PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryce Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryce Tanner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tanner
vs
Donovan

194 cm
20
260 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

194 cm
22
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Forbidden Apple

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryce Tanner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donny Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donovan misses with an uppercut. Tanner saw that one coming.
Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donovan.
Tanner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Donny Donovan has been cut.
Donovan lands a nice hook to Tanner's body. Tanner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donny Donovan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donovan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donovan misses with a wild combination.
Donovan looks to land a right hand but Tanner moved out of range.
Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donovan.
Donovan throws a body punch but Tanner moves out of range.
Donovan swinging wilding here.
Donovan thows a body shot but no joy.

Tanner scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donovan taking shots to the head.
Tanner has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Donovan's face.
Donovan wants to hold on but Tanner pushes him away.
Tanner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan tries to hold on but Tanner postures up.
Donovan manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanner controlling the action here.
Donovan is trying to control but can't.
Tanner is keen to just control but Donovan is a slippery customer.
Donovan wants to improve his position but Tanner is controlling well.

Donovan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Donovan looks gassed!
Donovan is trying to control but can't.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tanner lands a nice short elbow.
Donovan trying to control but Tanner postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tanner scores with a nice head shot.

Tanner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Donovan's guard.
Tanner is looking to work some ground and pound but Donovan has wrist control.
Tanner advances to half guard.
Tanner working Donovan over with strikes.
Tanner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Tanner.
Tanner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Donovan defending well though.
Tanner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tanner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tanner lands with a punch from half guard.
Donovan trying to control from the bottom.
Tanner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Donovan's head.
Donovan is trying to maintain the position but Tanner is very close to passing his half guard.
Tanner looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan is pressing down on Tanner's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tanner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tanner stands up over Donovan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Donovan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tanner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tanner thows a big elbow that misses.
Tanner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Donovan keeping moving, preventing Tanner from controlling successfully.

Tanner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tanner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Donovan has his hands on Tanner's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan wants to sweep here but Tanner controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tanner walks into a jab.
Tanner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donovan throws out the jab.

Tanner has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donovan.

Tanner breaks from the clinch.
Tanner lands a jab to the nose.
Tanner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Donovan digs a good body shot into Tanner's ribs.
Donovan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tanner rushes Donovan and presses him up against the cage.

Tanner breaks from the clinch.
Donovan lands a body shot.
Tanner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tanner there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryce Tanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donovan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Donovan misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Donovan.
Donovan misses with an uppercut. Tanner saw that one coming.
Donovan throws a combination that misses
and Tanner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tanner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donovan.
Tanner waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Donovan. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Donovan to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Donovan is rocked!
Donovan working a defensive guard here.
Tanner lands a couple of digs.

Donovan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Donovan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Donovan is breathing heavily.
Tanner lands a couple of elbows.
Donovan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner wants to control from the top but Donovan keeps moving.
Tanner landing with the ground and pound.
Tanner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tanner wants to control from the top but Donovan keeps moving.
Tanner is working Donovan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tanner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tanner trying to control the position from guard on top but Donovan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tanner makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Donovan is trying to keep Tanner in close.
Tanner landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tanner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Donovan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tanner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bryce Tanner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tanner trying to control but Donovan is working from the bottom.
Tanner throwing strikes but missing.
Donovan keeping moving, preventing Tanner from controlling successfully.
Tanner is looking to work some ground and pound but Donovan has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Donovan misses with a wild body shot.
Donovan lands with a cross.
Donovan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tanner manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donovan.
Donovan blocks a jab.
Tanner jabs at Donovan's body.
Donny Donovan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Tanner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Donovan's guard.

Donovan working for a triangle but Tanner defends it easily.
Tanner chips away with some ground and pound.
Tanner is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tanner lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner controlling from the top position.
Tanner wants to control from the top but Donovan keeps moving.
Tanner working some strikes from top position.
Tanner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Donovan looking to control.

Donovan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tanner stands up over Donovan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donovan pulls Tanner in close to prevent any damage.
Tanner trying to control but Donovan is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryce Tanner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donovan's cut.
That's time! Tanner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tanner moves in looking to clinch but Donovan pushes him off.
Donovan throws a hook but Tanner blocks it.
Donovan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tanner.
Donovan looks to land a combination but Tanner avoids it well.
Donovan misses with an uppercut.
Tanner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Donovan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tanner moves away.
Donovan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Donovan does no damage.
Donovan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Tanner misses.
Tanner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Donovan on the side of the head.
Donovan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tanner misses with an uppercut. Donovan saw that one coming.
Donovan throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Donovan misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan throws a shot from downtown. Tanner moves away and avoids it.
Tanner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Donovan momentarily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tanner.
Tanner looks up at the clock and then as Donovan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tanner smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Donovan is still in real trouble! Can Tanner finish him?
Tanner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Donovan keeps working.
Donovan seems to have recovered his senses.
Donovan is looking for a sweep.
Tanner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Donovan some visible discomfort.
Tanner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tanner lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Donovan down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
You can see the frustration on Donovan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tanner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Donovan keeps working.
Tanner fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Donovan can't do much from the bottom here.
Tanner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Donovan to see if he's OK.
Tanner lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donovan sneaks back into half guard.
Tanner passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Donovan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner prevents Donovan from getting the reversal.
Tanner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Donovan?
Donovan is bucking up trying to escape but Tanner cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tanner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Donovan is looking to escape.
Donovan tries to lock up and control but Tanner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Donovan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tanner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Donovan can do to turn this around?
Donovan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tanner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tanner working Donovan over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Tanner.
Tanner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Donovan is in a horrible position here. Tanner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Donovan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Donovan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Tanner stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Donovan to get to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tanner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nice strikes from Tanner there.
Donovan is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryce Tanner clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donovan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tanner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tanner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Donovan is looking for a sweep. Tanner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Donovan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tanner.
Tanner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Donovan tries to get to full guard but Tanner has control of the leg.
Donovan is trying to maintain the position but Tanner is very close to passing his half guard.
Tanner slips a nice elbow through Donovan's hands, connecting with Donovan's forehead.
Donovan is looking to control Tanner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Donovan avoid being mounted?

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Donovan throws an overhand right that lands on Tanner's shoulder, as Tanner tries to avoid the shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Donovan.
Tanner jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donovan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donovan throws a hook but Tanner avoids it easily.
Tanner scores with a decent looking hook.
Donovan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Tanner. That snapped Donovan's head back.
Donny Donovan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tanner throws a series of punches but Donovan moves out of range.
Tanner connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Donovan tumbling to the canvas! Tanner pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Donovan was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bryce Tanner!
Bryce Tanner retains his heavyweight title!