PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sarge Dela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Doby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dela comes into the arena with BLUNT- The Iron Maiden blaring out of the sound system. Doby has chosen International Players Anthem as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dela
vs
Doby

190 cm
31
200 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

178 cm
27
169 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sarge Dela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Doby!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dela misses with a hook. Doby ducked under it nicely.
Sarge Dela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doby fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dela on the side of the head.
Dela thows a body shot but no joy.
Doby throws a shot from downtown. Dela moves away and avoids it.
Dela slips a jab from Doby.
Dela lands an overhand right.
Doby misses the jab.
Dela thows a body shot but no joy.
Dela misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Doby throws a shot from downtown. Dela moves away and avoids it.
Dela moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dela misses with a few strikes there.
Doby misses with a lunging right hand
and Dela counters with a nice body shot.
Dela moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Doby lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dela connects with a good right hand that stumbles Doby. Doby circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Doby misses the jab.
Dela ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dela scores with a three punch combo!
A jab from Doby misses.
Doby misses with a takedown attempt - Dela sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dela connects with an inside leg kick.

Dela pushes Doby up against the cage in a clinch.
Dela lands a body punch in the clinch.

Dela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Doby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dela.
Dela lands the left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dela throws a body kick that misses.
Dela misses with a left hand
and Doby counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dela's knee momentarily.
Doby slips a straight right by Dela.
Doby takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doby dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dela. That did some damage!
Doby tries to clinch up but Dela circles away and keeps his distance.
Dela throws a leg kick but Doby sees it coming and moves out of range.
Doby moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Doby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Doby shoots in and gets a takedown into Dela's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Doby advances to half guard.
Doby prevents Dela from improving his position.
Dela blocking the ground and pound attempt from Doby.
Dela keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Doby is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dela sees it coming and defends easily.
Dela makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dela.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doby postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Doby trying to control the position from guard on top but Dela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doby postures up in Dela's guard and throws a big left but Dela blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dela wants to sweep but no luck.
Doby slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Doby trying to control the position from guard on top but Dela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Doby works over Dela with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Doby throws a big elbow that misses.
Doby throwing strikes but missing.
Dela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doby wants to control from the top but Dela keeps moving.

Doby avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Doby throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Doby drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dela manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Doby has Dela in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shane Doby will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Doby misses with a lunging right hand
and Dela counters with a nice uppercut.
Dela tries to clinch but Doby is having none of it.
Doby blocks a jab.
Doby throws a nice looking combination but Dela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dela connects with a solid leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Dela. Those never looked like landing.
Dela jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dela just misses with a punch to the body.
Doby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dela is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Doby throws a nice looking combination but Dela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dela looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dela is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Doby closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dela did well to prevent Doby getting side control.
Dela is trying to get back to full guard.

Dela is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Doby pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela wants to improve his position but Doby is controlling well.
Doby throwing shots but Dela is blocking nicely.
Doby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dela defending well though.
Doby prevents Dela from improving his position.
Dela is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Doby scores with a couple of nice shots.

Doby is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Doby looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dela with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dela avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela has a hand on Doby's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Doby takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Doby landing strikes, looking to finish!
Doby scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns Dela that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dela wants to hold on but Doby pushes him away.
Dela is trying to escape the mount.
Doby lands a nice shot to the head.
Dela takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dela is squirming around, avoiding Doby's attempts to control the action.
Dela sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doby trying to pass the guard but Dela defending well.
Doby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dela defending well though.
Doby looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dela with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Doby lands strikes from half guard.
Doby lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Doby scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dela regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Doby.
Dela will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Doby scoring with punches to the head and body.
Doby throwing strikes from guard but Dela blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doby throwing strikes from guard but Dela blocks nicely.
Doby trying to control but Dela is working from the bottom.
Doby looking to pass the guard.
Doby is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dela is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doby wants to pass the guard but Dela is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Doby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Dela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Doby shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dela sprawls well. Dela wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Doby gets slowly back to his feet.
Doby moves in looking to clinch but Dela pushes him off.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Doby. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Dela misses with a wild body shot.
Dela connects with a single shot there.
Dela misses with a body shot.
Dela takes a swing at Doby's ribcage but misses.
Dela is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Doby.
Dela fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dela throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Doby.
Dela defending well as Doby loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Dela misses the target.
Dela throws a chopping leg kick but Doby manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Doby thumps Dela with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela is looking to clinch but Doby is avoiding it.
A right-left combo lands from Doby.
Dela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Doby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dela lands with a nice combination. Doby backs away looking to recover.
Dela wants to clinch up but Doby keeps it at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Doby misses.
Sloppy strikes from Doby. Those never looked like landing.
Doby tries to close the distance and clinch but Dela swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dela connects with a jab.
Dela avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dela.
Doby wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doby shoots in looking for a takedown. Dela tries to sprawl out of it but Doby keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dela manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sarge Dela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doby lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Doby is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Doby slips under a jab.
Doby throws a poor cross that misses
letting Dela counter with a right hand.
Dela misses with a low kick.
Doby shoots in and drives through. Dela sprawls well.
Sarge Dela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Doby.
Nice takedown defense from Dela. No joy for Doby on that attempt.

Doby closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dela quickly recovers to half guard.
Doby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dela trying to control here.
Doby not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela wants to get back to full guard.
Doby trying to advance position but Dela counters by regaining guard.
Doby stopping the sweep attempt from Dela.
Doby looking to pass the guard.
Doby throws a big right hand that misses.
Doby trying to control but Dela is working from the bottom.
Doby passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doby is looking to take a break and control but Dela is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dela regains half guard.
Shane Doby is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Doby is working for a kimura but Dela is defending it quite comfortably.
Dela misses with some strikes from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dela blocking the ground and pound attempt from Doby.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shane Doby.
I've got Doby winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Doby!
A very excited looking Shane Doby made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.