PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries comes to the cage accompanied by Duke Lion. Donowitz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Bear Jew . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De Vries
vs
Donowitz

173 cm
31
157 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

181 cm
29
160 lbs
22 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Prestige Nutrition (160!)
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Donowitz!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries throws a body kick that misses.
De Vries takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Vries throws a low kick but Donowitz avoids it.
De Vries ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donowitz moves away.
Donowitz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Vries throws a big shot that misses.

De Vries closes the distance and clinches.
Donowitz tries to throw a body punch but De Vries avoids it by throwing Donowitz back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Donowitz's brow.
De Vries lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Donowitz backwards.
A shot in the inside from Donowitz.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
Donowitz blocks an elbow strike.

Donowitz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Vries is looking to score with low kicks.
De Vries blocks a low kick nicely.
De Vries wants to clinch.
De Vries scores with a body shot.
Donowitz moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - De Vries throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hans De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries scores with a nice strike.
Donowitz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from De Vries finds it's way through Donowitz's defenses.
Donowitz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donowitz lands a jab to De Vries's midsection.
De Vries is looking to score with low kicks.
De Vries throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donowitz misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Vries misses with a head kick.
Donowitz misses the shot to the body.
De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands the left hand.
Donowitz throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Donowitz ducks under a wild hook from De Vries.
Donowitz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Vries throws an overhand right that lands on Donowitz's shoulder, as Donowitz tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donowitz keeps the fight on the outside.
Donowitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Vries throws out the jab.
De Vries chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Donowitz can pounce on him.
De Vries checks the leg kick nicely there.
Donowitz connects with a nice looking jab.
Donowitz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Vries checks a leg kick.
Donowitz throws a hook but De Vries avoids it easily.
De Vries ducks right into an uppercut from Donowitz.
Donowitz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Donowitz moves out of range of the strikes.
Donowitz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Vries throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Vries throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Donowitz.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Vries.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
De Vries throws a leg kick that misses.
Donowitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Vries.
Donowitz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De Vries on the side of the head.
De Vries chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Vries scores with a decent looking hook.
De Vries misses with a body shot.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses.
De Vries misses with a looping right.
Some bone on bone action there as Donowitz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Donowitz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick misses from De Vries.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Vries.
Donowitz misses with a looping left.
Donowitz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Vries throws a head kick that misses.
De Vries looks for the body kick but Donowitz saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Vries.
Donowitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Donowitz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Donowitz lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Vries's sensitive parts.
Donowitz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

De Vries has Donowitz up against the cage in a clinch.
De Vries is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Donowitz blocking some punches.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Vries.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donowitz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Donowitz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Vriess head.
Donowitz pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Donowitz misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Vries throws a sloppy head kick
and Donowitz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Donowitz jabs De Vries right on the nose. De Vries blinks but takes it well.
Donowitz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Vries throws a jab when Donowitz was well out of range.
Donowitz throws a leg kick which misses De Vries's front leg but catches the back leg as De Vries tries to avoid it.
De Vries misses with a body kick.
De Vries looks to score with a jab to the body but Donowitz is just out of range.
Donowitz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donowitz throws a shot to the body.
Donowitz checks a low kick from De Vries.
A low kick from De Vries misses
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donowitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Vries.
De Vries avoids the head kick by Donowitz.
De Vries throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Vries connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Vries misses with a hook. Donowitz ducked under it nicely.
Donny Donowitz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Vries throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Donowitz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donowitz lands a really nice looking cross but De Vries seems unphased.
De Vries throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donowitz counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Donowitz finds it's way through De Vries's defenses.
Donowitz connects with a solid leg kick.
De Vries's jab looks to have found its range, popping Donowitz under the eye.
Donowitz throws a low kick but it's checked well by De Vries.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Donowitz 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 De Vries has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Vries and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Donowitz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donowitz lands with a nice body punch.
Donowitz misses with a kick to the body.
Donowitz scores with a punch to the head.
De Vries is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Vries looks to throw the jab but Donowitz is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Vries.
Donowitz connects with an inside leg kick.
De Vries cracks Donowitz with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Vries scores with a jab to the body.
De Vries connects with a good right hand that stumbles Donowitz. Donowitz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Vries scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Vries fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Donowitz.
A nice leg kick lands there from Donowitz.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Vries motions for Donowitz to come forward. De Vries throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donowitz moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Donowitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donowitz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Vriess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Vries tries to clinch up but Donowitz circles away and keeps his distance.
A bone on bone clash there as De Vries blocks the leg kick.
Donowitz motions for De Vries to come forward. Donowitz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Vries walks into a stiff left hand from Donowitz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from De Vries is predictable there
enabling Donowitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Vries, right into the meat.
De Vries misses with a body shot.
Donowitz cracks De Vries with a right hand to the side of the head.
Donowitz blocks a jab.
Donowitz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Vries throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

De Vries is rocked!
Donowitz scores with a nice body kick.
Oh De Vries is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Donowitz cracks De Vries with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donny Donowitz! Donny Donowitz retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Donny Donowitz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.