PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Plo Koon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Dobzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dobzinski has chosen Waters Of Nazareth - Justice as his entrance music. Plo Koon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marcelo Dobzinski's chin.

Koon
vs
Dobzinski

193 cm
25
207 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
209 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Plo Koon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Dobzinski!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koon throws a low kick but Dobzinski moves out of range easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dobzinski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dobzinski tries a body shot but Koon blocks it.
Dobzinski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koon lands a hook that snaps the head of Dobzinski backwards.
Koon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dobzinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Koon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Dobzinski to work.
A head punch on the inside from Dobzinski fails to land.
Koon struggles to land a body shot inside as Dobzinski controls his hands.
Koon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koon misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Koon.
Koon misses with some punches.
Dobzinski working hard to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Koon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski has a couple of punches blocked by Koon.
Koon has a couple of punches blocked by Dobzinski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dobzinski backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobzinski.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koon as Dobzinski tries to tie him up.
Koon swings wildly with an uppercut but Dobzinski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Koon - that landed with a thud.
Koon has a couple of punches blocked by Dobzinski.
Koon misses with some punches.
Dobzinski prevents a body shot from Koon.
A shot in the inside from Dobzinski.
Koon can't find room to land a body shot as Dobzinski controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski misses with a body punch.
Koon tries to work over Dobzinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dobzinski's elbow.
Koon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dobzinski or not.
Koon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koon is working Dobzinski over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Koon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Koon fails to land.
Koon lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobzinski.
Nice body punch from Koon.
Koon blocks a body shot from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski looking to slow down the pace here.
Dobzinski has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Koon seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dobzinski can turn it around.
Koon has a couple of punches blocked by Dobzinski.
Koon tries to work over Dobzinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koon lands with a light punch inside.
Koon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dobzinski prevents a body shot from Koon.
Dobzinski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dobzinski prevents a body shot from Koon.
A right hand to the body from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski misses with a punch to the body.
Dobzinski wants to break free but Koon has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dobzinski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski works on Koon's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Koon.
Koon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koon misses with a body punch.
Koon pushes Dobzinski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dobzinski lands a hook that snaps the head of Koon backwards.
Koon tries to throw a body punch but Dobzinski avoids it by throwing Koon back against the cage.
Dobzinski blocks a body shot from Koon.
Dobzinski misses with a punch to the body.
Koon misses with the head strike.
Dobzinski digs a right hand underneath Koon's ribcage. Koon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dobzinski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dobzinski checks a leg kick nicely.

Koon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dobzinski manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Koon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dobzinski swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dobzinski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koon trying to control but Dobzinski is working from the bottom.
Dobzinski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koon trying to control but Dobzinski is working from the bottom.
Dobzinski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Koon is looking to score with low kicks.
We've been told by Koon's head coaches at Outlaws Clubhouse that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Koon moves out of range of the leg kick from Dobzinski.
Koon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dobzinski's head.
Dobzinski lands a nice looking body shot.
Koon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dobzinski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Koon.
Koon with a hook.
Koon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Koon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dobzinski blocks a low kick nicely.
Dobzinski swings widly with a right hand

and Koon counters by clinching up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dobzinski wants to get back to striking at distance but Koon won't allow it.
Koon tries to throw a body punch but Dobzinski avoids it by throwing Koon back against the cage.
Dobzinski tries to work over Koon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dobzinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dobzinski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dobzinski scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dobzinski backwards.
Dobzinski looking to stall.
Koon lands a shoulder strike.
Dobzinski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dobzinski is leaning against Koon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dobzinski tries to work over Koon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koon throws a head punch that misses.

Dobzinski breaks from the clinch.
Dobzinski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Koon slips a straight right by Dobzinski.
Dobzinski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dobzinski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Koon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dobzinski gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dobzinski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dobzinski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dobzinski misses with a hook

and Koon counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Koon is stalling in the full guard.
Koon trying to control but Dobzinski is working from the bottom.
Dobzinski wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Koon manages to pass to side control.
Dobzinski wants to control but Koon is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koon looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dobzinski is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Koon.
Koon winds up and cracks Dobzinski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Koon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Koon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koon is stalling here. Dobzinski is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Koon seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dobzinski has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Dobzinski in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Plo Koon will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dobzinski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dobzinski swings for the body but Koon moves out of range.
Koon lands a nice looking body shot.
Dobzinski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dobzinski throws the left hand but Koon avoids the punch easily.
Dobzinski moves out of range of the body kick.
Dobzinski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Koon connects with a leg kick. Dobzinski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dobzinski checks a leg kick nicely.
Dobzinski throws a leg kick but Koon checks it.
Dobzinski displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Koon.
Dobzinski lands with a shot to the body.
Koon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Koon misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobzinski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koon.
Dobzinski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dobzinski misses with a hook to the body

and Koon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Dobzinski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dobzinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dobzinski swings for the body but Koon moves out of range.
Koon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dobzinski throws the left hand but Koon avoids the punch easily.
Dobzinski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dobzinski thows a body shot but no joy.
Koon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dobzinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dobzinski throws a shot to the body.
Marcelo Dobzinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcelo Dobzinski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koon cracks the inside of Dobzinski's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dobzinski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koon's elbow.
Dobzinski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dobzinski can't find room to land a body shot as Koon controls the action.
Dobzinski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dobzinski blocking some punches.
Koon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Koon.
Koon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koon can't find room to land a body shot as Dobzinski controls the action.
Dobzinski lands a nice shot to the body.
Koon misses with a body punch.
Dobzinski tries a body shot but Koon blocks it.
Dobzinski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Koon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dobzinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Koon.
Dobzinski blocking some punches.
Koon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dobzinski can't find room to land a body shot as Koon controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Koon.
Koon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Dobzinski is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Koon fails to land.
Dobzinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Koon finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Dobzinski fails to land.
Dobzinski blocks an uppercut.
Koon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dobzinski seems to have recovered his senses.
Dobzinski struggles to land a body shot inside as Koon controls his hands.
Plo Koon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dobzinski tries to work over Koon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dobzinski struggles to land a body shot inside as Koon controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dobzinski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Koon or not.
Dobzinski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dobzinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dobzinski's elbow.
Koon misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dobzinski prevents a body shot from Koon.
Dobzinski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dobzinski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dobzinski has a couple of punches blocked by Koon.
Dobzinski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koon.
Koon misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koon tries a body shot but Dobzinski blocks it.
Dobzinski blocks a body shot from Koon.
Koon can't find room to land a body shot as Dobzinski controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Plo Koon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Koon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Plo Koon!
A very excited looking Plo Koon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Marcelo Dobzinski stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm embarrassed. I wasn't supposed to lose this fight. I must figure out what just happened and improve to next one. Sorry.'.