|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liam Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroshimo Sakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
 |
|
 |
| 173 cm
23
160 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
|
168 cm
22
167 lbs
5 - 3 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Liam Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroshimo Sakamoto!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Donnelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Donnelly has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sakamoto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sakamoto looks to throw the jab but Donnelly is out of range.
Sakamoto bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donnelly's head backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sakamoto. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sakamoto throws a body kick that misses.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Sakamoto checks it.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Nice shot lands for Sakamoto.
Sakamoto misses the shot to the body.
Sakamoto checks a leg kick nicely.
Hiroshimo Sakamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakamoto misses with a body kick.
Donnelly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sakamoto.
It looks like Hiroshimo Sakamoto has been cut.
Donnelly cracks Sakamoto with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Donnelly.
Sakamoto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sakamoto scores with a decent looking hook.
Sakamoto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnelly manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been informed that Sakamoto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Donnelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sakamoto on the side of the head.
Sakamoto thuds a left hand into Donnelly's body.
Sakamoto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sakamoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto connects with a right hand. Donnelly shakes it off.
A punch lands to the side of Sakamoto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sakamoto throws a wild body kick that Donnelly sees coming a mile off.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sakamoto.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Sakamoto is just out of range.
Donnelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakamoto throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donnelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sakamoto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands the left hand.
Sakamoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sakamoto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sakamoto moves out of range of the body kick.
Sakamoto drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Donnelly defends it well.
Sakamoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sakamoto misses with a straight right.
Sakamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donnelly.
Sakamoto steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Donnelly.
Nice body kick from Sakamoto.
Donnelly misses with a hook. Sakamoto ducked under it nicely.
Sakamoto throws a big counter head kick but Donnelly avoids it with no problem.
Donnelly avoids a kick to the body.
Donnelly looks to land a right hand but Sakamoto moved out of range.
Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly tries to score with a low kick but Sakamoto moves his leg out of the way.
Sakamoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto misses with a body shot
and Donnelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donnelly connects with an inside leg kick.
Donnelly is looking to chop away at Sakamoto's legs.
A jab from Sakamoto misses.
Donnelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sakamoto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donnelly defending well as Sakamoto loads up on a big left hand.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sakamoto's head backwards.
Donnelly tries to score with a low kick but Sakamoto moves his leg out of the way.
Sakamoto tries to clinch but Donnelly moves away
letting Donnelly counter with a right hand.
Sakamoto throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Donnelly.
Nice body punch from Donnelly.
Sakamoto walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donnelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donnelly is looking to counter the offense by Sakamoto and move into the clinch.
Sakamoto misses with an uppercut
and Donnelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakamoto avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sakamoto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donnelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sakamoto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sakamoto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sakamoto throwing shots but Donnelly is blocking nicely.
Donnelly is looking to control Sakamoto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Donnelly avoid being mounted?
Sakamoto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Donnelly's head.
Sakamoto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Donnelly with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sakamoto lands a nice short elbow.
Sakamoto trying to control the action but Donnelly is working from the bottom.
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 Liam Donnelly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hiroshimo Sakamoto's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sakamoto misses with a hook. Donnelly ducked under it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donnelly.
Sakamoto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Sakamoto.
Donnelly throwing a counter right hand but Sakamoto manages to avoid it.
Sakamoto throws a looping overhand right but Donnelly ducks down to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Donnelly 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 Sakamoto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sakamoto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sakamoto, right into the meat.
Donnelly tries to clinch but Sakamoto moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Donnelly.
Sakamoto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Sakamoto is predictable there
and Donnelly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sakamoto throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakamoto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Donnelly under the eye.
The crowd cheers as Donnelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sakamoto doesn't seem phased though.
Liam Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Sakamoto misses with a body kick.
Donnelly appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Good work by Sakamoto as he checks the leg kick.
Sakamoto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sakamoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Sakamoto lands the left hand.
Donnelly throws a hook but Sakamoto avoids it easily.
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Donnelly misses the target.
Sakamoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donnelly.
Sakamoto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body punch from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sakamoto throws a solid leg kick but Donnelly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sakamoto.
Donnelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good work by Sakamoto as he checks the leg kick.
Donnelly connects with a single shot there.
Sakamoto moves out of range of the body kick.
Donnelly lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sakamoto will feel that in the morning.
Donnelly takes a swing at Sakamoto's ribcage but misses.
Sakamoto tries to counter with a clinch but Donnelly shakes him off and moves away.
Donnelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Donnelly.
Sakamoto lands a really nice looking cross but Donnelly seems unphased.
Sakamoto blocks a leg kick.
Sakamoto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Donnelly's head.
Donnelly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sakamoto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Donnelly takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sakamoto avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Sakamoto throws a hook but Donnelly avoids it easily.
Donnelly tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sakamoto works Donnelly's body with a nice hook.
Donnelly needs to keep his hands up - Sakamoto had a free shot at his head there.
Donnelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sakamoto looks to land a right hand but Donnelly moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Donnelly moves out of range easily.
It appears Donnelly was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sakamoto misses with an uppercut
and Donnelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sakamoto throws the kick towards the body but Donnelly avoids it.
Sakamoto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A head kick misses from Sakamoto.
Donnelly misses with a body shot.
Donnelly connects with a crisp jab.
Sakamoto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sakamoto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Sakamoto.
Donnelly slips a jab and a cross from Sakamoto.
Donnelly appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Donnelly throws a series of punches but Sakamoto moves out of range.
Sakamoto tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Donnelly takes a swing at Sakamoto's ribcage but misses.
Sakamoto changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sakamoto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donnelly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sakamoto's hands.
Sakamoto lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakamoto throws a leg kick
enabling Donnelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Sakamoto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Donnelly connects with a right hand. Sakamoto shakes it off.
Donnelly tries to clinch up.
Sakamoto throws a hook to the side of Donnelly's head but Donnelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donnelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sakamoto tried to score with a low kick but Donnelly checks it.
Sakamoto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly throws a front kick aimed at Sakamoto's knee but Sakamoto avoids it well.
It seemed like Sakamoto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donnelly is looking to chop away at Sakamoto's legs.
Sakamoto misses with a leg kick
enabling Donnelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick.
Sakamoto takes a swing at Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Sakamoto does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sakamoto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hiroshimo Sakamoto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hiroshimo Sakamoto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Donnelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sakamoto momentarily.
Sakamoto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sakamoto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Donnelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakamoto moves away.
Sakamoto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donnelly misses with a looping right.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Donnelly rushes Sakamoto and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Donnelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donnelly takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Liam Donnelly has been cut.
Sakamoto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sakamoto lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Donnelly.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto pushes Donnelly back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
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!
Sakamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sakamoto taking a breather.
Donnelly can't find room to land a body shot as Sakamoto controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sakamoto.
A short uppercut from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sakamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sakamoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sakamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sakamoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakamoto.
Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Sakamoto.
Sakamoto lands a body punch.
Sakamoto tries a body shot but Donnelly blocks it.
Donnelly effectively controlling the action here.
Donnelly takes a shot to the head.
Sakamoto blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Donnelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto looking to stall.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Donnelly.
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sakamoto's elbow.
Sakamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Donnelly lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Donnelly misses with the head strike.
Donnelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sakamoto lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sakamoto.
Donnelly prevents a body shot from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sakamoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sakamoto tries to stall but Donnelly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short left from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sakamoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Sakamoto.
Sakamoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Donnelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Donnelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Sakamoto.
Donnelly presses Sakamoto against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Sakamoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donnelly throws a head punch that misses.
Sakamoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto stalls.
Sakamoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donnelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Sakamoto controls his hands.
Sakamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
Sakamoto lands with a left to the head.
Donnelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Sakamoto blocks an uppercut.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
Sakamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Sakamoto misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sakamoto backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Donnelly.
Donnelly working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Donnelly fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Donnelly as Sakamoto tries to tie him up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hiroshimo Sakamoto.
I think Sakamoto 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Donnelly!
After winning the bout, Liam Donnelly thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
71% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
