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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Helgi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz's entrance music is The Bear Jew . A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Donowitz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Helgi!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses.
Donowitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donowitz keeps Helgi at a distance using the push kick.
Donowitz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Helgi.
A leg kick checked by Helgi.
Donowitz slips a straight right by Helgi.
Helgi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A clash of legs there as Donowitz blocks the low kick.
Helgi swats away the attempt to clinch by Donowitz.
Donowitz cracks the inside of Helgi's front leg.
Donowitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Donowitz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Helgi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donowitz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A telegraphed right hand from Helgi misses the target.
Donowitz looks to land a body kick but Helgi moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helgi swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
Helgi misses with a straight left.
Donowitz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Helgi tries a head kick but it misses.
Donowitz throws a leg kick which misses Helgi's front leg but catches the back leg as Helgi tries to avoid it.
Helgi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Donowitz rushes Helgi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Donowitz taking a breather.
Donowitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Helgi as Donowitz tries to tie him up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Helgi.
Donowitz working aggressively here.
Donowitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donowitz prevents a body shot from Helgi.
Helgi lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Helgi.
Helgi lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helgi is looking to control Donowitz's arms but Donowitz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Helgi has his back to the cage.
Helgi misses with a body punch.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Donowitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Helgi controls his hands.
Helgi struggles to land a body shot inside as Donowitz controls his hands.
Helgi has a couple of punches blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz is trying to stall.
Donowitz lands with a short shot to the head.
Donowitz lands with a short shot to the head.
Helgi scores with a shot to the side of Donowitz's head.
Helgi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donowitz misses with the head strike.
Donowitz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donowitz misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Donowitz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Helgi.
Donowitz misses with a punch to the body.
Donowitz breaks the clinch.
Helgi swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
Helgi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donowitz.
Helgi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donowitz tries to land a front kick but Helgi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Donowitz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Donowitz.
Donowitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Helgi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Donowitz.
Donowitz connects with an inside leg kick.
Helgi wants to land a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range.
Helgi looks to land a right hand but Donowitz moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Helgi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
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!
Donowitz lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Donowitz.
Donowitz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Helgi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Helgi misses with a low kick as Donowitz jumps back.
Donowitz throws a head kick but Helgi moves out of range.
Helgi lands a right hook to the body.
Helgi throws a low kick, looking for Donowitz's leg but Donowitz calmly moves out of range.
Helgi scores with a jab.
Helgi lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donowitz connects with a high kick.
No joy there for Helgi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donowitz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz dominated that round.
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.
Helgi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donowitz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donowitz scores with a push kick.
Helgi scores with a jab to the head.
Donowitz throws a head kick but Helgi moves out of range.
Donowitz lands a right hook to the body.
Helgi throws a leg kick but Donowitz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Helgi misses the shot to the body.
Helgi throws a leg kick but Donowitz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Helgi takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
Donowitz closes the distance and clinches.
Helgi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donowitz lands a hook that snaps the head of Helgi backwards.
Donowitz throws a head punch that misses.
Donowitz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donowitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Helgi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Helgi or not.
Helgi gets through Donowitz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Helgi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donowitz digs a right hand underneath Helgi's ribcage. Helgi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Helgi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Donowitz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Helgis head.
Donowitz lands with a short shot to the head.
Donowitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donowitz prevents a body shot from Helgi.
Helgi working aggressively here.
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!
Donowitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Helgi controls his hands.
Donowitz misses with a body punch.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Helgi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donowitz blocks a body shot from Helgi.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Helgi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helgi stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a nice uppercut.
Donowitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Helgi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Helgi prevents a body shot from Donowitz.
Helgi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donowitz's elbow.
Donowitz lands with a left to the head.
Helgi struggles to land a body shot inside as Donowitz controls his hands.
Helgi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Helgi.
Donowitz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Helgi misses with a body punch.
Donowitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Donowitz misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Helgi.
Donowitz is looking to control Helgi's arms but Helgi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Donowitz has his back to the cage.
Donowitz can't find room to land a body shot as Helgi controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helgi prevents a body shot from Donowitz.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Helgi.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Helgi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donowitz blocks an uppercut.
Donowitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donowitz breaks from the clinch.
Helgi throws a sloppy head kick and Donowitz moves out of range easily.
Helgi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donowitz connects with a body shot that sends Helgi's belly button to the back.
Helgi tries to close the distance and clinch but Donowitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Helgi needs to keep his hands up - Donowitz had a free shot at his head there.
Helgi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donowitz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donowitz misses with a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Donowitz blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz blocks a head kick by Helgi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Helgi drops his hands momentarily and Donowitz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Helgi keeps the fight on the outside.
Donowitz takes a swing at Helgi's ribcage but misses.
Helgi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Helgi misses.
Helgi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donowitz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donowitz throws a leg kick which misses Helgi's front leg but catches the back leg as Helgi tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donowitz, right into the meat.
Donowitz connects with a leg kick. Helgi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz throws a body punch but Helgi moves out of range.
Helgi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donny Donowitz is winning the standup battle so far.
Donowitz slips under a jab.
Donowitz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Helgi. Helgi obviously looking to wear him down.
Donowitz misses with a kick to the body.
Donowitz lands a jab to the head.
Donowitz cracks the inside of Helgi's front leg.
Helgi scores with a hook.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses.
Helgi checks a leg kick.
Helgi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Helgi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Donowitz looks for the body kick but Helgi saw that one coming.
Helgi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donowitz counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Donowitz.
Donowitz scores with a punch to the head.
Donowitz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donowitz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Donowitz wants to land a leg kick but Helgi is out of range.
Donowitz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Helgi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Donowitz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick from Helgi lands but Donowitz takes it in his stride.
Helgi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Donowitz has time to react.
Donny Donowitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helgi throws a low kick but Donowitz avoids it.
Donowitz doesn't manage to clinch there - Helgi circles away.
Helgi lands a jab.
A head kick from Donowitz lands but Helgi takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a low kick but Helgi avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Donowitz. Helgi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donowitz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Helgi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Donowitz.
Donowitz misses with a head kick.
Donowitz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Helgi lunges at Donowitz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Donowitz's hand.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Helgi throws a good cross that connects.
Helgi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Donowitz can pounce on him.
Donowitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Donowitz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donowitz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Donowitz misses with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Helgi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donowitz.
Donowitz wants to clinch.
Donowitz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donowitz misses with a body kick.
Donowitz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Helgi clinches.
Helgi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Helgi has a couple of punches blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz taking a breather.
Donowitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Helgi misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Donowitz fails to land.
Helgi blocks a body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz looking to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Donowitz.
Donowitz just leaning against Helgi, taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Donowitz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Helgi backwards.
Donowitz is trying to force a seperation but Helgi has the dominant position.
Donowitz is trying to stall.
Donowitz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donowitz has a couple of punches blocked by Helgi.
Helgi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donowitz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Helgi up against the cage.
Donowitz throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donowitz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Helgi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Helgi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donowitz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Helgi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Helgi blocks a head kick by Donowitz.
Donowitz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Helgi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Donowitz's sensitive parts.
Helgi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donowitz.
Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Helgi.
Donowitz scores with a hook.
Helgi just misses with a punch to the body.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses.
Helgi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Helgi, right into the meat.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helgi throws out a powerful jab.
Donowitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Helgi.
Helgi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donowitz.
Helgi tests Donowitz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Helgi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Donowitz is looking to score with low kicks.
Donowitz misses with a leg kick
and Helgi counters with a leg kick.
Donowitz scores with a shot to the body.
Helgi misses with a series of wild punches.
Helgi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a low kick, looking for Helgi's leg but Helgi calmly moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helgi misses with a few strikes there.
Helgi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donowitz.
Helgi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Donowitz slips a jab from Helgi.
Helgi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helgi has closed the distance and engaged Donowitz in a clinch.
Helgi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donowitz.
Donowitz tries a body shot but Helgi blocks it.
Donowitz gets through Helgi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Donowitz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Helgi's elbow.
Donowitz blocks a body shot from Helgi.
Donny Donowitz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Donowitz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Helgi's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Helgi.
Donowitz pushes Helgi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Donowitz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz lands with a left to the head.
Donowitz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Helgi scores with a shot to the side of Donowitz's head.
Donowitz digs a right hand underneath Helgi's ribcage. Helgi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Donowitz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Helgi takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
Donowitz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice cross by Donowitz.
Donowitz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Helgi's calf.
Donowitz throws a body kick that misses.
Donowitz with a nice cross.
Helgi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Donowitz. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helgi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helgi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Donowitz to score with a decent uppercut.
Donowitz blocks a head kick by Helgi.
Helgi staying out of range there.
Donowitz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donowitz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Helgi. That did some damage!
Helgi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crunch! Donowitz slams his shin into Helgi's torso.
Donowitz lands with a nice body kick.
Donowitz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Helgi.
Donowitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Helgi misses with a low kick as Donowitz jumps back.
Donowitz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Helgi scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz had his way with Bjorn Helgi in that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donowitz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Helgi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Helgi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donowitz.
Donowitz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donowitz lands a lovely overhand right.
Donowitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Donowitz throws a low kick, looking for Helgi's leg but Helgi calmly moves out of range.
Helgi blocks a head kick by Donowitz.
Helgi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Helgi throws the left hand but Donowitz avoids the punch easily.
Helgi is looking to slow Donowitz down with leg kicks.
Helgi misses with a few strikes there.
Donowitz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donowitz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Helgi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Donowitz does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Donowitz slams his shin into Helgi's torso.
Helgi avoids the body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Helgi moves out of range as Donowitz strikes.
Helgi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Helgi is rocked!
Helgi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Helgi is still on wobbly legs! Can Donowitz finish him?
Helgi avoids the head kick by Donowitz.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Helgi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Donowitz finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Donowitz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Donowitz throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Helgi colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Donowitz as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Helgi is left battered and dazed whilst Donowitz and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donny Donowitz!
Donny Donowitz is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Donny Donowitz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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