PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Casey Silk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nonito Donaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Donaire's choice of entrance music: Filipino Flash - Nump. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Silk
vs
Donaire

173 cm
27
155 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

168 cm
19
149 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Core Tokyo

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Casey Silk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nonito Donaire!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silk tries to clinch but Donaire is having none of it.
Good shot there by Donaire.
Donaire circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silk is looking to clinch but Donaire is avoiding it.
Silk walks into a jab.
Donaire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silk misses with a takedown attempt - Donaire sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silk is looking to clinch but Donaire is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donaire throws a combination. Silk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Donaire as Silk shoots in.
Silk misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casey Silk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silk throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Donaire's waist but Donaire gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silk off to one side.
Silk is breathing heavily.
Donaire throws a sloppy head kick and Silk moves out of range easily.
Silk tries to close the distance and clinch but Donaire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donaire bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donaire stuffs the takedown.
Silk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silk fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Donaire tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Donaire darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Donaire as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silk shoots in but Donaire avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Casey Silk has been cut.
Donaire lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donaire scores with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donaire 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.
Donaire bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silk's head.
Silk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donaire is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silk had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silk tries to clinch there but Donaire circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silk shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Donaire but Donaire pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice uppercut lands for Donaire. That snapped Silk's head back.
Silk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nonito Donaire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donaire lands with an uppercut that bounces Silk off the ropes and back into rage.
Silk wants to clinch up but Donaire keeps it at a distance.
Silk shoots in looking for a takedown. Donaire tries to sprawl out of it but Silk keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Donaire manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice shot lands for Donaire.
Donaire is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Good exchange - Donaire coming out on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donaire stuffs the takedown.
Donaire on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donaire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silk.
Horrible takedown by Silk or perhaps it was just good defense by Donaire which made him look bad.
Silk tries to clinch up.
Donaire moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Donaire.
Donaire moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nonito Donaire dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Casey Silk's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Donaire's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Donaire duly obliges.
Silk fails with a takedown attempt.
Donaire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silk momentarily.
Silk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donaire 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.
Silk walks into a left hand.
Nonito Donaire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donaire bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silk's head.

Silk is rocked!
Donaire lands a big head kick that sends Silk to the canvas! Donaire follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nonito Donaire!