PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pat Donk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LeBron Manhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeBron Manhaes acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Donk
vs
Manhaes

206 cm
25
279 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

203 cm
20
250 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Asphyxiation Ltd. (CBK)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pat Donk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, LeBron Manhaes!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhaes looks to clinch
and Donk counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like LeBron Manhaes has been cut.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves away
and Donk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!

Manhaes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Donk wants a takedown.
Manhaes has a couple of punches blocked by Donk.
Manhaes can't break the clinch.
Manhaes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donk has him pressed against the cage.
Manhaes is trying to break the clinch but Donk is controlling him.
Manhaes is working for takedown but Donk is calmly controlling the position for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Manhaes.
Donk taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Donk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manhaes lands a right hand.
Donk's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Donk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Donk changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Manhaes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Manhaes wants to clinch but Donk slips to the side
and Donk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
LeBron Manhaes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhaes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That has opened up LeBron Manhaes's cut even more.
Manhaes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Pat Donk has been cut.
Manhaes wants to clinch
and Manhaes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manhaes counters with a nice uppercut.
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!

Manhaes clinches up with Donk and pushes him back against the cage.
Manhaes tries to throw a body punch but Donk avoids it by throwing Manhaes back against the cage.
Donk prevents Manhaes from breaking the clinch.

Donk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manhaes misses with the combination.
Donk misses with a wild body shot.
Donk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manhaes manages to avoid it.
Manhaes misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Donk circles away from the clinch attempt

and Donk counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Manhaes down! Donk is looking to finish but Manhaes is intelligently defending himself.
Manhaes looks gassed!
Donk trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Manhaes manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Donk controlling Manhaes's posture.
Donk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Manhaes stands up and waves to Donk to follow him.
Donk misses with a few strikes there.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Manhaes tries to clinch up

and Donk counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Manhaes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donk has him pressed against the cage.
Donk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Manhaes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Donk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donk is trying to break the clinch but Manhaes has him pressed against the cage.
Manhaes tries to break the clinch but Donk is controlling the position.
Manhaes swings wildly with an uppercut but Donk uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Donk manages to break the clinch.
Manhaes avoids the head kick by Donk.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manhaes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donk misses with a double jab.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk counters with a body kick.
Manhaes tries to clinch there but Donk circles away.
Donk circles away from the clinch attempt

and Donk counters with a shoot takedown. Manhaes fights it but they end up in guard.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Manhaes has his feet on Donk's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Donk throws the left hand but Manhaes avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Donk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Manhaes moves to clinch but Donk breaks away
and Donk counters with a stiff right hand.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

The cut above LeBron Manhaes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Donk needs to keep his hands up - Manhaes had a free shot at his head there.
Manhaes tries to clinch up but Donk circles away and keeps his distance.
Manhaes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Donk misses the target.
Manhaes slips under a jab.
Donk shoots for a takedown but Manhaes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Manhaes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Donk.
Manhaes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Manhaes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Donk.
Manhaes misses with a series of wild punches.
Donk is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk misses with a combination

and Manhaes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manhaes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Manhaes.
Manhaes has Donk pressed against the cage, preventing Donk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donk keeps control of Manhaes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Donk prevents Manhaes from breaking the clinch.
Manhaes tries to circle away but Donk has him pinned against the cage.
Manhaes lands a body shot.

Manhaes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Manhaes in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Manhaes tries to clinch
and Donk counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk misses with a jab to the body
and Manhaes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manhaes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manhaes throws a combination. Donk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Manhaes is looking to clinch.

Manhaes rushes Donk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes tries to break the clinch but Donk is controlling the position.
Donk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Donk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manhaes.
Manhaes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Donk prevents a body shot from Manhaes.
Manhaes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manhaes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Donk is trying to break free.
Manhaes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donk has him pressed against the cage.
Manhaes tries to break free but Donk pushes him back against the cage.
Manhaes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Manhaes fails to land.
Manhaes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Donk keeps control of Manhaes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manhaes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manhaes lands a left hand.
Donk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Manhaes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Manhaes tries a body shot but Donk blocks it.
Manhaes keeps control of Donk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Manhaes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Manhaes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manhaes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donk has him pressed against the cage.
Manhaes misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Donk breaks from the clinch.
Donk circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Donk counter with a right hand.
A punch combination from Manhaes misses.
Donk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Manhaes avoids it really well and circles away.
Manhaes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk counters with a one-two to the body.
Manhaes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Pat Donk's cut is getting worse.
LeBron Manhaes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manhaes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manhaes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manhaes wants to clinch
and Donk counters with a left and a right that stings Manhaes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but LeBron Manhaes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Donk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manhaes tries to clinch
and Donk counters with a stiff right hand.
Manhaes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donk.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Manhaes enables Donk to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Manhaes manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Donk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manhaes wants to stand up but Donk is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Donk looking to sit in guard and control but Manhaes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Manhaes throws a strike but Donk rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhaes wants to stand and escape but Donk is having none of it.
Manhaes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Donk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Manhaes is looking to stand up but Donk isn't so interested in that idea.
Donk trying to control but Manhaes is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Pat Donk wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Manhaes looks to clinch
and Donk counters with a straight right hand.
Donk misses with a series of wild punches.

Donk scores with a takedown into Manhaes's guard.
Donk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Manhaes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Donk wants to control from the top but Manhaes keeps moving.
Donk with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk trying to control the position from guard on top but Manhaes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Manhaes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Manhaes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Donk clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Manhaes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donk counters with a right hand to the body.
Donk with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Donk throws a hook to the side of Manhaes's head but Manhaes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Manhaes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick misses from Donk.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves away
and Donk counters with a nice uppercut.
Donk throws a series of punches but Manhaes moves out of range.
Manhaes fails in his attempt to clinch.

Manhaes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Donk, pushing him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Manhaes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A head punch on the inside from Manhaes fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk wants a takedown but no success here.
Manhaes wants to break free but Donk has control.
Donk is trying to force a seperation but Manhaes has the dominant position.
Manhaes misses with the head strike.
Manhaes has a couple of punches blocked by Donk.
Manhaes prevents the takedown attempt.
Manhaes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donk backwards.
A short left from Manhaes.
Manhaes digs a right hand into Donk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Donk's gas tank.
Manhaes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Donk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk circles away from the clinch attempt
and Donk counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Manhaes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Manhaes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes tries to clinch up but Donk circles away and keeps his distance.
Manhaes wants to clinch.
Manhaes wants to clinch but Donk slips to the side
and Donk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donk misses with a looping left.
Donk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manhaes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donk counters with a three punch combo that has Manhaes backing up. Manhaes nods at Donk to acknowledge the strikes.
Pat Donk is winning the standup battle so far.
Donk takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Donk counters with a shoot takedown. Manhaes fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Manhaes has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Donk off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Donk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes moves to clinch but Donk breaks away
letting Donk counter with a right hand.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves away
and Donk counters with a straight right hand.
Manhaes tries to clinch up
enabling Donk to counter with a crisp jab.
Manhaes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Manhaes scores with a shot to the body.
Manhaes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Manhaes moves in looking to clinch but Donk pushes him off.
Manhaes tries to clinch
and Donk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manhaes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Manhaes.
Donk throws a jab when Manhaes was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes tries to clinch up but Donk circles away and keeps his distance.
Donk falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manhaes counters with a series of strikes. Donk will be more careful next time no doubt.
Donk misses with a head kick.
Manhaes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manhaes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manhaes tries to clinch up.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk counters with a two punch combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Manhaes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manhaes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manhaes tries to clinch up.
Manhaes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donk throws an overhand right that lands on Manhaes's shoulder, as Manhaes tries to avoid the shot.
Manhaes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Pat Donk will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Donk keeps the fight on the outside.
Manhaes avoids a kick to the body.
Manhaes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves away
and Donk counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Manhaes. Those never looked like landing.
Donk keeps the fight on the outside.
Donk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Manhaes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Manhaes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves away
and Donk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Manhaes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Donk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves out of range.
Manhaes tries to clinch up
and Donk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manhaes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donk counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Manhaes tries to clinch but Donk moves out of range.
Manhaes tries to clinch up
and Donk counters with a left and a right that stings Manhaes.
Donk tries a head kick but it misses.
Donk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk tries to score a power double leg takedown but Manhaes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Donk somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes tries to clinch up but Donk circles away and keeps his distance.
Manhaes tries to clinch there but Donk circles away.
Manhaes wants to clinch
and Donk counters with a three punch combo that has Manhaes backing up. Manhaes nods at Donk to acknowledge the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manhaes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manhaes moves in looking to clinch but Donk pushes him off.
Manhaes is looking to clinch.
Manhaes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Donk.
Nice takedown defense from Manhaes. No joy for Donk on that attempt.
Manhaes throws a combination. Donk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Manhaes is looking to clinch but Donk is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Donk throws a head kick that misses.
Donk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk tries a head kick but it misses.
Manhaes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Donk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Manhaes wants to clinch up but Donk keeps it at a distance.
Manhaes scores with a three punch combo!
Manhaes tries to close the distance and clinch but Donk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donk swats away the attempt to clinch by Manhaes.
Manhaes is looking to clinch but Donk is avoiding it.
Manhaes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donk counters with a right hand to the body.
Donk circles away from the clinch attempt
and Donk counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes lands a jab-cross combination.

Pat Donk's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pat Donk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manhaes wants to clinch.
Manhaes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pat Donk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Manhaes tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Donk counter with a right hand.
Manhaes tries to clinch up
and Donk counters with a big head kick but Manhaes shrugs it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manhaes doesn't manage to clinch there - Donk circles away.
Manhaes looks to clinch
and Donk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
LeBron Manhaes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No joy there for Donk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

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 Pat Donk.
I think Donk has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 49:46
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 50:46
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pat Donk!
Pat Donk is the new heavyweight champion!