PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aldo O Donno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamil Zavurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think O Donno might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dj Gary Mc - Haunted. Shamil Zavurov has the eye of the tiger tonight.

O Donno
vs
Zavurov

177 cm
23
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
29
169 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aldo O Donno!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Shamil Zavurov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zavurov tries to clinch but O Donno moves away
and O Donno counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Donno goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
O Donno slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zavurov is looking to clinch.
Zavurov 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.
O Donno lands with a thumping leg kick.

Zavurov moves into the clinch.
Zavurov has a couple of punches blocked by O Donno.
O Donno working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, O Donno scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zavurov gets underhooks to prevent O Donno's takedown attempt.

O Donno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zavurov is looking to clinch but O Donno is avoiding it.
O Donno scores with a jab.
O Donno circles away from the clinch attempt
and O Donno counters with a nice body kick.
O Donno lands a head shot.
Zavurov tries to clinch
and O Donno counters with a straight right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Donno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zavurov moves to clinch but O Donno breaks away
and Zavurov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Zavurov gets a clinch.
Zavurov has a couple of punches blocked by O Donno.
O Donno lands a hook that snaps the head of Zavurov backwards.
Zavurov blocks an uppercut.
Zavurov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zavurov misses with some punches.
We've been informed that Zavurov 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.
Zavurov looking to slow down the pace here.
O Donno prevents Zavurov from breaking the clinch.
Zavurov blocking some punches.
O Donno has a couple of punches blocked by Zavurov.
Zavurov lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Donno backwards.
Zavurov lands an uppercut.
O Donno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Donno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Zavurov scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
O Donno struggles to land a body shot inside as Zavurov controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Donno tries a body shot but Zavurov blocks it.
Zavurov throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donno.
O Donno scores with a shoulder strike.
O Donno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zavurov working aggressively here.
O Donno misses with some punches.
O Donno lands a body punch in the clinch.
O Donno lands with a light punch inside.
O Donno lands a left hand.
O Donno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zavurov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zavurov is trying to break the clinch but O Donno is controlling him.
O Donno swings wildly with an uppercut but Zavurov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zavurov is trying to break the clinch but O Donno is controlling him.
Zavurov misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Donno makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zavurov throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
O Donno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
O Donno dodges an elbow strike from Zavurov.
Zavurov throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from O Donno.
O Donno pushes Zavurov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

O Donno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Donno misses with a body kick.
O Donno fakes the leg kick and cracks Zavurov in the body.
O Donno throws a nice head kick!
Zavurov wants to clinch.
Shamil Zavurov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Donno feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zavurovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zavurov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and O Donno counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick there by O Donno.

O Donno lands a big head kick that sends Zavurov tumbling to the mat! O Donno takes a step backwards and waves Zavurov back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Zavurov is rocked!
O Donno circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Donno half committed to a counter leg kick.
O Donno lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zavurov darts in trying to clinch
and O Donno counters with a solid body kick.
Zavurov looks winded!

Zavurov moves into the clinch.
Zavurov misses with the head strike.
O Donno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Donno lands with a right to the head.

O Donno drops Zavurov onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Zavurov is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Zavurov is still on wobbly legs! Can O Donno finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Donno creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Zavurov's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Zavurov drops to his knees and O Donno pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aldo O Donno!
Aldo O Donno retains his welterweight title!
Aldo O Donno thanked the fans post fight for their support.