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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grigor Vladovich (ranked 3424 p4p, 390 weight class) and Brian Donnelly (ranked 2669 p4p, 322 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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186 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grigor Vladovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly lands a really nice looking cross but Vladovich seems unphased.
Vladovich misses with a hook.
Vladovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Vladovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vladovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Vladovich.
Donnelly throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vladovich counters with a straight right hand.
Vladovich moves out of range as Donnelly throws a body kick.
Vladovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donnelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vladovich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No joy there for Donnelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donnelly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vladovich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Donnelly's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Left hook, right uppercut from Donnelly.
Vladovich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donnelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vladovich.
Vladovich blocks the body kick.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vladovich.
Vladovich blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vladovich pushes Donnelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Donnelly manages to break the clinch.
Vladovich rushes Donnelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vladovich manages to break the clinch.
Donnelly throws a body kick that misses.
Donnelly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Donnelly feints and then cracks Vladovich's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vladovich down.
Vladovich connects with a single shot there.
Brian Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vladovich misses with a straight right.
Vladovich misses with a looping left.
Donnelly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Donnelly duly obliges.
An inside leg kick from Vladovich misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Donnelly. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Donnelly.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Donnelly manages to break the clinch.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick and Vladovich moves out of range easily.
Vladovich checks a leg kick nicely.
Vladovich lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A big right from Vladovich misses.
Donnelly scores with a jab to the head.
Vladovich has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Donnelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Vladovich's head.
Vladovich looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donnelly with a nice cross.
Vladovich moves out of range of the leg kick from Donnelly.
Vladovich tries to close the distance and clinch but Donnelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Donnelly finds it's target.
Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vladovich.
Donnelly throws a head kick that half lands.
Vladovich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vladovich slips a jab from Donnelly.
An attempted straight right counter from Vladovich misses the target.
Donnelly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vladovich was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Donnelly punishes Vladovich's body with a nice straight punch.
Donnelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donnelly throws a lazy body kick
and Vladovich counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vladovich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Donnellys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vladovich throws out a loose jab but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly throws a front kick aimed at Vladovich's knee but Vladovich avoids it well.
Vladovich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Donnelly misses.
Donnelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vladovich circles away quickly and effectively.
Donnelly lands a high kick!
Vladovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vladovich connects with a body shot.
Donnelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vladovich.
Vladovich fires out a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly just manages to avoid it.
Donnelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vladovich doesn't seem bothered though.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vladovich is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vladovich lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Donnelly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vladovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vladovich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donnelly.
Donnelly cracks Vladovich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Donnelly.
Vladovich connects with the punch.
Donnelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vladovich blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donnelly, right into the meat.
Donnelly blocks a jab.
Vladovich misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Vladovich takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vladovich throws a head kick that misses
and Donnelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vladovich has closed the distance and engaged Donnelly in a clinch.
Vladovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Donnelly controls his hands.
Donnelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vladovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donnelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Vladovich fails to land.
Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Vladovich misses the target.
Donnelly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Donnelly dominated that round.
That's time! Vladovich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vladovich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Donnelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vladovich doesn't seem bothered though.
Donnelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Brian Donnelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vladovich walks into a left hand.
Vladovich digs a good body shot into Donnelly's ribs.
Vladovich scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Vladovich throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Donnelly.
Vladovich is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donnelly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vladovich is out of range.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly throws a leg kick
and Vladovich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Vladovich throws a hook to the side of Donnelly's head but Donnelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vladovich misses with a wild combination.
Donnelly misses with a wild combination.
Vladovich swings away with a body shot that misses
and Donnelly counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Vladovich throws a right and a left that Donnelly avoids nicely.
Donnelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Donnelly blocks a head kick by Vladovich.
Donnelly takes a swing at Vladovich's ribcage but misses.
Donnelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vladovich momentarily.
Donnelly lands a leg kick that knocks Vladovich off balance momentarily.
Donnelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick from Donnelly misses.
A low kick from Donnelly misses
and Vladovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donnelly avoids the body shot from Vladovich.
Vladovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnelly manages to avoid it.
Donnelly follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly feints a counter leg kick.
Donnelly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Donnelly. Those never looked like landing.
Vladovich connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vladovich.
Donnelly let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Donnelly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Vladovich moves out of range.
Donnelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vladovich catches Donnelly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vladovich throws a hook but Donnelly blocks it.
Donnelly fakes the leg kick and cracks Vladovich in the body.
Vladovich loads up on a big right hand but Donnelly slips the punch.
Donnelly was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Vladovich misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vladovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Vladovich throws a head kick but Donnelly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Vladovich.
Donnelly cracks Vladovich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Donnelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vladovich slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Donnelly. That snapped Vladovich's head back.
Vladovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Donnelly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vladovich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vladovich throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donk. Vladovich catches Donnelly right on the button with a cross.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donnelly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vladovich throws a sloppy head kick and Donnelly moves out of range easily.
Donnelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vladovich missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Vladovich.
Vladovich misses with an uppercut.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vladovich walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly moves out of range as Vladovich strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vladovich misses with a straight right.
Donnelly scores with a nice strike.
Donnelly misses with the combination.
Vladovich is looking to counter punch.
Donnelly cracks Vladovich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Donnelly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vladovich misses with a looping right.
Vladovich throws a body shot but no joy.
Donnelly lands a leg kick that knocks Vladovich off balance momentarily.
Donnelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vladovich moves out of range as Donnelly throws a body kick.
Vladovich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Donnelly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vladovich connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Donnelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Vladovich throws a shot from downtown. Donnelly moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Donnelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vladovich tries to clinch but Donnelly moves out of range.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly staying out of range there.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Donnelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Vladovich ducks down to avoid it.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Vladovich.
Donnelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vladovich works Donnelly's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vladovich moves forwards but Donnelly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vladovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Vladovich misses the target.
Vladovich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Donnelly in his tracks.
Vladovich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vladovich moves out of range as Donnelly throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vladovich misses with a straight right.
Donnelly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A quick step to the side and Vladovich tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Vladovich.
Donnelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vladovich.
Donnelly misses with a kick to the body.
Vladovich throws a looping overhand right but Donnelly ducks down to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnelly.
Donnelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Donnelly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donnelly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vladovich checks it well.
Vladovich looks to land a left hand but Donnelly moved out of range nicely.
Donnelly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Donnelly throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Vladovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Vladovich.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vladovich.
Donnelly misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a wild body kick that Vladovich sees coming a mile off.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Donnelly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vladovich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slow jab from Vladovich misses its intended target.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Vladovich.
Vladovich wants to clinch.
Brian Donnelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnelly.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Vladovich.
Vladovich pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vladovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donnelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Donnelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly is looking to slow Vladovich down with leg kicks.
Vladovich missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Donnelly.
Vladovich gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Both fighters circling a little - Vladovich finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick
and Vladovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donnelly swings for the body but Vladovich moves out of range.
Vladovich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Donnelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vladovich. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vladovich throws a hook but Donnelly blocks it.
It seemed like Donnelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donnelly throws a leg kick
and Vladovich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jab from Vladovich.
Vladovich misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Vladovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Donnelly finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Vladovich takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Grigor Vladovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donnelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A telegraphed right hand from Donnelly misses the target.
Donnelly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vladovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Vladovich misses with an uppercut.
Donnelly goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Decent striking displayed by Vladovich there.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Vladovich throws out a powerful jab.
Nice body punch from Vladovich.
Vladovich is looking to clinch but Donnelly is avoiding it.
Vladovich lands with an overhand left.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Vladovich moves out of range.
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 Grigor Vladovich.
I think Donnelly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Donnelly!
Brian Donnelly got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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