PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joesy Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dover comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping up to Boston. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dover
vs
Scott

175 cm
23
155 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

172 cm
20
158 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joesy Scott!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Scott darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Scott misses with a wild combination.
Dover throws a lazy uppercut
and Scott counters with a two punch combo.
Scott throws a right hand that Dover ducks under and follows up with a left that Dover also avoids with ease.
Nice jab there from Dover.
Dover throws a combination that misses
and Scott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Scott fails to land with a series of punches.
Dover throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scott counters with a series of strikes. Dover will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dover misses with a double jab
and Scott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Scott to counter with a crisp jab.
Dover works over Scott's head and body with a nice combination.
Dover shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Scott as he jumps to the side.
Dover looks to land a right hand but Scott moved out of range.
Scott throws a series of punches but Dover moves out of range.

Scott drops Dover with a right and a left! Scott comes rushing in but Dover regains his composure and manages to keep Scott in guard.

Dover is rocked!

It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
Scott is looking to stand up but Dover won't let him.
Scott really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dover. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dover doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dover's guard.
Dover throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Dover tries to strike from the bottom.
Dover punching to the body, from the bottom.
Dover has a closed guard, preventing Scott from standing up.
Dover doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Scott wanted to stand there but Dover had control of the position.
Dover trying to strike off his back.
Dover looking for a sweep. Not yet Dover, not yet.
Dover throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Dover throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Scott tries to stand but Dover is controlling from the bottom.
Dover will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Scott has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dover is proving hard to escape from.

Scott decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Dover throws a combination that misses
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
Scott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dover with a poor takedown
and Scott counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dover is breathing heavily.
Dover throws a combination that misses
and Dover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Scott stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Joesy Scott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dover.
Scott is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dover had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sloppy strikes from Scott. Those never looked like landing.
Scott fails to land with a series of punches.

Dover darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dover thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scott's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover throwing shots but Scott is blocking nicely.
Dover thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scott's head.
Dover thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dover looks to land a strike but Scott avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dover throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dover postures up in Scott's guard and throws a big left but Scott blocks it.
Scott is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Scott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dover in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dover in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dover prevents Scott from getting back to his feet.
Dover postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dover in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dover thows a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dover content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Scott utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joesy Scott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The crowd cheers as Dover lands an impressive looking overhand right. Scott doesn't seem phased though.
Dover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
Dover falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Scott counter with a right hand.
Ben Dover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dover lands with a nice combination. Scott backs away looking to recover.
Dover throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scott counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Scott throws a series of punches but Dover avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Scott. Those never looked like landing.
Scott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dover.
Dover misses with a combination
and Dover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scott counters with a three punch combo that has Dover backing up. Dover nods at Scott to acknowledge the strikes.
Dover avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dover showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scott.
Scott throws a hook but Dover avoids it easily.
Dover misses with a double jab
and Scott counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Ben Dover's cut is getting worse.
Some wild striking there from Scott.
Scott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dover misses with a right hand
and Scott counters with a left and a right that stings Dover.
Dover misses with a double jab
letting Scott counter with a right hand.
Dover throws a sloppy body shot
and Scott counters with a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Scott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover throws a series of strikes that have Scott backpedaling.
Dover fails with the takedown
and Scott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ben Dover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dover shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Scott eats them both and turns towards Dover to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Scott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Scott throws a nice looking combination but Dover bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Scott misses.
Scott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dover misses with a combination
and Scott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Scott scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
Scott lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dover backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scott misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Scott misses.
Dover misses with a combination
and Scott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joesy Scott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scott throws a right hand that Dover ducks under and follows up with a left that Dover also avoids with ease.
Dover throws a right hand that misses
and Scott counters with a left and a right that stings Dover.
Scott is working the combinations to good effect here.
Scott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Scott on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Scott throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Scott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dover.
Dover fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Scott looks to land a combination but Dover avoids it well.
Scott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dover throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scott counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dover thinking.
A right-left combo lands from Scott.
Scott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Dover misses.
A punch combination from Scott misses.
Dover throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dover slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
Dover looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Scott misses with a two punch combination.
Dover tries to bum rush Scott with a series of wild strikes but Scott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Scott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joesy Scott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ben Dover's cut.
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!

Dover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dover misses with a double jab
and Scott counters with a nice uppercut.
Scott throws a series of punches but Dover moves out of range.
Dover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scott counters with a three punch combo that has Dover backing up. Dover nods at Scott to acknowledge the strikes.
Scott might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Scott fails to land with a series of punches.
Scott closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A nice combination there by Scott.
Scott takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dover throws an off balance right hand
and Scott counters with a left and a right that stings Dover.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dover scores with a jab. Scott acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dover throws a big shot that misses.
Scott scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Dover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dover lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sloppy strikes from Scott. Those never looked like landing.
Scott misses with a few strikes there.
Dover misses with a double jab
and Scott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Scott shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dover eats them both and turns towards Scott to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dover dodges the punch combination from Scott.
Scott thows a body shot but no joy.
Dover misses with a right hand
and Scott counters with a two punch combo.
Scott tries to bum rush Dover with a series of wild strikes but Dover uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Scott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dover to score with a decent uppercut.
Scott throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dover counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Scott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scott closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dover lands a two punch combo.
Scott lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Scott throws a series of punches but Dover avoids them all with ease.

Dover scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dover misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes there by Dover.
Dover working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Dover are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Scott dodges the ground and pound from Dover.
Scott regains half guard, as Dover was trying to land strikes.
Scott is trying to stand.
Dover thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scott's head.
Scott looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Scott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Scott keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dover throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dover connects with a nice short shot to Scott's temple.
Ben Dover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dover has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dover thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dover missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Scott pushes Dover off looking to stand but Dover dives back in and keeps control.
Joesy Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dover thows a huge punch but Scott dodges it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Dover showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Scott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joesy Scott!