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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bernardo Zanella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dover is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Not Afraid-Eminem. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bernardo Zanella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover closes the distance and clinches up with Zanella, looking for a takedown. Dover pushes Zanella against the cage but Zanella circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Dover.
Dover connects with the punch.
Zanella shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dover shoots in but Zanella avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A head kick misses from Zanella.
Dover loads up on a big right hand but Zanella slips the punch.
Zanella thows a body shot but no joy.
Zanella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
A combination from Dover does no damage.
Zanella wants to clinch up but Dover keeps it at a distance.
Dover lands a nice shot to the body.
Dover misses with a straight right.
Dover misses with a body shot
and Zanella counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Dover.
Dover throws a big shot that misses.
Zanella looks to land a combination but Dover avoids it well.
Zanella lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dover circles away quickly and effectively.
Zanella gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dover to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dover wants to stand but Zanella is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dover is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Zanella utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zanella pushes Dover off and scrambles back to his feet.
Zanella drives through and clinches with Dover against the cage.
Zanella using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dover has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dover looking for a takedown.
Bernardo Zanella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Dover.
Zanella lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
Zanella tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dover avoids it.
Zanella softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dover avoiding damage as Zanella throws knees to the body.
Zanella throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zanella using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dover has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zanella gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zanella tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dover goes for a takedown attempt but Zanella pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dover looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Zanella.
Dover walks forward, straight into a front kick from Zanella.
Dover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Zanella counter with a right hand.
Dover lands with an overhand left.
Dover slips a jab and a cross from Zanella.
Ben Dover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zanella throws a series of punches but Dover moves out of range.
Dover dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
Zanella moves into the clinch successfully.
Zanella gets underhooks to prevent Dover's takedown attempt.
Zanella lands an elbow inside that Dover shrugs off.
Dover has Zanella pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Zanella manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A body shot lands from Zanella.
Zanella misses with a knee to the head.
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanella tries to land knees in the clinch but Dover avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Zanella.
Zanella landing knees to the head.
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zanella lands an elbow just above Dover 's eye.
Knees to the body from Zanella.
Zanella lands a good knee to the midsection. Dover won't want to take too many of those.
Zanella connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dover's face.
Zanella digs a right hand underneath Dover's ribcage. Dover let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zanella landing knees to the body.
Zanella connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dover's face.
Zanella lands a good knee to the midsection. Dover won't want to take too many of those.
Dover goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zanella prevents it.
Dover wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zanella prevents the takedown attempt.
Dover breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zanella looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dover misses with a double jab
and Zanella connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Zanella.
Zanella misses with a two punch combination.
Zanella lands a high kick!
No joy there for Zanella, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zanella swinging wilding here.
Dover fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zanella throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zanella lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zanella.
Zanella throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zanella pushes Dover up against the cage in a clinch.
Dover is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Zanella landing knees to the head.
Dover managing to block the knees to the body from Zanella.
Zanella lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernardo Zanella dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Zanella lands a front kick.
Dover throws a nice looking combination but Zanella bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zanella takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dover misses the shot to the body.
Dover throws a hook but Zanella avoids it easily.
Dover misses with a combination
and Zanella counters with a one-two to the body.
Dover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zanella.
Zanella has Dover up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zanella obliges.
Zanella landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dover drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zanella gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zanella utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanella gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dover managing to block the knees to the body from Zanella.
Zanella connects with a knee to the head.
Zanella comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zanella obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zanella.
Zanella lands a good knee to the midsection. Dover won't want to take too many of those.
Zanella is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zanella throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zanella throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dover blocks it with crossed arms.
Zanella lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zanella is pressed up against the cage. Dover has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zanella down to the mat. Zanella avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zanella scores with a three punch combo!
Dover lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bernardo Zanella is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zanella lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zanella takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dover takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanella swinging wilding here.
Dover throws a lazy right hand but Zanella sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zanella rushes Dover and presses him up against the cage.
Dover has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zanella avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bernardo Zanella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Dover.
Zanella tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dover avoids it.
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dover fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zanella lands an elbow just above Dover 's eye.
Zanella scores a nice knee to the body.
Zanella is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zanella.
Zanella lands a nice elbow.
Dover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zanella lands a nice knee to the body.
Dover goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zanella prevents it.
Zanella lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dover goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dover is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Zanella pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dover is trying to trip Zanella. He has hold of a leg but Zanella is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Dover persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Zanella is trying to control the position but Dover postures up.
Dover stands up from Zanella's guard - Dover perhaps looking for a knockout.
Zanella misses with a series of wild punches.
Dover looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zanella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zanella slips a jab from Dover.
Zanella lands with a kick to the temple. Dover shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Zanella lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zanella gets a clinch.
Zanella using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zanella landing knees to the head.
Dover breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dover scores with a punch to the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zanella, as that shot connected.
Dover dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
Zanella walks into a stiff left hand from Dover.
Zanella connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zanella uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dover.
Zanella lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zanella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dover sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zanella.
Zanella throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dover's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernardo Zanella dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Zanella moves into the clinch.
Zanella landing knees to the head.
Dover wants a takedown.
Zanella lands an elbow inside that Dover shrugs off.
Dover tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Zanella smiles and moves away.
Zanella misses with a wild combination.
Zanella showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dover.
Zanella goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zanella throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dover's head.
Zanella throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dover makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zanella rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zanella throws a right and a left that Dover avoids nicely.
Dover throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover throws out a loose jab but Zanella uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dover throws a combination that misses
and Zanella counters with a series of strikes. Dover will be more careful next time no doubt.
A combination from Zanella does no damage.
Zanella looks to land a combination. Dover sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Good leg kick by Zanella there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zanella misses with a series of wild punches.
Dover dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
Zanella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zanella delivers a nice body kick.
Zanella lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dover backs up against the cage.
Zanella scores with a leg kick.
Bernardo Zanella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zanella closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zanella creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dover's defenses.
Knees to the body from Zanella.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanella lands an elbow inside that Dover shrugs off.
Zanella lands a knee to the head.
Zanella lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zanella with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zanella stops a takedown attempt from Dover.
Bernardo Zanella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Dover.
Dover drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bernardo Zanella has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dover goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zanella prevents it.
Zanella tries to land a knee to the head but Dover blocks with his arms.
Zanella misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dover.
Zanella crunches a lovely knee into Dover's ribcage.
Zanella crunches a lovely knee into Dover's ribcage.
Dover tries for a takedown but Zanella manages to get underhooks.
Zanella throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zanella throws an elbow but it misses.
Zanella tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zanella is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dover is defending well for now.
Dover looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dover has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zanella avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dover avoiding damage as Zanella throws knees to the body.
Dover is working for takedown but Zanella is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dover tries for a takedown but Zanella manages to get underhooks.
Zanella landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dover has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Zanella.
Dover goes for a takedown attempt but Zanella pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Zanella keeps Dover at a distance using the push kick.
Zanella throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dover takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zanella throws a right and a left that Dover avoids nicely.
Nice shot lands for Zanella.
Dover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Zanella misses.
Ben Dover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dover tries to keep at a distance but Zanella has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zanella scores a nice knee to the body.
Zanella lands a knee to the head.
Zanella works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zanella gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dover has had enough of the clinch but Zanella keeps him there for the moment.
Dover drops down looking for an ankle pick but Zanella pulls his leg out and moves away.
A shot to the body from Dover misses
and Zanella counters with a straight right hand.
Dover throws a looping overhand right but Zanella ducks down to avoid it.
Zanella lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zanella smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zanella misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Dover there.
Dover misses with a straight right.
Dover takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bernardo Zanella is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dover on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bernardo Zanella showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zanella, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bernardo Zanella!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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