PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ronan Hollace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dingadingading Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hollace
vs
Dong

175 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
146 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronan Hollace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dingadingading Dong!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollace wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Dong darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hollace is looking to improve his position.
Dong prevents Hollace from standing back up.

Dong is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hollace makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hollace.
Hollace wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Dong manages to pass to side control.

Dong is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hollace is just riding it out for now. Dong eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollace tries to kick Dong off but Dong keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Dong is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hollace defends it well.

Hollace kicks Dong off and gets back to his feet.
Dong looks gassed!
Hollace throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A combination from Hollace does no damage.
Hollace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hollace misses with a series of wild punches.
Hollace will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hollace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Hollace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollace misses with a series of wild punches.
Dong dodges the punch combination from Hollace.
Hollace misses with a wild combination.
Hollace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hollace works over Dong's head and body with a nice combination.
Dong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hollace!
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong avoids them all with ease.
Hollace misses with a two punch combination.
Dong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hollace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice combination there by Hollace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronan Hollace dominated that round.
That's time! Hollace's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Donk. Hollace catches Dong right on the button with a cross.
Dong dives in and grabs Hollace's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hollace pushes down on Dong's head and hops out.
Hollace misses with a few strikes there.
Dong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Dong fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hollace sprawls well initially but Dong persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hollace tries to kick Dong off but Dong keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hollace gets back to full guard.

Hollace working for a triangle but Dong defends it easily.
Hollace might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dong is breathing heavily.
Dong stops Hollace from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hollace pushes Dong off and gets back to his feet.
Hollace throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hollace lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A combination from Hollace does no damage.
Hollace lands a two punch combo.
Hollace swinging wilding here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hollace misses with the combination.
Hollace scores with a one two! Dong had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hollace misses with the combination.
Dong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong avoids them all with ease.
Hollace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hollace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dong is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hollace tries to bum rush Dong with a series of wild strikes but Dong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dong fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dong takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hollace bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hollace lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Hollace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hollace throws a right and a left that Dong avoids nicely.
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong avoids them all with ease.
Hollace misses with a few strikes there.
Hollace looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hollace throws a nice looking combination but Dong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hollace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dong.
Dong avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronan Hollace dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Hollace scores with a decent looking hook.
Hollace lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dong circles away quickly and effectively.
Dong changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hollace tries to avoid it but Dong manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hollace to the ground. Hollace escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ronan Hollace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hollace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hollace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hollace looks to land a combination but Dong avoids it well.
Hollace misses with a two punch combination.
Dong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong avoids them all with ease.
Hollace misses with a body shot.
Hollace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hollace!
Hollace connects with a single shot there.
Dong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hollace misses.
Hollace throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong moves out of range.
Hollace misses with a wild combination.
Ronan Hollace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hollace throws a right hand that Dong ducks under and follows up with a left that Dong also avoids with ease.
Hollace scores with a three punch combo!
Hollace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ronan Hollace is winning the standup battle so far.
Hollace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hollace will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Hollace does no damage.
Hollace throws a nice looking combination but Dong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hollace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dong dodges the punch combination from Hollace.
Dong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hollace.
Hollace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Hollace misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hollace, as that shot connected.
Hollace throws a series of punches but Dong moves out of range.
Hollace misses with a series of wild punches.
Hollace stalks Dong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dong's face. Dong staggers backwards, shaken.
Hollace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hollace throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hollace lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dong circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronan Hollace showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hollace, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight for Ronan Hollace!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Ronan Hollace!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Ronan Hollace!

Ronan Hollace wins by unanimous decision!