PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hoppsy Molloy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donovan Vick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Molloy
vs
Vick

165 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

164 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hoppsy Molloy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Donovan Vick!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Molloy.

Molloy gets tackled into the cage by Vick. Vick maintains the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Molloy throws an elbow but misses.
Vick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Molloy fails to pull guard.
Vick tries a body shot but Molloy blocks it.
Molloy looking for a takedown.
Vick trying to stall but Molloy improves his position.
Vick tries to pull guard but Molloy won't allow it.
Molloy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vick to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoppsy Molloy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Molloy has Vick pushed against the cage.
Vick drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Molloy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vick is looking to control Molloy's arms but Molloy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vick has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick tries to score a body lock takedown but Molloy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Molloy gets control of Vick's arms and successfully pulls guard. Molloy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Vick missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vick has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Molloy is proving hard to escape from.
Vick wants to control from the top but Molloy keeps moving.
Vick won't allow Molloy to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vick wants to control from the top but Molloy keeps moving.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Donovan Vick wasn't active enough on the ground.
Molloy throws a leg kick which misses Vick's front leg but catches the back leg as Vick tries to avoid it.
Vick fails with the takedown
and Molloy counters with a big head kick but Vick shrugs it off.
Vick with a poor takedown
and Molloy counters with a nice leg kick.
Vick defending well as Molloy loads up on a big left hand.
Vick closes this distance looking for a takedown but Molloy circles away.
Vick misses with a double jab.
Molloy tries to clinch but Vick is having none of it.
Vick fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vick shoots in and drives through. Molloy sprawls well.
Molloy throws a body kick that misses.
Vick takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vick fails with the takedown
and Molloy counters with a nice leg kick.
Vick misses with a jab, cross combination.
Molloy misses with a leg kick
and Vick counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vick is defended easily by Molloy.
Molloy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vick rushes Molloy and presses him up against the cage.
Vick tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Molloy smiles and moves away.
Hoppsy Molloy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Molloy tries to keep at a distance but Vick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Molloy breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Molloy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Vick throws a looping overhand right but Molloy ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donovan Vick dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Molloy scores with a leg kick.
Molloy tries a head kick but it misses.
Donovan Vick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Molloy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vick. Molloy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vick shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Molloy as he avoids it easily.

Vick closes the distance and clinches.
Vick tries to pull guard but Molloy won't allow it.
Hoppsy Molloy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donovan Vick.
Vick fails to pull guard.
Molloy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vick's efforts to push away.

Molloy is trying to trip Vick. He has hold of a leg but Vick is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Molloy persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Vick seems keen to control Molloy's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick controls Molloy momentarily but Molloy frees himself.
Vick working a defensive guard but Molloy manages to pass into side control anyway.
Vick is looking to reverse the position.

Molloy stands up and beckons Vick to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Molloy misses
and Vick counters with a nice body kick.

Molloy closes the distance and clinches.
Molloy trying to land knees to the body.
Vick missing with knees to the body.
Molloy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vick walks away with a smile on his face. Molloy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Vick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vick looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vick has a takedown stuffed.
Vick has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vick misses with a takedown
and Molloy counters with an inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Molloy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vick looks to land a right hand but Molloy moved out of range.
Vick looks to score with a jab to the body but Molloy is just out of range.
Molloy looks for the body kick but Vick saw that one coming.
Vick throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Molloy.

It looks like Hoppsy Molloy has been cut.

Molloy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vick jumps guard but Molloy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Molloy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Molloy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Molloy is trying to keep Vick in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vick wanted to stand there but Molloy had control of the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Vick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Molloy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Molloy keeping moving, preventing Vick from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hoppsy Molloy wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Vick shoots in and drives through. Molloy sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hoppsy Molloy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hoppsy Molloy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vick shoots in and drives through. Molloy sprawls well.
A low kick from Molloy is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vick throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Molloy tries to close the distance and clinch but Vick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vick gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Molloy counters by moving into the clinch.

Molloy manages to pull guard.
Molloy keeping moving, preventing Vick from controlling successfully.
Vick would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick looking to sit in guard and control but Molloy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vick is trying to control the position but Molloy postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Donovan Vick.
Molloy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Vick has managed to clinch.
Molloy tries to pull guard but Vick holds him up against the cage and eventually Molloy drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molloy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Vick fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Molloy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vick fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hoppsy Molloy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donovan Vick.
Vick fails with a takedown attempt.
A low kick from Molloy is predictable there
and Vick counters with a good low kick that Molloy was not able to check.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Molloy tries to clinch there but Vick circles away.
A head kick by Molloy misses
and Vick counters with a nice body kick.
Donovan Vick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vick with a poor takedown
and Molloy counters with a good low kick that Vick was not able to check.
Molloy throws a chopping leg kick but Vick manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Molloy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Vick darts in and clinches Molloy up against the cage.
Molloy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vick.
Vick trying to control the position but instead, Molloy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vick into the cage.

Molloy jumps guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molloy keeping moving, preventing Vick from controlling successfully.
Vick looking to pass the guard.
Vick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vick wants to control from the top but Molloy keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Donovan Vick hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A leg kick checked by Vick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Donovan Vick.
Well Vick has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donovan Vick!