PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Donati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donati comes to the cage accompanied by Threshold - Phenomenon. Dzhugashvili has chosen Gosudarstvenniy Gimn SSSR as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Virgil Donati's chin.

Donati
vs
Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

190 cm
28
223 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

187 cm
28
212 lbs
13 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

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 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgil Donati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Donati misses the target.
Dzhugashvili moves out of range of the strikes.

Dzhugashvili gets a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Dzhugashvili.
Donati takes a shot to the head.
Dzhugashvili throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Dzhugashvili.
Knees to the body from Dzhugashvili.
Donati misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dzhugashvili fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dzhugashvili misses with the head strike.
Dzhugashvili crunches a lovely knee into Donati's ribcage.
Donati is breathing heavily.
Donati tries to work over Dzhugashvili's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donati keeps control of Dzhugashvili as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dzhugashvili tries to break free but Donati pushes him back against the cage.
Dzhugashvili tries to land knees in the clinch but Donati avoids the damage to the body.
Dzhugashvili tries a knee to the head but Donati blocks it.
Dzhugashvili taking a breather.
A short right from Dzhugashvili on the inside.
Donati fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donati doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donati lands a shoulder strike.
Dzhugashvili lands a left hand that snaps the head of Donati backwards.
Dzhugashvili tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Donati tries to break the clinch but Dzhugashvili is controlling the position.
Donati blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dzhugashvili as Donati tries to tie him up.
Donati softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donati prevents a body shot from Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donati misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donati prevents a body shot from Dzhugashvili.
Donati struggles to land a body shot inside as Dzhugashvili controls his hands.
Donati prevents a body shot from Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Donati in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dzhugashvili using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donati pushes Dzhugashvili back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dzhugashvili obliges.

Dzhugashvili breaks the clinch.
Dzhugashvili tries to close the distance and clinch but Donati swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donati misses with an uppercut.
Dzhugashvili has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donati.
Donati swings for the body but Dzhugashvili moves out of range.
Dzhugashvili blocks a leg kick.
Donati throws a hook to the side of Dzhugashvili's head but Dzhugashvili sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dzhugashvili keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Dzhugashvili. That snapped Donati's head back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dzhugashvili looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dzhugashvili fails in his attempt to clinch.
Donati jabs Dzhugashvili right on the nose. Dzhugashvili blinks but takes it well.
Dzhugashvili wants to clinch up but Donati keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Donati lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dzhugashvili doesn't seem phased though.
Donati circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dzhugashvili checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dzhugashvili ducks under a wild hook from Donati.
Dzhugashvili tries to clinch up.
Donati misses with a hook
and Dzhugashvili cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donati ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dzhugashvili moves away.

Dzhugashvili forces Donati back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donati.
Dzhugashvili misses with the head strike.
Dzhugashvili working aggressively here.
Dzhugashvili keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donati's efforts to push away.
Dzhugashvili misses with a knee strike.
Dzhugashvili trying to land knees to the body.
Donati misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dzhugashvili tries to land knees in the clinch but Donati avoids the damage to the body.
Donati managing to block the knees to the body from Dzhugashvili.
Donati has Dzhugashvili pressed against the cage.
Donati tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dzhugashvili's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donati.
Dzhugashvili with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dzhugashvili blocks a body shot from Donati.
Donati scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dzhugashvili landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donati lands a hook that snaps the head of Dzhugashvili backwards.
Dzhugashvili with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dzhugashvili misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dzhugashvili misses with some punches.
Dzhugashvili holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Donati misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dzhugashvili slowing the pace effectively.

Donati's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dzhugashvili tries to close the distance and clinch but Donati swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donati will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Donati, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dzhugashvili is looking to clinch.
Dzhugashvili tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Donati manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donati swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dzhugashvili on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Dzhugashvili moves into the clinch successfully.
Dzhugashvili misses with some punches.
Dzhugashvili misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donati.
Still in the clinch, Dzhugashvili scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dzhugashvili goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donati misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dzhugashvili has a couple of punches blocked by Donati.
Donati misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dzhugashvili fails to land.
Dzhugashvili misses with some punches.
Donati working aggressively here.
A short right from Donati on the inside.
Dzhugashvili blocks a body shot from Donati.
Dzhugashvili misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzhugashvili misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donati.
A nice left hand lands by Donati.
A hook to the body from Donati.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili is stalling here.
Dzhugashvili using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Donati has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dzhugashvili can't find room to land a body shot as Donati controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donati.
Donati tries to work over Dzhugashvili's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donati tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dzhugashvili's elbow.
Dzhugashvili blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dzhugashvili with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donati lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donati blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dzhugashvili scores with a knee to the head.

Dzhugashvili breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dzhugashvili tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donati swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dzhugashvili blocks a leg kick.
Donati connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dzhugashvili momentarily.
Dzhugashvili is looking to clinch.

Donati clinches up against the cage.
Dzhugashvili wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donati has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Donati tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dzhugashvili trying to land knees to the body.
Dzhugashvili fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donati misses with the head strike.
Dzhugashvili tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dzhugashvili trying to land knees to the body.
Donati lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donati lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dzhugashvili is trying to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donati.
Dzhugashvili works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dzhugashvili blocks an uppercut.
Dzhugashvili landing knees to the body.
Dzhugashvili has a couple of punches blocked by Donati.
Dzhugashvili wants to stall.
Donati can't find room to land a body shot as Dzhugashvili controls the action.
Dzhugashvili struggles to land a body shot inside as Donati controls his hands.
Dzhugashvili lands an elbow just above Donati 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dzhugashvili is leaning against Donati and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Donati has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donati misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dzhugashvili.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzhugashvili misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donati.
Donati blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donati goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dzhugashvili tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dzhugashvili misses with a knee strike.
Donati tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donati is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dzhugashvili is keeping busy.
Dzhugashvili is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Donati is defending well for now.
Donati blocks a body shot from Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili tries a knee to the head but Donati blocks it.
Donati digs a right hand underneath Dzhugashvili's ribcage. Dzhugashvili let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from Donati.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donati is trying to break the clinch but Dzhugashvili has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Donati fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Donati throws an off balance right hand
and Donati takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dzhugashvili defending well as Donati loads up on a big left hand.
Dzhugashvili wants to clinch up but Donati keeps it at a distance.
Dzhugashvili closes the distance looking to clinch
and Donati counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Virgil Donati is winning the standup battle so far.
Dzhugashvili fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donati wants to slow Dzhugashvili down by chopping away at his legs.
Dzhugashvili uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donati.
Donati with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donati misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Dzhugashvili has closed the distance and engaged Donati in a clinch.
Dzhugashvili tries to circle away but Donati has him pinned against the cage.
Donati tries a body shot but Dzhugashvili blocks it.
Donati blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donati takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donati misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dzhugashvili struggles to land a body shot inside as Donati controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donati throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhugashvili.
Donati blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dzhugashvili struggles to land a body shot inside as Donati controls his hands.
Donati takes an elbow to the temple.
Dzhugashvili with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dzhugashvili putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Donati in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dzhugashvili tries to throw a body punch but Donati avoids it by throwing Dzhugashvili back against the cage.
Donati tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Donati lands with a left to the head.
Dzhugashvili misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhugashvili.
Donati doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donati throws a head punch that misses.
Donati dodges an elbow strike from Dzhugashvili.
Come on Donati - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dzhugashvili looking to throw knees to the head but Donati is blocking nicely.
Virgil Donati has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donati fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dzhugashvili tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dzhugashvili throws a head punch that misses.
Dzhugashvili throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Donati.
A short right from Donati.
Donati is pushing Dzhugashvili up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Donati creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dzhugashvili is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Donati is defending well for now.
Dzhugashvili is trying to stall.
Dzhugashvili is trying to push Donati away but Donati has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dzhugashvili's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Donati tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dzhugashvili takes a shot to the head.
Donati misses with some punches.
Donati lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dzhugashvili.
Donati lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donati can't find room to land a body shot as Dzhugashvili controls the action.
Dzhugashvili stalling the fight.
Donati misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili tries to break the clinch but Donati is controlling the position.
Donati tries to throw a body punch but Dzhugashvili avoids it by throwing Donati back against the cage.

Dzhugashvili's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dzhugashvili doesn't manage to clinch there - Donati circles away.

Dzhugashvili closes the distance and clinches.
Donati throws a head punch that misses.
Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzhugashvili is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Donati is defending well for now.
Donati tries to work over Dzhugashvili's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donati lands with a right to the head.
Dzhugashvili tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Donati.
Donati dodges an elbow strike from Dzhugashvili.
Still in the clinch, Donati scores with a nice short uppercut.
Donati tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donati effectively controlling the action here.
Dzhugashvili tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donati's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donati lands with a left to the head.
Dzhugashvili tries to land a knee to the head but Donati blocks with his arms.
Donati takes a knee right on the jaw!

And that's the end of the fight!
Virgil Donati showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dzhugashvili 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!