PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Dotsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Dotsworth
vs
The Great

190 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Dotsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto The Great!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dotsworth shoots in looking for a takedown. The Great tries to sprawl out of it but Dotsworth keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Great manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

The Great clinches with his opponent.
The Great lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by The Great.
The Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dotsworth fails to pull guard.
The Great can't find room to land a body shot as Dotsworth controls the action.
Dotsworth has had enough of the clinch but The Great keeps him there for the moment.
The Great tries to land a knee to the head but Dotsworth blocks with his arms.
The Great is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Chris Dotsworth has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Great dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The Great tries to throw a body punch but Dotsworth avoids it by throwing The Great back against the cage.
The Great has a couple of punches blocked by Dotsworth.
The Great scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from The Great.
The Great lands a knee to the head.
Dotsworth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Still in the clinch, The Great scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Great misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from The Great.
The Great stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Great.
The Great dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The Great landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dotsworth takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Great throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dotsworths head.
Dotsworth tries to break free but The Great pushes him back against the cage.
The Great misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dotsworth misses with the head strike.
The Great slows down the pace here.
Dotsworth takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Great lands a damaging elbow.

Dotsworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Great doesn't manage to clinch there - Dotsworth circles away.

The Great moves into the clinch.
Dotsworth tries for a takedown but The Great manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Dotsworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dotsworth fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from The Great.
A hook to the body from The Great.
The Great gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dotsworth is trying to break free.
The Great lands an elbow just above Dotsworth 's eye.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from The Great.
The Great scores with a shoulder strike.
The Great works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dotsworth is breathing heavily.
The Great misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dotsworth takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from The Great.
The Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dotsworth wants a takedown but no success here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Great struggles to land a body shot inside as Dotsworth controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Great taking a breather.
A right handed body shot lands from The Great.
The Great lands an elbow that stopped Dotsworth in his tracks for a moment.
Dotsworth takes an elbow to the temple.
The Great throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Great lands an elbow just above Dotsworth 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for The Great.
The Great unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dotsworth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Great softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Great lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dotsworth takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Great lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto The Great dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Dotsworth's cut.
That's time! Dotsworth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Great rushes Dotsworth and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Great leaning his opponent against the cage.
The Great scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Great lands a nice elbow.
The Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Great.
Dotsworth takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Great leaning against his opponent.
The Great has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dotsworth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Great lands an elbow just above Dotsworth 's eye.
Nice elbow from The Great.
The Great is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Great lands a body punch.
The Great misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from The Great.
The Great controlling the action here for a moment.
Dotsworth is trying to pull guard but The Great has him pressed against the cage.
Dotsworth jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Great walks away with a smile on his face. Dotsworth gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Great tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dotsworth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Great takes a swing at Dotsworth's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Great rushes Dotsworth and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Great stalling the fight.
The Great lands an elbow that stopped Dotsworth in his tracks for a moment.

The Great breaks from the clinch.
Dotsworth misses with a left hand

and The Great counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Dotsworth had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Great defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Great trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dotsworth's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dotsworth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Great trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dotsworth's guard.
Dotsworth working a defensive guard here.
The Great wants to get up but he can't break Dotsworth's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Dotsworth throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dotsworth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Great wants to stand but Dotsworth has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dotsworth is trying to keep The Great in close.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Great would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto The Great showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Dotsworth'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. This is the final round!

The Great pushes Dotsworth up against the cage in a clinch.
The Great presses Dotsworth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dotsworth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Great misses with a body punch.
The Great working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dotsworth is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Great to keep the fight standing.
The Great is pushing Dotsworth up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The Great on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dotsworth tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Great smiles and moves away.
The Great blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dotsworth blocks a low kick nicely.
The Great tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dotsworth shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Great sprawls well. The Great wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dotsworth gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Dotsworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The Great instigates a clinch.
The Great struggles to land a body shot inside as Dotsworth controls his hands.
Nice elbow from The Great.
The Great lands with a light punch inside.
The Great pushes Dotsworth back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dotsworth fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The Great gets underhooks to prevent Dotsworth's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Great gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Great prevents a takedown attempt there.
The Great lands a knee to the head.
Dotsworth tries a body shot but The Great blocks it.
The Great digs a right hand into Dotsworth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dotsworth's gas tank.
The Great with a knee to the head.
The Great lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dotsworth backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Great scores with a knee to the head.
The Great's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The Great misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Great avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by The Great.
Nice body punch from The Great.
A short right from The Great.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Great.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Great takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
The Great stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Great working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Great lands an elbow that stopped Dotsworth in his tracks for a moment.
The Great lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Great lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The Great lands a good knee to the midsection. Dotsworth won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Great slowing the pace effectively.
Dotsworth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Great has him pressed against the cage.
Chris Dotsworth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Otto The Great is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Great crunches a lovely knee into Dotsworth's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otto The Great comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Great 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otto The Great!