PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Titan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dover
vs
Titan

185 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lex Titan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dover is looking to clinch but Titan is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Titan misses.

Titan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dover regains half guard.
Titan is looking to take a break and control but Dover is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Titan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Titan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dover keeps working.
Titan trying to pass the guard but Dover defending well.
Titan thows a huge punch but Dover dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Titan is thwarting Dover's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titan trying to control from half guard but Dover is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dover avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dover moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dover uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Titan.
Dover fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dover really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Titan throws a nice looking combination but Dover bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Dover.
Titan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dover avoids the head kick by Titan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Titan.
Dover steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Titan.
Titan misses with an uppercut. Dover saw that one coming.
Titan looks to land a right hand but Dover moved out of range.
Titan is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Titan misses with a looping right.
Dover ducks under a wild hook from Titan.

Dover gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Titan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dover keeping moving, preventing Titan from controlling successfully.
Titan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dover is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dover is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titan chips away with some ground and pound.
Titan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Titan trying to control but Dover is working from the bottom.
Titan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Titan postures up.
Titan trying to control the position from guard on top but Dover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Titan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

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.
Titan throws a big right hand that misses.
Titan connects with a couple of short punches.
Titan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Titan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dover working a defensive guard here.
Titan stopping the sweep attempt from Dover.
Titan scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lex Titan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Titan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dover lands a nice shot that snaps Titan's head back.
A good leg kick by Titan.
Oooh a lovely combination from Titan sends Dover down but not out. Titan dives into side control looking to finish.

Dover is rocked!

It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
An elbow from Titan crashes against the mat.
Oh Dover is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Titan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dover seems to have got his legs back now.
Titan tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Titan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dover down.
Titan throws a strike aimed at the side of Dover's head but Dover avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Titan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titan wants to control but Dover is keeping him busy.
Dover parries the strikes from Titan easily there. Titan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dover to escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dover takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Titan slips a jab and a cross from Dover.
Titan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dover.
Titan keeps the fight on the outside.

Titan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dover sprawls well initially but Titan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Titan connects with a nice short shot to Dover's temple.
Titan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Titan is keen to just control but Dover is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titan is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Titan wants to pass the guard but Dover is defending well.
Titan throws a strike but Dover avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Titan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Titan postures up in Dover's guard and throws a big left but Dover blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Titan closes the distance and clinches up with Dover, looking for a takedown. Titan pushes Dover against the cage but Dover circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Titan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dover uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Titan.
Dover blocks a jab.
Dover keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dover ducks under a wild hook from Titan.
Nice straight punches there by Dover. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dover.
Dover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ben Dover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Titan throws a combination that misses
and Dover counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Titan scores with a decent looking hook.
Titan misses with a looping left.
Dover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Titan.
Dover looks to land a combination. Titan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titan shoots in looking for a takedown. Dover tries to sprawl out of it but Titan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dover manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ben Dover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lex Titan.
Titan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Titan circles away from the clinch attempt.

Titan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dover!
Dover avoids a series of strikes thrown by Titan.
Dover is in all sorts of trouble here.
Titan raining down shots from the mount!
Titan lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Titan misses with the combination.
Titan circles away from the clinch attempt.

Titan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dover!
Titan misses with a head shot.
Titan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Titan lands with some strikes.
Titan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Titan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Titan looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Titan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Titan dominating with strikes here.
Titan with a couple of short strikes.
Titan unloading with bombs!
Dover tries to hold on but Titan pushes him away.
Titan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dover is desperately trying to improve his position but Titan has a good base and remains in mount.
Dover flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dover tries to hold on but Titan postures up.
Dover is looking to improve his position but Titan isn't that keen on the idea.
Titan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Titan dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Titan avoids the attempt from Dover to control.
The referee warns Dover that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Titan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Titan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dover can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Titan is landing with some decent strikes but Dover is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Titan is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dover has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dover!
Titan trying to keep a closed guard but Dover is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dover trying to control the position from guard on top but Titan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lex Titan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Titan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Titan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Titan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ben Dover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Titan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lex Titan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Titan 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lex Titan!