PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Myles O Donnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Vasilyevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Donnell comes to the cage accompanied by Anti by Mayhem. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

O Donnell
vs
Vasilyevich

186 cm
39
191 lbs
35 - 23 - 0

183 cm
35
196 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class 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 35 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Myles O Donnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ivan Vasilyevich!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Vasilyevich. Those never looked like landing.
O Donnell throws a jab when Vasilyevich was well out of range.

Vasilyevich has O Donnell up against the cage in a clinch.
Vasilyevich stalls.
Vasilyevich lands a body punch.
Vasilyevich cracks O Donnell with a nice body shot.
Vasilyevich misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vasilyevich.
Vasilyevich can't find room to land a body shot as O Donnell controls the action.
O Donnell blocks a body shot from Vasilyevich.
O Donnell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vasilyevich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Vasilyevich.
O Donnell throws an elbow that misses.
Vasilyevich lands a left hand.
Vasilyevich misses with the head strike.
Vasilyevich avoids a wild elbow strike from O Donnell.
Vasilyevich struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnell controls his hands.
Vasilyevich is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but O Donnell is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasilyevich lands a nice uppercut.
Vasilyevich misses with some punches.
A short right from O Donnell on the inside.
Vasilyevich misses with some punches.
Vasilyevich misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Donnell has a couple of punches blocked by Vasilyevich.
Vasilyevich tries to throw a body punch but O Donnell avoids it by throwing Vasilyevich back against the cage.
O Donnell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
O Donnell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vasilyevich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vasilyevich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
O Donnell swings wildly with an uppercut but Vasilyevich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Vasilyevich.
O Donnell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
O Donnell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
O Donnell misses with a punch to the body.
O Donnell swings wildly with an uppercut but Vasilyevich uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Donnell scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasilyevich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
O Donnell misses with the head strike.
Vasilyevich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Vasilyevich.
O Donnell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vasilyevich drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

O Donnell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Donnell misses with a leg kick.
Vasilyevich throws a body punch but O Donnell moves out of range.
O Donnell lunges at Vasilyevich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vasilyevich's hand.
Vasilyevich moves out of range as O Donnell strikes.
O Donnell motions for Vasilyevich to come forward. O Donnell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Vasilyevich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
O Donnell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vasilyevich moves away.

O Donnell tries to keep at a distance but Vasilyevich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vasilyevich lands a body punch in the clinch.
O Donnell is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasilyevich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Donnell pushes Vasilyevich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vasilyevich struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnell controls his hands.
Vasilyevich misses with a body punch.
Vasilyevich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
O Donnell blocks a body shot from Vasilyevich.
Vasilyevich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vasilyevich blocks a body shot from O Donnell.
Vasilyevich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Donnell can't find room to land a body shot as Vasilyevich controls the action.
Vasilyevich blocks the elbow strike.
O Donnell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vasilyevich struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnell controls his hands.
O Donnell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vasilyevich lands a body shot.
O Donnell swings wildly with an uppercut but Vasilyevich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasilyevich throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donnell.
Vasilyevich blocks an elbow strike.
Vasilyevich lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasilyevich blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Donnell.
Vasilyevich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Donnell can't find room to land a body shot as Vasilyevich controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Vasilyevich.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasilyevich pushes O Donnell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vasilyevich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vasilyevich lands a shoulder strike.

O Donnell is rocked!

Vasilyevich turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vasilyevich manages to end up in side control.
Oh O Donnell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Donnell is not content to let Vasilyevich control the position.
We've been hearing good reports from O Donnell's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Vasilyevich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused O Donnell some visible discomfort.
Vasilyevich scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh O Donnell is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Vasilyevich can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Vasilyevich!
An intense looking Ivan Vasilyevich took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Id like to thank the fans and my sponsors, my opponent put up a hell of a fight but confidence was the key.'.