PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gives All (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pete Donovan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Donovan
vs
All

188 cm
24
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
219 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pete Donovan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gives All!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donovan clobbers All with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Gives All has been cut.

Donovan forces All back against the ropes and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Donovan obliges.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite All's efforts to push away.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section. All lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on All's face as he tries to break the clinch.
All looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on All's face as he tries to break the clinch.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into All's ribcage.
All looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to All's face.

All is rocked!
Donovan scores with a knee to the head.
All is still on wobbly legs! Can Donovan finish him?
Donovan'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.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Donovan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
All seems to have recovered his senses.
Donovan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has All in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Donovan scores with a knee to the head.
Donovan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
All letting Donovan take a breather here.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped All in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through All's defenses.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section. All lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
All takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Donovan is looking to control All's arms but All gets an underhook and turns him. Now Donovan has his back to the ropes.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Donovan is trying to stall.
All takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
Donovan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Donovan scores with a knee to the head.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Donovan.
Donovan lands a knee to the head.
All takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
All has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
Donovan lands a nice elbow.
All wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
All takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan lands an elbow inside that All shrugs off.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into All's ribcage.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to All's face.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.
Donovan lands a knee to the head.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
Donovan trying to stall but All improves his position.
All avoids the elbow strike from Donovan, against the ropes.
All wants to get back to striking at distance but Donovan won't allow it.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
All takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through All's defenses.
All wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
All takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donovan.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Donovan lands an elbow inside.
All takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
All tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the ropes.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Donovan holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into All's ribcage.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan is trying to maintain a safe position but All gets an underhook and turns Donovan into the ropes.
Come on Donovan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
All wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donovan is trying to maintain a safe position but All gets an underhook and turns Donovan into the ropes.
Donovan lands a good knee to the midsection. All won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Donovan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A frustrated look appears on All's face as he tries to break the clinch.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All takes a knee to the side of the body.
All takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
All working hard to break the clinch.
All takes a knee right on the jaw!
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Donovan stalling in the clinch but All improves position.
All wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into All's ribcage.
All is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
All takes an elbow to the temple.
All takes a knee right on the jaw!
All has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to All's face.
Donovan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
All is trying to break free.
Donovan stalling in the clinch but All improves position.
Maybe Donovan would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
All has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Donovan obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Donovan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gives All's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Donovan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Donovan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on All if he has to take too many more of those.

Donovan drives through and clinches with All against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Donovan.
All tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Donovan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
All takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan scores with a knee to the head.
Donovan working All over with knees to the body.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to All's face.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
All is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section. All lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Donovan landing knees to the body.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
All is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan stalling in the clinch but All improves position.
All wants to break the clinch but can't.
Donovan is looking to control All's arms but All gets an underhook and turns him. Now Donovan has his back to the ropes.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into All's ribcage.
All tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the ropes.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All is trying to break free.
Donovan lands an elbow inside.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
Donovan trying to control the position but instead, All has worked for underhooks and has pushed Donovan into the ropes.
All tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the ropes.
Donovan looking to slow down the pace here.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donovan landing knees to the body.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.

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.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
All working hard to break the clinch.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
All tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the ropes.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
All is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Donovan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Donovan prevents All from breaking the clinch.
Donovan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Donovan just leaning against All, taking a breather.
All tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Donovan has All pressed against the ropes, preventing All from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donovan lands an elbow inside that All shrugs off.
Donovan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Donovan obliges.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
Donovan misses with a knee strike.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Donovan avoiding damage.
All is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to All's face.
All wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donovan controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
Donovan prevents All from breaking the clinch.
Donovan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
All managing to block the knees to the body from Donovan.
A frustrated look appears on All's face as he tries to break the clinch.
All can't break the clinch.
Donovan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
All is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Come on Donovan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite All's efforts to push away.
Donovan stalling.
Donovan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to All's face.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
All is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.
Donovan working All over with knees to the body.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
All looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
All tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the ropes.
All is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Donovan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gives All's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Donovan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. All doesn't seem bothered though.
Donovan stuffs the takedown.
Donovan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by All.
All takes a kick to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donovan.

Donovan has managed to clinch.
Donovan is looking to control All's arms but All gets an underhook and turns him. Now Donovan has his back to the ropes.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite All's efforts to push away.
Donovan lands an elbow inside that All shrugs off.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Donovan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has All in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
All takes a knee right on the jaw!
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section. All lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
All is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
Donovan lands an elbow just above All 's eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped All in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
All tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
All takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Donovan.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
Come on Donovan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Donovan lands a good knee to the midsection. All won't want to take too many of those.
All working hard to break the clinch.
All is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
Donovan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
All tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Donovan lands an elbow inside that All shrugs off.
Donovan working All over with knees to the body.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
All has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
All takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan landing knees to the body.
All has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite All's efforts to push away.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
All is trying to break free.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
All takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan trying to stall but All improves his position.
All wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
Donovan trying to control the position but instead, All has worked for underhooks and has pushed Donovan into the ropes.
All wants to break the clinch but can't.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through All's defenses.
Pete Donovan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Donovan has All pressed against the ropes, preventing All from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into All's ribcage.
Donovan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that All can do to turn this around?
All wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
All tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donovan seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but All is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
All takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan trying to stall but All improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
All can't break the clinch.
All takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan working All over with knees to the body.
Donovan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Donovan prevents All from breaking the clinch.
All is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Donovan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
All takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donovan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite All's efforts to push away.
Donovan is trying to maintain a safe position but All gets an underhook and turns Donovan into the ropes.
All wants to break free but Donovan has control.
All is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.
All working hard to break the clinch.
Donovan lands a knee to the head.
Donovan looking to slow down the pace here.
Donovan scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four 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.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
All wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through All's defenses.
Donovan stalling in the clinch but All improves position.
A frustrated look appears on All's face as he tries to break the clinch.
All has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
All has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
All wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan tries to stall but All uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
All takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Donovan.
All can't break the clinch.
All is trying to break free.
All is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Donovan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donovan lands a nice elbow.
Donovan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has All in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gives All has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pete Donovan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
All wants to get back to striking at distance but Donovan won't allow it.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Donovan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Donovan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Donovan!