PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Donnelly (ranked 2733 p4p, 344 weight class) and Buffalo Marley (ranked 1516 p4p, 210 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Donnelly
vs
Marley

185 cm
20
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dominic Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buffalo Marley!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marley missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a slapping body shot.
Marley slips under a jab.
Marley misses with a low kick.
Marley lands a body shot.
Donnelly throws a half hearted mid kick.
Donnelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marley tries to work over Donnelly's front leg with a kick but Donnelly checks it.
Marley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Donnelly throws a right hand that Marley ducks under and follows up with a left that Marley also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marley misses with a low kick.
Marley looks to land a left hand but Donnelly moved out of range nicely.
Donnelly throws a hook but Marley blocks it.
Marley thuds a left hand into Donnelly's body.
Marley scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly digs a good hook to Marley's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marley throws a left that rocks Donnelly and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Marley dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Donnelly regain composure!

It looks like Dominic Donnelly has been cut.
Marley just content to control the position.
Marley sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Donnelly is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Donnelly tries to bench press Marley off him but Marley keeps the position.
Marley controls the position.
The strikes coming from Marley are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Marley tries to move to mount but Donnelly blocks the move with his legs.
Donnelly struggling a bit here.
Donnelly tries to bench press Marley off him but Marley keeps the position.

Marley stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Donnelly scores with a kick to the midsection.
Donnelly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Marley's belly button to the back.
Marley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marley throws a hook to the side of Donnelly's head but Donnelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marley throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
Marley throws an overhand right that lands on Donnelly's shoulder, as Donnelly tries to avoid the shot.
Donnelly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Donnelly missing with a left hand there. Marley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Donnelly is looking to wear down Marley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Donnelly staying out of range there.
Marley throws a good cross that connects.
Marley misses with a jab, cross combination.

Nice combo by Marley! Oh, that's hurt him - Donnelly falls to the canvas and Marley follows him into side control.

Donnelly is rocked!
Marley creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Donnelly sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Oh Donnelly is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marley throws a strike aimed at the side of Donnelly's head but Donnelly avoids it well.
Donnelly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Marley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Donnelly seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Marley stalls from top position.
Marley wants to control but Donnelly is keeping him busy.
Donnelly is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Marley is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Marley controlling the pace for now.
Marley looking to ground and pound but Donnelly is blocking nicely.
Donnelly avoids a series of strikes thrown by Marley.
Marley throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marley thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Marley controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley looking to ground and pound but Donnelly is blocking nicely.
Marley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Donnelly hang on?
Marley thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marley avoids the attempt from Donnelly to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Donnelly hang on?
Marley controlling from the full mount.
Marley throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Donnelly because Marley loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buffalo Marley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dominic Donnelly's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Marley 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.
Marley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donnelly moves away.
Donnelly misses with a left hand
and Marley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Marley crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Donnelly - the referee stops the clock and Marley gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Donnelly. Marley manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marley.

Marley drives through and clinches with Donnelly against the cage.
Marley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donnelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.

It looks like Buffalo Marley has been cut.
Marley lands a body punch.
Donnelly is trying to stall.
Marley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Donnelly manages to break the clinch.
Marley misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Donnelly blocks the leg kick.
Donnelly is looking to counter the offense by Marley and move into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Donnelly.
Donnelly moves out of range as Marley strikes.
Marley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley scores with a nice strike.
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Donnelly clinches with his opponent.

Marley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marley swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Marley throws a hook but Donnelly avoids it easily.
It looked like Donnelly was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Marley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Donnelly connects with a looping right hand.
Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
Marley staying out of range there.
Marley lands with a good body shot.
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marley missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Marley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marley! But no joy.
Marley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marley throws a solid leg kick but Donnelly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Marley.
Marley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donnelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Donnelly avoids the body shot from Marley.
Donnelly is looking to counter the offense by Marley and move into the clinch.
Marley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Marley is looking to chop away at Donnelly's legs.
Marley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marley looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
A jab from Marley misses.
Donnelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marley counters with a nice body kick.
Marley throws a hook but Donnelly avoids it easily.
Marley misses the jab.
Marley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marley scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley jabs Donnelly to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Donnelly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donnelly swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Marley misses with a low kick as Donnelly jumps back.
Marley misses with a looping left.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donnelly, right into the meat.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marley manages to avoid it.
Marley looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marley avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.
Marley blocks the body kick.
Marley scores with the left hand. Donnelly knows he should have avoided that one.
Donnelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marley scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marley slips a jab and a cross from Donnelly.
Marley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marley scores with a jab. Donnelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley misses with a straight left.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Marley.
Donnelly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marley's head.
Donnelly slips a straight right by Marley.
Donnelly is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Marley.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.

Marley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donnelly's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buffalo Marley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Marley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donnelly.
Marley lands with a kick to the ribs.
Marley misses with a straight left.
Marley is looking to chop away at Donnelly's legs.
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donnelly throws a big counter combination but Marley scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Marley scores with a jab.
Marley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Marley 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marley. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly misses with a kick to the body.
Donnelly looks to land a right hand but Marley moved out of range.

Marley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Donnelly, pushing him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marley scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donnelly throws an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marley blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donnelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Donnelly blocks with his arms.
Marley lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Donnelly to his knees! Marley keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buffalo Marley!
Buffalo Marley was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.