PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Mizrahi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donnie Mizrahi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mizrahi
vs
Bourque

176 cm
31
155 lbs
24 - 18 - 0

192 cm
39
156 lbs
42 - 18 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donnie Mizrahi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourque just misses with a punch to the body.
Bourque on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bourque fails to land with a series of punches.
Mizrahi throws a sloppy head kick and Bourque moves out of range easily.
Mizrahi blocks a jab.
Bourque looks to land a right hand but Mizrahi moved out of range.
Bourque lands the left hand.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but Bourque is having none of it.
Bourque is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mizrahi.

Mizrahi has taken the fight to the clinch.
A knee to the head by Mizrahi.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mizrahi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Mizrahi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Mizrahi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mizrahi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bourque backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bourque is trying to force a seperation but Mizrahi has the dominant position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi prevents Bourque from breaking the clinch.
Bourque letting Mizrahi take a breather here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but Bourque blocks it.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mizrahi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch but Mizrahi keeps him there for the moment.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Mizrahi stalling.
Mizrahi lands a knee to the body.
Mizrahi scores with a shot to the side of Bourque's head.
Bourque wants to get back to striking at distance but Mizrahi won't allow it.
Mizrahi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Mizrahi lands a knee to the body.
Mizrahi leaning against his opponent.
Mizrahi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bourque lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mizrahi.

It looks like Paul Bourque has been cut.
Bourque takes a shot to the head.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Bourque blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mizrahi is pushing Bourque up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mizrahi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi missing with knees to the body.
Mizrahi lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque tries to circle away but Mizrahi has him pinned against the cage.
Mizrahi letting Bourque take a breather here.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mizrahi missing with knees to the body.
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Bourque pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bourque misses with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bourque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bourque takes one on the button.
Bourque misses the jab.
Bourque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donnie Mizrahi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Mizrahi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Mizrahi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bourque'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.

Mizrahi misses with an uppercut. Bourque saw that one coming.
Mizrahi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mizrahi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mizrahi is looking to clinch but Bourque is avoiding it.
Mizrahi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mizrahi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bourque throws out the jab.
Bourque cracks Mizrahi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mizrahi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bourque throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mizrahi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mizrahi lands with a right hand.
Paul Bourque is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bourque fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bourque changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mizrahi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bourque.
Nice cross by Bourque.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourque throws a series of strikes that have Mizrahi backpedaling.

Mizrahi clinches.
Bourque is looking to break free of the clinch but Mizrahi has double underhooks.
Bourque tries to break free but Mizrahi pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizrahi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mizrahi is pushing Bourque up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bourque is trying to break free.
Mizrahi is stalling here.
Mizrahi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bourque working hard to break the clinch.

Bourque breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi misses with a body shot.
Bourque tests Mizrahi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mizrahi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mizrahi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mizrahi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mizrahi scores with a one two! Bourque had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but Bourque is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mizrahi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mizrahi takes one to the side of the head.
Bourque with a nice cross.
Bourque goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Donnie Mizrahi has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mizrahi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bourque uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bourque misses with the combination.
Mizrahi fails to land with a series of punches.

Mizrahi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Donnie Mizrahi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mizrahi scores with a knee to the head.
Mizrahi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bourque in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mizrahi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bourque backwards.
Mizrahi wants to stall.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Mizrahi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bourque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mizrahi has him pressed against the cage.
Mizrahi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mizrahi misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mizrahi scores with a knee to the head.
Mizrahi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mizrahi looking to throw knees to the head but Bourque is blocking nicely.
Bourque prevents a body shot from Mizrahi.
Bourque blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bourque working hard to break the clinch.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mizrahi scores with a knee to the head.
Mizrahi has Bourque pressed against the cage, preventing Bourque from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Mizrahi dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mizrahi.

Mizrahi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mizrahi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mizrahi tries a body shot but Bourque blocks it.
Mizrahi has Bourque pressed against the cage.
Bourque is trying to break free.
Bourque is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mizrahi is pushing Bourque up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizrahi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mizrahi tries a body shot but Bourque blocks it.
Bourque taking a breather.
Mizrahi trying to land knees to the body.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mizrahi working aggressively here.
Mizrahi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mizrahi misses with the head strike.
Mizrahi swings wildly with an uppercut but Bourque uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi lands a nice uppercut.
Mizrahi crunches a lovely knee into Bourque's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mizrahi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bourque.
Bourque working hard to break the clinch.
Paul Bourque has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Mizrahi is controlling the position.
Mizrahi effectively controlling the action here.
Mizrahi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mizrahi.
Bourque blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mizrahi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bourque has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mizrahi misses with a knee to the head.
Mizrahi avoiding damage.
Bourque is trying to force a seperation but Mizrahi has the dominant position.
Mizrahi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bourque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mizrahi has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi throws a head punch that misses.
Mizrahi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mizrahi lands a nice shot to the body.
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Mizrahi is controlling the position.
Mizrahi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mizrahi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Bourque wants to break free but Mizrahi has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mizrahi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mizrahi taking a breather.
Mizrahi lands with a light punch inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donnie Mizrahi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mizrahi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Mizrahi!
Donnie Mizrahi thanked the fans post fight for their support.