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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chick Bowdrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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200 cm
35
260 lbs
32 - 15 - 0 |
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194 cm
30
239 lbs
26 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Dobson! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chick Bowdrie! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bowdrie blocks a leg kick. Dobson jabbing away but nothing is landing. Dobson wants to slow Bowdrie down by chopping away at his legs. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dobson. Dobson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dobson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowdrie.
Chick Bowdrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bowdrie misses the shot to the body. Bowdrie throws a push kick but Dobson slaps the foot to one side. Dobson tries to move into range but Bowdrie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Good work by Dobson as he checks the leg kick. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bowdrie lands a right hook to the body.
Bowdrie scores with a hook to the body. Dobson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Bowdrie scoring well with a low kick there.
Dobson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bowdrie can pounce on him.
Bowdrie tests Dobson's chin there with a solid looking shot. Bowdrie has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Bowdrie looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Dobson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. Bowdrie throws a head kick that misses. Dobson slips under a jab. Dobson thinks about countering with a body kick. Bowdrie checks the leg kick. Bowdrie throws a big shot that misses. An attempted straight right counter from Dobson misses the target. Bowdrie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dobson. A jab lands there for Bowdrie. Bowdrie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Good shot there by Bowdrie. Dobson misses with a body shot.
Dobson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Ben Dobson has been cut. Bowdrie lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bowdrie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bowdrie scores with a nice strike. Dobson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Bowdrie feints and then cracks Dobson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dobson down. Bowdrie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Chick Bowdrie has been cut. Bowdrie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Bowdrie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Dobson moves out of range of the leg kick from Bowdrie. Dobson cracks a nice hook into Bowdrie's ribs. An inside leg kick lands from Bowdrie. Dobson staying out of range there. Bowdrie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dobson's calf. Bowdrie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dobson fails to land with a series of punches.
Bowdrie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Dobson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Dobson tries to score with a low kick but Bowdrie moves his leg out of the way. Dobson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dobson there as he acknowledges the shot. Dobson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. A solid body kick from Dobson. Dobson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowdrie was well out of range. Poor timing from Dobson. Dobson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bowdrie looks like he wants to counter punch here. Bowdrie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dobson misses with a wild body shot. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dobson.
A jab from Bowdrie misses. Dobson tries to score with a low kick but Bowdrie moves his leg out of the way. Dobson is looking to wear down Bowdrie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bowdrie moves out of range as Dobson throws a body kick.
Bowdrie appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. Bowdrie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Bowdrie keeps Dobson at a distance using the push kick. 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! Dobson misses with a body shot
and Bowdrie counters with a lovely straight right hand! Bowdrie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dobson's sensitive parts. Dobson blocks a head kick by Bowdrie.
Bowdrie's corner calls for a 1-2. Bowdrie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Bowdrie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dobson scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dobson.
Dobson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bowdrie shapes to counter with a head kick. Dobson takes a swing at Bowdrie's ribcage but misses. Bowdrie feints a counter leg kick. Dobson scores with a jab to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chick Bowdrie dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A bone on bone clash there as Bowdrie blocks the leg kick.
Bowdrie cracks Dobson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Bowdrie moves into range and connects with a jab. Dobson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowdrie.
Bowdrie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dobson was well out of range. Poor timing from Bowdrie. Dobson misses with a low kick. Nice defenses there by Dobson. Bowdrie looks to land a combination but Dobson avoids it well. Bowdrie misses with a body punch
and Dobson counters with a nice body shot. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A nice leg kick lands there from Dobson. Dobson cracks Bowdrie with a right hand to the side of the head. Bowdrie scores with a leg kick.
Bowdrie throws a body kick that misses and Dobson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dobson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Bowdrie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dobson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick by Dobson misses letting Bowdrie counter with a right hand. Dobson throws a right and a left that Bowdrie avoids nicely. A left lands for Bowdrie. Bowdrie scores with a one two! Dobson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Bowdrie fails to land with a series of punches.
Chick Bowdrie seems to be getting the better of the standup. Bowdrie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dobson tests Bowdrie's chin there with a solid looking shot. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bowdrie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dobson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dobson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A swing and a miss from Bowdrie. Dobson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bowdrie unleashes a big counter combination but Dobson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Jab, jab by Dobson - just one landing. Bowdrie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Bowdrie lands a nice hook to Dobson's body. Dobson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. A nice inside leg kick there by Dobson. That's going to slow Bowdrie down. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dobson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bowdrie - the referee stops the clock and Dobson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bowdrie. Dobson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Dobson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Good exchange - Bowdrie coming out on top. Bowdrie stuns Dobson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Dobson misses the shot to the body. Dobson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Bowdrie misses with a wild body shot. Dobson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bowdrie lands a nice shot that snaps Dobson's head back.
Bowdrie misses the jab. Bowdrie has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Bowdrie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dobson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dobson lands with a shot to the body. Dobson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bowdrie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dobson scrambles back to his feet. Bowdrie misses with a low kick.
Dobson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bowdrie to score with a decent uppercut. Dobson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bowdrie sees it coming and avoids it easily. A low kick from Bowdrie misses and Dobson counters with a lovely shot to the body. Bowdrie scores with a shot to the body.
Bowdrie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Bowdrie throws a poor cross that misses
and Dobson counters with a right hand to the body. Bowdrie is breathing heavily. A jab from Bowdrie does it's job there.
Dobson is rocked! Bowdrie avoids the body shot from Dobson.
Bowdrie drops Dobson with a nice combination! Bowdrie dives into Dobson's guard, looking to finish!
Oh Dobson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Bowdrie with a nice head shot there. Dobson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Bowdrie postures up in Dobson's guard and throws a big left but Dobson blocks it. Bowdrie postures up.
Bowdrie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Dobson trying to keep a closed guard but Bowdrie is proving a slippery customer.
Bowdrie loads up on a big left hand. Dobson felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bowdrie looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Dobson can't hide his disappointment, as Bowdrie celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chick Bowdrie! Chick Bowdrie is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
61% |
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