PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maniek King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Doneri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Maniek King has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

King
vs
Doneri

183 cm
24
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
24
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maniek King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claudio Doneri!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Doneri clinches.
King pushes Doneri back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Doneri has hold of one of King's legs. King is fighting the takedown attempt but Doneri gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
King thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Doneri stopping the sweep attempt from King.
Doneri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King trying to strike off his back.
Doneri won't allow King to sweep him here.
King tries to strike from the bottom.
Doneri connects with a couple of short punches.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
King trying to strike off his back.
King keeping moving, preventing Doneri from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doneri controls from within his opponent's guard.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
King wants to sweep but no luck.
Doneri is stalling in the full guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Claudio Doneri hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
No luck for King with that takedown attempt.
King closes the distance and clinches up with Doneri, looking for a takedown. King pushes Doneri against the cage but Doneri circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

King rushes Doneri and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King can't break the clinch.
Doneri prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Doneri misses with a punch to the body.
Doneri tries to pull guard but King forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
King prevents the takedown attempt.
King wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maniek King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Doneri decides to pull guard.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Doneri.
Doneri has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King trying to control but Doneri is working from the bottom.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Doneri has control of King's left arm, preventing King from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
King throws an elbow that misses. Doneri uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in King's guard. Nice move by Doneri!
Doneri content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Doneri is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doneri scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Doneri is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Doneri landing with the ground and pound.
Doneri is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King is striking from the bottom but Doneri uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Doneri trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
King throws a strike from the bottom but Doneri passes into side control!
King is looking for a sweep.
Doneri in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Doneri wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
King on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Doneri dominated that round.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Doneri shoots in but King avoids the takedown attempt easily.

King moves into the clinch.

Doneri lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
King works his way to full guard. Good work.
King is striking from the bottom but Doneri uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Doneri wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
King flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Doneri moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from King.
Doneri blocks the strikes from King.
Doneri controlling the position from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a strike from the bottom.
Doneri blocks the strikes from King.
Doneri wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
King throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
King is working to avoid the ground and pound but Doneri connects with a decent elbow.
King taking a bit of punishment here - Doneri scoring with strikes.
King misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Doneri working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
King is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
King wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doneri controls the position.
Claudio Doneri has got the better of the ground game so far.
Doneri wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
King tries to improve position but can't.
King misses with a strike from the bottom.
Doneri taking a breather here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Doneri lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Doneri trying to control the position but King is working away.
Doneri controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doneri is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
King throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.

Doneri is trying to get an arm triangle but King is defending well.
Doneri taking a breather here.
King is not content to let Doneri control the position.
Doneri landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
King striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The referee asks Doneri politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Doneri prefers to stall for the moment though.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Doneri wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Doneri working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
King throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Doneri working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Doneri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Doneri swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Doneri throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. King was covering up waiting for the punch and Doneri finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Doneri looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Doneri content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Doneri sitting in guard here, content to control.
King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to strike from the bottom.
Doneri wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Doneri advances position into side control!
Doneri content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
King is looking to regain half guard here but Doneri keeps moving and retains side control.
King seems a little lost for a moment, as Doneri dominates the positioning.
Doneri working the ground and pound from side control.
King tries to buck Doneri off but Doneri is having none of it.
Doneri is staying tight to King's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is not content to let Doneri control the position.
Doneri blocks the strikes from King.
King tries to strike but it doesn't land.
King misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Doneri wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.

Doneri is trying to get an arm triangle but King is defending well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Doneri is working King over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Doneri politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Doneri prefers to stall for the moment though.
Doneri wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
Doneri working the ground and pound.
King is trying to get back to half guard.
Doneri wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
King is looking for a sweep.
Doneri is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt King will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Doneri avoids the strikes from the bottom by King.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Doneri wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Doneri trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doneri scores with a couple of short elbows.
Maniek King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doneri is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt King will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
King tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
King is trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Doneri just content to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Claudio Doneri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Doneri 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight for Claudio Doneri!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Claudio Doneri!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Claudio Doneri!

Claudio Doneri wins by unanimous decision!