PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Israel Kamakawiwo Ole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifford Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamakawiwo Ole comes to the cage accompanied by Somewhere over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World. Israel Kamakawiwo Ole has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kamakawiwo Ole
vs
Donovan

179 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
166 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Kamakawiwo Ole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clifford Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamakawiwo Ole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donovan.
Donovan misses with a body kick.
Donovan moves out of range of the body kick from Kamakawiwo Ole.
Kamakawiwo Ole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kamakawiwo Ole feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Donovans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Donovan tries to land knees in the clinch but Kamakawiwo Ole avoids the damage to the body.
Donovan looking to throw knees to the head but Kamakawiwo Ole is blocking nicely.
Donovan is looking to break free of the clinch but Kamakawiwo Ole has double underhooks.

Donovan manages to break the clinch.
Kamakawiwo Ole lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big left from Donovan misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donovan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donovan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Kamakawiwo Ole counters with a single leg into guard. Donovan didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamakawiwo Ole pushes down on Donovan's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan keeping hold of Kamakawiwo Ole's head, controlling as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kamakawiwo Ole controlling the action here.
Kamakawiwo Ole throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kamakawiwo Ole trying to mount his opponent but Donovan defends it.
Donovan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kamakawiwo Ole. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Donovan is refusing to be controlled, as Kamakawiwo Ole sits in half guard.
Kamakawiwo Ole trying to pass the guard but Donovan defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamakawiwo Ole works his way into full mount!
Kamakawiwo Ole with a couple of short strikes.
Kamakawiwo Ole with shots to the head and body - Donovan looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamakawiwo Ole landing punches.
Donovan is trying to stand up.
Kamakawiwo Ole 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.
Kamakawiwo Ole in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kamakawiwo Ole in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Donovan is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kamakawiwo Ole cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Donovan is still in real trouble! Can Kamakawiwo Ole finish him?
Kamakawiwo Ole takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've been hearing that Kamakawiwo Ole has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Kamakawiwo Ole! Donovan is hurt baaadly! Kamakawiwo Ole is firing away with more strikes - Donovan is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Israel Kamakawiwo Ole!
An out of breath Israel Kamakawiwo Ole thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.