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fei tries to clinch but Dover is having none of it.
Dover jabs Fei to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Fei closes the distance and clinches.
Dover misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Fei fails to land.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dover blocking some punches.
Fei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Dover tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fei misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Dover.
Fei misses with the head strike.
Dover digs a right hand underneath Fei's ribcage. Fei let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dover goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover tries to break the clinch but Fei is controlling the position.
Fei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dover blocking some punches.
Fei misses with some punches.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fei really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fei.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei throws a punch but it's blocked by Dover.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Fei fails to land.
Dover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.

Dover breaks the clinch.
Fei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fei tries to clinch up but Dover circles away and keeps his distance.
Fei tries to clinch but Dover is having none of it.
Dover bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fei tries to clinch but Dover moves out of range.
Dover takes a swing at Fei's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dover tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fei misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei lands a right hand.
Fei throws a punch but it's blocked by Dover.
Fei working aggressively here.
Dover misses with a punch on the inside.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Dover blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Dover.
Fei misses with some punches.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Fei misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dover.
Fei misses with some punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fei misses with a punch on the inside.
Fei throws a head punch that misses.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Fei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dover backwards.
Dover blocks an uppercut.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fei misses with some punches.
Dover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dover.
Fei working aggressively here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fei blocks a body shot from Dover.
Dover scores with a hook to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fei misses with some punches.
Dover blocking some punches.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dover.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fei.
Fei misses with the head strike.
Fei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dover blocks an uppercut.
Dover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dover lands a body punch.
Dover stalling in the clinch but Fei improves position.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fei swings wildly with an uppercut but Dover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dover backwards.
Fei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fei misses with the head strike.
Fei misses with a short punch on the inside.

Dover breaks from the clinch.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dover let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Dover misses.
Dover changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dover lands a nice hook to Fei's body. Fei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dover swats away the attempt to clinch by Fei.
Dover doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fei is looking to clinch.
Fei tries to clinch up.
Fei tries to clinch there but Dover circles away.
Dover looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dover just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Fei misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Fei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fei moves to clinch but Dover breaks away
and Dover counters with a left and a right that stings Fei.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dover digs a good hook to Fei's body.
A shot to the liver by Dover. Beautiful body shot.
Dover avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fei is looking to clinch but Dover is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Fei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dover lands with a good body shot.
Dover catches Fei with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dover looks to throw the jab but Fei is out of range.
Dover lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fei at a distance.
Dover keeps the fight on the outside.
Fei is looking to clinch.
Dover is looking for the big counter here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ben Dover will probably get the nod.
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!

Fei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dover scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dover fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fei looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Fei forces Dover back against the ropes and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dover.
Dover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Dover can't find room to land a body shot as Fei controls the action.
Fei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dover looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei misses with a punch on the inside.

Dover breaks from the clinch.
Fei doesn't manage to clinch there - Dover circles away.
A nice side step and Dover releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Dover gets tackled into the ropes by Fei. Fei maintains the clinch.
Fei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fei lands with a light punch inside.
Fei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dover backwards.
Dover can't break the clinch.
Fei working aggressively here.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Fei misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dover.
Nice body punch from Dover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fei throws a head punch that misses.
Dover blocking some punches.
Fei misses with some punches.
Yeu Fei has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fei misses with some punches.
Dover blocking some punches.
Dover misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fei misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fei.
Fei throws a punch but it's blocked by Dover.
Dover blocking some punches.
Fei misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dover.
Fei lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fei swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei throws a punch but it's blocked by Dover.
Dover is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fei is keeping busy.
Fei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dover misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fei misses with the head strike.
Fei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fei misses with a punch on the inside.
Dover lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Dover breaks from the clinch.
Fei tries to clinch up but Dover circles away and keeps his distance.
Fei tries to clinch but Dover is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dover now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dover keeps the fight on the outside.
Dover scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fei doesn't seem bothered though.
Fei moves in looking to clinch but Dover pushes him off.
Dover lands a jab to the nose.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch but Dover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fei wants to clinch.
Dover bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fei's head.
Dover is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fei rather than just go for the knockout.
Dover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ben Dover seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fei moves in looking to clinch but Dover pushes him off.
Fei tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dover manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dover now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fei is looking to clinch.
Fei tries to clinch up
and Dover counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fei tries to clinch
and Dover counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dover avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fei is looking to clinch.
Dover swats away the attempt to clinch by Fei.
Dover slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fei tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dover counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Fei moves into the clinch.
Dover misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Fei fails to land.
Fei has a couple of punches blocked by Dover.
Fei working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dover.
A head punch on the inside from Fei fails to land.
Fei misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fei pushes Dover back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fei misses with the head strike.
Fei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fei misses with the head strike.
Fei throws a head punch that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fei working aggressively here.
Fei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fei throws a punch but it's blocked by Dover.

Dover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fei is looking to clinch but Dover is avoiding it.
Dover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fei was well out of range. Poor timing from Dover.
Dover avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch but Dover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dover scores with a nice right hand.
Fei moves to clinch but Dover breaks away
and Dover counters with a two punch combo.
Fei tries to clinch there but Dover circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fei doesn't manage to clinch there - Dover circles away.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fei is looking to clinch.
Fei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dover takes a swing at Fei's ribcage but misses.
Fei is looking to counter punch.
Fei takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch but Dover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fei tries to clinch there but Dover circles away.
Fei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fei is looking to clinch.
Fei tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dover manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fei tries to clinch up but Dover circles away and keeps his distance.
Fei fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fei tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fei tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dover manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fei tries to clinch but Dover moves out of range.
Dover looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fei wants to clinch up but Dover keeps it at a distance.
Fei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab by Dover.
Fei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dover fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fei wants to clinch up but Dover keeps it at a distance.
Fei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Dover comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dover has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Ben Dover!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Ben Dover!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Ben Dover!

Ben Dover wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Ben Dover thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.