PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ger McDonnell (ranked 1296 p4p, 1244 weight class) and Huena Ajuricaba (ranked 175 p4p, 167 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

McDonnell
vs
Ajuricaba

171 cm
30
160
14 - 11 - 1

180 cm
27
168
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Savage Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ger McDonnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huena Ajuricaba!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ajuricaba throws out a loose jab but McDonnell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ajuricaba works the jab nicely.
McDonnell lands an overhand right.
Ajuricaba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Ajuricaba.
McDonnell avoids the body shot from Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDonnell.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ajuricaba. McDonnell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ajuricaba moves forwards but McDonnell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ajuricaba checks a leg kick.
McDonnell throws a shot from downtown. Ajuricaba moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ajuricaba! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonnell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice cross by McDonnell.
Ajuricaba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McDonnell.
McDonnell avoids the body shot from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell with a nice calf kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonnell scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Ajuricaba misses its intended target.
McDonnell swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McDonnell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ajuricaba under the eye.
Ajuricaba misses with an uppercut. McDonnell saw that one coming.
Ajuricaba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonnell.
McDonnell misses with a looping right.
Ajuricaba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McDonnell.
Ajuricaba's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McDonnell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ajuricaba scrambles back to his feet.
Ajuricaba throws a big shot that misses.
McDonnell with a nice calf kick.
McDonnell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ajuricaba makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ajuricaba takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ajuricaba misses with an uppercut. McDonnell saw that one coming.
Ajuricaba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDonnell.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ajuricaba 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell throws a hook to the side of Ajuricaba's head but Ajuricaba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from McDonnell.
McDonnell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McDonnell throws a hook but Ajuricaba avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, jab by Ajuricaba - just one landing.
McDonnell throws a combination that misses
and Ajuricaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McDonnell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba throws an overhand right that lands on McDonnell's shoulder, as McDonnell tries to avoid the shot.
Ajuricaba misses with an uppercut.
It looked like McDonnell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ajuricaba misses with a wild body shot.
McDonnell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ajuricaba steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ajuricaba darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Ger McDonnell has been cut.
Ajuricaba misses with a straight left.
McDonnell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McDonnell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ajuricaba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice body punch from McDonnell.
McDonnell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ajuricaba has time to react.
A chopping leg kick lands by McDonnell.
McDonnell throws out a loose jab but Ajuricaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ajuricaba doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ajuricaba blocks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell avoids the body shot from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell digs a good body shot into Ajuricaba's ribs.
Ajuricaba misses with a straight right.
A nice combination there by McDonnell.
McDonnell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ajuricaba throws a body punch but McDonnell moves out of range.
McDonnell is looking for a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba misses with a looping left.
Ajuricaba on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McDonnell moves out of range of the body kick from Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba takes one to the side of the head.
Ajuricaba avoids the body shot from McDonnell.
Ajuricaba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McDonnell at a distance.
Ajuricaba throws a jab but it's blocked by McDonnell.
Ajuricaba will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McDonnell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ajuricaba.
McDonnell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McDonnell misses with a lunging right hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ajuricaba lunges at McDonnell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McDonnell's hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonnell misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Ajuricaba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McDonnell misses with an uppercut. Ajuricaba saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ger McDonnell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ger McDonnell's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ajuricaba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDonnell throws a sloppy head kick and Ajuricaba moves out of range easily.
Ajuricaba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Some wild striking there from McDonnell.
McDonnell checks a leg kick nicely.
McDonnell appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McDonnell connects with a body shot that sends Ajuricaba's belly button to the back.
McDonnell lands with a hook. Ajuricaba tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ajuricaba throws a hook to the side of McDonnell's head but McDonnell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ajuricaba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McDonnell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonnell misses with a left hand
letting Ajuricaba counter with a right hand.
Ajuricaba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDonnell staying out of range there.
McDonnell is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ajuricaba lands with a hook. McDonnell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McDonnell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ajuricaba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ajuricaba ducks under a wild hook from McDonnell.
Ajuricaba throws the left hand but McDonnell avoids the punch easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McDonnell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ajuricaba has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ajuricaba and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A swing and a miss from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
McDonnell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McDonnell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ajuricaba can pounce on him.
Ajuricaba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McDonnell throwing a counter right hand but Ajuricaba manages to avoid it.
McDonnell lands a jab.
Ajuricaba takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McDonnell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Ajuricaba responds with a good body kick, but McDonnell manages to step out the way in time.
Ajuricaba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ajuricaba misses with a hook.
Ajuricaba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from McDonnell misses its target.
Ajuricaba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDonnell moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ajuricaba.
McDonnell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ajuricaba.
McDonnell throws a lazy right hand but Ajuricaba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ajuricaba throws a hook but McDonnell avoids it easily.
McDonnell was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McDonnell moves out of range of the strikes.
Ajuricaba blocks a low kick nicely.
McDonnell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonnell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ajuricaba throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McDonnell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McDonnell just misses with a punch to the body.
Ajuricaba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McDonnell throws out the jab.
Nice cross by McDonnell.
McDonnell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ajuricaba.
McDonnell half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ger McDonnell is winning the standup battle so far.
McDonnell throws a body punch but Ajuricaba moves out of range.
Ajuricaba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDonnell.
Ajuricaba darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ajuricaba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonnell throws the left hand but Ajuricaba avoids the punch easily.
Good work by Ajuricaba as he checks the leg kick.
Ajuricaba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McDonnell lands with a shot to the body.
Ajuricaba throws an off balance right hand
and McDonnell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ajuricaba thinking.
Ajuricaba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McDonnell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McDonnell moves out of range as Ajuricaba strikes.
Ajuricaba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McDonnell walks into a left hand.
Ajuricaba swings widly with a right hand
and McDonnell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ajuricaba avoids a punch combination nicely.
McDonnell closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ajuricaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDonnell manages to avoid it.
McDonnell lands a jab to the nose.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ajuricaba might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McDonnell has got the better of the exchanges.
McDonnell throws out a loose jab but Ajuricaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ajuricaba staying out of range there.
McDonnell lunges at Ajuricaba with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ajuricaba's hand.
McDonnell cracks Ajuricaba with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McDonnell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ajuricaba misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling McDonnell to counter with a crisp jab.
McDonnell misses with a leg kick.
McDonnell throws a right hand that Ajuricaba ducks under and follows up with a left that Ajuricaba also avoids with ease.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ger McDonnell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ger McDonnell'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. This is the final round!

Ajuricaba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonnell.
Ajuricaba misses the shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell digs a good body shot into Ajuricaba's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Ajuricaba. Those never looked like landing.
McDonnell lands a leg kick that knocks Ajuricaba off balance momentarily.
Ajuricaba just misses with a punch to the body.
Ajuricaba misses with a shot to the body
and McDonnell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McDonnell misses with a two punch combination.
Ajuricaba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ajuricaba checks a leg kick.
Ajuricaba misses the body punch
and McDonnell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ajuricaba lands a body shot.
McDonnell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonnell scores with a hook to the body. Ajuricaba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ajuricaba scores with a nice head shot.
McDonnell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ajuricaba ducks under a wild hook from McDonnell.
McDonnell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ajuricaba can do to turn this around?
McDonnell misses with a hook. Ajuricaba ducked under it nicely.
McDonnell avoids the body shot from Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba throws a big shot that misses.
Ajuricaba throws a body punch but McDonnell moves out of range.
McDonnell jabs at Ajuricaba's body.
McDonnell takes one on the button.
Ger McDonnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonnell throws a poor cross that misses
and Ajuricaba counters with a left to the body.
Ajuricaba looks to throw the jab but McDonnell is out of range.
Ajuricaba misses with an uppercut
and McDonnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ajuricaba looks to land a left hand but McDonnell moved out of range nicely.
It looked like McDonnell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba throws a shot from downtown. McDonnell moves away and avoids it.
McDonnell swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ajuricaba throws an off balance right hand
and McDonnell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for McDonnell.
McDonnell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McDonnell moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
McDonnell lands a jab-cross combination.
Ajuricaba misses with a looping right.
Ajuricaba misses the shot to the body.
Ajuricaba has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ajuricaba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McDonnell.
McDonnell slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from McDonnell misses the target.
McDonnell checks a leg kick nicely.
McDonnell slips a straight right by Ajuricaba.
McDonnell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ajuricaba.
McDonnell throws a right and a left that Ajuricaba avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba lands with an overhand left.
Ajuricaba throws the left hand but McDonnell avoids the punch easily.
McDonnell misses with a straight left.
Ajuricaba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McDonnell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McDonnell misses with a straight left.
McDonnell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McDonnell moves away from the strike by Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDonnell manages to avoid it.
Ajuricaba misses with a looping right.
McDonnell is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Ajuricaba. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba misses with a hook. McDonnell ducked under it nicely.
McDonnell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A shot to the body from Ajuricaba misses
and McDonnell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDonnell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ajuricaba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McDonnell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ajuricaba fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ajuricaba thuds his right hand into McDonnell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McDonnell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ajuricaba stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ajuricaba avoids the body shot from McDonnell.
McDonnell scores with a three punch combo!
Ajuricaba cracks McDonnell with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ajuricaba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonnell.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ajuricaba misses with a straight right.
McDonnell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Huena Ajuricaba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ajuricaba misses with an uppercut. McDonnell saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ger McDonnell.
Well McDonnell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ger McDonnell!
Ger McDonnell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.