PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Vasilyevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hamburger. Conor McDonald told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Vasilyevich
vs
McDonald

183 cm
29
196 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

183 cm
29
195 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Vasilyevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conor McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasilyevich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Conor McDonald has been cut.
Vasilyevich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vasilyevich misses with a leg kick
and McDonald finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Vasilyevich ducks right into an uppercut from McDonald.
Vasilyevich fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McDonald on the side of the head.
Vasilyevich connects with a leg kick. McDonald looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A low kick from Vasilyevich is predictable there
and McDonald counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McDonald throws a jab but it's blocked by Vasilyevich.
McDonald misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vasilyevich is looking to slow McDonald down with leg kicks.
McDonald throws a looping overhand right but Vasilyevich ducks down to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vasilyevich.
Vasilyevich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDonald.
Vasilyevich misses with a hook
and McDonald counters with an outside leg kick.
Vasilyevich moves out of range of the body kick.
Good work by Vasilyevich as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald lands a nice shot to the body.
McDonald takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McDonald scores with a jab to the jaw.
McDonald lands with a right hand.
McDonald blocks a head kick by Vasilyevich.
Vasilyevich misses with a hook.
Vasilyevich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ivan Vasilyevich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasilyevich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vasilyevich.

Vasilyevich has McDonald up against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vasilyevich just misses with a elbow thrown towards McDonald's brow.
McDonald stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McDonald tries to pull guard but Vasilyevich won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasilyevich throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Vasilyevich.
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!
Vasilyevich tries to land knees in the clinch but McDonald avoids the damage to the body.
Vasilyevich lands with a left to the head.
Vasilyevich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vasilyevich tries a body shot but McDonald blocks it.
Vasilyevich trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Vasilyevich as the two fighters clinch.
Vasilyevich landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Vasilyevich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasilyevich walks into a straight right hand from McDonald.
Vasilyevich throws a good cross that connects.
McDonald has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Vasilyevich throws a low kick, looking for McDonald's leg but McDonald calmly moves out of range.
Vasilyevich throws out a loose jab but McDonald uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDonald scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vasilyevich throws a lazy right hand but McDonald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDonald scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vasilyevich manages to avoid it.
McDonald swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vasilyevich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vasilyevich goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vasilyevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDonald moves away.
McDonald looks like he wants to counter punch here.

McDonald rushes Vasilyevich and presses him up against the cage.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
McDonald misses with the head strike.
McDonald working aggressively here.
McDonald throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vasilyevichs head.
Vasilyevich blocks a body shot from McDonald.

Vasilyevich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasilyevich wants to clinch up but McDonald keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonald. Vasilyevich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vasilyevich thumps McDonald with a low kick.
McDonald keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vasilyevich can pounce on him.
No luck for McDonald with that takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasilyevich connects with a body shot.
McDonald avoids a kick to the body.
Vasilyevich throws out a leg kick but McDonald moves out of range and Vasilyevich only half commits.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vasilyevich.
McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Vasilyevich.
A head kick by McDonald misses

and Vasilyevich counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vasilyevich.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vasilyevich.
Vasilyevich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vasilyevich scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Vasilyevich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Conor McDonald'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.

Vasilyevich closes the distance and clinches.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McDonald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vasilyevich lands an elbow just above McDonald 's eye.
Vasilyevich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McDonald working aggressively here.
Vasilyevich misses with a hook from the clinch.
McDonald working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McDonald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vasilyevich lands a right hand that snaps the head of McDonald backwards.
McDonald working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vasilyevich missing with knees to the body.
Ivan Vasilyevich has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Vasilyevich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasilyevich throws a lazy right hand but McDonald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDonald feints the counter takedown.
Vasilyevich throws a low kick, looking for McDonald's leg but McDonald calmly moves out of range.
McDonald connects with a right hand. Vasilyevich shakes it off.
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!
Vasilyevich throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasilyevich misses with a leg kick
and McDonald counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good work by McDonald as he checks the leg kick.
McDonald throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vasilyevich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McDonald misses the jab.
McDonald lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vasilyevich wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vasilyevich lands with a kick to the temple. McDonald shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vasilyevich looks for the body kick but McDonald saw that one coming.
Vasilyevich throws a body punch but McDonald moves out of range.
McDonald throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McDonald misses with a looping right.
McDonald lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vasilyevich at a distance.
McDonald swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasilyevich.
McDonald swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tests Vasilyevich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McDonald connects with a jab.

Vasilyevich is rocked!
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!
McDonald tries a head kick but it misses.
Vasilyevich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ivan Vasilyevich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vasilyevich finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vasilyevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDonald moves away.
McDonald looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vasilyevich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vasilyevich misses with a head kick.

McDonald feints and as Vasilyevich raises his hands in defense, McDonald changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
McDonald tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasilyevich is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McDonald accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McDonald scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oh Vasilyevich is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McDonald is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
McDonald is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
McDonald scoring with some ground and pound.
McDonald stands up over Vasilyevich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
McDonald arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Vasilyevich's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Conor McDonald!
Conor McDonald decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Ivan Vasilyevich spoke after the fight, saying 'I only did Half Pretzel!'.