PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stoner Steve (ranked 2144 p4p, 1814 weight class) and Dale Doback (ranked 278 p4p, 237 weight class). Dale Doback is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Steve
vs
Doback

194 cm
24
215
6 - 4 - 1

200 cm
23
215
10 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stoner Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dale Doback!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doback uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
Steve darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Doback misses with a left hand
and Steve connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steve avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Doback throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Doback misses with an uppercut.
Doback looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steve scores with a body shot.
Steve uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doback.
Steve lands with a right hand.
Doback is looking to score with low kicks.
Steve fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Doback tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Doback.
Doback feints a jab promting Steve to slip. Doback then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Steve slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve scores with a jab to the jaw.
Doback throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Doback is looking to score with low kicks.
Steve takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steve looks to throw the jab but Doback is out of range.
Steve throws the left hand but Doback avoids the punch easily.
Dale Doback seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doback throws out a loose jab but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Steve misses the target.
Doback lands with a shot to the body.
Steve jabbing away but nothing is landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Doback tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
Doback misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Doback.
Doback blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steve.
Doback scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Doback presses Steve against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Steve lands a shot 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!
Steve misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doback blocks a body shot from Steve.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Doback avoids it by throwing Steve back against the cage.
Steve misses with a body punch.
Doback looking to throw knees to the head but Steve is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Doback lands an elbow that stopped Steve in his tracks for a moment.
Doback fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steve tries to work over Doback's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Doback avoids it by throwing Steve back against the cage.
Doback tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Doback throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doback fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Steve's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steve.
Doback blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doback working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Doback doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doback lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Doback lands a body shot in the clinch.
Doback can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Doback working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doback lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Doback with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doback working Steve over with knees to the body.
Doback fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doback misses with a punch to the body.
Doback goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Doback throws an elbow that misses.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve working aggressively here.
Doback lands a left hand.
Doback blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Doback as the two fighters clinch.
Doback comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Stoner Steve has been cut.
A short right from Doback on the inside.
Doback misses with a punch to the body.
Doback misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doback lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Doback lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doback tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Doback tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Doback avoids it by throwing Steve back against the cage.
Steve makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Doback misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Doback working aggressively here.
Doback goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Doback.
Doback misses with a body punch.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doback throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Doback.
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Doback controls his hands.
Steve lands a nice uppercut.
Steve misses with some punches.
Steve lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Doback misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steve lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Doback lands a body shot.
Doback lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dale Doback dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stoner Steve's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Doback pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doback misses with a looping left.
A jab from Steve finds it's way through Doback's defenses.
A big right from Doback misses.
A left lands for Doback.
No joy there for Doback, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doback misses with a wild body shot.
Steve walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Doback moved out of range.
Doback scores with a crisp jab that stopped Steve in his tracks.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doback manages to avoid it.
Steve throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Steve lands a nice looking body shot.
Doback throws a hook but Steve blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doback looks to land a combination but Steve avoids it well.
A swing and a miss from Doback.
Steve was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Doback has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Doback takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body punch from Steve.
Steve throws a right and a left that Doback avoids nicely.
Doback throws a body punch but Steve moves out of range.
Steve is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doback moves away.
Steve jabs at Doback's body.
Doback throws a right hand that Steve ducks under and follows up with a left that Steve also avoids with ease.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steve uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Doback has time to react.
Doback keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steve fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Doback on the side of the head.
Doback throws a leg kick that is checked
and Steve counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Steve misses.
Steve uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doback.
Steve swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Doback avoids the body shot from Steve.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Doback.
Doback staying out of range there.
A jab from Doback does it's job there.
Doback on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Doback fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steve manages to avoid it.
Steve misses with a body shot.
Steve lands a nice shot to the body.
Steve lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good standup being displayed there by Steve as he connects with a hook.
Doback keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steve throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Doback on the side of the head.
Doback swings widly with a right hand
and Steve counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Steve tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steve connects with a body shot that sends Doback's belly button to the back.
Doback scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steve moves away from the strike by Doback.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doback.
Steve takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big left from Doback misses.
Doback throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Doback fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steve manages to avoid it.
Doback waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steve.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doback swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doback fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Steve checks it well.
Doback defending well as Steve loads up on a big left hand.
Doback is looking for the big counter here.
Doback uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stoner Steve is winning the standup battle so far.
Doback walks into a left hand.
Doback slips a straight right by Steve.
Decent striking displayed by Doback there.
Doback throws a hook but Steve avoids it easily.
Doback throws a leg kick but Steve checks it.
A quick step to the side and Steve tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steve lands a body shot.
Steve lands with an overhand left.
Steve throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Doback cracks Steve with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steve loads up on a big right hand but Doback slips the punch.
Doback lands a nice shot to the body.
Doback walks into a jab.
Steve lands a jab to the nose.
Steve paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doback. Steve does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doback is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steve.
Steve misses with a right hand
and Doback counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steve thinking.
Doback misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steve.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Stoner Steve will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stoner Steve's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Doback fails to land with a series of punches.
Doback lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Steve has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doback.
A swing and a miss from Doback.
Doback tries to work over Steve's front leg with a kick but Steve checks it.
Doback misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steve.
Doback misses with a wild body shot.
Steve throws a looping overhand right but Doback ducks down to avoid it.
Steve connects with a right hand. Doback shakes it off.
A slow jab from Doback misses its intended target.
Doback has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Doback there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve checks a leg kick nicely.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
Steve throws a looping overhand right but Doback ducks down to avoid it.
Steve backing away here, and Doback unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Steve checks a low kick from Doback.
Doback avoids the body shot from Steve.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve looks to land a left hand but Doback moved out of range nicely.
Doback connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Doback throws a jab but it's blocked by Steve.
Steve digs a good body shot into Doback's ribs.
Nice body punch from Doback.
Doback misses with an uppercut
enabling Steve to counter with a crisp jab.
Steve with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slow jab from Doback misses its intended target.
Doback throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
Steve is looking to clinch but Doback is avoiding it.
Doback throws an overhand right that lands on Steve's shoulder, as Steve tries to avoid the shot.
Doback just misses with a punch to the body.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Doback was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doback. Steve does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steve lands a glancing blow to the side of Doback's head.
Doback misses with a right hand
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve walks into a straight right hand from Doback.
Doback ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.

Steve has closed the distance and engaged Doback in a clinch.
Dale Doback seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Doback trying to land knees to the body.
Steve digs a right hand underneath Doback's ribcage. Doback let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Doback goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Doback blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doback lands a hook to the side of the head.
Doback blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steve goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Doback is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Doback tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Doback lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Doback misses with the head strike.
Steve working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Doback lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Doback pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doback lands a left hand.
Doback makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Steve softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Doback has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Doback pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Doback.
Doback fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doback misses with a knee strike.
Steve lands a nice uppercut.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Doback backwards.
Doback working aggressively here.
Doback lands a nice uppercut.
Doback throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Doback blocking some punches.
Doback tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Doback back against the cage.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Doback misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Doback scores with a nice short uppercut.
Doback prevents a body shot from Steve.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Doback controls his hands.
Doback tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Doback back against the cage.
Steve blocks a body shot from Doback.
Steve lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
Doback using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steve has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doback tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Doback as the two fighters clinch.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Doback avoids it by throwing Steve back against the cage.
Doback lands a knee to the head.
Doback takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steve misses with a punch on the inside.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Doback.
Nice body punch from Doback.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Doback.
Doback lands a shoulder strike.
Steve lands a hook that snaps the head of Doback backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dale Doback comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Doback 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dale Doback!
After winning the bout, Dale Doback thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.