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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thad Doyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Dobunaba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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214 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thad Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Dobunaba!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doyle rushes Dobunaba and presses him up against the cage.
Doyle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doyle manages to break the clinch.
Dobunaba misses with a takedown
and Doyle counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Doyle tries to break the clinch but Dobunaba is controlling the position.
Dobunaba pressing his opponent against the cage.
Doyle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Doyle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dobunaba has him pressed against the cage.
Doyle jumps guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dobunaba is one step ahead there.
Dobunaba trying to control but Doyle is working from the bottom.
Dobunaba tries to stand but Doyle is controlling from the bottom.
Doyle could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobunaba stopping the sweep attempt from Doyle.
Doyle is working hard here to advance position.
Doyle pulls Dobunaba in close to his closed guard and prevents Dobunaba from doing any damage or advancing position.
Doyle's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Doyle is trying to keep Dobunaba in close.
Doyle pulls Dobunaba in close to his closed guard and prevents Dobunaba from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dobunaba trying to control the position from guard on top but Doyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Doyle tries to clinch up.
Doyle shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dobunaba tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Doyle manages to move to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle controlling the pace for now.
Dobunaba can't escape the position.
Doyle controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Further stalling from Doyle.
Dobunaba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Doyle looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dobunaba tries to hold on but Doyle pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dobunaba stops Doyle from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dobunaba wants to control but Doyle is having none of it.
Doyle with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Doyle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Doyle is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thad Doyle dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Doyle fails with a takedown attempt.
Dobunaba shoots in for a takedown but Doyle shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Doyle dodges the punch combination from Dobunaba.
Michael Dobunaba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dobunaba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Dobunaba.
Doyle jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Dobunaba throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Doyle tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dobunaba is in Doyle's guard.
Doyle pushes Dobunaba off and scrambles back to his feet.
Dobunaba tries to clinch up but Doyle circles away and keeps his distance.
Dobunaba shoots in but Doyle avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Doyle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Doyle wants it to stay on the feet.
Thad Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Dobunaba.
Doyle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobunaba tries to keep at a distance but Doyle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dobunaba successfully pulls guard.
Dobunaba has momentary wrist control but Doyle slips an elbow through the middle.
Dobunaba throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Doyle escapes and throws Dobunaba's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Doyle has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Dobunaba takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Doyle fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dobunaba sprawls well initially but Doyle persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Doyle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Doyle throws a big counter combination but Dobunaba scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Doyle shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dobunaba manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doyle connects with a couple of short punches.
Doyle is looking to stand up but Dobunaba won't let him.
Doyle wants to stand and escape but instead Dobunaba has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Doyle trying to control the position here.
Doyle is looking to stand up but Dobunaba isn't so interested in that idea.
Dobunaba stopping the sweep attempt from Doyle.
Doyle keeping moving, preventing Dobunaba from controlling successfully.
Dobunaba slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Doyle tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dobunaba wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Doyle manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dobunaba's best efforts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Doyle trying to control here.
Dobunaba is looking to take a break and control but Doyle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dobunaba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Doyle with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Doyle works his way to full guard. Good work.
Doyle keeping moving, preventing Dobunaba from controlling successfully.
Doyle can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dobunaba controls the pace.
Dobunaba would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Doyle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dobunaba can do to turn this around?
Doyle wants to sweep but no luck.
Dobunaba wants to control from the top but Doyle keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thad Doyle dominated that second round.
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!
Doyle misses with a looping left.
Dobunaba clinches with his opponent.
Doyle has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dobunaba uses from the top position.
Doyle keeping moving, preventing Dobunaba from controlling successfully.
Doyle wants to stand and escape but Dobunaba is having none of it.
Dobunaba trying to control but Doyle is working from the bottom.
Doyle managing to control the position.
Doyle is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobunaba wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Dobunaba.
Dobunaba avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doyle.
Dobunaba wants to control but Doyle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dobunaba wants to get back to full guard.
Dobunaba wants to control but Doyle is keeping busy.
Dobunaba blocking the ground and pound attempt from Doyle.
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.
Doyle prevents Dobunaba from improving his position.
Dobunaba trying to hold on to Doyle's head to control him but Doyle postures up.
Doyle stands up out of the half guard.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dobunaba.
Dobunaba with a lazy takedown attempt
and Doyle counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dobunaba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doyle decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Doyle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle is looking to break free of the clinch but Dobunaba has double underhooks.
Doyle is trying to pull guard but Dobunaba turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Doyle jumps guard but Dobunaba stands there with Doyle around his waist. Doyle gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Doyle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Doyle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Doyle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Doyle wants it to stay on the feet.
Dobunaba looks to clinch
and Doyle counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Doyle.
Dobunaba is trying to keep Doyle in close.
Doyle has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dobunaba is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle landing with the ground and pound.
Dobunaba is trying to keep Doyle in close.
Doyle sitting in guard here, content to control.
Doyle stands and steps away. Dobunaba gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dobunaba wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thad Doyle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Doyle 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thad Doyle!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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