PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 4921 p4p, 3960 weight class) and Vitaly Lovchenko (ranked 494 p4p, 420 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dover
vs
Lovchenko

194 cm
18
241
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
196
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vitaly Lovchenko!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lovchenko closes the distance and clinches.
Lovchenko misses with some punches.
Lovchenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lovchenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lovchenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dover's elbow.
Lovchenko stalling the fight.
Dover is pushing Lovchenko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Lovchenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Lovchenko clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lovchenko working aggressively here.
Dover definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lovchenko wants to get back to striking at distance but Dover won't allow it.
Dover throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovchenko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lovchenko has him pressed against the cage.

Dover breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lovchenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dover blocks a jab.
Lovchenko pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dover is out of range and Lovchenko settles back down.
Dover moves out of range of the leg kick from Lovchenko.

Lovchenko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lovchenko tries to throw a body punch but Dover avoids it by throwing Lovchenko back against the cage.
Lovchenko looking to slow down the pace here.

Dover breaks from the clinch.
Lovchenko throws a head kick but Dover moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Lovchenko, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lovchenko dodges the punch combination from Dover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lovchenko.
Dover doesn't manage to clinch there - Lovchenko circles away.
Lovchenko avoids the body shot from Dover.
Lovchenko throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lovchenko.
Dover swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovchenko.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lovchenko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dover throws a body punch but Lovchenko moves out of range.
Lovchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Dover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lovchenko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dover on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitaly Lovchenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lovchenko 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 9:10
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 9:10
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitaly Lovchenko!