PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Dudek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Botello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Botello has chosen Candlekeep as his entrance music. Jan Dudek has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dudek
vs
Botello

191 cm
25
214 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
212 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jan Dudek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Botello!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botello misses with a looping right.
Some bone on bone action there as Botello checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Botello dips to his left and cracks Dudek with an uppercut!
Dudek connects with a right hand. Botello shakes it off.
Botello ducks under a wild hook from Dudek.
Dudek looks to land a right hand but Botello moved out of range.
Dudek scores with a push kick.
Botello misses with an uppercut
and Dudek counters with a straight right hand.
Dudek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botello was well out of range. Poor timing from Dudek.
Dudek swings away with a leg kick that misses.
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!
Botello connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Dudek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Botello moves away from the strike by Dudek.
Jan Dudek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Botello gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Botello uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dudek.
Dudek lands a high kick!
Dudek connects with a good right hand that stumbles Botello. Botello circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Botello blocks a leg kick.
Dudek throws a series of punches but Botello avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Botello takes one on the button.
Botello on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Dudek clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dudek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Dudek.
Dudek effectively controlling the action here.
Dudek misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Dudek - that landed with a thud.
Dudek lands a left hand.
Dudek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dudek as Botello tries to tie him up.

Botello's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dudek throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dudek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Botello misses with a straight right.
Dudek is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Botello listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Botello checks a leg kick nicely.

Dudek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dudek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dudek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dudek has Botello pushed against the cage.
Botello takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudek swings wildly with an uppercut but Botello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Botello wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dudek has him pressed against the cage.
Dudek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Botello blocking some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dudek takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dudek working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dudek - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dudek 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!
Botello is trying to break the clinch but Dudek has him pressed against the cage.
Dudek lands a left hand that snaps the head of Botello backwards.
Dudek scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Dudek dominated that round.
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.

Dudek swings for the body but Botello moves out of range.
Botello misses with a low kick.
Dudek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jan Dudek is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Botello misses the target.
Dudek bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dudek lands a jab to Botello's midsection.
A clash of legs there as Botello blocks the low kick.
Botello keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dudek.
Botello misses with a looping right.
Dudek misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Botello blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudek throws a sloppy head kick and Botello moves out of range easily.
Botello wants to slow Dudek down by chopping away at his legs.
Dudek throws a push kick but Botello slaps the foot to one side.
Some bone on bone action there as Botello checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Botello misses with a hook
and Dudek makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A slow jab from Dudek misses its intended target.
Dudek misses with a hook
and Botello counters with a solid body kick.
Dudek lands with a straight right. Botello didn't see that one coming.
Dudek moves out of range of the strikes.
Dudek scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dudek throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Botello.
Dudek throws a leg kick that misses.

Dudek takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dudek misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dudek.
Dudek lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Botello backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dudek fails to land.
Dudek misses with some punches.
Dudek controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botello working hard to break the clinch.
Dudek misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Botello.
Botello blocking some punches.
Botello blocking some punches.
Dudek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Botello's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Dudek.
Botello blocks a low kick nicely.
Dudek is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dudek.
Dudek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Botello uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dudek has time to react.
Dudek tries to bum rush Botello with a series of wild strikes but Botello uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dudek lands with a hook. Botello tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dudek looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dudek wants to clinch.
Botello misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Dudek dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dudek throws a lazy right hand but Botello sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dudek ducks under a wild hook from Botello.
Dudek misses with a kick to the body.
Botello throws a hook but Dudek blocks it.
Botello fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dudek is out of range.
Botello walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Botello misses with a straight right.
Dudek is looking to land body kicks.
Dudek lands a head shot.
Dudek throws a jab but it's blocked by Botello.
Dudek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Botello crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dudek - the referee stops the clock and Botello gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dudek. Botello manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Botello steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dudek. That one must have hurt.
Dudek throws out a loose jab but Botello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudek checks a low kick from Botello.
Botello misses with a low kick.
Botello throws a leg kick
and Dudek counters with a nice uppercut.
Dudek staying out of range there.
Dudek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Botello can do to turn this around?
Botello slips a jab from Dudek.
Dudek throws an overhand right that lands on Botello's shoulder, as Botello tries to avoid the shot.
Jan Dudek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Dudek misses
and Botello counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good leg kick by Dudek there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Botello fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dudek is out of range.

Botello tries to keep at a distance but Dudek has taken the fight into the clinch.
Botello wants to break free but Dudek has control.

Botello pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudek throws a chopping leg kick but Botello manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botello throws a looping overhand right but Dudek ducks down to avoid it.
Dudek scores with a leg kick.
Botello connects with a body shot.
Dudek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dudek throws a looping overhand right but Botello ducks down to avoid it.
Botello throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Dudek.
Botello throws a poor cross that misses
and Dudek counters with an outside leg kick.
Dudek tests Botello's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dudek is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botello takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dudek moves away from the strike by Botello.

Dudek moves into the clinch.
Botello wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Botello tries to break free but Dudek pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dudek misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Dudek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dudek 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Jan Dudek!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Jan Dudek!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Jan Dudek!

Jan Dudek wins by unanimous decision!
Jan Dudek took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'No vaseline baby'.