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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeke Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Browne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donovan comes to the cage accompanied by Failure by Breaking Benjamin. The crowd seem to be enjoying Browne's choice of entrance music: Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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255 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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289 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zeke Donovan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Browne!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donovan thuds his right hand into Browne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Travis Browne has been cut.
Donovan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donovan throws a body shot but no joy.
Browne appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Donovan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Browne counters with a nice body shot.
Donovan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Browne to score with a decent uppercut.
Donovan throws the left hand but Browne avoids the punch easily.
Donovan scores with a head kick. Browne tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Donovan looks to score with a jab to the body but Browne is just out of range.
Donovan is looking to clinch but Browne is avoiding it.
Browne doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Browne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Donovan can pounce on him.
Donovan throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Donovan.
Browne clobbers Donovan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Zeke Donovan has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Browne throws a hook but Donovan blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Browne blocks a jab.
Browne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Browne moves out of range of the body kick from Donovan.
Donovan tries to clinch there but Browne circles away.
Browne throws out a counter right but Donovan avoids it with no problem.
Donovan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zeke Donovan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donovan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Browne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Browne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Browne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Browne avoids the body shot from Donovan.
Browne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donovan clobbers Browne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Donovan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Donovan just misses with a punch to the body.
Donovan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donovan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Browne to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan clinches up with Browne and pushes him back against the cage.
Browne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donovan wants to clinch
and Browne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Donovan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donovan throws a head kick that misses
and Browne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donovan keeps Browne at a distance using the push kick.
Donovan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Browne manages to avoid it.
Browne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donovan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donovan throws a head kick that Browne semi-blocks.
Browne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Donovans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Browne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donovan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Donovan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Browne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donovan.
Donovan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donovan lands with a right hand.
Donovan slips under a jab.
Browne slips under a jab from Donovan.
Browne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donovan tries a head kick but it misses.
Browne connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Donovan wants to clinch.
Browne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Browne 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Browne throws an overhand right that lands on Donovan's shoulder, as Donovan tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Donovan misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Donovan.
Donovan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Browne moves away.
Browne throws out a counter right but Donovan avoids it with no problem.
Donovan lands a big head kick that sends Browne tumbling to the mat! Donovan takes a step backwards and waves Browne back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That has opened up Travis Browne's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donovan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Browne.
Donovan is looking to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Donovan.
Donovan lands a big head kick that sends Browne tumbling to the mat! Donovan takes a step backwards and waves Browne back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Browne is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donovan misses with a hook. Browne ducked under it nicely.
Browne is still on wobbly legs! Can Donovan finish him?
Donovan loads up on a big right hand but Browne slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Browne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zeke Donovan dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Browne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Browne seems to have recovered his senses.
Donovan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Browne.
Donovan thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Browne. That snapped Donovan's head back.
Donovan throws an overhand right that lands on Browne's shoulder, as Browne tries to avoid the shot.
Donovan tries to close the distance and clinch but Browne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Browne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donovan throws an overhand right that lands on Browne's shoulder, as Browne tries to avoid the shot.
Browne throws out a counter right but Donovan avoids it with no problem.
Donovan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from Browne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donovan connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Browne checks the leg kick.
Browne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donovan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Browne.
Browne moves out of range of the body kick.
Zeke Donovan is winning the standup battle so far.
Browne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Donovan on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan misses with an uppercut
and Browne counters with a nice body shot.
Donovan misses with a combination
and Browne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Browne lands a lovely overhand right.
Donovan throws a sloppy head kick and Browne moves out of range easily.
Browne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donovan misses with a left hand
and Browne counters with a straight right hand.
Donovan misses with a body punch
and Browne counters with a nice right hand that sends Donovan toppling to the canvas! Donovan scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Browne finish him?!
Donovan is rocked!
Zeke Donovan's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donovan throws a right hand that misses
and Browne counters with a big right hand! Oh Donovan is in trouble here! Browne follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Browne!
In his post fight interview, Travis Browne started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Zeke Donovan spoke after the fight, saying 'I underestimated my opponent, and didn't try as hard I could have. He was the better man. Simple as that.'.
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