PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ziggy Cliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donelly comes to the cage accompanied by Jump Around. Cliff has chosen JAMROCK as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ziggy Cliff enters the cage!

Donelly
vs
Cliff

175 cm
33
184 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

182 cm
30
176 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

Hellbent

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 24 - 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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ziggy Cliff!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cliff misses with a hook. Donelly ducked under it nicely.

Donelly tries to keep at a distance but Cliff has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Donelly.
Donelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ziggy Cliff has been cut.
Cliff pushes Donelly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cliff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Donellys head.
Donelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Cliff - that landed with a thud.
Cliff lands a shoulder strike.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Cliff fails to land.
Cliff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Cliff.
Donelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Donelly has a couple of punches blocked by Cliff.
Donelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cliff blocks an elbow strike.
Donelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Donelly.
Donelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Cliff.
Donelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Donelly lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cliff digs a right hand underneath Donelly's ribcage. Donelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cliff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Donelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Donelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cliffs head.
Donelly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cliff blocks it with crossed arms.
Donelly can't find room to land a body shot as Cliff controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donelly throws an elbow but misses.
Donelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cliff scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cliff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cliff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cliff has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Donelly seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cliff can turn it around.
Cliff scores with a hook to the body.
Donelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Donelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Cliff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cliff struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
Cliff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Donelly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Donelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Cliff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cliff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cliff blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cliff softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Donelly lands with a short shot to the head.
Donelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Donelly has a couple of punches blocked by Cliff.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Donelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Donelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cliff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Donelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donelly.
Cliff lands a hook that snaps the head of Donelly backwards.
Cliff swings wildly with an uppercut but Donelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cliff.
Cliff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Cliff.
Donelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Cliff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cliff scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cliff blocking some punches.
Cliff digs a right hand into Donelly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Donelly's gas tank.
A knee to the head by Cliff.
Donelly is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Cliff.
Cliff taking a breather.
Donelly misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Cliff scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cliff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cliff using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Donelly.
Cliff can't find room to land a body shot as Donelly controls the action.
Donelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Cliff lands a left hand.
Donelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donelly throws an elbow but misses.
Donelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Cliff.
Donelly tries to throw a body punch but Cliff avoids it by throwing Donelly back against the cage.
Cliff tries to work over Donelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cliff blocks an elbow strike from Donelly.
Cliff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cliff blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cliff lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cliff gets through Donelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cliff misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cliff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cliff pushes Donelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Cliff.
Cliff lands a shoulder strike.
Cliff pushes Donelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cliff.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cliff.
Cliff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cliff working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cliff misses with a body punch.
Cliff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Donelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donelly.
Cliff works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cliff lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cliff gets through Donelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cliff avoids a wild elbow strike from Donelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Cliff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ziggy Cliff's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Donelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cliff throws a big shot that misses.

Cliff moves into the clinch.
Donelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Cliff.
Donelly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cliff backwards.
Cliff lands a body shot in the clinch.
Donelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
Donelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cliff lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Donelly.
Donelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Donelly throws a head punch that misses.
Cliff lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cliff lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cliff.
Cliff working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cliff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cliff lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cliff misses with a punch on the inside.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
Donelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cliff in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donelly.
Cliff lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donelly throws an elbow but misses.
Cliff struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Donelly as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cliff.
Donelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Cliff controls his hands.
Cliff lands with a light punch inside.
Donelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Cliff on the inside.
Cliff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Donelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short left from Cliff.

Donelly is rocked!
Cliff gets through Donelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Donelly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Donelly throws an elbow but it misses.
Cliff scores with a shot to the side of Donelly's head.
Good body shot from Cliff.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cliff lands a big right hand that drops Donelly! The killer instinct kicks in and Cliff finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Cliff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ziggy Cliff!
Post fight, an emotional Ziggy Cliff said 'Came into this fight with 52% energy. You suck.'.