PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donato Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Fulton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donato Russo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Russo
vs
Fulton

172 cm
22
163 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

165 cm
22
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donato Russo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Fulton!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo defending well as Fulton loads up on a big left hand.
Russo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donato Russo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Russo throws a body kick that misses.
Fulton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fulton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fulton misses the body punch
and Russo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fulton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Russo tries to land a front kick but Fulton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Russo blocks a jab.
Good work by Fulton as he checks the leg kick.
Russo tries to score with a low kick but Fulton moves his leg out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Russo throws a solid leg kick but Fulton takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Russo.
Russo scores with a nice body kick.

Fulton tries to keep at a distance but Russo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fulton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fulton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fulton is trying to break the clinch but Russo is controlling him.

Fulton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fulton misses with the combination.
Russo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Russo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fulton takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
James Fulton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fulton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fulton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Russo's calf.
A low kick from Fulton misses
and Russo counters with a thumping low kick.
A low kick from Russo is predictable there
and Fulton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fulton throws a leg kick
and Russo counters with an inside leg kick.
Fulton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Russo throws a body kick that misses.
Russo throws a low kick, looking for Fulton's leg but Fulton calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fulton waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Russo.
Russo throws a leg kick
and Russo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Russo throws a leg kick
and Fulton counters with a nice uppercut.
Russo throws a low kick, looking for Fulton's leg but Fulton calmly moves out of range.
Russo misses with a body shot.
Russo tries to land a leg kick but Fulton saw it coming and moves away.
Russo wants to slow Fulton down by chopping away at his legs.
Russo throws a leg kick
and Fulton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fulton misses with a shot to the body
enabling Russo to counter with a crisp jab.
Russo wants to slow Fulton down by chopping away at his legs.
Russo shoots in for a double leg but Fulton sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A shot to the body from Fulton misses
and Russo counters with a low kick, right behind Fulton 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Russo misses with a low kick.
Fulton scores with a three punch combo!
Russo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fulton counters with an outside leg kick.
A low kick from Fulton misses
and Russo counters with a nice body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Russo.
Fulton lands with an uppercut that bounces Russo off the cage and back into rage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Russo 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 Fulton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fulton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fulton throws a jab when Russo was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Fulton.
Russo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fulton swings for the body but Russo moves out of range.
Fulton steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Russo. That one must have hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo blocks a jab.
A low kick from Russo misses
and Fulton counters with a stiff right hand.
Good leg kick by Russo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fulton keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Russo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fulton.
Fulton throws a shot from downtown. Russo moves away and avoids it.
Russo throws a low kick, looking for Fulton's leg but Fulton calmly moves out of range.
Russo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fulton has time to react.
Russo misses with a leg kick
and Fulton counters with a thumping low kick.
Fulton thows a leg kick but Russo checks it
and Russo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Russo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fulton tries to kick Russo off in order to stand up. Russo Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Fulton gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donato Russo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A low kick from Russo misses
and Fulton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Russo lands a high kick!
Fulton misses with a straight left.
Russo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fulton throws out the jab.
Russo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fulton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fulton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Russo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Russo throws a lazy head kick
and Fulton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Russo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fulton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Russo shoots in for a takedown but Fulton shows good takedown defense.
Fulton lands with a right hand.
A combination from Fulton does no damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Russo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fulton is able to avoid easily.
Russo is looking to chop away at Fulton's legs.
Fulton swats away the attempt to clinch by Russo.
Russo throws a leg kick but Fulton checks it.
Fulton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Russo throws and low kick but Fulton moves out of range easily.
Russo checks a leg kick.
Russo throws a leg kick
and Fulton counters with a straight right hand.
Fulton throws a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Fulton there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fulton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Russo avoids the body shot from Fulton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Russo scores with a leg kick.
Russo throws a lazy head kick
and Fulton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Russo misses with a leg kick
and Fulton counters with a three punch combo that has Russo backing up. Russo nods at Fulton to acknowledge the strikes.
Russo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fulton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Russo tries to land a leg kick but Fulton saw it coming and moves away.
Fulton tries to land a leg kick but Russo saw it coming and moves away.
A low kick from Russo is predictable there
and Fulton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donato Russo is winning the standup battle so far.
Russo tries for a takedown but Fulton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Russo.
Russo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Russo checks a low kick from Fulton.
Fulton thumps Russo with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Russo.
Fulton throws a low kick but it's checked well by Russo.
Fulton moves out of range of the leg kick from Russo.
Fulton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Russo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russo throws a leg kick which misses Fulton's front leg but catches the back leg as Fulton tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Russo. That snapped Fulton's head back.
Russo misses with a low kick.
Fulton misses with a leg kick
and Russo counters with a good low kick that Fulton was not able to check.
Russo throws a lazy head kick
letting Fulton counter with a right hand.
Russo looks for the body kick but Fulton saw that one coming.
Russo connects with a high kick.
Russo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fulton is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fulton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Russo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fulton throws out a loose jab but Russo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fulton misses with a combination
and Russo counters with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Russo.
Russo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fulton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Russo's calf.
Russo defending well as Fulton loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Russo.
A low kick from Russo is predictable there
and Fulton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fulton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Russo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fulton throws a jab when Russo was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donato Russo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Fulton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick from Fulton misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Russo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Russo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Russo tries to land a front kick but Fulton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good work by Russo as he checks the leg kick.
Russo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fulton counters with a one-two to the body.
Fulton blocks a low kick nicely.
Russo checks a leg kick.
Russo is looking to clinch.
Fulton misses with a wild body shot.
Fulton misses with a hook. Russo ducked under it nicely.
Fulton throws a hook to the side of Russo's head but Russo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo misses with a low kick.
Fulton takes a swing at Russo's ribcage but misses.
Russo checks the leg kick.
Russo is looking to slow Fulton down with leg kicks.
Fulton misses with a leg kick
and Russo counters with a low kick, right behind Fulton 's knee.
Russo tries to clinch up.
Russo throws a leg kick
and Fulton counters with a slapping leg kick.
Russo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Russo tries to land a body kick
and Fulton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fulton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Russo can pounce on him.
Fulton checks a leg kick.
Fulton throws a leg kick

and Russo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fulton is refusing to be controlled, as Russo sits in half guard.
Russo drops an elbow to the side of Fulton's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fulton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Russo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fulton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo slips a nice elbow through Fulton's hands, connecting with Fulton's forehead.
Fulton wants to get back to his feet.
Russo lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Russo there.
Fulton is trying to stand up here but Russo is controlling him well.
Fulton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Russo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fulton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Russo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fulton sees it coming and defends easily.
Russo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Russo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Russo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fulton wants to get back to his feet.
Russo wants to control but Fulton is keeping him busy.
Donato Russo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fulton wants to stand back up but Russo manages to pass into side control.

Russo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fulton bucks up and tries to throw Russo off but instead Russo has got his back!
Fulton trying to get back to his feet but Russo is in full control for now.
Russo controlling the position well here. Fulton rolled but Russo kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

Russo looking for the choke but no joy.

Russo is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Fulton is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Donato Russo!