PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Octavio Saades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saades has chosen The Ho Train as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Brian Donnelly had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Donnelly
vs
Saades

190 cm
32
200 lbs
22 - 8 - 1

183 cm
30
185 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Urban Fighter

Hellbent
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Donnelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Octavio Saades!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saades throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saades looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Saades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
Donnelly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Donnelly misses.
We've been informed that Saades has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Donnelly gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Saades counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Donnelly!

Donnelly sneaks out the side door and pushes Saades away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Donnelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saades doesn't seem phased though.
Saades stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donnelly.
Donnelly walks into a straight right hand from Saades.
Saades tries to land a leg kick but Donnelly saw it coming and moves away.
Saades ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donnelly moves away.
Saades takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donnelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Donnelly.
Saades walks into a straight right hand from Donnelly.
Donnelly has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Donnelly jabs at Saades's body.
Saades connects with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saades tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saades slips a straight right by Donnelly.
Nice shot by Donnelly.
Saades slips a jab from Donnelly.
Saades digs a good body shot into Donnelly's ribs.
Saades swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saades has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Saades misses.
Saades gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Saades pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donnelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saades makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saades throws a head kick but Donnelly moves out of range.
Saades throws a leg kick which misses Donnelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Donnelly tries to avoid it.
Donnelly swings for the body but Saades moves out of range.
Saades throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saades blocks a leg kick.
Donnelly moves away from the strike by Saades.
Saades looks to land a body kick but Donnelly moved away.
Donnelly cracks Saades with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Donnelly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Saades misses with a kick to the body.
Saades attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly throwing a counter right hand but Saades manages to avoid it.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donnelly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Donnelly lands with a nice combination. Saades backs away looking to recover.
A swing and a miss from Saades.
Donnelly looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Donnelly lands a nice hook to Saades's body. Saades takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donnelly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Donnelly swings for the body but Saades moves out of range.
Saades thinks about the counter body kick.
Saades avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws the left hand but Saades avoids the punch easily.
Saades looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly misses with a wild combination.
Saades slips a straight right by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saades turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut

and Saades counters with a single leg into guard. Donnelly didn't expect that.
Saades tries to free his leg and advance position but Donnelly is retaining full guard.
Saades with a flurry of punches that miss.
Donnelly wants to sweep but no luck.

Donnelly has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Saades is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Saades blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saades throws a leg kick which misses Donnelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Donnelly tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Donnelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saades.
Saades throws a push kick but Donnelly slaps the foot to one side.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Donnelly 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 moves out of range of the body kick from Saades.
Donnelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saades throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Donnelly.
Saades lands a nice hook to Donnelly's body. Donnelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saades throws a chopping leg kick but Donnelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Saades misses with the combination.
It looked like Donnelly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Saades.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saades avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands with a hook. Saades tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheers as Donnelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saades doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Donnelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Donnelly throws a hook but Saades blocks it.
Saades doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Saades takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A low kick from Saades is predictable there
and Donnelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donnelly tries a low kick but Saades avoids it.
Saades scores with a jab. Donnelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donnelly misses the jab.
Saades wants to slow Donnelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Saades cracks Donnelly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Saades scores with a sloppy right hand. Donnelly should have avoided that one.
Saades ducks under a wild hook from Donnelly.
A cross from Donnelly lands.
Saades tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donnelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donnelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saades.
Donnelly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donnelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly lands with a nice body punch.
Donnelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Brian Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Donnelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saades moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Donnelly takes a swing at Saades's ribcage but misses.
Saades uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Saades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly misses with a looping left.
Saades is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Saades lands with a kick to the ribs.
Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saades can do to turn this around?
Donnelly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Saades in his tracks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A good leg kick by Donnelly.
Saades throws a nice outside leg kick.
Saades blocks a low kick nicely.
Saades is looking to land body kicks.
Brian Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saades misses with a low kick as Donnelly jumps back.
Saades tries to score with a low kick but Donnelly moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saades momentarily.
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!
Donnelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saades moves away from the strike by Donnelly.
Saades takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left lands for Donnelly.
Saades's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donnelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Saades scrambles back to his feet.
Saades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saades.
Saades keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Saades throws a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Donnelly.
Saades is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donnelly.
Donnelly checks a leg kick.
Saades blocks a jab.
Saades checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands an overhand right.
Saades misses with an attempted mid kick.
Saades looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Saades throws a chopping leg kick but Donnelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Saades's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donnelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Saades scrambles back to his feet.
Saades has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Donnelly lands a slapping body shot.
Saades scores with a decent looking hook.
Donnelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Saades throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donnelly misses with a lunging right hand

and Saades counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Saades.
Donnelly wants to get back to his feet but Saades is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Donnelly has momentary wrist control but Saades slips an elbow through the middle.
Saades scoring with punches to the head and body.
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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saades sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Saades trying to control the position from guard on top but Donnelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saades won't allow Donnelly to sweep him here.
Saades throws a big elbow that misses.

Donnelly has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Saades off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Donnelly dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Saades connects with a crisp jab.
Saades misses with a body kick.
Donnelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Donnelly looks to land a right hand but Saades moved out of range.
Donnelly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Saades is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Saades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donnelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saades cracks the inside of Donnelly's front leg.
Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but Saades sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saades connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Donnelly momentarily.
Donnelly takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Donnelly lands a nice shot that snaps Saades's head back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saades.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saades lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Donnelly at a distance.
Donnelly throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saades fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Donnelly.
Saades lands a leg kick that knocks Donnelly off balance momentarily.
Saades uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Saades looks to land a right hand but Donnelly moved out of range.
Saades misses with a body kick.
Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saades was well out of range. Poor timing from Donnelly.
Saades moves out of range of the strikes.
Saades swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saades closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Saades shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Saades slips under a jab from Donnelly.
Saades throws a low kick but Donnelly avoids it.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Saades throws a poor cross that misses
and Donnelly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saades.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Saades tenderised Donnelly's leg. Donnelly is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly lands a slapping body shot.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Donnelly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saades can pounce on him.
Donnelly sizes up Saades with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saades.
Saades tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Saades.
Donnelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Saades looks for the body kick but Donnelly saw that one coming.
Saades checks a leg kick nicely.
Donnelly explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Saades lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Donnelly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saades throws a body shot but no joy.
Saades throws a push kick but Donnelly slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a hook to the side of Saades's head but Saades sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saades blocks a jab.
Donnelly throws out a loose jab but Saades uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saades connects with a leg kick. Donnelly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saades moves out of range of the strikes.
Donnelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saades counters with an inside leg kick.
Donnelly looks to land a combination. Saades sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Saades pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donnelly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saades throws a hook but Donnelly blocks it.
Donnelly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Donnelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saades lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donnelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donnelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a combination that misses
and Saades counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saades.
Saades lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnelly.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Saades blocks a jab.
Donnelly lands with a right hand.
Donnelly looks to throw the jab but Saades is out of range.
Saades misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Saades misses with a kick to the body.
Donnelly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Saades blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Saades buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saades attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Saades does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Brian Donnelly did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Donnelly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Donnelly blocks a head kick by Saades.
Saades throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donnelly feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donnelly.
Saades connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Donnelly lands with a nice body punch.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Saades's head backwards.
Donnelly blocks a head kick by Saades.
Saades misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Donnelly.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saades.
Saades throws a front kick aimed at Donnelly's knee but Donnelly avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Saades.
Saades's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saades thuds his shin into the meat of Donnelly's side.
Saades keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donnelly.
Saades replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Donnelly blocks it well.
Donnelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saades tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Saades.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saades manages to avoid it.
Saades has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donnelly.
Donnelly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Saades lands a jab to the head.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Saades is just out of range.
Saades missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Saades uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donnelly.
Saades jabs at Donnelly's body.
Saades throws a low kick but Donnelly moves out of range easily.
Saades walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saades checks a leg kick.
Saades pushes Donnelly away with a front kick.
Nice body kick from Saades.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Donnelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Saades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
Saades takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Saades displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donnelly throws out the jab.
Donnelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Donnelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saades plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Some bone on bone action there as Saades checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Saades staying out of range there.
Donnelly throws the left hand but Saades avoids the punch easily.
Saades is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Saades tries to work over Donnelly's front leg with a kick but Donnelly checks it.
Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donnelly lands with an overhand left.
Saades throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donnelly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Saades needs to keep his hands up - Donnelly had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Saades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donnelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Saades misses the target.
Donnelly misses with a left hand
and Saades counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donnelly clobbers Saades with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donnelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Donnelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donnelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Donnelly connects with a right hand. Saades shakes it off.
Donnelly takes a swing at Saades's ribcage but misses.
Saades with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Donnelly to score with a decent uppercut.
Donnelly lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
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!
Donnelly steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Saades. That one must have hurt.
Saades throws a low kick but it's checked well by Donnelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly blocks the body kick.
Donnelly misses with a low kick as Saades jumps back.
Donnelly misses with a wild combination.
Saades looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick lands from Saades.
Saades tries to bum rush Donnelly with a series of wild strikes but Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saades defending well as Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
Saades works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Donnelly will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Donnelly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Donnelly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut

and Saades counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Donnelly!
Saades misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Donnelly tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Brian Donnelly will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Saades scores with a spinning back kick!
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Saades works Donnelly's body with a nice hook.
Saades keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Saades lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Saades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saades delivers a nice body kick.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Good work by Donnelly as he checks the leg kick.
As Saades backs away, Donnelly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the body
and Saades counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saades.
Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saades.
Donnelly blocks a leg kick.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
Saades lands a really nice looking cross but Donnelly seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saades connects with a leg kick. Donnelly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saades lands a nice hook to Donnelly's body. Donnelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donnelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Saades's calf.
Donnelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Saades should have avoided that one.
Saades cracks a nice hook into Donnelly's ribs.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly missing with a left hand there. Saades was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The crowd cheers as Donnelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saades doesn't seem phased though.
Nice shot lands for Saades.
Saades on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Donnelly misses.
Saades is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Saades.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saades shoots in for a double leg but Donnelly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A big left from Donnelly misses.
Octavio Saades has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly tries a low kick but Saades avoids it.
And Saades tries to counter it with a takedown but Donnelly pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Donnelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saades cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donnelly throws a hook to the side of Saades's head but Saades sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donnelly digs a good body shot into Saades's ribs.
Saades missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly digs a good body shot into Saades's ribs.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saades.
Saades thumps Donnelly with a low kick.
A cross from Donnelly lands.
Donnelly misses with a looping left.
Saades lands a leg kick that knocks Donnelly off balance momentarily.
Donnelly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick from Saades.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saades moves away.
Donnelly throws a series of punches but Saades moves out of range.
Donnelly jabs at Saades's body.
Saades throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donnelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donnelly throws a body kick that misses.
Brian Donnelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Saades is just out of range.
Saades is trying to counter with his kicks.
Saades throws a head kick that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Donnelly there.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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 punch to the head.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saades.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Saades misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Saades goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Donnelly cracks Saades with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saades throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Saades takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Decent striking displayed by Donnelly there.
Saades takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saades takes one on the button.
Saades throws a hook but Donnelly avoids it easily.
Saades throws a leg kick that misses.
Donnelly jabs Saades right on the nose. Saades blinks but takes it well.
Saades motions for Donnelly to come forward. Saades throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saades is looking to land body kicks.
Donnelly misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brian Donnelly.
Well Donnelly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 50:45
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 50:45
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Donnelly!
Brian Donnelly retains his middleweight title!
Brian Donnelly looked relieved post fight as he said the following; '*to audience* Who liked what they saw here tonight? Who wants to see more fights like this?! I bring the heat, I bring the pain, NO ONE CAN STAND WITH ME!!!!!'.
The defeated Octavio Saades had this to say: 'Getting to the final against a future legend was enough of a win for this guy!'.