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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ziggy Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). T's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - Born to Lose . Ziggy Donovan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
8 - 13 - 0 |
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210 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny T!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ziggy Donovan!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Donovan misses
so T counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Donovan wants to stand up but T is controlling him.
Donovan keeping full guard, as T tries to pass.
Donovan wriggles free and stands up.
Donovan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
T jumps guard and drags Donovan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
T working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Donovan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Donovan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donovan preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Donovan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
T shoots in but no luck this time.
T fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Donovan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from T.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny T. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donovan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Donovan has closed the distance and engaged T in a clinch.
T blocks the elbow strike.
T misses with a knee strike.
T tries to pull guard but Donovan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Donovan throws an elbow but it misses.
Donovan looking to throw knees to the head but T is blocking nicely.
Donovan throws an elbow that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Donovan.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and T avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
T is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
T tries for a takedown but Donovan manages to get underhooks.
T lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Donovan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
T fails to pull the fight into his guard.
T looking to throw knees to the head but Donovan is blocking nicely.
T is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Donovan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
T tries to pull guard but Donovan won't allow it.
T is breathing heavily.
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!
Donovan manages to break the clinch.
Donovan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with T, pushing him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Donovan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Donovan scores a nice knee to the body.
Donovan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has T in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Donovan is struggling to control the position.
Donovan missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Donovan.
T has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Donovan after a bit of a struggle.
Donovan misses with a knee to the head.
Donovan missing with knees to the body.
T tries to pull guard but Donovan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Donovan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the head but T blocks with his arms.
Donovan lands a nice elbow.
T throws a head punch that misses.
Donovan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
T tries for a takedown. No joy.
Donovan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
T drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. T is defending well for now.
T tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Donovan lands a shoulder strike.
T goes for a takedown in the clinch but Donovan prevents it.
Donovan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donovan tries to land knees in the clinch but T avoids the damage to the body.
T takes a knee right on the jaw!
Donovan stalling in the clinch.
Donovan misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ziggy Donovan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Donovan moves into range and clinches up with T.
T is trying to maintain a safe position but Donovan gets an underhook and turns T into the cage.
Donovan missing with knees to the body.
T on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
T avoids a wild elbow strike from Donovan.
Donovan prevents the takedown attempt.
T is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
T is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Donovan is defending well.
T is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Donovan to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny T. That's going to take a lot out of him.
T goes for a takedown attempt but Donovan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from T.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donovan drives through and clinches with T against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan looking to throw knees to the head but T is blocking nicely.
Donovan missing with knees to the body.
Donovan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from T.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
Donovan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
T tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Donovan just stands there and leans against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Donovan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
T is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Donovan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Donovan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Donovan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
T has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Donovan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Donovan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
T jumps guard but Donovan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
T has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Donovan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
T throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Donovan blocks it with crossed arms.
T throws a punch but it's blocked by Donovan.
T fails to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donovan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
T takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
It looks like Johnny T has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
T wants to take the fight to the mat but Donovan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Donovan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but T blocks it with crossed arms.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from T.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
Donovan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donovan throws an elbow but misses.
T takes a knee right on the jaw!
T is rocked!
Donovan jerks T's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! T drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Donovan goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Donovan because T was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Ziggy Donovan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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