PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Trejo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trejo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dire Straits- Six Blade Knife. Ben Dover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dover
vs
Trejo

175 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
204 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Trejo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Trejo.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch but Trejo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dover wants to clinch up but Trejo keeps it at a distance.
Trejo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dover's waist but Dover gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Trejo off to one side.
Trejo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Trejo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dover is looking to clinch but Trejo is avoiding it.

Trejo rushes Dover and presses him up against the cage.
Trejo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dover prevents Trejo from breaking the clinch.

Trejo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trejo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dover.
Dover tries to clinch but Trejo is having none of it.
Dover is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trejo throws a sloppy head kick and Dover moves out of range easily.
Trejo scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trejo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dover closes the distance looking to clinch

and Trejo counters with a head kick that drops Dover to the mat! Dover scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Dover is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dover rushes Trejo and presses him up against the cage.
Oh Dover is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trejo slows down the pace here.
Dover seems to have got his legs back now.
Dover tries to land knees in the clinch but Trejo avoids the damage to the body.

Trejo breaks the clinch.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch but Trejo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Trejo.
Trejo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dover. Trejo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trejo shoots in but Dover avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ben Dover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Trejo.
Dover lands a jab to the head.
Dover keeps the fight on the outside.
Dover thumps Trejo with a low kick.

Trejo tries to keep at a distance but Dover has taken the fight into the clinch.
Trejo is looking to break free of the clinch but Dover has double underhooks.

Trejo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dover closes the distance but Trejo moves to the side
and Trejo counters with a head kick.
Dover takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A head kick misses from Trejo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo looks to land a right hand but Dover moved out of range.
Dover fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dover fakes the leg kick and cracks Trejo in the body.
Trejo tries to clinch but Dover moves out of range.
A big left from Dover misses.
Dover attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dover tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trejo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dover, right into the meat.

Dover closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Trejo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dover throws an elbow but misses.
Trejo has had enough of the clinch but Dover keeps him there for the moment.

Trejo breaks the clinch.
Dover blocks a head kick by Trejo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Trejo slams his shin into Dover's torso.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trejo checks a leg kick.
Ben Dover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trejo scores with a kick 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!
Trejo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dover is looking to clinch.
Dover tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trejo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dover tries to clinch up.
Trejo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trejo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dover has time to react.
Dover takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dover is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trejo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Dover.

Trejo closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Trejo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dover slips a jab from Trejo.
An inside leg kick lands from Trejo.

Trejo lands a big head kick that sends Dover tumbling to the mat! Trejo takes a step backwards and waves Dover back to his feet - he wants the finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dover, right into the meat.
Dover moves to clinch but Trejo breaks away
and Trejo counters with a leg kick.
Dover tries to clinch up but Trejo circles away and keeps his distance.
Dover fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Trejo.
Trejo circles away from the clinch attempt.
A clash of legs there as Dover blocks the low kick.
Trejo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Trejo drives through and clinches with Dover against the cage.
Dover lands an elbow just above Trejo 's eye.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Trejo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trejo wants to break free but Dover has control.
Dover misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trejo.
Dover pushes off an throws an elbow but Trejo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dover keeps control of Trejo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dover missing with knees to the body.
Dover prevents Trejo from breaking the clinch.
Dover lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dover with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trejo is trying to break free.

Trejo breaks from the clinch.
Trejo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Trejo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dover connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trejo scrambles back to his feet.
Dover scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Trejo or perhaps it was just good defense by Dover which made him look bad.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses.
Dover is looking to clinch but Trejo is avoiding it.
Trejo misses with a wild body shot.
Dover moves in looking to clinch but Trejo pushes him off.
Trejo swats away the attempt to clinch by Dover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover is looking to clinch.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses.
Dover tries to clinch up.
Dover walks into a straight right hand from Trejo.
Dover moves to clinch but Trejo breaks away
and Trejo counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo scores with a head kick.
Dover doesn't manage to clinch there - Trejo circles away.
Trejo scores with a jab to the body.
Trejo tries a head kick but it misses.
Dover tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dover wants to clinch up but Trejo keeps it at a distance.
Trejo throws a body kick that misses
and Dover counters with an inside leg kick.
Dover doesn't manage to clinch there - Trejo circles away.
Dover takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trejo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dover has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Trejo.

Trejo drives through and clinches with Dover against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dover tries to land knees in the clinch but Trejo avoids the damage to the body.
Trejo is trying to break free.

Trejo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dover takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dover wants to clinch but Trejo slips to the side

and Trejo counters by clinching up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dover just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trejo's brow.
Dover throws an elbow that misses.
Dover tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Trejo breaks the clinch.

Trejo has closed the distance and engaged Dover in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trejo is trying to push Dover away but Dover has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dover landing knees to the head.
Trejo tries to circle away but Dover has him pinned against the cage.
Trejo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Trejo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.

Trejo lands a head kick. Dover smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trejo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dover throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dover.
Good leg kick by Dover there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dover is looking to clinch.
Dover tries to clinch but Trejo is having none of it.
Trejo throws a low kick, looking for Dover's leg but Dover calmly moves out of range.
Trejo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dover moves away.
Dover tries to clinch but Trejo moves out of range.
Dover scores with a leg kick.
Danny Trejo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dover pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dover tries to clinch there but Trejo circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover wants to clinch
and Trejo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dover blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Trejo.
Dover is looking to clinch.
Trejo shoots in for a takedown but Dover shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Trejo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dover throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Trejo's head.
A slow jab from Dover misses its intended target.
Trejo misses with a wild body shot.
Trejo dives in and grabs Dover's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dover pushes down on Trejo's head and hops out.

Dover closes the distance and clinches.
Trejo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dover has him pressed against the cage.
Trejo is looking to control Dover's arms but Dover gets an underhook and turns him. Now Trejo has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trejo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dover tries to clinch but Trejo moves out of range.
Dover fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trejo keeps the fight on the outside.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dover fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dover drives through and clinches with Trejo against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trejo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trejo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trejo moves out of range as Dover throws a body kick.
Dover wants to clinch.
Ben Dover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trejo throws a leg kick but Dover sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dover at a distance.
Trejo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dover but Dover pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Danny Trejo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ben Dover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Trejo.

Dover instigates a clinch.
Trejo stalling.
Dover missing with knees to the body.
Trejo stalling in the clinch.
Trejo takes an elbow to the temple.

Trejo breaks the clinch.
Dover is looking to clinch but Trejo is avoiding it.
Dover misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dover gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dover misses with a knee to the head.
Danny Trejo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Trejo managing to block the knees to the body from Dover.
Dover managing to block the knees to the body from Trejo.
Trejo avoids the elbow strike from Dover, against the cage.
Trejo wants to stall.
Dover tries to land knees in the clinch but Trejo avoids the damage to the body.
Trejo is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dover scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dover tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ben Dover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trejo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Dover showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Trejo 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Trejo!
A relieved looking Danny Trejo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.