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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Kay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Donnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julian Donnell has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jay Kay's chin.
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270 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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189 cm
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280 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Kay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julian Donnell!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kay working aggressively here.
Donnell working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donnell.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Donnell works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Kay looking to hit a scissor sweep but Donnell is one step ahead there.
Donnell must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Donnell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kay works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Donnell throws a strike but Kay rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Donnell is looking to sweep but instead, Kay has passed into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kay with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Donnell holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Kay slows the pace down in half guard.
Donnell is not content to let Kay control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kay is controlling the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jay Kay just wasn't active enough.
A slow jab from Donnell misses its intended target.
Donnell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donnell keeps the fight on the outside.
Donnell is looking to land body kicks.
Kay has managed to clinch.
Kay lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donnell backwards.
Donnell misses with some punches.
Kay slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kay scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kay lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donnell backwards.
Kay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kay's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kay.
A right hook to the body lands for Donnell.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kay.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kay - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Donnells head.
Kay holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Kay on the inside.
Kay blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Kay.
Donnell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Donnell fails to land.
Kay is trying to break the clinch but Donnell has him pressed against the cage.
Kay works on Donnell's body with a couple of short punches.
Donnell scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Kay.
It looks like Julian Donnell has been cut.
Kay has Donnell pushed against the cage.
Kay gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Donnell looks gassed!
Kay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Kay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Donnell'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.
Donnell circles away from the clinch attempt
and Donnell counters with a stiff right hand.
Kay tries to close the distance and clinch but Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kay wants to clinch
and Donnell counters with a single leg into guard. Kay didn't expect that.
Kay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kay looking for a sweep. Not yet Kay, not yet.
Kay is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Donnell wants to control from the top but Kay keeps moving.
Donnell throwing strikes but missing.
Kay avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Donnell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kay looking for a sweep. Not yet Kay, not yet.
Donnell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Donnell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Donnell throwing strikes from guard but Kay blocks nicely.
Donnell wants to pass the guard but Kay is keeping the position.
Kay is pulling down on Donnell's head. It's preventing any offense from Donnell, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnell throwing strikes from guard but Kay blocks nicely.
Donnell cracks Kay with a solid left hand.
Donnell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kay is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kay pushes Donnell off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jay Kay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donnell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kay takes one to the side of the head.
Kay tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donnell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kay thinking.
Donnell connects with the punch.
Donnell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kay takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Donnell tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnell throws a hook but Kay blocks it.
Kay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donnell.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Donnell circles away quickly and effectively.
Kay takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kay tries to clinch there but Donnell circles away.
Kay tries to clinch up.
Jay Kay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donnell misses with a body shot
and Kay counters with a series of strikes. Donnell will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kay.
Donnell clinches up with Kay and pushes him back against the cage.
Kay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body punch from Donnell.
Donnell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnell misses with a head kick.
Kay tries to clinch there but Donnell circles away.
Donnell misses with a hook. Kay ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donnell scores with a hook to the body. Kay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kay moves out of range of the strikes.
Donnell throws a combination. Kay tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Donnell keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julian Donnell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Julian Donnell's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A jab lands there for Donnell.
Kay rushes Donnell and presses him up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Kay.
Kay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Donnell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kay blocking some punches.
Jay Kay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kay breaks the clinch.
Kay tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donnell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kay swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kay is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Donnell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kay keeping full guard, as Donnell tries to pass.
Donnell looking to sit in guard and control but Kay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kay trying to control but Donnell is working from the bottom.
Kay is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Donnell has a closed guard, preventing Kay from standing up.
Kay seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jay Kay just wasn't active enough.
Kay tries to clinch up
and Donnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kay misses with a wild combination.
Kay tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donnell counters with a head kick. That will keep Kay thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kay tries to clinch up but Donnell circles away and keeps his distance.
Kay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kay tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donnell counters with a two punch combo.
Kay takes the fight into the clinch.
Kay blocks an uppercut.
Kay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kay scores with a shoulder strike.
Kay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kay is looking to break free of the clinch but Donnell has double underhooks.
Donnell tries to stall but Kay uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Donnell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kay lands a hook that snaps the head of Donnell backwards.
Donnell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Kay scores with a shoulder strike.
Donnell stalling.
Donnell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donnell turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Julian Donnell has got the better of the ground game so far.
Donnell trying to control the position but Kay is working away.
Kay wants to get back to his feet but Donnell drags him back down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donnell wants to control for a moment but Kay uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Kay works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Julian Donnell.
I think Donnell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Julian Donnell!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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