PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Stick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cavan Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stick
vs
Donovan

200 cm
25
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Stick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cavan Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donovan lands a two punch combo.
Jab from Donovan.
Stick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stick fails with a takedown attempt.
Donovan connects with a right hand. Stick shakes it off.
Donovan fails with a takedown attempt.
Stick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donovan.
Danga de danga de dang - Donovan scores with a four punch combination!
Stick changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Donovan tries to avoid it but Stick manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Donovan to the ground. Donovan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jack Stick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stick shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stick showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stick lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Stick.
Stick seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Donovan taking some punishment here, with Stick in his half guard.
Stick looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Donovan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stick scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Donovan looking for submissions off his back.

Donovan looking for submissions off his back.
Stick will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Donovan looks winded!
Stick passes to side control.
Stick working the head with strikes.
Stick controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stick gets to mount! Donovan was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Donovan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stick postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Donovan badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Stick around the waist but Stick pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Stick is the winner by TKO! Stick jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Stick!
Our winner, Jack Stick, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.