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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Donnelly (ranked 1637 p4p, 201 weight class) and Liquid Voyage (ranked 4368 p4p, 451 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dominic Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liquid Voyage!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Voyage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donnelly.
Voyage has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Donnelly is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Voyage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donnelly throws a front kick aimed at Voyage's knee but Voyage avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
Voyage moves out of range of the body kick from Donnelly.
Voyage throws out a counter right but Donnelly avoids it with no problem.
Donnelly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Voyage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donnelly jabs Voyage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick and Voyage moves out of range easily.
Voyage now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A swing and a miss from Voyage.
Donnelly clinches up with Voyage and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donnelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Donnelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Voyage lands with a short shot to the head.
Donnelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voyage struggles to land a body shot inside as Donnelly controls his hands.
Voyage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Donnelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Donnelly throws an elbow that misses.
Voyage has Donnelly pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Donnelly.
Donnelly can't find room to land a body shot as Voyage controls the action.
Donnelly lands a shoulder strike.
Donnelly cracks Voyage with a nice body shot.
Voyage scores with a shot to the side of Donnelly's head.
A right hand to the body from Donnelly.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donnelly throws an elbow but misses.
Voyage tries to throw a body punch but Donnelly avoids it by throwing Voyage back against the cage.
Donnelly lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Liquid Voyage has been cut.
Donnelly slows down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Donnelly - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly has Voyage pressed against the cage.
Donnelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Voyage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voyage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donnelly, right into the meat.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Voyage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Donnelly, as that shot connected.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Voyage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Voyage blocks a leg kick.
Voyage looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donnelly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab lands there for Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Voyage. That snapped Donnelly's head back.
Nice uppercut lands for Donnelly. That snapped Voyage's head back.
Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but Voyage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donnelly throws a body punch but Voyage moves out of range.
Voyage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Voyage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donnelly misses with the combination.
Donnelly throws a series of punches but Voyage avoids them all with ease.
Voyage avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voyage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Donnelly counters by clinching up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voyage lands a right hand.
Donnelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donnelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Voyage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donnelly tests Voyage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Voyage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Voyage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Donnelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Voyage working aggressively here.
Voyage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donnelly letting Voyage take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Donnelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liquid Voyage's cut.
That's time! Donnelly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Voyage throws out a loose jab but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Voyage can do to turn this around?
Voyage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Voyage scores with a punch to the head.
Donnelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donnelly throws a series of strikes that have Voyage backpedaling.
Donnelly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Voyage is able to avoid easily.
Voyage misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Donnelly
enabling Voyage to counter with a crisp jab.
Donnelly throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly clinches up with Voyage and pushes him back against the cage.
Voyage stalling.
A bit of stalling here from Donnelly.
Voyage lands a nice uppercut.
Donnelly manages to break the clinch.
Donnelly staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Donnelly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Donnelly is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Voyage.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick and Voyage moves out of range easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Voyage fails to land.
Donnelly pushes Voyage back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Donnelly stalling.
Voyage scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voyage lands a nice uppercut.
Voyage blocks an uppercut.
Voyage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donnelly scores with a one two! Voyage had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That has opened up Liquid Voyage's cut even more.
Donnelly misses with a looping right.
Voyage throws a right and a left that Donnelly avoids nicely.
Donnelly seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dominic Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donnelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Voyage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Voyage takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Some bone on bone action there as Voyage checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Voyage blocks the body kick.
A little jabbing left from Voyage on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Voyage misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Donnelly 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 Voyage has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Voyage and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Voyage appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Voyage counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Voyage moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Donnelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Voyage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donnelly.
Voyage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donnelly cracks Voyage with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dominic Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the body from Donnelly misses
and Voyage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donnelly looks to land a combination but Voyage avoids it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Donnelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Voyage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Donnelly finds it's way through Voyage's defenses.
Voyage throws a looping overhand right but Donnelly ducks down to avoid it.
Donnelly jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Voyage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donnelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Donnelly misses.
Voyage might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Donnelly looks to land a combination. Voyage sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
Voyage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voyage bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Donnelly's head.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Voyage sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donnelly lands with a shot to the body.
Donnelly blocks a jab.
It looked like Donnelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Voyage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donnelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Donnelly takes a swing at Voyage's ribcage but misses.
Voyage throws a sloppy body shot
and Donnelly counters with a three punch combo that has Voyage backing up. Voyage nods at Donnelly to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Donnelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Liquid Voyage's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Donnelly throws a sloppy body shot
and Voyage counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Whack! Donnelly lands a heavy head kick that drops Voyage. The ref tackles Donnelly to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Voyage was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Dominic Donnelly!
Dominic Donnelly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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