PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laat Dovah-Kinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bone comes to the cage accompanied by You'll Never Walk Alone. 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.

Bone
vs
Dovah-Kinn

182 cm
27
180 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

178 cm
25
175 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Laat Dovah-Kinn!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bone missing with a left hand there. Dovah-Kinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dovah-Kinn thinks about the counter body kick.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a body shot.
Dovah-Kinn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Bone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bone misses with a straight right.
Bone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joe Bone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bone looks to land a left hand but Dovah-Kinn moved out of range nicely.
As Bone backs off Dovah-Kinn throws a huge counter combo but Bone manages to avoid it all.
Dovah-Kinn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bone.
Bone tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bone cracks Dovah-Kinn with an open hand slap.
Dovah-Kinn feints and then cracks Bone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bone down.
Bone throws a series of punches but Dovah-Kinn avoids them all with ease.
Dovah-Kinn ducks under a wild hook from Bone.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bone blocks a low kick nicely.
Bone lands a lovely overhand right.
Bone scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Laat Dovah-Kinn has been cut.
Dovah-Kinn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No joy there for Bone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dovah-Kinn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Dovah-Kinn does no damage.
A jab from Dovah-Kinn does it's job there.
Bone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dovah-Kinn.
Bone keeps the fight on the outside.
Bone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dovah-Kinn feints and then cracks Bone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bone down.

Dovah-Kinn moves into the clinch.
Bone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Dovah-Kinn.
Bone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dovah-Kinn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bone up against the cage.
Bone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Bone.

Dovah-Kinn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bone bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dovah-Kinn's head backwards.
Bone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dovah-Kinn looks to throw the jab but Bone is out of range.
Dovah-Kinn with a hook.
Bone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bone lands a lovely overhand right.
Bone misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bone tries to clinch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Laat Dovah-Kinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dovah-Kinn.
Bone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Bone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bone looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Bone is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dovah-Kinn doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bone.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Bone is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Bone is working for a submission of some sort.
Bone is thwarting Dovah-Kinn's attempts to control the position.

Dovah-Kinn is defending against the submission attempts here by Bone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joe Bone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Laat Dovah-Kinn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bone misses with a wild combination.
Bone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Dovah-Kinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Bone feints a jab promting Dovah-Kinn to slip. Bone then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dovah-Kinn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bone scores with a nice strike.

Dovah-Kinn gets tackled into the cage by Bone. Bone maintains the clinch.
Bone blocking some punches.
Bone blocks an uppercut.
Bone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bone can't find room to land a body shot as Dovah-Kinn controls the action.
I was talking to Bone's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dovah-Kinn pushes Bone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dovah-Kinn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bone scores with a shot to the side of Dovah-Kinn's head.

Bone breaks from the clinch.
Bone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a kick to the body.
Bone looks to land a combination but Dovah-Kinn avoids it well.
Bone looks to land a combination but Dovah-Kinn avoids it well.
Bone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dovah-Kinn can do to turn this around?
Donk. Bone catches Dovah-Kinn right on the button with a cross.
Bone checks a low kick from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn throws out a loose jab but Bone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bone lands a lovely overhand right.
Bone connects with a body shot that sends Dovah-Kinn's belly button to the back.
Bone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bone throws out a loose jab but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn missing with a left hand there. Bone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dovah-Kinn manages to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bone lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dovah-Kinn ducks under a wild hook from Bone.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bone counters with a left and a right that stings Dovah-Kinn.
Bone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A shot to the body from Bone misses
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a two punch combo.
Bone scores with a nice head shot.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a push kick.
Dovah-Kinn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dovah-Kinn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bone.
Dovah-Kinn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dovah-Kinn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bone throws a hook but Dovah-Kinn avoids it easily.

Bone has closed the distance and engaged Dovah-Kinn in a clinch.
Dovah-Kinn blocking some punches.
Bone changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dovah-Kinn fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a jab.
Bone throws an off balance right hand
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bone looks to land a right hand but Dovah-Kinn moved out of range.
Bone goes for a double leg but Dovah-Kinn avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dovah-Kinn continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Bone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to slow Bone down with leg kicks.
Bone is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dovah-Kinn scoring well with a low kick there.
Bone tries a head kick but it misses.
Bone throws a lazy uppercut
and Dovah-Kinn counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bone throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Dovah-Kinn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joe Bone is winning the standup battle so far.
Dovah-Kinn swings for the body but Bone moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dovah-Kinn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Bone misses its intended target.
Dovah-Kinn cracks the inside of Bone's front leg.
Dovah-Kinn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bone throws a good cross that connects.
Bone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bone's sensitive parts.
Bone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bone tries to clinch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Jab from Bone.

Dovah-Kinn rushes Bone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dovah-Kinn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dovah-Kinn blocking some punches.
Dovah-Kinn working aggressively here.
Bone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dovah-Kinn backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Laat Dovah-Kinn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Laat Dovah-Kinn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bone looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dovah-Kinn is fending him off so far but Bone persists. Nope, Dovah-Kinn circles away and we're back to standing.
Bone misses with a hook to the body
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a low kick, right behind Bone 's knee.
Bone misses with a hook to the body
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick but Bone sees it coming and moves out of range.

Bone drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dovah-Kinn keeps working.

Bone goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Dovah-Kinn rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bone's guard! Nice work there by Dovah-Kinn!
Dovah-Kinn advances position into side control!

Dovah-Kinn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bone is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dovah-Kinn advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone wants to hold on but Dovah-Kinn pushes him away.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bone keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Dovah-Kinn is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Bone to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Bone shrugs it off.
Dovah-Kinn landing strikes from the mount.
Bone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dovah-Kinn looking to control but Bone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bone 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.
Dovah-Kinn scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bone wants to get back to full guard.
Dovah-Kinn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Bone actively working from the bottom here.

Dovah-Kinn is working for a kimura but Bone is defending it quite comfortably.
Dovah-Kinn prevents Bone from improving his position.
Dovah-Kinn working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn prevents Bone from improving his position.
Dovah-Kinn is thwarting Bone's attempts to control the position.
Bone won't allow Dovah-Kinn to pass to mount.
Dovah-Kinn is keen to just control but Bone is a slippery customer.
Bone regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bone looking for a sweep. Not yet Bone, not yet.

Bone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dovah-Kinn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bone is keeping the position for now.

Bone looking for a guillotine here but Dovah-Kinn defends easily.
Dovah-Kinn stands and throws Bone's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bone takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bone struggling a bit here.
Bone taking a bit of punishment here - Dovah-Kinn scoring with strikes.
Dovah-Kinn scoring with punches from side control.
Bone is looking to regain half guard here but Dovah-Kinn keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dovah-Kinn wants to control but Bone is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bone is trying to improve his position.
Bone is not content to let Dovah-Kinn control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Laat Dovah-Kinn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dovah-Kinn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Laat Dovah-Kinn!
Laat Dovah-Kinn thanked the fans post fight for their support.