PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny O Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Natural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by back in black - ACDC. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Randy Natural was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

O Donnelly
vs
Natural

191 cm
24
213 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

185 cm
31
210 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
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 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny O Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Natural!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donnelly tests Natural's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Donnelly throws an off balance right hand
and Natural counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from O Donnelly does no damage.
O Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
O Donnelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Natural lands a slapping body shot.
O Donnelly slips under a jab.
Natural ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Donnelly moves away.
O Donnelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Natural.
Natural blocks the body kick.
O Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Natural.
Natural misses with a hook.
O Donnelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Natural gets a double leg takedown into O Donnelly's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
O Donnelly controls Natural momentarily but Natural frees himself.
Natural trying to control but O Donnelly is working from the bottom.
Natural must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Natural throws a big right hand that misses.
O Donnelly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Danny O Donnelly just wasn't active enough.
Natural throws a body punch but O Donnelly moves out of range.
Natural pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces O Donnelly back to the cage. Natural follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Danny O Donnelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Natural staying out of range there.
O Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danny O Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Natural throws a series of punches but O Donnelly avoids them all with ease.
O Donnelly wants to slow Natural down by chopping away at his legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Natural misses with a shot to the kidneys.

O Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Donnelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Natural tried to score with a low kick but O Donnelly checks it.
O Donnelly looks to land a combination but Natural avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly misses with a hook. Natural ducked under it nicely.
O Donnelly closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Natural to counter with a crisp jab.
Natural uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for O Donnelly.
Natural fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O Donnelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Natural lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Natural slips a jab from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Natural paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Natural tries to land a leg kick but O Donnelly saw it coming and moves away.
O Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Natural is just out of range.

O Donnelly has closed the distance and engaged Natural in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural tries a knee to the head but O Donnelly blocks it.

Natural turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Donnelly gets back to half guard.
O Donnelly moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Natural throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Natural is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Natural throws a big right hand that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Natural missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
O Donnelly is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Randy Natural will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

O Donnelly tries to clinch but Natural is having none of it.
Natural lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of O Donnelly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Good exchange - Natural coming out on top.
Natural steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
Natural on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Natural scores with a jab. O Donnelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
O Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Natural.
O Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Natural.
Natural cracks O Donnelly with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of O Donnelly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Natural moves out of range as O Donnelly strikes.
O Donnelly misses with an uppercut
letting Natural counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly lands a glancing blow to the side of Natural's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from O Donnelly 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 Natural has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Natural and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Natural slips a straight right by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly tries to clinch there but Natural circles away.
O Donnelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Natural paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from O Donnelly misses.
Both fighters circling a little - O Donnelly finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
O Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Natural just misses with a punch to the body.
Natural swings for the body but O Donnelly moves out of range.
Natural is on the wrong end of a nice combination from O Donnelly.
Natural ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Donnelly moves away.
Natural lands a lovely overhand right.
O Donnelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick lands from O Donnelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Natural.
O Donnelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Natural.
O Donnelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Natural on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Donnelly. O Donnelly obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Natural uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before O Donnelly has time to react.
Natural swings for the body but O Donnelly moves out of range.
Natural swats away the attempt to clinch by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly misses with a two punch combination.
Danny O Donnelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natural steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
Natural scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Donnelly doesn't seem bothered though.
O Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Natural manages to avoid it.
Natural digs a good hook to O Donnelly's body.
Natural walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural moves out of range of the strikes.
Natural misses with a body shot.
Natural connects with a body shot that sends O Donnelly's belly button to the back.
O Donnelly misses the body punch
and Natural counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Natural throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Donnelly tries to clinch up.
Natural fails to land with a series of punches.
Donk. O Donnelly catches Natural right on the button with a cross.
O Donnelly throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Natural counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
O Donnelly controlling the position for now.
Natural content to control rather than advance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Donnelly moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural content to stall in guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Natural accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Natural wants to control from the top but O Donnelly keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Donnelly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Natural postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Randy Natural will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

O Donnelly tries to clinch but Natural moves out of range.
Natural misses with a straight left.
O Donnelly throws a combination that misses
and Natural counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Natural misses with an attempted mid kick.
Natural lands with a nice body punch.
Natural throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck O Donnelly on the side of the head.
O Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Natural thuds his right hand into O Donnelly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Natural throws a series of strikes that have O Donnelly backpedaling.
Natural moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Donnelly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Donnelly throws a poor cross that misses
and Natural counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Donnelly darts in trying to clinch
letting Natural counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Natural misses its intended target.
O Donnelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Natural lands a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Donnelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Natural connects with the punch.
Natural throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Donnelly counters with a nice uppercut.
O Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Donnelly tries to clinch up.
Natural slips a straight right by O Donnelly.
O Donnelly misses with a left hand
letting Natural counter with a right hand.

O Donnelly is rocked!
Natural throws a monster overhand right that drops O Donnelly! Natural follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Natural!