PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Little (ranked 4479 p4p, 502 weight class) and Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 4677 p4p, 521 weight class). Little comes into the arena with Welcome to the Jungle blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dowiyogo's choice of entrance music: another life - kano. Roger Little has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Little
vs
Dowiyogo

189 cm
38
198 lbs
23 - 23 - 0

178 cm
47
212 lbs
47 - 36 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 23 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 36 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grover Dowiyogo!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little scores with a nice head shot.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Little misses with a few strikes there.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Little is out of range and Dowiyogo settles back down.
That kick from Little tenderised Dowiyogo's leg. Dowiyogo is trying to keep his angry face on.

Dowiyogo takes the fight into the clinch.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dowiyogo is looking to clinch but Little is avoiding it.
Little avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Little checks a leg kick.
Little fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dowiyogo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dowiyogo.
Little looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Little throws a combination. Dowiyogo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Little paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dowiyogo throws a low kick, looking for Little's leg but Little calmly moves out of range.

Little gets a clinch.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little avoids it.
Dowiyogo looking to throw knees to the head but Little is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left lands for Little.
A combination from Little does no damage.
Little keeps the fight on the outside.
Little connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Little throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Little.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Little slaps away a takedown attempt from Dowiyogo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dowiyogo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Little thows a body kick. Dowiyogo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Little misses with a wild combination.
Dowiyogo raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Little moves into range and clinches up with Dowiyogo.
Little avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to 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!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Little breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dowiyogo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dowiyogo throws a sloppy head kick and Little moves out of range easily.
Little blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo moves in looking to clinch but Little pushes him off.
Dowiyogo throws a sloppy head kick and Little moves out of range easily.
Little throws a series of punches but Dowiyogo moves out of range.
Dowiyogo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Little manages to avoid it.
Little fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dowiyogo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dowiyogo checks the leg kick.
Little misses with a low kick.
Little scores with a three punch combo!
Little throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Little throws a series of punches but Dowiyogo avoids them all with ease.
Dowiyogo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Little getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Little throws a nice looking combination but Dowiyogo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Little misses with a low kick.
Little connects with a solid leg kick.
Dowiyogo doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.
Little throws a combination. Dowiyogo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Some wild striking there from Little.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little looks to land a body kick but Dowiyogo moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Little.
Dowiyogo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Little cracks the inside of Dowiyogo's front leg.
Jab by Little.
Little fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dowiyogo.
A punch combination from Little misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Little throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dowiyogo wants to counter with a clinch but Little pushes him away.
Dowiyogo wants to clinch up but Little keeps it at a distance.
Dowiyogo lands a head kick. Little smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Little fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dowiyogo throws a fast counter high kick but Little manages to duck under it in time.
A nice inside leg kick there by Little. That's going to slow Dowiyogo down.
Dowiyogo takes one to the chin there.
Dowiyogo throws a leg kick which misses Little's front leg but catches the back leg as Little tries to avoid it.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Little moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dowiyogo is able to avoid easily.
Little wants to land a leg kick but Dowiyogo is out of range.
Dowiyogo looks to score with a jab to the body but Little is just out of range.
We've been informed that Dowiyogo has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Dowiyogo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dowiyogo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Little appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dowiyogo's calf.
Dowiyogo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Little will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Little lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A punch combination from Little misses.
Dowiyogo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dowiyogo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Dowiyogo rushes Little and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little avoids it.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Little.
Little blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Little.

Little breaks the clinch.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses.
Little throws a series of punches but Dowiyogo avoids them all with ease.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Little dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Little darts in and clinches Dowiyogo up against the cage.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Little is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Little.
Little lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Little breaks from the clinch.
Dowiyogo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dowiyogo checks a low kick from Little.
Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Little swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dowiyogo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Little.
Little checks a leg kick.
Little looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Little scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dowiyogo doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dowiyogo shoots for a takedown but Little saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Little chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Little throws a leg kick that misses.
Little blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Little is looking for a counter combo.
Little misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Little with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dowiyogo moves out of range as Little throws a body kick.
Dowiyogo looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Dowiyogo throws the kick towards the body but Little avoids it.
Little is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dowiyogo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Little dips to his left and cracks Dowiyogo with an uppercut!
Dowiyogo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo misses the shot to the body.
Roger Little is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Dowiyogo misses its intended target.
Little throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch but Little swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dowiyogo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Dowiyogo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Little, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Little avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Little's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Little scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dowiyogo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dowiyogo misses with a two punch combination.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Little here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Little throws out a powerful jab.
Little plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Grover Dowiyogo has been cut.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Little paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Little lands with a nice combination. Dowiyogo backs away looking to recover.
Little fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dowiyogo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Little paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dowiyogo throws a chopping leg kick but Little manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Little works over Dowiyogo's head and body with a nice combination.
Little goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Little lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dowiyogo avoids a kick to the body.
Dowiyogo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Little is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dowiyogo can do to turn this around?
Little lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Little throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dowiyogo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Little.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Little if he has to take too many more of those.
Little lands a really nice looking cross but Dowiyogo seems unphased.
Little swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Little blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Both fighters circling a little - Little finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Little checks the leg kick.
Dowiyogo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Little works over Dowiyogo's head and body with a nice combination.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little moves out of range of the strikes.
Little is looking for a counter combo.
Little misses with a leg kick.
Dowiyogo lands a high kick!
Dowiyogo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Little, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Little lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dowiyogo's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Little, right into the meat.
Little scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little lands a jab-cross combination.
Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Little thumps Dowiyogo with a low kick.
Dowiyogo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Little was well out of range. Poor timing from Dowiyogo.
It appears Little was looking to counter with a kick there.
Little lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dowiyogo's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Little.
Little blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo fakes the leg kick and cracks Little in the body.
Dowiyogo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dowiyogo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Little rather than just go for the knockout.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo slips a jab and a cross from Little.
Dowiyogo is looking to slow Little down with leg kicks.
Dowiyogo lands a head kick!
Dowiyogo is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Little.
Dowiyogo swings for the body but Little moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
Little throws a right hand that Dowiyogo ducks under and follows up with a left that Dowiyogo also avoids with ease.

Dowiyogo rushes Little and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Little dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Grover Dowiyogo'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 crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dowiyogo throws a leg kick but Little sees it coming and moves out of range.
Little misses with a few strikes there.
Little looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Little tries a low kick but Dowiyogo avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dowiyogo. That's going to slow Little down.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance.
Little throws a low kick but Dowiyogo avoids it.
Little throws a series of punches but Dowiyogo avoids them all with ease.
Dowiyogo replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Little blocks it well.
Dowiyogo walks into a left hand.
Dowiyogo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Little went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Little misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little lands with a thumping leg kick.
Little misses with a low kick as Dowiyogo jumps back.
Dowiyogo is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but Little is having none of it.
Little thuds his shin into the meat of Dowiyogo's side.

Little clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Little lands a right hand.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Little avoids the damage to the body.
Little avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Little can't find room to land a body shot as Dowiyogo controls the action.
Little blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Little pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo is looking to clinch.
Dowiyogo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Little checks it well.
Little shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dowiyogo eats them both and turns towards Little to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Little throws a head kick that Dowiyogo semi-blocks.
A clash of legs there as Little blocks the low kick.
Good work by Dowiyogo as he checks the leg kick.

Little rushes Dowiyogo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Little pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Little circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dowiyogo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Little.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dowiyogo moves out of range of the leg kick from Little.
Little circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dowiyogo misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dowiyogo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roger Little is winning the standup battle so far.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dowiyogo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Little - the referee stops the clock and Dowiyogo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Little. Dowiyogo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dowiyogo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dowiyogo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dowiyogo misses with a body shot.
Little plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dowiyogo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Little moves away.
Dowiyogo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Little avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Little connects with a body shot.
Little throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Little looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Little scores with a kick to the body.
Dowiyogo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dowiyogo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Little takes a step back to recover.

Little closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Little stalling.
Little lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Little holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Little avoids the damage to the body.

Little breaks the clinch.
Little digs a good hook to Dowiyogo's body.
Little lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dowiyogo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Little paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Little moves out of range.
Dowiyogo throws a body kick that misses.
Little tries to land a front kick but Dowiyogo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch but Little is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick from Little.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dowiyogo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Little.
Little avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Little misses with a series of wild punches.
Dowiyogo throws a push kick but Little slaps the foot to one side.
Dowiyogo walks into a stiff left hand from Little.
Roger Little is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dowiyogo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Little there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dowiyogo fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowiyogo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grover Dowiyogo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dowiyogo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dowiyogo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Little on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Little showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Little, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Little!
After the big win, Roger Little made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Freebok (85% Laundry) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.