PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Curtis James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muleke Doido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muleke Doido has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

James
vs
Doido

184 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Muleke Doido!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doido throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.
Doido wants to clinch.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Doido pinned against the cage. Doido gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doido lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as James backs up against the cage.

It looks like Curtis James has been cut.
Doido misses with a body shot.
Muleke Doido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Doido as he avoids it easily.
James fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Curtis James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Some wild striking there from Doido.
Nice sprawl there from Doido as James shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doido is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James closes the distance and clinches up with Doido, looking for a takedown. James pushes Doido against the cage but Doido circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Doido stuffs the takedown attempt from James. James gets slowly back to his feet.
Doido tries to clinch up.
James changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Doido tries to avoid it but James manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Doido to the ground. Doido escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
James takes a jab right on the kisser.
Doido fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muleke Doido is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Doido throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doido wants to clinch.
Doido fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doido is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Doido fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doido is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James shoots in but Doido avoids the takedown attempt easily.

James drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
James is breathing heavily.
James won't allow Doido to get back to his feet.

Doido has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes James off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Doido fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with James, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Doido is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Doido's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Doido misses with a straight left.
James moves out of range as Doido strikes.
Doido misses with a two punch combination.
Doido cracks James with an open hand slap.
Doido tries to clinch up.
Doido wants to clinch.
Doido misses with a hook. James ducked under it nicely.
Doido doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doido looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doido throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
Doido tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Doido swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Doido closes the distance and pushes James back into the cage.

Doido pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doido looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Doido swinging wilding here.
James dodges the punch combination from Doido.
James slips a jab and a cross from Doido.
Doido scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muleke Doido dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Curtis James's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Doido lands with a right hand.
James tries for a takedown but Doido sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Doido tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doido is looking to clinch.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doido fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doido rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but James moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Doido swinging wilding here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doido throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
Doido throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doido misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James has a takedown stuffed.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Doido, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
James looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Doido is fending him off so far but James persists. Nope, Doido circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Curtis James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Doido lands a nice shot to the body.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doido lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Doido lands a jab to the head.
Doido tries to clinch but James is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Doido. No joy for James on that attempt.
Doido moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doido misses with a double jab.
Doido throws a big shot that misses.

Doido gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Doido breaks the clinch.
James avoids a punch combination nicely.
Curtis James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doido tries to clinch up.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Doido wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Doido.
Doido lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Doido fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doido is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.

Doido clinches with his opponent.

Doido breaks from the clinch.
James looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Doido swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doido misses with a straight right.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doido throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.
A slow jab from Doido misses its intended target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doido looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doido 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.
Doido is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Doido.
James looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Doido fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muleke Doido showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Curtis James's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Doido!
Doido throws a combination but it was largely blocked by James.
James fails with the takedown.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doido doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Doido wants to clinch.
Doido is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doido throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James dodges the punch combination from Doido.
Doido is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Doido tries to clinch there but James circles away.
Doido throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Doido tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Doido fails in his attempt to clinch.
James shoots for a double leg takedown but Doido sprawls well. He's pushed James's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Doido fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Doido as James shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Curtis James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doido fails to land with a series of punches.
James tries for a takedown but Doido sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Doido tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doido misses with a wild body shot.
Doido displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Doido is looking to clinch.
Doido wants to clinch.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Doido.
Doido tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
James takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doido looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.
Muleke Doido seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Doido wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.

Doido takes the fight into the clinch.
James is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Doido gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Doido is looking to break free of the clinch but James has double underhooks.

Doido pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doido is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.

Doido rushes James and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Doido is pressed up against the cage. James has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Doido down to the mat. Doido avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Doido looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Doido tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Doido throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
James tries for a takedown but Doido sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Doido is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Doido throws a nice looking combination but James bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doido swinging wilding here.
James moves out of range as Doido strikes.
James closes the distance and clinches up with Doido, looking for a takedown. James pushes Doido against the cage but Doido circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Doido wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Doido moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muleke Doido comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Doido winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muleke Doido!