PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payne comes to the cage accompanied by RATM - Killing In The Name Of. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dover's choice of entrance music: I'm Shipping up to Boston. Ben Dover is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Payne
vs
Dover

185 cm
20
166 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Max Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Payne.
Dover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dover avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dover swats away the attempt to clinch by Payne.
Payne moves to clinch but Dover breaks away
and Dover counters with a series of strikes. Payne will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dover misses with a two punch combination.
Dover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dover throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Payne moves into the clinch.
A short left from Dover.
Dover lands a hook to the side of the head.
Payne tries a knee to the head but Dover blocks it.
Dover has a couple of punches blocked by Payne.
Dover is trying to force a seperation but Payne has the dominant position.

Dover pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Dover. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dover.

Payne is rocked!

It looks like Max Payne has been cut.
Dover looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh Payne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dover fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Payne seems to have got his legs back now.

Payne forces Dover back against the cage and clinches.
Dover tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Payne smiles and moves away.
Dover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Payne holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Payne pushes off an throws an elbow but Dover leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Payne is pushing Dover up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover looking to slow down the pace here.
Dover working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dover goes for a takedown in the clinch but Payne prevents it.
Dover scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Payne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dover avoids it.
Dover looking for a takedown.
Max Payne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Dover.
Dover lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Payne backwards.
Dover lands with a light punch inside.
Dover scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Payne.

Dover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Payne is looking to clinch.
Dover throws a left and a right that both miss

and Payne counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Payne.
Dover looks gassed!
Payne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Payne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dover blocks it with crossed arms.

Dover breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Payne clinches up with Dover and pushes him back against the cage.
Dover is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dover misses with some punches.
Dover can't get the takedown.
Dover wants to get back to striking at distance but Payne won't allow it.
Payne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dovers head.
Payne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dover avoids it.
Payne prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dover lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Payne backwards.
Dover drops down looking for an ankle pick but Payne pulls his leg out and moves away.
Payne tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Payne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Payne tries to clinch but Dover moves out of range.
Ben Dover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Payne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dover throws a combination that misses

and Payne holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Payne throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover is working for takedown but Payne is calmly controlling the position for now.
Payne lands an elbow that stopped Dover in his tracks for a moment.
Payne lands with a short shot to the head.
Payne taking a breather.
Dover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dover misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dover tries to score a body lock takedown but Payne shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dover lands a left hand.
Payne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dover misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Payne.
Payne avoids the elbow strike from Dover, against the cage.
Payne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dover's defenses.
Payne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Payne lands an elbow just above Dover 's eye.
Payne lands a nice knee to the body.
Payne stalling.
Dover wants to get back to striking at distance but Payne won't allow it.
Dover takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dover avoiding damage as Payne throws knees to the body.
Dover tries to pull guard but Payne won't allow it.
Payne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dover.
Dover managing to block the knees to the body from Payne.
Payne pushes Dover back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dover tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Payne lands a nice shot to the body.
Payne trying to stall but Dover improves his position.
Dover takes a knee right on the jaw!
Still in the clinch, Payne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Payne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Payne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dover fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Payne to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dover as Payne tries to tie him up.
Payne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Payne is pressed up against the cage. Dover has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Payne down to the mat. Payne avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Payne tries to close the distance and clinch but Dover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Dover gets tackled into the cage by Payne. Payne maintains the clinch.
Dover tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Payne just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dover has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Payne lands a shot to the body.
Payne is looking to control Dover's arms but Dover gets an underhook and turns him. Now Payne has his back to the cage.
Dover misses with the head strike.
Payne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dover backwards.
Dover swings wildly with an uppercut but Payne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dover misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Payne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Payne'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.

Payne wants to clinch up but Dover keeps it at a distance.

Dover gets tackled into the cage by Payne. Payne maintains the clinch.
Payne wants to stall.
Dover changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Payne fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dover throws a right hand that misses

and Payne counters by moving into the clinch.
Dover tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Payne just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dover is trying to drag Payne to the mat but Payne just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Max Payne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Dover.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Payne is pressed up against the cage. Dover has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Payne down to the mat. Payne avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Payne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Payne tries to clinch but Dover is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Payne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dover misses with a combination

and Payne counters by moving into the clinch.
Payne lands a damaging elbow.
Dover is breathing heavily.
Payne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dover backwards.
Dover jumps guard but Payne stands there with Dover around his waist. Dover gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Payne misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Payne.
Dover misses with the head strike.
Payne prevents Dover from breaking the clinch.
Dover lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dover.
Dover misses with a short punch on the inside.
Payne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dover is defending well for now.
Dover managing to block the knees to the body from Payne.
Dover tries to throw a body punch but Payne avoids it by throwing Dover back against the cage.
Payne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Payne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dover is keeping busy.
Dover working hard to break the clinch.
Dover lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dover has a couple of punches blocked by Payne.
Payne missing with knees to the body.
Payne looking to stall.
Payne misses with an elbow over the top.
Payne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Dover pulls guard effortlessly.

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.
Dover trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Payne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dover throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dover utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dover trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dover throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Payne postures up in Dover's guard and throws a big left but Dover blocks it.
Dover thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Dover 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.
Dover lands a decent punch to the body there.
Dover doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dover working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Payne.
Payne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Payne trying to control the position from guard on top but Dover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dover throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Payne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Payne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dover scores with a nice shot.
Payne working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dover's head.
Dover working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Payne.
Dover lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Payne!
Payne working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dover cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Payne trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dover with a couple of short strikes.
Dover is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Payne can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dover looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Payne in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Payne is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dover scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Payne?
Payne is in a horrible position here. Dover smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Payne is bucking up trying to escape but Dover cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dover raining down hammerfists from mount.
Payne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dover on the ground.
Payne is bucking up trying to escape but Dover cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Dover showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max Payne'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. This is the final round!

Dover closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Payne did well to prevent Dover getting side control.
Dover lands a big elbow - Payne is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Dover!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Dover!