|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Liam Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Ng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ng has chosen Wedlock - I'm The Fuck You Man as his entrance music. Charles Ng has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
 |
|
 |
| 173 cm
31
150 lbs
27 - 12 - 1 |
|
160 cm
25
145 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Ng!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ng moves in looking to clinch but Donnelly pushes him off.
Donnelly is looking to counter punch.
Donnelly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ng has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ng listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ng attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ng thows a leg kick but Donnelly checks it
and Donnelly counters with a left to the body.
Ng missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly tries to clinch but Ng moves out of range.
Ng finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donnelly swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donnelly throws a body punch but Ng moves out of range.
It seemed like Ng was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ng slips a straight right by Donnelly.
Ng has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Donnelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Ng's head.
Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Ng's belly button to the back.
Ng throws a head kick but Donnelly moves out of range.
Good work by Ng as he checks the leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ng! But no joy.
Charles Ng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ng scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ng motions for Donnelly to come forward. Ng throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ng takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly checks a low kick from Ng.
Ng connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ng works the jab nicely.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Donnelly.
Ng throws a right hand that misses
and Donnelly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ng thinking.
Ng lands a jab to the nose.
Donnelly misses with a hook.
Ng looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Ng.
A punch lands to the side of Ng 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ng checks a low kick from Donnelly.
Nice shot by Ng.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly blocks a head kick by Ng.
Donnelly moves out of range as Ng throws a body kick.
Donnelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ng connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ng needs to keep his hands up - Donnelly had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ng on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Donnelly has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ng takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Donnelly connects with a single shot there.
Ng throws a hook but Donnelly avoids it easily.
Donnelly quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Donnelly has Ng up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Donnelly.
Donnelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ng misses with a punch on the inside.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ng.
Donnelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ng.
Donnelly pushes Ng back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ng's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Ng.
Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Ng.
Ng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ng tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Donnelly avoids it.
Donnelly can't find room to land a body shot as Ng controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ng doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ng.
Donnelly lands a left hand.
Ng putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Donnelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
Donnelly blocks a body shot from Ng.
Ng blocks an uppercut.
Ng misses with a body punch.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly has a couple of punches blocked by Ng.
Donnelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ng tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ng missing with knees to the body.
Ng misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ng backwards.
Donnelly tries a body shot but Ng blocks it.
Donnelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Ng controls his hands.
Ng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Donnelly works on Ng's body with a couple of short punches.
Ng takes a shot to the head.
Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ng throws an overhand right that lands on Donnelly's shoulder, as Donnelly tries to avoid the shot.
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 connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donnelly tries to land a body kick
enabling Ng to counter with a crisp jab.
Ng misses with a hook
and Donnelly counters with a nice body shot.
Ng looks winded!
Ng throws a leg kick
and Donnelly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ng takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ng takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decent striking displayed by Donnelly there.
Donnelly is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Donnelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donnelly misses with a looping left.
Donnelly connects with a single shot there.
Ng is rocked!
Donnelly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ng to score with a decent uppercut.
Ng is still on wobbly legs! Can Donnelly finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donnelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ng looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ng seems to have recovered his senses.
Ng misses with an uppercut.
Ng lands with a straight right. Donnelly didn't see that one coming.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ng.
Donnelly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Donnelly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ng scores with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Ng blocks the leg kick.
Donnelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ng can do to turn this around?
Ng on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donnelly blocks a jab.
A jab from Donnelly misses.
Donnelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ng throws a jab when Donnelly was well out of range.
Donnelly moves away from the strike by Ng.
Ng throws a wild body kick that Donnelly sees coming a mile off.
Ng lands an overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ng keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Donnelly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ng chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Donnelly can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Donnelly. That's going to slow Ng down.
Liam Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Ng defending well as Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ng throws a shot from downtown. Donnelly moves away and avoids it.
Donnelly slips under a jab.
Ng scores with a jab. Donnelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ng connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ng keeps the fight on the outside.
Donnelly moves out of range as Ng strikes.
Ng takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ng lands a head shot.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ng moves away.
Ng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ng.
Nice body kick from Donnelly.
A slow jab from Donnelly misses its intended target.
Donnelly lands a nice shot that snaps Ng's head back.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a right hook to the body.
Donnelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ng manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ng is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ng misses the jab.
Ng tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ng throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donnelly slips a straight right by Ng.
Donnelly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice uppercut lands for Donnelly. That snapped Ng's head back.
Donnelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ng clobbers Donnelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ng pivots, looking for a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range and Ng settles back down.
Ng throws a sloppy head kick and Donnelly moves out of range easily.
Ng throws a jab when Donnelly was well out of range.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Ng.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Donnelly throws a leg kick which misses Ng's front leg but catches the back leg as Ng tries to avoid it.
Ng walks into a jab.
Donnelly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ng.
Donnelly lands the left hand.
Ng has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Donnelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Ng's head.
Ng throws a jab when Donnelly was well out of range.
Donnelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ng lunges at Donnelly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Donnelly's hand.
Ng walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donnelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donnelly feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Donnelly cracks Ng with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ng looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Donnelly finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ng takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ng tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Donnelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly scores with a body shot.
Ng connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Donnelly lands with a hook. Ng tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ng throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Donnelly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice straight punches there by Donnelly. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Donnelly.
Ng has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ng throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donnelly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut.
Donnelly throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ng throws a looping overhand right but Donnelly ducks down to avoid it.
Donnelly digs a good hook to Ng's body.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ng throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Ng.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Donnelly dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ng looks to throw the jab but Donnelly is out of range.
A head kick from Ng lands but Donnelly takes it in his stride.
Donnelly cracks Ng with a good jab.
Donnelly throws a shot to the body.
Donnelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donnelly moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Ng misses.
Donnelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ng stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ng tries to clinch but Donnelly is having none of it.
Ng is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donnelly.
A little feinted left hand from Donnelly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ng throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donnelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ng's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ng.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ng! But no joy.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Ng takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ng pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly connects with a right hand. Ng shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Ng's belly button to the back.
Ng takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A head kick misses from Ng.
Ng lands with an uppercut that bounces Donnelly off the cage and back into range.
Donnelly tries to bum rush Ng with a series of wild strikes but Ng uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donnelly drops Ng with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Ng looks back up at him and smiles so Donnelly waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ng throws a head kick that half lands.
Ng blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a double jab.
Donnelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Donnelly scores with a nice strike.
Donnelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ng blocks a body shot from Donnelly.
Ng swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donnelly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ng backwards.
Ng scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Donnelly tries to throw a body punch but Ng avoids it by throwing Donnelly back against the cage.
Donnelly lands a nice uppercut.
Ng is leaning against Donnelly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ng tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ng misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donnelly.
Ng using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Donnelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ng working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Donnelly misses with the head strike.
Donnelly blocks a body shot from Ng.
A short uppercut from Ng.
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ng's elbow.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Donnelly misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ng.
Ng misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donnelly's elbow.
A body shot lands from Donnelly.
Ng misses with some punches.
Donnelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Donnelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ngs head.
Donnelly tries to work over Ng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Donnelly.
Donnelly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ng on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Charles Ng has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ng throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donnelly moves out of range as Ng strikes.
Donnelly scores with a leg kick.
Ng avoids the head kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a shot to the body.
Ng's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ng.
A cross from Donnelly lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly lands a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Donnelly as he connects with a hook.
Donnelly defending well as Ng loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Donnelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ng doesn't seem phased though.
Donnelly misses with a body shot.
A big right from Ng misses.
Donnelly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ng connects with a single shot there.
A cross from Donnelly lands.
Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ng.
Donnelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Donnelly lands a leg kick that knocks Ng off balance momentarily.
Ng missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donnelly lands with an overhand left.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ng.
Donnelly takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Donnelly showed his dominance in that final round.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Donnelly!
An out of breath Liam Donnelly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
91% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
