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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Eliasson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Donatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donatelli has chosen I Sell Comics - Courage My Love as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kirk Donatelli is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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199 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonas Eliasson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kirk Donatelli!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donatelli has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donatelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Eliasson avoids the damage to the body.
Donatelli breaks from the clinch.
Donatelli tries to clinch there but Eliasson circles away.
Donatelli misses with a wild combination.
Donatelli misses with a wild combination.
Donatelli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eliasson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donatelli tries to clinch but Eliasson is having none of it.
Eliasson takes a swing at Donatelli's ribcage but misses.
Donatelli rushes Eliasson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Eliasson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donatelli misses with a knee strike.
Donatelli breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donatelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Eliasson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eliasson takes a swing at Donatelli's ribcage but misses.
Eliasson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Eliasson misses with a wild body shot.
Eliasson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donatelli moves away.
No joy there for Donatelli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Eliasson.
Donatelli sizes up Eliasson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Donatelli ducks under a wild hook from Eliasson.
Donatelli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eliasson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donatelli manages to avoid it.
Eliasson misses with an uppercut.
Eliasson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Donatelli circles away.
Eliasson throws a hook but Donatelli avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eliasson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donatelli manages to avoid it.
Eliasson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eliasson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donatelli.
Eliasson throws a body punch but Donatelli moves out of range.
Donatelli blocks a jab.
Eliasson moves out of range of the leg kick from Donatelli.
Eliasson gets tackled into the cage by Donatelli. Donatelli maintains the clinch.
Donatelli missing with knees to the body.
Eliasson is trying to break the clinch but Donatelli is controlling him.
Donatelli will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Eliasson up against the cage.
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!
Eliasson dodges an elbow strike from Donatelli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli tries to break the clinch but Eliasson is controlling the position.
Eliasson breaks the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Donatelli scores with a four punch combination!
Donatelli throws a head kick that Eliasson semi-blocks.
Eliasson throws out a loose jab but Donatelli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eliasson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donatelli swinging wildly here.
Eliasson misses with a wild body shot.
Donatelli lands a jab to the nose.
Donatelli lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eliasson circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Donatelli. Those never looked like landing.
Donatelli tests Eliasson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donatelli. Eliasson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kirk Donatelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eliasson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Donatelli is fending him off so far but Eliasson persists. Nope, Donatelli circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonas Eliasson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Eliasson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donatelli was well out of range. Poor timing from Eliasson.
Eliasson misses with a straight right.
Eliasson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donatelli lands an overhand right.
Donatelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Eliasson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donatelli misses with a double jab.
Eliasson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donatelli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donatelli misses with a body shot.
Donatelli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Eliasson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donatelli tries to clinch but Eliasson moves out of range.
Eliasson is looking to wear down Donatelli with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Donatelli connects with a body shot.
Eliasson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donatelli misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Donatelli dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Donatelli moves into the clinch.
Donatelli is trying to stall.
Donatelli prevents a takedown attempt there.
Eliasson trying to control the position but instead, Donatelli has worked for underhooks and has pushed Eliasson into the cage.
Eliasson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Donatelli is trying to break the clinch but Eliasson has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eliasson wants a takedown but no success here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Donatelli wants to get back to striking at distance but Eliasson won't allow it.
Donatelli struggles to land a body shot inside as Eliasson controls his hands.
Donatelli is trying to break the clinch but Eliasson has him pressed against the cage.
Donatelli working hard to break the clinch.
Eliasson is trying to break the clinch but Donatelli is controlling him.
Eliasson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Donatelli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Donatelli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eliasson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donatelli manages to avoid it.
Donatelli throws a series of strikes that have Eliasson backpedaling.
Eliasson takes a swing at Donatelli's ribcage but misses.
Donatelli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donatelli tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Eliasson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eliasson throws an overhand right that lands on Donatelli's shoulder, as Donatelli tries to avoid the shot.
Donatelli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donatelli throws a head kick that misses.
Donatelli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Donatelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eliasson.
Eliasson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Eliasson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Eliasson with shots to the head and body - Donatelli looks very uncomfortable down there.
Eliasson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Donatelli that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Eliasson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Eliasson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Eliasson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Donatelli is rocked!
Eliasson misses with a head shot.
Donatelli is wriggling around trying to escape.
Donatelli takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Donatelli is still in real trouble! Can Eliasson finish him?
Eliasson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eliasson lands a big shot to the head and Donatelli winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jonas Eliasson!
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RATING
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