PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jake Dope (ranked 5452 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Engelmann (ranked 6437 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Dope has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dope
vs
Engelmann

175 cm
25
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Dope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Engelmann!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Engelmann has managed to clinch.
Dope avoiding damage as Engelmann throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Dope lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Engelmann.
Dope using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Engelmann.
Dope avoids a wild elbow strike from Engelmann.
Dope just leaning against Engelmann, taking a breather.
Engelmann trying to land knees to the body.
Dope tries a knee to the head but Engelmann blocks it.
Dope blocks an uppercut.
Dope connects with a knee to the head.
Engelmann pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Engelmann swings wildly with an uppercut but Dope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dope tries to land knees in the clinch but Engelmann avoids the damage 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!
Dope is stalling here.
Engelmann takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dope lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dope's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Engelmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Dope.
Engelmann pushes off an throws an elbow but Dope leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Engelmann.
Dope tries a knee to the head but Engelmann blocks it.
Dope displaying some good clinch control by pressing Engelmann up against the cage.
Engelmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Dope.
Dope putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Engelmann in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Engelmann scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Engelmann.
Dope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dope scores a nice knee to the body.
Dope leaning against his opponent.
Dope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Engelmann's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Dope.
Dope dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dope tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Dope.
Dope is breathing heavily.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Engelmann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dope is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nice elbow from Engelmann.
Dope lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dope tries to land a knee to the head but Engelmann blocks with his arms.
Dope is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Engelmann blocks an elbow strike from Dope.
Dope blocks an uppercut.
Engelmann throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Engelmann throws a head punch that misses.
Dope stalling the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Engelmann.
Engelmann blocks the elbow strike.
Dope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dope leaning his opponent against the cage.
Engelmann has a couple of punches blocked by Dope.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dope.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Dope avoids the elbow strike from Engelmann, against the cage.
Engelmann is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dope is defending well for now.
Engelmann lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dope backwards.
Engelmann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dope avoids it.
Dope with a knee to the head.
Engelmann avoids the elbow strike from Dope, against the cage.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engelmann.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Engelmann lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Engelmann misses with some punches.
Engelmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dope.
Engelmann makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Engelmann creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Engelmann lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jake Dope will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dope stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Engelmann.

Dope drives through and clinches with Engelmann against the cage.
Engelmann blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dope misses with a knee to the head.
Engelmann unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dope lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Engelmann is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dope is defending well for now.
Dope trying to land knees to the body.
Engelmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dope.
Engelmann throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Engelmann letting Dope take a breather here.
Engelmann landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Engelmann avoids it.
Engelmann swings wildly with an uppercut but Dope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dope dodges an elbow strike from Engelmann.
Dope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dope manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Engelmann makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dope lands a nice knee to the body.
Dope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dope missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dope.
Engelmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dope.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Dope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Engelmann missing with knees to the body.
Dope blocking some punches.
Dope blocking some punches.
Dope tries a knee to the head but Engelmann blocks it.
Engelmann unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dope lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Engelmann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dope's defenses.
Dope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Engelmann is defending well for now.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engelmann.
Jake Dope has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dope blocking some punches.
Engelmann trying to land knees to the body.
Dope misses with an elbow strike.
Engelmann has a couple of punches blocked by Dope.
Engelmann lands an elbow just above Dope 's eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dope blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Engelmann's brow.
Dope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Engelmann pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Engelmann has a couple of punches blocked by Dope.
Engelmann throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Engelmann misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Engelmann throws a head punch that misses.
Engelmann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dope managing to block the knees to the body from Engelmann.
Engelmann misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dope.
We've been informed that Engelmann has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Engelmann just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dope's brow.
Engelmann throws an elbow that misses.
Engelmann landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Engelmann managing to block the knees to the body from Dope.
Dope dodges an elbow strike from Engelmann.
Engelmann lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dope backwards.
Dope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Engelmann scores with a nice hook to the head.
Engelmann working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dope blocks the elbow strike.
Engelmann lands an elbow that stopped Dope in his tracks for a moment.
Dope tries a knee to the head but Engelmann blocks it.
Engelmann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dope.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Engelmann swings wildly with an uppercut but Dope uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dope.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engelmann.
Engelmann landing knees to the body.
Engelmann lands a hook that snaps the head of Dope backwards.
Engelmann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dope blocking some punches.
Dope avoiding damage as Engelmann throws knees to the body.
Dope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Engelmann is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Engelmann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Engelmann darts in and clinches Dope up against the cage.
The referee calls for Dope to work.
Dope blocks an uppercut.
Dope misses with a knee to the head.
Engelmann misses with some punches.
Dope crunches a lovely knee into Engelmann's ribcage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dope takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Engelmann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Engelmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Dope.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dope trying to land knees to the body.
Dope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dope avoids a wild elbow strike from Engelmann.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engelmann.
Dope tries to land knees in the clinch but Engelmann avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Engelmann misses with some punches.
Dope lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Engelmann throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Engelmann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Engelmann throws a punch but it's blocked by Dope.
Dope blocks an elbow strike from Engelmann.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dope takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dope blocking some punches.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engelmann.
Dope avoids a wild elbow strike from Engelmann.
Dope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Engelmann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Engelmann pushes off an throws an elbow but Dope leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dope is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Engelmann throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Engelmann just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dope's brow.
Dope tries to land knees in the clinch but Engelmann avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Dope tries to land knees in the clinch but Engelmann avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Engelmann throws an elbow but misses.
Engelmann throws an elbow but it misses.
Engelmann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Engelmann throws an elbow but misses.
Dope lands an elbow just above Engelmann 's eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dope.
Dope's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dope tries to land knees in the clinch but Engelmann avoids the damage to the body.
Engelmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dope.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Engelmann.
Dope takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Engelmann throws an elbow but misses.
Engelmann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Engelmann's brow.
Engelmann scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Engelmann working aggressively here.
Engelmann on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Engelmann.
Engelmann trying to land knees to the body.
Dope blocks an elbow strike.
Engelmann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dope avoids it.
Engelmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dope.
Dope avoiding damage as Engelmann throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Engelmann.
Dope tries to land a knee to the head but Engelmann blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dope avoiding damage as Engelmann throws knees to the body.
Engelmann misses with a short punch on the inside.
Engelmann swings wildly with an uppercut but Dope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dope blocks an uppercut.
Engelmann keeps control of Dope as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Engelmann missing with knees to the body.
Engelmann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Engelmann fails to land.
Engelmann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dope avoids the elbow strike from Engelmann, against the cage.
Dope taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Engelmann throws a head punch that misses.
Dope managing to block the knees to the body from Engelmann.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Engelmann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Engelmann 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Engelmann!