PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Graham Bowtie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Donati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virgil Donati is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bowtie
vs
Donati

190 cm
27
216 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

190 cm
29
223 lbs
13 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Graham Bowtie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgil Donati!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donati throws the left hand but Bowtie avoids the punch easily.
Bowtie tries to clinch but Donati is having none of it.
Bowtie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Donati moves into the clinch.

Donati breaks from the clinch.
Donati takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donati connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bowtie blocks a jab.
Bowtie moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Donati.
Bowtie loads up on a big right hand but Donati slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Donati misses the target.

Donati fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bowtie, pushing him back against the cage.

Donati breaks the clinch.
Bowtie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Bowtie pushes Donati up against the cage in a clinch.
Bowtie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Donati lands a left hand.
Bowtie scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Donati breaks the clinch.
Donati displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Graham Bowtie has been cut.
Bowtie throws a wild body kick that Donati sees coming a mile off.
Bowtie lands a head shot.
Bowtie misses with a low kick.
Bowtie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donati swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donati tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowtie was well out of range. Poor timing from Donati.
Donati lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Donati.
Bowtie tries to clinch but Donati is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bowtie scores with a jab to the head.
Bowtie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Donati's hands.
Crunch! Bowtie slams his shin into Donati's torso.

Bowtie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bowtie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bowtie misses with a knee strike.
Donati on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Donati lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bowtie trying to land knees to the body.
Donati doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donati wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bowtie has him pressed against the cage.
Donati misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowtie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bowtie works on Donati's body with a couple of short punches.
Bowtie tries to land knees in the clinch but Donati avoids the damage to the body.
Our sources have told us that Bowtie has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bowtie.
Donati stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bowtie fails to land.
Donati tries to break free but Bowtie pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Donati wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bowtie prevents a body shot from Donati.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Donati.
Donati looking to stall.
Bowtie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bowtie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bowtie with a knee to the head.
Donati swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowtie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donati looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Donati avoiding damage as Bowtie throws knees to the body.
Bowtie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bowtie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bowtie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bowtie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donati's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, Donati scores with a nice short uppercut.
Donati scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Donati pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bowtie tries to close the distance and clinch but Donati swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donati uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bowtie.
Bowtie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bowtie misses with a body punch
and Bowtie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donati is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bowtie.
Graham Bowtie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowtie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bowtie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bowtie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bowtie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donati.
Donati misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Donati takes the fight into the clinch.

Donati breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donati throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Graham Bowtie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Graham Bowtie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bowtie throws a sloppy head kick and Donati moves out of range easily.
Bowtie motions for Donati to come forward. Bowtie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bowtie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bowtie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Donati takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bowtie works Donati's body with a nice hook.
Donati connects with a right hand. Bowtie shakes it off.
Bowtie tries to close the distance and clinch but Donati swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Donati in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Donati tries to keep at a distance but Bowtie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bowtie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donati.
Bowtie misses with the head strike.
Donati tries a body shot but Bowtie blocks it.
Donati wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donati is trying to break free.
Bowtie lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowtie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Donati is trying to break the clinch but Bowtie has him pressed against the cage.
Donati can't break the clinch.

Donati's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bowtie throws a hook to the side of Donati's head but Donati sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowtie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Donati swinging wildly here.
Bowtie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Donati pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Bowtie forces Donati back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Donati.
Bowtie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donati misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donati tries to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling the position.
Donati tries to circle away but Bowtie has him pinned against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donati.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bowtie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowtie trying to control the position but instead, Donati has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bowtie into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bowtie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Donati's brow.
Donati fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donati throws a punch but it's blocked by Bowtie.
Bowtie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Donati escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bowtie takes one on the button.
Donati takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bowtie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bowtie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donati.
Donati might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bowtie misses the shot to the body.
Donati jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graham Bowtie is winning the standup battle so far.
Donati drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donati misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bowtie tries to clinch up but Donati circles away and keeps his distance.
Donati misses with a hook. Bowtie ducked under it nicely.
Donati throws a jab but it's blocked by Bowtie.
A jab from Donati does it's job there.
Donati throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bowtie sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Bowtie forces Donati back against the cage and clinches.
Donati has a couple of punches blocked by Bowtie.
Donati lands a hook that snaps the head of Bowtie backwards.
Donati takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donati is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bowtie wants to stall.
Bowtie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Donati avoids it.
Donati looking to slow down the pace here.
Bowtie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Donati avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donati tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bowtie.
Bowtie misses with a knee strike.
Bowtie struggles to land a body shot inside as Donati controls his hands.
Graham Bowtie has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Donati's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bowtie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donati.
Bowtie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donati's calf.
No joy there for Bowtie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bowtie stuns Donati with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bowtie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Donati gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Donati is leaning against Bowtie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bowtie crunches a lovely knee into Donati's ribcage.
Donati tries to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling the position.
Bowtie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bowtie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Bowtie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Graham Bowtie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Donati misses with a straight right.
Bowtie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donati avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Bowtie. That snapped Donati's head back.
Bowtie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bowtie lands a glancing blow to the side of Donati's head.
Bowtie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donati.
Nice body kick from Bowtie.

Donati moves into the clinch.

Donati breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bowtie throws a leg kick which misses Donati's front leg but catches the back leg as Donati tries to avoid it.
Donati takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donati throws a shot from downtown. Bowtie moves away and avoids it.
Bowtie is looking to clinch but Donati is avoiding it.
Bowtie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bowtie tests Donati's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donati takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bowtie lands a glancing blow to the side of Donati's head.

Donati is rocked!
Bowtie connects with a leg kick. Donati looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donati misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bowtie.
Bowtie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Donati is still on wobbly legs! Can Bowtie finish him?
Donati working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bowtie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Bowtie has Donati pressed against the cage, preventing Donati from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bowtie scores a nice knee to the body.
Bowtie landing knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bowtie.
Bowtie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bowtie scores a nice knee to the body.
Bowtie is leaning against Donati and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bowtie creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Donati with a big uppercut! Donati tries to clinch up but Bowtie pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Donati to the mat! Donati covers up and Bowtie unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Graham Bowtie!
Graham Bowtie made sure to mention his sponsor, Fury Nutrition Inc. in his post fight interview.