PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Dobrik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elliotore Gesufale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dobrik
vs
Gesufale

182 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Good elbows
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jan Dobrik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elliotore Gesufale!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gesufale is looking to clinch.
Dobrik plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Gesufale moves into range and clinches up with Dobrik.
Gesufale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jan Dobrik has been cut.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.
Gesufale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gesufale missing with knees to the body.
Dobrik wants to break free but Gesufale has control.
Gesufale throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dobrik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the head but Dobrik blocks with his arms.
Dobrik working hard to break the clinch.
Gesufale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dobrik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gesufale connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dobrik's face.
Gesufale with a knee to the head.
Gesufale misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dobrik is trying to push Gesufale away but Gesufale has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dobrik blocks an elbow strike.
Dobrik managing to block the knees to the body from Gesufale.
Gesufale connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dobrik's face.

Jan Dobrik's cut is getting worse.
Dobrik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gesufale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dobrik avoids it.
Gesufale looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dobrik avoids the elbow strike from Gesufale, against the cage.
Gesufale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dobrik avoids a wild elbow strike from Gesufale.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobrik tries to circle away but Gesufale has him pinned against the cage.
Dobrik has had enough of the clinch but Gesufale keeps him there for the moment.
Gesufale tries to land knees in the clinch but Dobrik avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gesufale throws an elbow but misses.
Gesufale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gesufale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dobrik wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gesufale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dobrik.
Gesufale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dobrik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dobrik is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gesufale obliges.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gesufale.
Gesufale landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside.
Gesufale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dobrik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gesufale landing knees to the head.
Gesufale scores a nice knee to the body.
Gesufale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gesufale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dobrik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gesufale tries a knee to the head but Dobrik blocks it.
Gesufale tries a knee to the head but Dobrik blocks it.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside that Dobrik shrugs off.
Dobrik avoids a wild elbow strike from Gesufale.
Dobrik blocks the elbow strike.
Gesufale throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jan Dobrik's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dobrik takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Gesufale connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dobrik's face.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gesufale throws an elbow that misses.
Gesufale working Dobrik over with knees to the body.
Dobrik takes an elbow to the temple.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside that Dobrik shrugs off.

Jeez, Jan Dobrik's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gesufale utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dobrik blocks the elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gesufale obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliotore Gesufale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jan Dobrik'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.

Gesufale tries to clinch but Dobrik moves out of range.
Gesufale tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dobrik misses with a head kick.
Gesufale tries to clinch up but Dobrik circles away and keeps his distance.
Gesufale blocks a head kick by Dobrik.
Gesufale slips a straight right by Dobrik.
Gesufale wants to clinch.
Gesufale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dobrik paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Gesufale instigates a clinch.
Dobrik is looking to break free of the clinch but Gesufale has double underhooks.
Gesufale tries a knee to the head but Dobrik blocks it.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
Dobrik takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside that Dobrik shrugs off.
Gesufale lands a good knee to the midsection. Dobrik won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gesufale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dobrik.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gesufale lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jan Dobrik's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Elliotore Gesufale!
An out of breath Elliotore Gesufale thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.