PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nate Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Dog acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dog
vs
Dog

187 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Big heart

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nate Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, The Dog!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nate Dog tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Dog paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Dog explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick misses from The Dog.
Nate Dog avoids the head kick by The Dog.

The Dog clinches up with Nate Dog and pushes him back against the cage.
Nate Dog looking to stall.
The Dog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

The Dog pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nate Dog on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The Dog wants to clinch.
The Dog throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Dog has managed to clinch.

The Dog manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nate Dog wants to clinch.
Nate Dog avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nate Dog tries to clinch

and The Dog counters by moving into the clinch.
The Dog has Nate Dog pushed against the cage.
Nate Dog prevents The Dog from breaking the clinch.
The Dog is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Dog slowing the pace effectively.
The Dog continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Nate Dog.
Nate Dog manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Dog's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left and a right from The Dog both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Nate Dog has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Dog avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nate Dog tries to close the distance and clinch but The Dog swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nate Dog wants to clinch.
Nate Dog looks to clinch
and The Dog counters with a body kick that stops Nate Dog in his tracks momentarily.

Nate Dog takes the fight into the clinch.
Nate Dog throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

The Dog's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The Dog closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nate Dog throws an elbow that misses.
The Dog creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Dog tries to land knees in the clinch but Nate Dog avoids the damage to the body.
Nate Dog is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Dog is keeping busy.
The Dog has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Dog will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nate Dog up against the cage.

The Dog escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Dog circles away from the clinch attempt
and The Dog counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The Dog throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

The Dog pushes Nate Dog up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Dog breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nate Dog looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nate Dog tries to clinch but The Dog moves out of range.
Nate Dog tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. The Dog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Dog throws a nice looking combination but Nate Dog bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nate Dog tries to clinch up but The Dog circles away and keeps his distance.
Nate Dog wants to clinch up but The Dog keeps it at a distance.
The Dog tries to clinch up.
Nate Dog takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Dog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nate Dog fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Dog tries to clinch up but Nate Dog circles away and keeps his distance.
The Dog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nate Dog.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Dog dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Dog'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.

The Dog looks to land a body kick but Nate Dog moved away.

The Dog gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Dog has had enough of the clinch but Nate Dog keeps him there for the moment.
Nate Dog pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Dog avoiding damage as Nate Dog throws knees to the body.
Nate Dog displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Dog up against the cage.
Nate Dog is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The Dog on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Nate Dog.
The Dog holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nate Dog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Dog is trying to break the clinch but Nate Dog has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nate Dog is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nate Dog seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but The Dog is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

The Dog escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nate Dog tries to clinch up
and The Dog counters with a nice body shot.

Nate Dog darts in and clinches The Dog up against the cage.
Nate Dog lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Dog can't find room to land a body shot as Nate Dog controls the action.

The Dog manages to break the clinch.
Nate Dog tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and The Dog holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dog is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nate Dog is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Dog creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by The Dog.
Nate Dog missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Dog as Nate Dog tries to tie him up.
Nate Dog can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nate Dog has The Dog pushed against the cage.
The Dog working hard to break the clinch.
Nate Dog holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nate Dog.
Nate Dog darts in trying to clinch
and The Dog counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

The Dog clips Nate Dog with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Nate Dog a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

Nate Dog is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The Dog has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Dog taking a breather.

The Dog manages to break the clinch.
The Dog seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Dog fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nate Dog looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

The Dog moves into the clinch successfully.
Nate Dog is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Dog taking a breather.
Nate Dog trying to control the position but instead, The Dog has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nate Dog into the cage.
The Dog is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nate Dog throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Dog takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nate Dog taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nate Dog just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Dog's brow.
The Dog stalling in the clinch but Nate Dog improves position.

The Dog pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nate Dog takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nate Dog tries to clinch there but The Dog circles away.
A punch combination from The Dog misses.
The Dog wants to clinch.
The Dog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Dog takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Nate Dog's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The Dog tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nate Dog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nate Dog tries to clinch up
and The Dog counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nate Dog closes the distance looking to clinch
and The Dog counters with a nice body shot.

The Dog fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nate Dog, pushing him back against the cage.
Nate Dog blocks an elbow strike.
Nate Dog is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Dog is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nate Dog throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nate Dog tries to land knees in the clinch but The Dog avoids the damage to the body.
The Dog avoiding damage.

The Dog manages to break the clinch.

The Dog has closed the distance and engaged Nate Dog in a clinch.
Nate Dog content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nate Dog gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Nate Dog.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Dog avoids a wild elbow strike from Nate Dog.
Nate Dog is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nate Dog.
Nate Dog tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nate Dog darts in trying to clinch

and The Dog counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nate Dog tries to stall but The Dog uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nate Dog trying to land knees to the body.

The Dog breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Dog throws a wild body kick that Nate Dog sees coming a mile off.
The Dog keeps Nate Dog at a distance using the push kick.
The Dog circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Dog keeps the fight on the outside.
The Dog scores with a three punch combo!

Nate Dog moves into the clinch successfully.
Nate Dog misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nate Dog is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Dog is keeping busy.
The Dog seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nate Dog pushes off an throws an elbow but The Dog leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

The Dog breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nate Dog tries to clinch up but The Dog circles away and keeps his distance.
The Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Dog throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nate Dog.
Nate Dog tries to clinch but fails miserably
and The Dog counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Dog avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The Dog has managed to clinch.
The Dog is trying to push Nate Dog away but Nate Dog has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nate Dog stalling in the clinch but The Dog improves position.
Nate Dog taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

The Dog breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Dog tries to clinch up.

The Dog throws out a head kick that Nate Dog doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Nate Dog crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Nate Dog's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Oh Nate Dog is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nate Dog tries to clinch but The Dog moves away

and The Dog counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Dog.

The Dog manages to break the clinch.
The Dog plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Nate Dog to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Nate Dog just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). The Dog!