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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrzej Gajewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Gajewski has chosen Stratosphere as his entrance music. 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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160 lbs
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146 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrzej Gajewski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donowitz thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gajewski if he has to take too many more of those.
Donowitz lands a jab to the nose.
Donowitz misses with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donowitz.
Gajewski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donowitz.
Gajewski throws a sloppy head kick
and Donowitz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gajewski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Donowitz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gajewski tries a low kick but Donowitz avoids it.
Donowitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gajewski has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gajewski throws a lazy uppercut
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gajewski lands a jab to Donowitz's midsection.
Donowitz moves into range and clinches up with Gajewski.
Gajewski struggles to land a body shot inside as Donowitz controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gajewski can't find room to land a body shot as Donowitz controls the action.
Donowitz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gajewski's efforts to push away.
Donowitz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gajewski backwards.
Gajewski wants to stall.
Donowitz lands with a short shot to the head.
Gajewski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gajewski.
Gajewski lands with a short shot to the head.
Donowitz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Donowitz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donowitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gajewski blocks an uppercut.
Gajewski is trying to force a seperation but Donowitz has the dominant position.
Gajewski throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Gajewski.
Donowitz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Donowitz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gajewski tries to stall but Donowitz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski tightens his grip and picks Donowitz up, before dumping him to the ground. Donowitz manages to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gajewski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Donowitz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gajewski trying to control but Donowitz is working from the bottom.
Gajewski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gajewski being controlled here momentarily.
Gajewski looking to sit in guard and control but Donowitz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gajewski looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz wants to stand but Gajewski has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Donowitz is stalling in the full guard.
Gajewski is looking for a triangle but Donowitz pushes his legs off easily.
Gajewski looking for a guillotine here but Donowitz defends easily.
Gajewski keeping moving, preventing Donowitz from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Donowitz stays in close to Gajewski's body and controls the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Donowitz scores with a decent looking hook.
Donowitz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Gajewski throws a looping overhand right but Donowitz ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Gajewski misses
and Donowitz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gajewski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Donowitz's sensitive parts.
Gajewski misses with a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a good low kick that Gajewski was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donowitz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Donowitz scores with a punch to the head.
Gajewski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Donowitz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Gajewski throws a leg kick but Donowitz moved away.
Gajewski lands a nice looking body shot.
Gajewski takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Donowitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gajewski can do to turn this around?
Donowitz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donowitz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gajewski misses with a low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Donowitz misses the target.
Donowitz throws a hook but Gajewski avoids it easily.
Donowitz connects with the punch.
Donowitz throws a jab when Gajewski was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gajewski looks to throw the jab but Donowitz is out of range.
Donowitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donowitz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gajewski's sensitive parts.
Donowitz throws a body kick that misses.
Gajewski throws a shot from downtown. Donowitz moves away and avoids it.
Donowitz drops his hands momentarily and Gajewski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gajewski moves out of range of the body kick.
Gajewski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gajewski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gajewski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gajewski slips under a jab from Donowitz.
Nice defenses there by Donowitz.
Gajewski lands a leg kick that knocks Donowitz off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gajewski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gajewski misses with a low kick.
Gajewski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gajewski lands a nice hook to Donowitz's body. Donowitz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gajewski throws a hook but Donowitz blocks it.
Donowitz misses with a straight right.
Donowitz misses the shot to the body.
Gajewski 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donowitz lands a glancing blow to the side of Gajewski's head.
Donowitz moves forwards but Gajewski connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gajewski swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
Donowitz throwing a counter right hand but Gajewski manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gajewski.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gajewski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donowitz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donowitz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Donowitz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gajewski.
Gajewski tries a quick counter leg kick but Donowitz is wise to it.
Gajewski checks a low kick from Donowitz.
Gajewski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice body kick from Gajewski.
Donowitz lands with a cross.
Gajewski misses with the body kick
and Donowitz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gajewski.
Donowitz throwing a counter right hand but Gajewski manages to avoid it.
Gajewski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donowitz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donowitz.
That kick from Gajewski tenderised Donowitz's leg. Donowitz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donowitz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gajewski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gajewski connects with a jab.
Donny Donowitz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donowitz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gajewski's head.
Donowitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gajewski.
Donowitz connects with a leg kick. Gajewski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gajewski on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Donowitz scores with a kick to the body.
Gajewski misses with a lunging right hand
and Donowitz makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gajewski really felt that one!
Gajewski avoids a kick to the body.
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 Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Donny Donowitz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice shot lands for Donowitz.
That kick from Gajewski tenderised Donowitz's leg. Donowitz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gajewski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good work by Gajewski as he checks the leg kick.
Gajewski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Donowitz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gajewski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donowitz looks to throw the jab but Gajewski is out of range.
That kick from Gajewski tenderised Donowitz's leg. Donowitz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gajewski ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gajewski throws a right hand that misses
and Donowitz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Donowitz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gajewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz feints and then cracks Gajewski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gajewski down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Gajewski moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gajewski looks to land a body kick but Donowitz moved away.
Gajewski lands a right hook to the body.
Donowitz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gajewski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Donowitz is able to avoid easily.
Gajewski throws a body kick that misses
and Donowitz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gajewski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gajewski throws a wild body kick that Donowitz sees coming a mile off.
Gajewski thows a leg kick but Donowitz checks it
letting Donowitz counter with a right hand.
Gajewski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donowitz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz is looking to slow Gajewski down with leg kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gajewski.
Gajewski throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gajewski throws a sloppy head kick and Donowitz moves out of range easily.
Gajewski throws out a loose jab but Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
It appears Donowitz was looking to counter with a kick there.
Gajewski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gajewski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gajewski blocks the body kick.
Donowitz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donowitz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gajewski throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a straight right hand.
Donowitz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donowitz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gajewski's calf.
Gajewski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Donowitz momentarily.
Gajewski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donowitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Gajewski.
Gajewski moves out of range as Donowitz throws a body kick.
Gajewski throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a thumping low kick.
Gajewski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gajewski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Donowitz checks it well.
Gajewski throws a low kick but Donowitz moves out of range easily.
Gajewski throws a lazy uppercut
and Donowitz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donowitz counters with a straight right hand.
Gajewski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gajewski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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 with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donowitz. Gajewski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donny Donowitz is winning the standup battle so far.
Donowitz misses with a low kick.
Donowitz cracks Gajewski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gajewski swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
Gajewski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donowitz is looking to clinch but Gajewski is avoiding it.
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 the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gajewski misses the shot to the body.
Gajewski missing with a left hand there. Donowitz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donowitz's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Donowitz lands a nice hook to Gajewski's body. Gajewski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donowitz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Donowitz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Donowitz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A bone on bone clash there as Donowitz blocks the leg kick.
Donowitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gajewski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gajewski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gajewski connects with a high kick.
Donowitz misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gajewski lands a body shot.
Donowitz throws a push kick but Gajewski slaps the foot to one side.
Gajewski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gajewski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gajewski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Donowitz manages to get back to half guard.
Donowitz tries to roll over but Gajewski keeps him under control.
Donowitz controlling the position well.
Donowitz tries to kick Gajewski off but Gajewski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gajewski is thwarting Donowitz's attempts to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gajewski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Donowitz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gajewski is looking to advance position but Donowitz won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Donowitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gajewski.
An attempted straight right counter from Donowitz misses the target.
Donowitz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gajewski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gajewski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Donowitz misses the target.
Gajewski with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gajewski will feel that in the morning.
Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Donowitz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gajewski missing with a left hand there. Donowitz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gajewski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Donowitz misses with a low kick.
Gajewski changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Donowitz wants to land a leg kick but Gajewski is out of range.
It seemed like Gajewski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gajewski fails with the takedown.
Donowitz dips to his left and cracks Gajewski with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gajewski takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
As Gajewski backs away, Donowitz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Gajewski blocks a jab.
Gajewski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gajewski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donowitz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donowitz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Donowitz catches Gajewski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donowitz lands with a straight right. Gajewski didn't see that one coming.
Gajewski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gajewski thows a leg kick but Donowitz checks it
and Donowitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donowitz's corner calls for a 1-2. Donowitz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Donowitz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gajewski doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Donny Donowitz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gajewski motions for Donowitz to come forward. Gajewski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donowitz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gajewski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gajewski misses with a straight left.
Donowitz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gajewski's hands.
Donowitz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut
and Gajewski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gajewski. Donowitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gajewski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donowitz throws the left hand but Gajewski avoids the punch easily.
Gajewski is looking to slow Donowitz down with leg kicks.
Donowitz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gajewski takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Donowitz connects with an inside leg kick.
Donowitz throws a body kick that misses.
Gajewski throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Donowitz counter with a right hand.
Gajewski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Donowitz misses with a looping right.
Donowitz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gajewski.
Gajewski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gajewski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donowitz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Andrzej Gajewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Gajewski misses the target.
Gajewski defending well as Donowitz loads up on a big left hand.
Donowitz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gajewski.
Donowitz throws a leg kick
enabling Gajewski to counter with a crisp jab.
Gajewski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donowitz moves out of range of the body kick.
A solid body kick from Donowitz.
Donowitz cracks Gajewski with a good jab.
Donowitz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Donowitz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gajewski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donowitz, right into the meat.
Donowitz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gajewski.
Gajewski drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Donowitz defends it well.
Gajewski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Donowitz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gajewski takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gajewski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good work by Donowitz as he checks the leg kick.
Donowitz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gajewski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gajewski is looking to score with low kicks.
Gajewski has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donowitz.
Gajewski throws a right hand that misses
and Donowitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz lands with a good body shot.
A leg kick checked by Donowitz.
Donowitz gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gajewski counters with a nice leg kick.
Donowitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gajewski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donowitz lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz moves away from the strike by Gajewski.
Gajewski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Donowitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Donowitz moves out of range of the body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Donowitz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Donowitz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Donowitz!
A very excited looking Donny Donowitz rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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