PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luca Fuschini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royston McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald has chosen Nicole - By Ash as his entrance music. 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 Royston McDonald was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Fuschini
vs
McDonald

178 cm
32
180 lbs
20 - 14 - 1

177 cm
24
181 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Luca Fuschini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royston McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald lands a jab to Fuschini's midsection.
Fuschini shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and McDonald counters with a straight right hand.
Fuschini connects with a good right hand that stumbles McDonald. McDonald circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McDonald tries to clinch up but Fuschini circles away and keeps his distance.

McDonald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McDonald lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McDonald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuschini is working for takedown but McDonald is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fuschini lands with a light punch inside.
McDonald lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fuschini backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonald gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fuschini.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luca Fuschini. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McDonald digs a right hand into Fuschini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuschini's gas tank.
McDonald lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuschini or not.
McDonald lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fuschini goes for a takedown attempt but McDonald pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
McDonald misses with a few strikes there.
Fuschini walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McDonald avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fuschini looks for the body kick but McDonald saw that one coming.
Fuschini fails with a takedown attempt.

McDonald has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fuschini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Fuschini - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fuschini wants to get back to striking at distance but McDonald won't allow it.
A short uppercut from McDonald.

It looks like Luca Fuschini has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald lands an uppercut.
Fuschini drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McDonald gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Fuschini tries to throw a body punch but McDonald avoids it by throwing Fuschini back against the cage.
McDonald lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fuschini backwards.
Fuschini fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonald is working Fuschini over against the cage.

Fuschini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McDonald thuds his right hand into Fuschini's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McDonald works Fuschini's body with a nice hook.
Fuschini is breathing heavily.
Fuschini takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McDonald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Fuschini is rocked!
McDonald fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oh Fuschini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

McDonald lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Fuschini sprawling to the canvas. McDonald follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Fuschini hang on?
McDonald works his way into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini parries the strikes from McDonald easily there. McDonald is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Fuschini to escape.
McDonald cracks Fuschini with a big right hand but Fuschini just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fuschini wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
McDonald working the ground and pound.
McDonald in side control, just content to control the action for now.
You can see the frustration on Fuschini's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fuschini seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini being controlled for a moment.
Fuschini taking a bit of punishment here - McDonald scoring with strikes.
Fuschini tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but McDonald presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
McDonald raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fuschini manages to regain half guard. Good work.
McDonald looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Luca Fuschini's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDonald prevents Fuschini from standing back up.
Fuschini is staying active underneath McDonald, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royston McDonald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luca Fuschini's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McDonald throws a right hand that Fuschini ducks under and follows up with a left that Fuschini also avoids with ease.
McDonald moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McDonald lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fuschini's sensitive parts.
McDonald throws a body punch but Fuschini moves out of range.
Fuschini throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Royston McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuschini takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fuschini looks to land a body kick but McDonald moved away.
Fuschini looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fuschini looks to land a combination but McDonald avoids it well.

McDonald drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDonald trying to control but Fuschini is working from the bottom.
McDonald pushes down on Fuschini's leg and manages to get into half guard.
McDonald scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
McDonald lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. McDonald connects with a nice short shot to Fuschini's temple.
McDonald has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fuschini wants to get back to his feet.

Fuschini actively working from the bottom here.
McDonald is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Fuschini manages to get to full guard.
McDonald keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fuschini's head.
McDonald wants to control from the top but Fuschini keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fuschini's head.
McDonald in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McDonald works over Fuschini with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonald tries to free his leg and advance position but Fuschini is retaining full guard.
McDonald throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McDonald connects with a couple of short punches.
McDonald has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McDonald postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fuschini keeping full guard, as McDonald tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDonald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fuschini wants to stand and escape but McDonald is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fuschini is trying to keep McDonald in close.
McDonald wants to control from the top but Fuschini keeps moving.
McDonald postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
McDonald postures up and lands a big shot to Fuschini's brow.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Fuschini blocks nicely.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Fuschini blocks nicely.
Fuschini has momentary wrist control but McDonald slips an elbow through the middle.

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

Fuschini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but McDonald can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fuschini looking for submissions from the bottom but instead McDonald passes into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuschini trying to control here.
McDonald not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fuschini trying to control here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Fuschini looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Royston McDonald has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuschini trying to control from the bottom.
McDonald working Fuschini over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royston McDonald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Luca Fuschini'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!

A jab from McDonald does it's job there.
McDonald throws a leg kick which misses Fuschini's front leg but catches the back leg as Fuschini tries to avoid it.
McDonald lands with a thumping leg kick.
McDonald throws a head kick but Fuschini moves out of range.
McDonald scoring well with a low kick there.
Fuschini swats away the attempt to clinch by McDonald.
Fuschini throws a right hand that misses

and McDonald counters with a head kick that drops Fuschini - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
McDonald lands a big elbow - Fuschini is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for McDonald!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Royston McDonald!
Royston McDonald made sure to mention his sponsor, Hellbent in his post fight interview.