PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelvin Shum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shum has chosen Oficina G3 - Depois da Guerra as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kelvin Shum is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Donovan
vs
Shum

190 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
29
218 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ziggy Donovan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kelvin Shum!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Shum lands.
Shum misses with a wild combination.
Donovan lands a jab.
Shum lunges at Donovan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Donovan's hand.
Donovan drops his hands momentarily and Shum takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donovan throws out the jab.
Shum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Donovan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Shum moves into range and clinches up with Donovan.
Donovan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Donovan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shum works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Donovan avoiding damage.

Shum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donovan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shum has managed to clinch.
Donovan tries to score a body lock takedown but Shum shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shum lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Donovan tries to stall but Shum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shum lands a left hand.
Shum works on Donovan's body with a couple of short punches.
Shum scores with a shot to the side of Donovan's head.
Shum lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Shum scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Ziggy Donovan has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Shum.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shum.
Shum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shum lands a right hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Donovan goes for a takedown attempt but Shum pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ziggy Donovan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shum listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Donovan tries a head kick but it misses.

Shum gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Donovan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shum.
Donovan trying to land knees to the body.

Shum breaks from the clinch.
Shum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shum jabs at Donovan's body.

Shum closes the distance and pushes Donovan back into the cage.
Donovan misses with an elbow over the top.
Shum lands with a short shot to the head.
Shum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Donovan backwards.
Donovan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shum.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shum dodges an elbow strike from Donovan.
Donovan controlling the action here for a moment.
A body shot lands from Shum.
Shum avoids the elbow strike from Donovan, against the cage.
Donovan misses with an elbow over the top.

Shum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shum moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Shum.
Shum connects with a nice looking jab.
A nice combination there by Shum.
Donovan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Shum drives through and clinches with Donovan against the cage.
A short right from Shum on the inside.
Shum pushes Donovan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shum is working Donovan over against the cage.
Donovan is trying to maintain a safe position but Shum gets an underhook and turns Donovan into the cage.
Donovan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Donovan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Donovan has Shum pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Shum manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Donovan is trying to drag Shum to the mat but Shum just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Donovan is breathing heavily.

Shum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Shum.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shum misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Shum.
Shum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Shum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Donovan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelvin Shum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ziggy Donovan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Shum moves into range and clinches up with Donovan.
Donovan is working for takedown but Shum is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shum avoiding damage as Donovan throws knees to the body.
Shum works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Donovan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Shum is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Shum manages to break the clinch.

Shum closes the distance and pushes Donovan back into the cage.

Shum breaks from the clinch.
Donovan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shum lands a jab to Donovan's midsection.
Shum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shum throws a series of strikes that have Donovan backpedaling.
Shum digs a good body shot into Donovan's ribs.
Donovan tries to clinch up
and Shum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shum gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shum is working Donovan over against the cage.
Donovan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shum.
Shum scores with a hook to the body.
Shum gets through Donovan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Shum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shum throws a right hand that Donovan ducks under and follows up with a left that Donovan also avoids with ease.
Kelvin Shum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shum ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Shum rushes Donovan and presses him up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Shum.
Donovan misses with a knee to the head.

Shum breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shum lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Donovan backs up against the cage.
Donovan throws a sloppy head kick and Shum moves out of range easily.
Shum fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A right-left combo lands from Shum.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shum moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Shum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Shum moves into the clinch successfully.

Shum breaks from the clinch.
Shum lands with a nice body punch.
No joy there for Shum, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donovan darts in trying to clinch
and Shum counters with a two punch combo.

Ziggy Donovan's cut is getting worse.

Shum has managed to clinch.
Shum has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shum lands a nice uppercut.
Shum lands with a left to the head.
Shum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Shum breaks the clinch.

Shum clinches up with Donovan and pushes him back against the cage.
Shum scores with a shot to the side of Donovan's head.
Donovan tries to stall but Shum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Donovan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shum is defending well for now.
Shum digs a right hand into Donovan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Donovan's gas tank.
Shum avoids the elbow strike from Donovan, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
Shum lands a body punch in the clinch.
Donovan tries a knee to the head but Shum blocks it.
Shum works on Donovan's body with a couple of short punches.
Shum lands a body punch.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shum avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan misses with an elbow strike.
Shum scores with a shot to the side of Donovan's head.
Donovan misses with a knee to the head.

Shum is fighting off a takedown attempt but Donovan is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Shum to the mat. Shum regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Donovan wants to control from the top but Shum keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shum manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Shum rushes Donovan and presses him up against the cage.
Donovan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shum works on Donovan's body with a couple of short punches.

Shum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donovan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Donovan there as he acknowledges the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donovan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Shum is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Donovan rather than just go for the knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shum tries to clinch but Donovan moves out of range.
Shum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelvin Shum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ziggy Donovan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A nice combination there by Shum.
Shum circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shum counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Donovan thinking.
Donovan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shum lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Shum is looking to clinch but Donovan is avoiding it.
Shum checks a leg kick.

Shum rushes Donovan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Shum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice combination there by Shum.
Donovan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donovan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donovan.
Shum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan looking to throw knees to the head but Shum is blocking nicely.
Donovan trying to land knees to the body.

Shum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shum lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Donovan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shum throws a one two combo.

Ziggy Donovan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Donovan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shum lands with a nice body punch.
Donovan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Shum. Beautiful body shot.
Kelvin Shum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Shum throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donovan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ziggy Donovan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Shum clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shum.
Donovan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Shum gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Shum breaks the clinch.
Kelvin Shum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donovan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shum scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Shum misses with a wild combination.
Shum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donovan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Shum has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shum blocks an elbow strike from Donovan.

Shum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shum lands with a shot to the body.
Shum is working the combinations to good effect here.
Shum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shum lands with a nice body punch.
Donovan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shum.
Donovan throws a head kick but Shum moves out of range.
Shum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Shum fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Donovan, pushing him back against the cage.
Shum lands a body punch.
Shum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Donovan misses with an elbow over the top.
Donovan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Donovan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Shum lands with a light punch inside.

Jeez, Ziggy Donovan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shum.
Donovan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shum blocks it with crossed arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Shum.
Donovan looking to stall.
Donovan tries for a takedown but Shum manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ziggy Donovan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Shum - that landed with a thud.

Shum breaks from the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Shum checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shum.

Shum clinches up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ziggy Donovan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelvin Shum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Donovan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shum lands with a light punch inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kelvin Shum comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Shum winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelvin Shum!