PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pietro Donatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gage Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Donatelli
vs
Bashor

183 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

195 cm
26
225 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pietro Donatelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gage Bashor!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bashor checks a low kick from Donatelli.
Bashor connects with a solid leg kick.

Donatelli clinches up against the cage.
Donatelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bashor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Donatelli struggles to land a body shot inside as Bashor controls his hands.
Donatelli tries a body shot but Bashor blocks it.
Bashor blocks an uppercut.
Bashor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Donatelli up against the cage.
Good body shot from Donatelli.

Donatelli manages to break the clinch.

Donatelli moves into the clinch.
Donatelli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bashor unloads a knee to the mid-section. Donatelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bashor misses with a knee to the head.
Donatelli lands a left hand.
Donatelli dodges an elbow strike from Bashor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bashor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Donatelli blocks the elbow strike.
Donatelli throws a head punch that misses.
Bashor misses with an elbow over the top.
Donatelli tries to break free but Bashor pushes him back against the cage.
Donatelli avoids the elbow strike from Bashor, against the cage.
Donatelli managing to block the knees to the body from Bashor.
Donatelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bashor looking to throw knees to the head but Donatelli is blocking nicely.
Bashor looking to throw knees to the head but Donatelli is blocking nicely.
Bashor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Donatelli is keeping busy.
Bashor tries to land knees in the clinch but Donatelli avoids the damage to the body.
Donatelli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bashor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Donatelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bashor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bashor misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashor looking to throw knees to the head but Donatelli is blocking nicely.
Donatelli struggles to land a body shot inside as Bashor controls his hands.
Bashor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Donatelli blocks it with crossed arms.
Donatelli letting Bashor take a breather here.
Donatelli working hard to break the clinch.
Bashor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Donatelli up against the cage.
Donatelli misses with some punches.
Bashor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from Bashor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donatelli lands with a light punch inside.
Donatelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donatelli misses with a punch on the inside.
Donatelli misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bashor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Donatelli's brow.
Bashor throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashor misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donatelli.
Bashor misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Donatelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bashor trying to land knees to the body.
Donatelli tries to throw a body punch but Bashor avoids it by throwing Donatelli back against the cage.
Donatelli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donatelli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bashor's elbow.
Donatelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Donatelli.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bashor.
Donatelli swings wildly with an uppercut but Bashor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donatelli lands a hook that snaps the head of Bashor backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donatelli dodges an elbow strike from Bashor.
Bashor tries to land a knee to the head but Donatelli blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Bashor scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bashor blocks an uppercut.
Bashor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bashor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Donatelli's brow.
Donatelli managing to block the knees to the body from Bashor.
A head punch on the inside from Bashor fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bashor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bashor misses with a knee strike.
Donatelli digs a right hand into Bashor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bashor's gas tank.
Donatelli scores with a shoulder strike.
Donatelli has a couple of punches blocked by Bashor.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bashor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Donatelli backwards.
Bashor lands a hook that snaps the head of Donatelli backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bashor misses with some punches.
Donatelli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gage Bashor will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bashor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Donatelli throws a push kick but Bashor slaps the foot to one side.
Donatelli throws a hook but Bashor blocks it.
Bashor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donatelli connects with a body shot.

Donatelli instigates a clinch.
Bashor misses with a knee strike.
Bashor throws an elbow but it misses.
Bashor trying to land knees to the body.
Donatelli pushes Bashor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bashor throws an elbow that misses.
Donatelli lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bashor misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donatelli.
Donatelli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bashor lands an elbow just above Donatelli 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donatelli tries to throw a body punch but Bashor avoids it by throwing Donatelli back against the cage.
Bashor crunches a lovely knee into Donatelli's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Bashor.

It looks like Pietro Donatelli has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bashor takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bashor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bashor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Donatelli.
Bashor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Donatelli misses with some punches.
Bashor misses with an elbow over the top.
Donatelli misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Donatelli.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donatelli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donatelli is leaning against Bashor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bashor is breathing heavily.
Bashor taking a breather.
Donatelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Donatelli breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A body shot lands from Donatelli.
Donatelli lands a right hand.
Donatelli works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from Donatelli fails to land.
Donatelli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Donatelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bashor lands an elbow inside that Donatelli shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bashor.
Donatelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Donatelli on the inside.
Donatelli struggles to land a body shot inside as Bashor controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Donatelli.
Donatelli is trying to break free.
Bashor misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Donatelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bashor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donatelli misses with a hook. Bashor ducked under it nicely.

Donatelli closes the distance and clinches.
Donatelli lands a nice shot to the body.
Donatelli misses with the head strike.
Donatelli pushes Bashor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donatelli.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bashor tries a knee to the head but Donatelli blocks it.
Donatelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donatelli avoids the elbow strike from Bashor, against the cage.
Pietro Donatelli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Donatelli.
Donatelli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bashor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bashor throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bashor misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Donatelli.
Bashor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Donatelli scores with a hook to the body.
Donatelli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bashor's elbow.
Donatelli lands a hook that snaps the head of Bashor backwards.
Bashor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Donatelli lands a hook that snaps the head of Bashor backwards.

Bashor is rocked!
Donatelli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bashor is still on wobbly legs! Can Donatelli finish him?
Donatelli swings wildly with an uppercut but Bashor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donatelli creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bashor's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bashor drops to his knees and Donatelli pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pietro Donatelli!
Pietro Donatelli seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.