PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Manchest (ranked 25412 p4p, 4614 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 715 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver Manchest has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Manchest
vs
Dover

194 cm
23
185
0 - 14 - 0

180 cm
25
194
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 0 - 14 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oliver Manchest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover catches Manchest with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dover scores with a jab to the body.

Manchest gets tackled into the cage by Dover. Dover maintains the clinch.
Manchest taking a breather.
Dover prevents the takedown attempt.
Manchest wants to get back to striking at distance but Dover won't allow it.
Manchest wants a takedown.
Manchest struggles to land a body shot inside as Dover controls his hands.
Manchest misses with a punch to the body.

Dover escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dover connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manchest tries to clinch but Dover moves away
and Dover counters with a huge left! Manchest is in big trouble! He's backing up but Dover isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Manchest from any more damage. A dominating finish by Dover!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Dover!