PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Johnston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Donavan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Johnston
vs
Donavan

173 cm
22
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
8 - 9 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Scott Donavan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donavan misses with a body shot.
Johnston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donavan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnston swinging wildly here.
Donavan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donavan misses with a double jab
and Johnston counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnston misses with a double jab.
Donavan misses with a combination

and Johnston moves into the clinch.

Donavan manages to break the clinch.
Johnston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donavan throws a shot from downtown. Johnston moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donavan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donavan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnston manages to avoid it.
Johnston misses with a combination
and Donavan counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnston throws a lazy right hand but Donavan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donavan.
Donavan dodges the punch combination from Johnston.
A swing and a miss from Donavan.
Johnston slips under a jab.
Johnston throws a combination that misses
and Donavan counters with a one-two to the body.
Donavan dips to his left and cracks Johnston with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Johnston lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnston moves forwards but Donavan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Donavan misses with a combination

and Johnston counters by moving into the clinch.
Donavan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnston's efforts to push away.

Donavan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donavan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donavan throws a series of punches but Johnston avoids them all with ease.
Donavan tries to bum rush Johnston with a series of wild strikes but Johnston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnston throws a series of punches but Donavan avoids them all with ease.
Donavan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donavan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnston falls off balance throwing a combination
and Donavan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnston drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnston moves in looking to clinch but Donavan pushes him off.
Donavan misses the body punch
and Johnston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donavan throws a hook but Johnston avoids it easily.
Donavan throws a shot from downtown. Johnston moves away and avoids it.
Donavan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnston manages to avoid it.
Donavan blocks a jab.
Johnston scores with a nice strike.
Donavan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donavan takes a swing at Johnston's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donavan slips a straight right by Johnston.
Donavan keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Johnston dominated that 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.

Donavan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donavan thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnston misses with a hook.
Donavan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Johnston takes the fight into the clinch.

Donavan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donavan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnston fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnston tries to clinch up
and Donavan counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donavan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnston throws a combination that misses
and Donavan counters with a two punch combo.
Johnston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donavan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donavan looks to land a combination. Johnston sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Donavan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnston moves away.
Johnston stalks Donavan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Donavan's face. Donavan staggers backwards, shaken.
Donavan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donavan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnston counters with a series of strikes. Donavan will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnston jabs Donavan right on the nose. Donavan blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Johnston does no damage.
Johnston tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnston throws a combination that misses
and Donavan counters with a left and a right that stings Johnston.
Johnston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnston throws a big shot that misses.
Donavan dodges the punch combination from Johnston.
Johnston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donavan.
Johnston bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Johnston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Don Johnston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnston avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnston misses with the combination.
Donavan with a hook.
Donavan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Donavan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donavan misses with a wild combination.
Donavan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston closes the distance but Donavan moves to the side
and Donavan counters with a series of strikes. Johnston will be more careful next time no doubt.
Scott Donavan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donavan throws a lazy right hand but Johnston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donavan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donavan is breathing heavily.
Donavan avoids the body shot from Johnston.
Johnston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Donavan misses with a wild body shot.
Donavan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Johnston rushes Donavan and presses him up against the cage.
Johnston tries to circle away but Donavan has him pinned against the cage.
Donavan working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Johnston dominated that second round.
That's time! Johnston's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Donavan misses with a double jab
and Johnston counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Johnston does no damage.
Don Johnston is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnston throws a left and a right that both miss
and Donavan counters with a nice body shot.
Johnston throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Donavan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Johnston.
Donavan looks to land a right hand but Johnston moved out of range.
Donavan misses with a double jab
and Johnston counters with a right hand to the body.
Donavan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Donavan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Donavan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnston throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston throws a nice looking combination but Donavan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Johnston has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donavan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Johnston breaks the clinch.
Johnston moves in looking to clinch but Donavan pushes him off.
Donavan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnston throws a jab but it's blocked by Donavan.

Johnston rushes Donavan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnston working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnston can't break the clinch.

Donavan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnston cracks Donavan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnston cracks Donavan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Donavan moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnston misses with a double jab.
Donavan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnston.
Johnston misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Donavan does no damage.
Donavan slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnston is looking to clinch but Donavan is avoiding it.
Johnston tries to clinch but Donavan moves away
and Donavan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnston darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johnston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donavan throws out the jab.
Johnston swinging wildly here.
Johnston tries to clinch but Donavan moves out of range.
Donavan misses with an uppercut.
Johnston falls off balance throwing a combination
and Donavan counters with a three punch combo that has Johnston backing up. Johnston nods at Donavan to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston wants to clinch but Donavan slips to the side
and Donavan counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnston throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Donavan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donavan misses with a body punch
and Johnston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnston moves away from the strike by Donavan.
Johnston swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Donavan counters with a left to the body.
Scott Donavan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnston closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Donavan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnston circles away quickly and effectively.
Don Johnston is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Donavan throws a series of punches but Johnston avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Johnston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnston 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Johnston!