PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oskar Wichura (ranked 4670 p4p, 444 weight class) and Che Dobre (ranked 3668 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Wichura
vs
Dobre

191 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

VanDam Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oskar Wichura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Che Dobre!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dobre throws a hook but Wichura avoids it easily.
Wichura misses with the combination.

Wichura closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dobre to the mat! Dobre manages to get full guard.
Dobre is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dobre is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wichura is looking to control Dobre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wichura avoid being mounted?
Wichura tries to roll over but Dobre keeps him under control.
Dobre is trying to control the action in half guard but Wichura is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobre is pressing down on Wichura's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wichura is holding on for now.
Dobre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wichura trying to control but Dobre postures up.
Dobre thows a huge punch but Wichura dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wichura is not content to let Dobre control the position.
Wichura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dobre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wichura's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dobre uses his free foot to push down on Wichura's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wichura.
Dobre throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wichura because Dobre loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Dobre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dobre looking to ground and pound but Wichura is blocking nicely.
Dobre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wichura is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dobre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dobre wants to control the pace but Wichura is squirming around nicely.
Wichura wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dobre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobre unloads with some shots from mount but Wichura bucks and avoids them well.
Dobre throws some wild stikes that Wichura manages to avoid easily.
Dobre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dobre controlling his opponent.
Dobre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wichura avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dobre.
Dobre controlling his opponent.
Wichura is in a horrible position here. Dobre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dobre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dobre throws some wild stikes that Wichura manages to avoid easily.
Wichura tries to reverse the position but Dobre maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dobre controlling his opponent.
Dobre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wichura is breathing heavily.
Wichura avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dobre.
Wichura wants to get back to his feet.
Dobre looking to ground and pound but Wichura is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Dobre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dobre controlling the pace for now.
Wichura holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dobre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dobre looking to control but Wichura is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wichura is looking to get to half guard.
Dobre sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dobre throws some wild stikes that Wichura manages to avoid easily.
Dobre tries to control but Wichura wriggling away.
Dobre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dobre's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Wichura knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dobre on the ground.
Dobre is continuing to stall.
Dobre throwing strikes here but Wichura is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dobre misses with a head shot.
Dobre sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dobre thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Che Dobre dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wichura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dobre manages to avoid it.

Wichura takes the fight into the clinch.
Wichura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dobre managing to block the knees to the body from Wichura.
Dobre tries to throw a body punch but Wichura avoids it by throwing Dobre back against the cage.

Wichura is trying to trip Dobre. He has hold of a leg but Dobre is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Wichura persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Dobre keeping moving, preventing Wichura from controlling successfully.

Dobre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wichura gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wichura being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wichura trying to control the position from guard on top but Dobre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dobre is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dobre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dobre pulls Wichura in to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Dobre clinches.
Wichura blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Wichura pulls guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dobre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dobre trying to control but Wichura is working from the bottom.
Wichura looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dobre should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dobre trying to control the position from guard on top but Wichura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wichura controls Dobre momentarily but Dobre frees himself.
Dobre seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Let's hope that Dobre has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Dobre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dobre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dobre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dobre lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wichura is not content to let Dobre control the position.
Dobre creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wichura sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dobre trying to control the position but Wichura is working away.
Dobre tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Che Dobre has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dobre working the strikes but Wichura uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dobre in particular looking to stall.
Dobre thows a huge punch but Wichura dodges it nicely.
Dobre is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dobre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dobre with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nice strikes from Dobre there.
Dobre is keen to just control but Wichura is a slippery customer.
Dobre stalling.
Dobre works his way into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dobre misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Che Dobre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dobre lands with a right hand.
Che Dobre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wichura looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Dobre!
Dobre is looking to reverse the position.
Dobre wants to control but Wichura postures up.
Dobre is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Dobre gets back to full guard.
Wichura stopping the sweep attempt from Dobre.
Dobre has his hands on Wichura's head, controlling the position.
Wichura will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
More stalling from Dobre.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wichura's guard.

Dobre passes into half guard.
Dobre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Dobre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dobre content to control rather than advance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wichura is looking to improve his position.
Dobre performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dobre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dobre trying to control from half guard but Wichura is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wichura trying to hold on to Dobre's head to control him but Dobre postures up.
Wichura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wichura trying to hold on to Dobre's head to control him but Dobre postures up.
Dobre controlling the action here.
Dobre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dobre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wichura's head.
Dobre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobre controlling the action here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Dobre moves into the clinch.
Dobre misses with a punch on the inside.
Wichura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dobre misses with a body punch.
Wichura has had enough of the clinch but Dobre keeps him there for the moment.
Wichura blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Wichura tightens his grip and picks Dobre up, before dumping him to the ground. Dobre manages to land in guard.
Dobre has his hands on Wichura's head, controlling the position.

Wichura drops back looking for a leg! Dobre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dobre manages to kick Wichura off! Wichura jumps back into Dobre's guard.
Dobre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wichura manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dobre working some strikes from top position.
Wichura can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dobre controls the pace.
The adventures of Dobre the control monster continue. Boring.
Dobre trying to control but Wichura is working from the bottom.
Dobre controlling from the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dobre postures up in Wichura's guard and throws a big left but Wichura blocks it.
Oskar Wichura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dobre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Che Dobre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dobre 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Che Dobre!
After the fight, Che Dobre was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.