PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 1549 p4p, 5868 weight class) and Cheyenne Little Dove (ranked 119 p4p, 313 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Farrokhzad might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). 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.

Farrokhzad
vs
Little Dove

170 cm
38
148
34 - 27 - 0

175 cm
28
143
21 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cheyenne Little Dove!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad lands with a nice body punch.
Little Dove just misses with a punch to the body.
Little Dove loads up on a big right hand but Farrokhzad slips the punch.
Farrokhzad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Little Dove moves away.
Little Dove is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Farrokhzad with a body shot.
Farrokhzad connects with a right hand. Little Dove shakes it off.
Farrokhzad connects with a crisp jab.
Farrokhzad throws a series of punches but Little Dove avoids them all with ease.
Little Dove lands a nice shot that snaps Farrokhzad's head back.
Little Dove scores with a decent looking hook.
Farrokhzad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little Dove gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad blocks an uppercut.
Little Dove looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but Little Dove blocks with his arms.
Little Dove managing to block the knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Little Dove tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrokhzad's elbow.
Little Dove is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Little Dove working aggressively here.
Our sources have told us that Farrokhzad has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad can't find room to land a body shot as Little Dove controls the action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Farrokhzad tries to work over Little Dove's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch on the inside.
Little Dove blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Little Dove on the inside.
Farrokhzad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Farrokhzad tries a body shot but Little Dove blocks it.
Little Dove lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Farrokhzad or not.
A short left from Farrokhzad.
Little Dove scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Little Dove throws an elbow that misses.
Little Dove managing to block the knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Little Dove is trying to stall.
Farrokhzad has a couple of punches blocked by Little Dove.
Little Dove pushes off an throws an elbow but Farrokhzad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad is leaning against Little Dove and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Little Dove swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little Dove throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Farrokhzad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Little Dove is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
Farrokhzad blocks a body shot from Little Dove.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Little Dove softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Little Dove lands a damaging elbow.
Little Dove throws an elbow but it misses.
Farrokhzad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Farrokhzad lands a body shot.
Farrokhzad scores with a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Farrokhzad.
Little Dove is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Farrokhzad trying to land knees to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Little Dove backwards.
Farrokhzad throws a head punch that misses.
Little Dove fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Little Dove tries to close the distance and clinch but Farrokhzad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Farrokhzad avoids the body shot from Little Dove.
Farrokhzad throws a right and a left that both miss.
Little Dove just misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad misses with a straight left.
Little Dove looks to throw the jab but Farrokhzad is out of range.
Little Dove slips under a jab from Farrokhzad.
Little Dove looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Farrokhzad instigates a clinch.
Little Dove takes a shot to the head.
Little Dove pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Farrokhzad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Little Dove pushes Farrokhzad back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrokhzad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little Dove misses with some punches.
Little Dove lands with a right to the head.
Little Dove tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad tries to work over Little Dove's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little Dove misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Little Dove.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Little Dove has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Little Dove misses with a punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Little Dove tries to throw a body punch but Farrokhzad avoids it by throwing Little Dove back against the ropes.
Little Dove throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Farrokhzad blocks the elbow strike.
Farrokhzad scores a nice knee to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a body shot.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Little Dove blocks it.
Little Dove wants to stall.
Little Dove prevents a body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Farrokhzad on the inside.
Little Dove blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Farrokhzad misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrokhzad lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Little Dove is rocked!
Little Dove tries to work over Farrokhzad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Farrokhzad misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Farrokhzad.
Little Dove throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Little Dove has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Farrokhzad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Little Dove misses with the head strike.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little Dove avoids it.
Farrokhzad misses with some punches.
Farrokhzad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch on the inside.
Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
Farrokhzad lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Farrokhzad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Little Dove is still on wobbly legs! Can Farrokhzad finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Little Dove.
Little Dove's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Farrokhzad has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Little Dove to the canvas! Can Little Dove beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Little Dove was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Farrokhzad is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bardia Farrokhzad thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.