PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bronson
vs
Donelly

176 cm
28
183 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Bronson.
Bronson misses with an uppercut
and Donelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Bronson.
Bronson connects with a looping right hand.
Bronson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Donelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donelly moves away.
Bronson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Bronson connects with a body shot that sends Donelly's belly button to the back.
Donelly misses with a body shot.
Donelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Bronson connects with an inside leg kick.
Donelly looks to land a left hand but Bronson moved out of range nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bronson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donelly manages to avoid it.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donelly moves away.
Bronson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bronson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donelly.
Donelly defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
Donelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bronson lands a jab to Donelly's midsection.
Bronson swings widly with a right hand
and Donelly counters with a series of strikes. Bronson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Donelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Bronson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Donelly counters with a straight right hand.
Bronson misses with a low kick.
Donelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donelly throws a wild body kick that Bronson sees coming a mile off.
Donelly slips a jab and a cross from Bronson.
Donelly moves out of range as Bronson strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson looks to land a combination but Donelly avoids it well.
Bronson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Bronson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Donelly doesn't seem phased though.
Donelly misses with a leg kick.
Donelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donelly.
Sloppy strikes from Donelly. Those never looked like landing.
Donelly scores with a jab.
Bronson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bronson at a distance.
Donelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bronson moves forwards but Donelly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Donelly looks for the body kick but Bronson saw that one coming.
Bronson throws a low kick but Donelly avoids it.
Donelly lands a nice hook to Bronson's body. Bronson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Donelly. Those never looked like landing.
Donelly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bronson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Donelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bronson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Donelly counters with a good low kick that Bronson was not able to check.
Donelly scores with a jab to the head.
Bronson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bronson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bronson misses with a straight left.
Bronson thuds a left hand into Donelly's body.
Donelly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bronson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bronson.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Donelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bronson throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bronson's calf.
Bronson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Donelly counters with a good low kick that Bronson was not able to check.
Donelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bronson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Donelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donelly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bronson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Donelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Donelly scores with a body shot.
A combination from Bronson does no damage.
Bronson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donelly throws a head kick but Bronson moves out of range.
Donelly is looking to slow Bronson down with leg kicks.
Donelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Donelly dominated that round.
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.

Bronson drops his hands momentarily and Donelly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Donelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bronson throws out the jab.
Bronson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joseph Donelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donelly moves away.
Donelly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donelly works the jab nicely.
Bronson misses with a hook
and Donelly counters with a left to the body.
Donelly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bronson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donelly misses with a kick to the body.
Bronson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donelly.
Donelly throws a jab when Bronson was well out of range.
That kick from Donelly tenderised Bronson's leg. Bronson is trying to keep his angry face on.
A low kick from Bronson is predictable there
and Donelly finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Donelly looks to throw the jab but Bronson is out of range.
Donelly jabs at Bronson's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Donelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bronson doesn't seem phased though.
Donelly cracks a nice hook into Bronson's ribs.
Bronson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bronson lands with an overhand left.
Donelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Bronson moves out of range as Donelly strikes.
Bronson throws a jab when Donelly was well out of range.
Donelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bronson.
Donelly slips under a jab from Bronson.
Good exchange - Bronson coming out on top.
Bronson swings for the body but Donelly moves out of range.
Bronson misses with a head kick.
Bronson connects with a body shot.
Bronson misses with a leg kick
enabling Donelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Donelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson misses with an uppercut. Donelly saw that one coming.
Donelly scores with a nice right hand.
Bronson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bronson throws a leg kick but Donelly moved away.
Donelly stalks Bronson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bronson's face. Bronson staggers backwards, shaken.
Bronson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bronson throws a right and a left that Donelly avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donelly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Donelly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bronson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Donelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bronson manages to avoid it.
Donelly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donelly throws a front kick that sends Bronson stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly scores with a nice right hand.
Donelly blocks a jab.
Donelly tries to score with a low kick but Bronson moves his leg out of the way.
A big left from Bronson misses.
Bronson fails to land with a series of punches.
Bronson looks to score with a jab to the body but Donelly is just out of range.
Donelly lands a nice hook to Bronson's body. Bronson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donelly misses with a straight right.
Donelly avoids the body shot from Bronson.
Bronson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donelly.
Bronson throws a body punch but Donelly moves out of range.
Good exchange - Donelly coming out on top.
Bronson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bronson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bronson takes one on the button.
Donelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bronson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donelly, right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donelly scores with a one two! Bronson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bronson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Donelly.
Bronson lands a nice shot that snaps Donelly's head back.
Bronson staying out of range there.
Donelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bronson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donelly.
Bronson wants to land a leg kick but Donelly is out of range.
Bronson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bronson scrambles back to his feet.
Donelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bronson's sensitive parts.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donelly throws a body kick that misses.
Bronson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bronson ducks under a wild hook from Donelly.
Donelly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Donelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Donelly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bronson.
Donelly tries to work over Bronson's front leg with a kick but Bronson checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bronson.
Donelly misses with a head kick.
Donelly misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Bronson.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bronson.
Bronson misses with a body shot
and Donelly counters with a low kick, right behind Bronson 's knee.
Donelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big right from Donelly misses.
Bronson lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Donelly.
Bronson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bronson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly throws a head kick but Bronson moves out of range.
Donelly lands with a nice body kick.
Bronson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson walks into a jab.
Donelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bronson misses with a shot to the body
and Donelly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bronson misses the shot to the body.
Donelly scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donelly defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
Bronson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Bronson.
Donelly throws a head kick that misses
and Bronson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Donelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donelly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A left lands for Donelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bronson walks into a straight right hand from Donelly.
Bronson throws an overhand right that lands on Donelly's shoulder, as Donelly tries to avoid the shot.
Donelly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bronson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bronson misses with a double jab.
Charles Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donelly with a nice cross.
Donelly lands with a hook. Bronson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bronson misses with an uppercut
and Donelly counters with a series of strikes. Bronson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bronson scores with a nice right hand.
Donelly tries to bum rush Bronson with a series of wild strikes but Bronson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donelly tries a low kick but Bronson avoids it.
Bronson avoids the head kick by Donelly.
Donelly ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Bronson throws a series of strikes that have Donelly backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Donelly.
Bronson works the jab nicely.
Donelly jabs at Bronson's body.
Donelly connects with a single shot there.
Donelly misses with a straight left.
Bronson throws a looping overhand right but Donelly ducks down to avoid it.
Donelly with a hook.
Donelly scores with a hook to the body. Bronson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bronson misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Bronson.
Bronson misses the jab.
Bronson walks into a left hand.
Donelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bronson.
Donelly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a front kick aimed at Donelly's knee but Donelly avoids it well.
Donelly throws the left hand but Bronson avoids the punch easily.
Bronson lands with a straight right. Donelly didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donelly blocks a leg kick.
Joseph Donelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bronson throws a hook but Donelly avoids it easily.
Jab from Donelly.
Bronson looks to throw the jab but Donelly is out of range.
Donelly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Donelly thuds a left hand into Bronson's body.
Donelly lands with a good body shot.
Charles Bronson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Bronson misses.
Bronson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donelly scores with a head kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Bronson as he connects with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joseph Donelly.
Well Donelly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Donelly!