PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caley Donaldson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wynston Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caley Donaldson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wynston Church's chin.

Donaldson
vs
Church

185 cm
23
216 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
25
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

- Elite Fighter© + Laundry

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 Los Angeles, Caley Donaldson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wynston Church!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donaldson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Church decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Donaldson's guard.
Church trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Church loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Church throws a strike but Donaldson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Donaldson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Donaldson won't allow Church to sweep him here.
Donaldson tries to free his leg and advance position but Church is retaining full guard.
Church tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Church trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Donaldson throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Church wants to sweep but no luck.
Church trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Church looking to hit a scissor sweep but Donaldson is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Church manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Donaldson manages to get himself to full guard.
Donaldson wants to sweep but no luck.
Donaldson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Donaldson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Church scoring with some ground and pound.
Donaldson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Church loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Church throws an elbow that misses. Donaldson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Church's guard. Nice move by Donaldson!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Donaldson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donaldson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Church works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Donaldson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Church works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Donaldson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Church works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Donaldson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Donaldson passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Church is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Donaldson lands a nice short elbow.
Church missing with punches from the bottom.
Church gets full guard.
Donaldson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Church wants to sweep here but Donaldson controlling him for the moment.
Church is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donaldson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Donaldson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Donaldson stands and throws Church's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Church is looking for a sweep.
Church is not content to let Donaldson control the position.
Donaldson grinds an elbow into Church's temple.
Church is trying to control Donaldson's posture but Donaldson avoids it.
Church tries to buck Donaldson off but Donaldson is having none of it.

Donaldson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Church knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Donaldson cracks Church with an elbow. That is naaassty.

It looks like Wynston Church has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donaldson tries to score with some ground and pound. Church controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Church gets back to half guard.
Donaldson throwing shots but Church is blocking nicely.
Donaldson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Church defending well though.
Church gets full guard.
Church utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Church manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Donaldson manages to get himself to full guard.
Donaldson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Donaldson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Church manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Church is on top in guard.
Church trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wynston Church will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Wynston Church's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Donaldson shoots for a takedown but Church saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Church shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Donaldson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
You can see the frustration on Donaldson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Church wants to control but Donaldson is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Church misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Church happy to just control the position for now.
Church tries to move into full mount but can't pass Donaldson's legs.
Donaldson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Church connects with a decent elbow.
Donaldson gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Donaldson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Donaldson controls Church momentarily but Church frees himself.
Donaldson seems keen to control Church's posture.
Donaldson is trying to keep Church in close.
Donaldson keeping moving, preventing Church from controlling successfully.
Church with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Church wants to control from the top but Donaldson keeps moving.
Donaldson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Donaldson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Caley Donaldson.
Donaldson with a lazy takedown attempt

and Church counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Church's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Donaldson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Church works over Donaldson with some ground and pound from guard.
Church trying to control but Donaldson is working from the bottom.
Church missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Church tries to free his leg and advance position but Donaldson is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Church throwing strikes but missing.
Donaldson wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Church is now in half guard.
Donaldson trying to control here.
Church throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Donaldson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Donaldson is trying to control the position but Church postures up.
Church trying to control the position from guard on top but Donaldson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donaldson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Donaldson keeping moving, preventing Church from controlling successfully.
Church must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Donaldson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Wynston Church hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Donaldson.
The ground and pound from Donaldson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Church is looking to regain half guard here but Donaldson keeps moving and retains side control.
Church manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Church perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Donaldson is positioning himself well to prevent Church advancing to mount.
Church working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Donaldson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Church counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Donaldson fails with the takedown

so Church counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Church throwing strikes from guard but Donaldson blocks nicely.
Donaldson is trying to control the position but Church postures up.
Church in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Church passes Donaldson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Donaldson is looking to control Church's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Donaldson avoid being mounted?
Donaldson wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Church there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Church is looking to pass Donaldson's guard but actually Donaldson recovers to full guard.
Church throwing strikes from guard but Donaldson blocks nicely.
Donaldson looking for a sweep. Not yet Donaldson, not yet.
Church is looking to work some ground and pound but Donaldson has wrist control.
Donaldson is trying to keep Church in close.
Church trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Church works over Donaldson with some ground and pound from guard.
Church working some strikes from top position.
Church stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Donaldson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Church postures up and lands a big shot to Donaldson's brow.
Church missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Donaldson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Church working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Donaldson controls Church momentarily but Church frees himself.
Church makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Church throws a strike but Donaldson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Church tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donaldson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Church works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Donaldson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Donaldson is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Church is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Church has escaped and now he's on top!
Church throws a big elbow that misses.
Church throws a strike but Donaldson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Church looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Church manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Donaldson manages to get himself to full guard.
Donaldson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Church connects with a couple of short punches.
Church trying to control the position from guard on top but Donaldson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Donaldson is on top in guard.
Church is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Donaldson slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Church.
Caley Donaldson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Church trying to hold on to Donaldson's head to control him but Donaldson postures up.
Donaldson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Church is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Donaldson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wynston Church comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Church 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wynston Church!