PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Beucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Beucher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beucher
vs
Dover

178 cm
36
195 lbs
19 - 20 - 0

175 cm
27
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Beucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover wants to clinch up but Beucher keeps it at a distance.
Beucher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Beucher closes the distance and pushes Dover back into the ropes.
Dover throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beucher blocks it with crossed arms.
Beucher blocks the elbow strike.
Dover misses with a knee strike.
Dover throws an elbow that misses.
Dover throws an elbow but it misses.
Dover tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beucher avoids it.
Beucher can't break the clinch.
Beucher is trying to break the clinch but Dover has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Dover.

It looks like Bobby Beucher has been cut.
Dover tries to land knees in the clinch but Beucher avoids the damage to the body.
Dover looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dover blocks a body shot from Beucher.
Dover pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover prevents Beucher from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Dover.
Dover throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Beucher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Beucher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beucher looks to land a combination but Dover avoids it well.
Dover moves to clinch but Beucher breaks away
enabling Beucher to counter with a crisp jab.
Dover moves in looking to clinch but Beucher pushes him off.
Beucher scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Beucher swings for the body but Dover moves out of range.
Dover wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beucher tries to bum rush Dover with a series of wild strikes but Dover uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Beucher moves into the clinch.
Dover taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Beucher manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dover looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beucher slips under a jab from Dover.
Dover tries to clinch but Beucher is having none of it.
Dover fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beucher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beucher keeps the fight on the outside.
Beucher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beucher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beucher misses the shot to the body.

Dover rushes Beucher and presses him up against the ropes.
Dover taking a breather.
The referee calls for Dover to work.
Dover scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beucher blocks an elbow strike from Dover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dover lands a nice knee to the body.
Beucher is breathing heavily.
Dover pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Dover.
Dover comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bobby Beucher's cut is getting worse.
Beucher dodges an elbow strike from Dover.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Dover just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beucher's brow.
Dover putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beucher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dover creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beucher's defenses.
Dover lands a damaging elbow.

Bobby Beucher's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dover prevents Beucher from breaking the clinch.
Beucher avoids a wild elbow strike from Dover.
Dover looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beucher is trying to force a seperation but Dover has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Dover dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Beucher's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A kick lands to the mid section there for Dover.
A swing and a miss from Beucher.
Beucher swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Beucher takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beucher takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Beucher is rocked!
A shot to the liver by Dover. Beautiful body shot.
Oh Beucher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dover gets a clinch.
Clinched against the ropes, Dover lands a big elbow that drops Beucher! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Beucher is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Dover!