PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amisviiksi Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen has chosen Machinae Supremacy - Death From Above as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Amisviiksi Tolonen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Brian Donnelly's chin.

Donnelly
vs
Tolonen

190 cm
28
193 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

180 cm
31
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
GREEN!160

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amisviiksi Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Tolonen misses.
Donnelly throwing a counter right hand but Tolonen manages to avoid it.
Tolonen tries to clinch up
and Donnelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Amisviiksi Tolonen has been cut.
Donnelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donnelly scores with a jab to the head.
Tolonen slips under a jab.
Donnelly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donnelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Tolonen counter with a right hand.
Donnelly scores with a jab.
Tolonen checks a low kick from Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tolonen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tolonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Donnelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
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!
Tolonen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Donnelly lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Donnelly throws a head kick that half lands.

That has opened up Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Tolonen.
Tolonen ducks under a wild hook from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands with a cross.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tolonen has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tolonen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Donnelly can pounce on him.
Tolonen moves out of range of the body kick.
Tolonen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Tolonen moves out of range.
Tolonen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick by Donnelly misses

and Tolonen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Donnelly won't be happy with that.
Donnelly tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Tolonen softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Donnelly tries to break free.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly staying busy and making it hard for Tolonen to control.

Tolonen patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Donnelly has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Tolonen.
Donnelly is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Tolonen is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Donnelly has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Donnelly wants to get back to his feet.
Tolonen scores with punches to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly trying to get back to his feet but Tolonen is in full control for now.
Tolonen throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Tolonen is landing with strikes from the back.
Tolonen loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Donnelly hold on?
Donnelly trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Tolonen has good solid back control here.
Tolonen is trying to stick to Donnelly's back but Donnelly is turning into Tolonen. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Tolonen's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Donnelly.

Tolonen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Donnelly defends it easily.
Tolonen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Donnelly gets to his feet - Tolonen follows without any prompting.
Tolonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donnelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donnelly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donnelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tolonen takes a step back to recover.
A big left from Tolonen misses.
Donnelly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donnelly tests Tolonen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Donnelly thuds a left hand into Tolonen's body.
Donnelly lands a nice hook to Tolonen's body. Tolonen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly tries to land a leg kick but Tolonen saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Donnelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fighters circling - Tolonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donnelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tolonen can do to turn this around?
Tolonen works the jab nicely.
Donnelly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tolonen avoids the head kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Donnelly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tolonen on the side of the head.
Donnelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Donnelly throws the kick towards the body but Tolonen avoids it.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Donnelly. Those never looked like landing.
Donnelly dips to his left and cracks Tolonen with an uppercut!
Donnelly looks to land a body kick but Tolonen moved away.
Tolonen misses with a body kick.
Donnelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tolonen. Tolonen obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Donnelly tries to score with a low kick but Tolonen moves his leg out of the way.
Donnelly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tolonen can pounce on him.
Donnelly throws a leg kick
and Tolonen counters with a straight right hand.
Tolonen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Donnelly finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tolonen checks a leg kick.
Donnelly throws a right hand that Tolonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Tolonen also avoids with ease.
Donnelly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donnelly throws a push kick but Tolonen slaps the foot to one side.
Donnelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brian Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen shoots in but no luck this time.
A counter left hand to the body from Donnelly misses its target.
Donnelly throws a lazy head kick
and Donnelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tolonen shoots in looking for a takedown but Donnelly manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tolonen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brian Donnelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amisviiksi Tolonen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tolonen.
Brian Donnelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolonen connects with the punch.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Donnelly digs a good body shot into Tolonen's ribs.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tolonen thinks about the counter body kick.
Tolonen blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Tolonen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick
and Tolonen counters with a left and a right that stings Donnelly.
Tolonen dives in for a single leg takedown but Donnelly sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tolonen throws a wild body kick that Donnelly sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnelly.
Tolonen checks a leg kick.
Donnelly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tolonen counters with a low kick, right behind Donnelly 's knee.
A bone on bone clash there as Tolonen blocks the leg kick.
Tolonen with a jab.
Tolonen misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Donnelly. Those never looked like landing.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Tolonen moved away.
Tolonen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Donnelly is looking to slow Tolonen down with leg kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Donnelly!
Brian Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Donnelly tries to land a leg kick but Tolonen saw it coming and moves away.
Donnelly misses with a body punch
and Tolonen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Donnelly misses with a kick to the body

and Tolonen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Donnelly!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tolonen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen wants to control but Donnelly is keeping him busy.
Tolonen cracks Donnelly with a big elbow.
Donnelly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Tolonen has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Donnelly is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Tolonen yanks on the arm and Donnelly is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Tolonen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Amisviiksi Tolonen!
Amisviiksi Tolonen thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Brian Donnelly spoke after the fight, saying 'Well shit.'.