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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Riggs might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Immortal Technique- The Cause of Death. Donowitz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mama Said Knock You Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Martin Riggs could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Donny Donowitz's chin.
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
45 - 13 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Donowitz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riggs thuds his right hand into Donowitz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Riggs throws a lazy uppercut
and Donowitz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Riggs thinking.
Donowitz misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Riggs was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Riggs jabs Donowitz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donowitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Riggs throws out the jab.
Donowitz was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Riggs misses with a hook
and Donowitz counters with a nice uppercut.
Donowitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riggs.
Martin Riggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donowitz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donowitz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donowitz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Riggs misses with an uppercut
and Donowitz counters with a slapping leg kick.
Riggs looks to land a left hand but Donowitz moved out of range nicely.
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 throws a leg kick
and Riggs counters with a leg kick.
Riggs misses with a few strikes there.
Donowitz misses with a kick to the body.
Riggs is looking to counter with a body kick.
Donowitz throws a hook but Riggs blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Riggs.
Donowitz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Donowitz.
Riggs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donowitz.
Riggs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donowitz.
Riggs throws a hook but Donowitz avoids it easily.
Riggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donowitz.
Donowitz blocks a leg kick.
Riggs looks to throw the jab but Donowitz is out of range.
And Donowitz responds with a good body kick, but Riggs manages to step out the way in time.
Riggs is looking to score with low kicks.
Donowitz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Riggs with a body shot.
Riggs misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Donowitz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Donowitz.
Riggs throws a body punch but Donowitz moves out of range.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donowitz moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donowitz lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donowitz manages to avoid it.
Donowitz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Riggs with a body shot.
Donowitz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Riggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donowitz throws the kick towards the body but Riggs avoids it.
Riggs half committed to a counter leg kick.
Donowitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riggs.
Donowitz lands a glancing blow to the side of Riggs's head.
Donowitz defending well as Riggs loads up on a big left hand.
Riggs misses with a left hand
enabling Donowitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Riggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riggs attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs misses with a right hand
and Riggs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Donowitz doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Riggs throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riggs lands a nice shot to the body.
Riggs misses with a left hand
and Donowitz counters with a leg kick.
Riggs throws a right hand that misses
and Donowitz counters with a straight right hand.
Donowitz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donowitz avoids a kick to the body.
Donowitz follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A left lands for Donowitz.
Donowitz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Riggs is able to avoid easily.
Riggs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donowitz.
Riggs throws a lazy uppercut
and Donowitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Riggs tries to land a leg kick but Donowitz saw it coming and moves away.
Donowitz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Riggs misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Riggs.
Riggs is looking to counter with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donowitz digs a good body shot into Riggs's ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Riggs.
Riggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donowitz lands the left hand.
Donowitz jabs Riggs to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donowitz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Riggs had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Donowitz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Riggs on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Riggs definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riggs lands a jab to the nose.
Riggs swings widly with a right hand
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donowitz digs a good hook to Riggs's body.
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 round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Riggs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Riggs misses with a body shot
and Donowitz counters with a good low kick that Riggs was not able to check.
Riggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donowitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Riggs.
Good shot there by Donowitz.
Riggs misses with a body punch
and Donowitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riggs throws a push kick but Donowitz slaps the foot to one side.
Riggs throws a body kick that misses
and Donowitz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Riggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donowitz blocks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Riggs.
Riggs checks a leg kick.
Donny Donowitz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donowitz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Riggs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Riggs might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Riggs swings away with a body shot that misses
and Donowitz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Riggs.
Riggs misses with a double jab.
Riggs takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
Donowitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riggs.
Donowitz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riggss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Donowitz looks to throw the jab but Riggs is out of range.
Donowitz thumps Riggs with a low kick.
Donowitz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riggs misses with a body kick.
Riggs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donowitz.
Riggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donowitz counters with a body kick.
Donowitz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Riggs defending well as Donowitz loads up on a big left hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Donowitz - that will leave a mark!
A looping hook to the body misses from Riggs. Donowitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donowitz only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs looks to throw a body kick
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riggs scoring well with a low kick there.
Riggs gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Donowitz counters with a left to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riggs.
Donowitz thuds his shin into the meat of Riggs's side.
Riggs misses with a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Riggs throws an off balance right hand
and Donowitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donowitz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Riggs looks to land a right hand but Donowitz moved out of range.
Donowitz blocks the body kick.
Riggs throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Riggs tries a low kick but Donowitz avoids it.
Donowitz lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donowitz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donowitz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Riggs stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donowitz.
Donowitz jabs Riggs to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donowitz misses with a hook. Riggs ducked under it nicely.
Donowitz scores with a sloppy right hand. Riggs should have avoided that one.
Riggs throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Riggs misses with a low kick.
Riggs throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donowitz counters with a nice uppercut.
Riggs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Riggs misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riggs loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs throws a right hand that misses
and Donowitz counters with a good low kick that Riggs was not able to check.
Donowitz cracks Riggs with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donowitz scores with a jab to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Donowitz.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Donowitz throws out a counter right but Riggs avoids it with no problem.
Donowitz checks a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Riggs misses
and Donowitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Riggs falls off balance throwing a combination
and Donowitz counters with a low kick, right behind Riggs 's knee.
Riggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Donowitz jabs at Riggs's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donowitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donowitz throws out a counter right but Riggs avoids it with no problem.
A leg kick checked by Donowitz.
Some bone on bone action there as Donowitz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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! This is the final round!
Riggs staying out of range there.
Riggs pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donowitz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riggs was well out of range. Poor timing from Donowitz.
Riggs throws an overhand right that lands on Donowitz's shoulder, as Donowitz tries to avoid the shot.
Donowitz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Riggs tries to land a leg kick but Donowitz saw it coming and moves away.
Riggs 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.
Riggs throws a push kick but Donowitz slaps the foot to one side.
Riggs throws a hook but Donowitz blocks it.
Riggs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Riggs there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donowitz throws out the jab.
Donowitz throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Donowitz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riggs manages to avoid it.
Riggs throws a chopping leg kick but Donowitz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Donowitz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Donowitz throws a jab when Riggs was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz scores with a shot to the body.
Riggs throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a body shot but no joy.
Donowitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Riggs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donowitz, right into the meat.
Riggs throws a predictable looking body shot
and Donowitz counters with a nice body shot.
Riggs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donowitz.
Riggs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donowitz staying out of range there.
Riggs misses the body punch
and Donowitz counters with a nice kick to the body.
Riggs takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
Riggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donowitz.
Martin Riggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs throws a wild body kick that Donowitz sees coming a mile off.
Donowitz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riggs throws a leg kick but Donowitz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Riggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Donowitz can pounce on him.
Donowitz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Riggs throws an off balance right hand
and Donowitz counters with a body kick.
Riggs throws a leg kick which misses Donowitz's front leg but catches the back leg as Donowitz tries to avoid it.
Donowitz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Riggs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Donowitz. That did some damage!
Riggs is looking to chop away at Donowitz's legs.
Donowitz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Riggs goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Donowitz lands with an uppercut that bounces Riggs off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riggs. That did some damage!
Riggs cracks Donowitz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Donowitz slips a straight right by Riggs.
Donowitz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
An inside leg kick from Riggs misses.
Riggs looks to land a right hand but Donowitz moved out of range.
Donowitz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riggs. That did some damage!
Donowitz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Riggs misses the shot to the body.
Riggs throws a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Riggs's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riggs throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Donowitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Donowitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Donowitz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Riggs will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Donowitz moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz thuds his right hand into Riggs's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riggs throws a hook but Donowitz avoids it easily.
Riggs throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riggs misses with a lunging right hand
and Donowitz counters with a left to the body.
Donowitz scores with a nice right hand.
Donowitz feints and then cracks Riggs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Riggs down.
Riggs throws a body shot but no joy.
Donowitz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Riggs throws the left hand but Donowitz avoids the punch easily.
Donowitz scores with a jab to the head.
Riggs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Riggs scores with a decent looking hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Donowitz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Donowitz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Donowitz 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Donowitz!
Donny Donowitz decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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