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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack SUMO (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamie Donovan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamie Donovan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack SUMO!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donovan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in SUMO's guard.
SUMO wants to improve his position but instead Donovan has moved into half guard.
Donovan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Donovan.
Donovan is nestled in close to SUMO, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Donovan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
SUMO trying to control here.
SUMO avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Donovan.
SUMO pushes Donovan off and gets back to his feet.
SUMO jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Jamie Donovan has been cut.
SUMO fails with the takedown
and Donovan counters with a nice double leg into side control. SUMO won't be happy with that.
Donovan is breathing heavily.
SUMO is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Donovan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear SUMO down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SUMO struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Donovan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Donovan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
SUMO taking a bit of punishment here - Donovan scoring with strikes.
Donovan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but SUMO is avoiding damage well.
Donovan cracks SUMO with a big elbow.
SUMO is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Donovan grinds an elbow into SUMO's temple.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if SUMO can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
SUMO is looking to get back to his feet here but Donovan is keeping cool and he's managed to take SUMO's back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Donovan.
Can SUMO hold on?! Donovan is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Donovan punches the canvas rather than the man.
Donovan missing with strikes.
Even with his hooks in, Donovan manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Donovan landing with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Donovan manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Donovan throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting SUMO!
Donovan is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften SUMO up.
Donovan connects with a big shot to the side of SUMO's head.
Donovan lands a shot to the head.
SUMO covering up well under a series of strikes from Donovan.
Donovan lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Donovan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
SUMO wants to escape the position.
SUMO covers up after that shot from Donovan.
Donovan lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
SUMO is holding onto Donovan's left hand, preventing any choke attempts.
SUMO is trapped and Donovan is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Donovan keeps control of the position as SUMO tries to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donovan throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting SUMO!
Donovan throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting SUMO!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Donovan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Donovan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Donovan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in SUMO's guard.
SUMO throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Donovan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
SUMO wants to stand up but Donovan is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Donovan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Donovan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Donovan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed SUMO's guard.
SUMO wants to get back to his feet.
SUMO really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Donovan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donovan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Donovan throwing shots but SUMO is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SUMO blocking the ground and pound attempt from Donovan.
SUMO is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Donovan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Donovan drops an elbow to the side of SUMO's head.
Jamie Donovan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Donovan connects with a nice short shot to SUMO's temple.
Donovan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Donovan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
SUMO is controlling Donovan's trapped leg to prevent Donovan from advancing to side control.
Donovan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
SUMO trying to control but Donovan postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
SUMO keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Donovan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks SUMO with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
SUMO has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Donovan is working away from the top position though.
SUMO avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Donovan.
SUMO has hold of Donovan's hands but Donovan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Donovan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Donovan throwing shots but SUMO is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
SUMO blocking the ground and pound attempt from Donovan.
SUMO looks like he's trying to stand up.
SUMO is controlling Donovan's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Donovan lands a nice short elbow.
Donovan decides to stand up.
Donovan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Donovan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Donovan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
SUMO preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Donovan landing some decent shots from guard.
Donovan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
SUMO looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Donovan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Donovan thows a big elbow that misses.
Donovan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Donovan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Donovan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Donovan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Donovan'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. This is the final round!
Donovan shoots in and gets a takedown into SUMO's guard.
SUMO wants to stand but Donovan is controlling the position.
SUMO working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Donovan.
SUMO preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Donovan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
SUMO wants to stand but Donovan is controlling the position.
Donovan throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan looking to pass the guard.
Donovan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed SUMO's guard.
SUMO blocking the ground and pound attempt from Donovan.
Ground and pound from Donovan.
Donovan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Donovan thows a huge punch but SUMO dodges it nicely.
Donovan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Donovan postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for SUMO to stand up.
Donovan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for SUMO!
Donovan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Donovan working the ground and pound effectively.
Donovan cracks SUMO with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
SUMO takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Donovan won't let SUMO get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Donovan raining down shots from the mount!
Donovan landing strikes from the mount and SUMO is in trouble!
Donovan working SUMO over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
SUMO wants to control but Donovan is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Donovan.
Donovan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of SUMO's face.
Donovan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Donovan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Donovan lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Donovan.
SUMO throwing hammer fists to the chest of Donovan. What's that going to do exactly?
Donovan lands a big shot there that rocks SUMO but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan breaks from SUMO's wrist control and lands an elbow.
SUMO is bucking up trying to escape but Donovan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Donovan lands a nice shot to the head.
Donovan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of SUMO's face.
Donovan raining down shots from the mount!
SUMO punching to the body and holding on for dear life.
Donovan looking to finish SUMO with some ground and pound. This is bad for SUMO!
Donovan raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jack SUMO has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamie Donovan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Donovan controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Donovan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Donovan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Donovan!
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RATING
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