PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cormac Donovan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Diaz
vs
Donovan

177 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

179 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cormac Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donovan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Donovan gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Donovan scoring with punches from side control.
Donovan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz is trying to improve his position.
Diaz trying to control but Donovan flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Diaz is covering up but some of the strikes from Donovan are getting through and doing damage.
Diaz prevents Donovan from getting a body triangle.
Donovan scores with punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donovan scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Diaz is looking for a way out.
Donovan is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Diaz up.
Diaz tries to escape but Donovan has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Donovan lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Diaz is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan connects with a couple of big shots that have Diaz covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Diaz! Donovan fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormac Donovan!