PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz comes to the cage accompanied by Brother Dege - Too Old To Die Young. Sanchez has chosen In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Donowitz
vs
Sanchez

181 cm
32
160 lbs
31 - 4 - 0

183 cm
34
165 lbs
30 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Oswaldo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez scoring well with a low kick there.
Donowitz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Donowitz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Donowitz avoids a kick to the body.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donowitz throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez throws out a leg kick but Donowitz moves out of range and Sanchez only half commits.
Sanchez throws a jab when Donowitz was well out of range.
A clash of legs there as Sanchez blocks the low kick.
Donowitz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Donowitz circles away and keeps his distance.
Donowitz takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez moves out of range of the leg kick from Donowitz.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. Donowitz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez checks the leg kick.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Donowitz.
Sanchez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range and Sanchez settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a jab to the nose.
An inside leg kick from Sanchez misses.
Donowitz misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Donowitz.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Donowitz stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donowitz.
Donowitz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donowitz motions for Sanchez to come forward. Donowitz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Donowitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sanchez has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sanchez lands with a nice body punch.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range.
Donowitz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks right into an uppercut from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Donny Donowitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donowitz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Donowitz against the cage.
Donowitz gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Donowitz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Donowitz is working Sanchez over against the cage.
Donowitz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
I was talking to Donowitz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Donowitz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Donowitz controls his hands.
Sanchez has Donowitz pressed against the cage, preventing Donowitz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donowitz leaning against his opponent.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Donowitz wants to stall.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz misses with the head strike.

Donowitz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donowitz dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Donowitz misses with a straight left.
Donowitz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez.
A left and a right from Sanchez both land. Nice combination.
Donowitz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Donowitz throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez tried to score with a low kick but Donowitz checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donowitz throws out the jab.
Donowitz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez throws a hook but Donowitz blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donowitz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donny Donowitz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Donowitz scores with a jab. Sanchez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Donowitz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sanchez - the referee stops the clock and Donowitz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sanchez. Donowitz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
A clash of legs there as Donowitz blocks the low kick.
Donowitz cracks a nice hook into Sanchez's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Donowitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donowitz misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sanchez cracks Donowitz with an open hand slap.
An inside leg kick lands from Donowitz.
Donowitz scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donowitz ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz thuds his shin into the meat of Sanchez's side.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oswaldo Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. Donowitz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donowitz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Donowitz moves forwards but Sanchez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Donowitz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Donowitz misses with a body kick.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Donowitz's front leg but catches the back leg as Donowitz tries to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Donowitz - that will leave a mark!
Donowitz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a hook but Donowitz blocks it.
Donowitz throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Donowitz only half commits.
Donowitz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Donowitz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donowitz throws a sloppy body shot

and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Donowitz tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Sanchez has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Donowitz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez raining down shots from the mount!
Sanchez unloads with some shots from mount but Donowitz bucks and avoids them well.
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Donowitz is looking to escape.
Donowitz regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz is staying active underneath Sanchez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Donowitz's head.
Sanchez trying to mount his opponent but Donowitz defends it.
Donowitz trying to control from the bottom.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Donowitz defending well though.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Donowitz's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sanchez passes Donowitz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sanchez is trying to control. Donowitz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Donowitz tries to get to full guard but Sanchez has control of the leg.
Donowitz is refusing to be controlled, as Sanchez sits in half guard.
Sanchez stops Donowitz from getting back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donowitz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oswaldo Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

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 Sanchez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanchez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donowitz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Donowitz, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes Donowitz against the cage but Donowitz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Donowitz looks to throw a body kick
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Donowitz.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Donowitz throws the left hand but Sanchez avoids the punch easily.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sanchez.
Donowitz tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Donowitz checks it.
Donowitz throws a low kick but Sanchez avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Donowitz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Donowitz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donowitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donowitz looks to throw a body kick
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Donowitz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Donowitz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Sanchez does it's job there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sanchez.
A nice combination there by Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a nice head kick!
Donowitz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead 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!
Sanchez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donowitz throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
Donowitz thows a body kick. Sanchez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sanchez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Donowitz defends well and Sanchez ends up having to push Donowitz into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Donny Donowitz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oswaldo Sanchez.
Donowitz just leaning against Sanchez, taking a breather.
Donowitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.

Donowitz breaks the clinch.
Donowitz throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Donowitz only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Donowitz. No joy for Sanchez on that attempt.
Donowitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Donowitz.
Donowitz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Sanchez with a hook.
Sanchez lands a jab to Donowitz's midsection.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Donowitz moved out of range nicely.
Donowitz throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Donowitz blocks the body kick.
Donowitz thows a body kick. Sanchez tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donowitz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donowitz.
Good work by Sanchez as he checks the leg kick.
Sanchez throws out a leg kick but Donowitz moves out of range and Sanchez only half commits.
Sanchez moves out of range as Donowitz strikes.
Sanchez with a jab.
Donowitz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donowitz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Donowitz.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Donowitz misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Donny Donowitz did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice shot by Donowitz.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donowitz.
Donowitz wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donowitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but Sanchez moved away.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Donowitz's ribs.
Donowitz stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Donowitz scores with a decent looking hook.
Donowitz throws a chopping leg kick but Sanchez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanchez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanchez's sensitive parts.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donowitz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donowitz connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Donowitz ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to slow Donowitz down by chopping away at his legs.
Donowitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donowitz misses with a straight right.
Donowitz scores with a leg kick.
Sanchez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donowitz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donowitz, right into the meat.
Donowitz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donowitz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Donowitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Donowitz moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Donowitz misses

and Sanchez counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Donowitz's guard now.
Donowitz working a defensive guard but Sanchez manages to pass into side control anyway.
Donowitz prevents Sanchez from moving into mount.
Donowitz struggling a bit here.
Donowitz is looking for a sweep.
Sloppy strikes there by Sanchez.
Donowitz is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz is working hard here to advance position.
Donowitz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Donowitz is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donowitz tries to kick Sanchez off but Sanchez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Donowitz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez prevents Donowitz from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Donowitz throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oswaldo Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donowitz.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Donowitz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donowitz cracks Sanchez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donowitz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donowitz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Donowitz's sensitive parts.
Donowitz keeps Sanchez at a distance using the push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Donowitz is having none of it.

Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Donowitz wants to control but Sanchez is keeping busy.
Donowitz is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to take a breather but Donowitz is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Donowitz manages to get to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oswaldo Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez is fighting to break Donowitz's control of his arms but Donowitz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Donowitz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Donowitz pulls Sanchez in close to prevent any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Donowitz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Donowitz lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Sanchez.
Sanchez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donowitz.
Sanchez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Donowitz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Sanchez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sanchez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Donowitz's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donowitz is trying to get back to his feet.
Donowitz struggling a bit here.

Sanchez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
You can see the frustration on Donowitz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oswaldo Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Donowitz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Donny Donowitz!
A relieved looking Donny Donowitz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.