PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donelly comes to the cage accompanied by Jump Around. Johnson has chosen It's A Fight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Donelly
vs
Johnson

175 cm
32
184 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

180 cm
32
169 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Donelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.

Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Donelly to the mat! Donelly manages to get full guard.
Donelly is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Donelly keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Donelly has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Donelly blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Donelly pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses. Donelly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Donelly!
Donelly controlling from the top position.

We're going to have a standup here because Joseph Donelly wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Donelly punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Donelly checks a low kick from Johnson.
Donelly digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.

Johnson pushes Donelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Donelly.
Donelly lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Nice elbow from Donelly.
Our sources have told us that Donelly has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Donelly works on Johnson's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
Donelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Donelly, against the cage.
Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Donelly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Donelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Donelly.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Donelly fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Johnson looks winded!
Donelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly lands a jab.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Donelly blocks the low kick.
Donelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Donelly.
Joseph Donelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donelly with a hook.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donelly scores with a jab to the body.
Donelly is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donelly.
Donelly scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donelly.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Donelly throws out a powerful jab.
Donelly tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Donelly lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Donelly lands an elbow inside.
Donelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Donelly lands a knee to the head.
Donelly tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Donelly tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Donelly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Joseph Donelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Johnson.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Donelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Donelly connects with a high kick.

Johnson is rocked!
and Donelly counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Johnson! He's just covering up as Donelly starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Donelly!
Joseph Donelly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.