PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nonito Donaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Donaire
vs
Bright

168 cm
19
134 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
23
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nonito Donaire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Bright!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bright tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michael Bright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bright shoots in for a takedown but Donaire shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bright rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donaire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donaire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bright takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donaire was well out of range. Poor timing from Bright.
Bright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donaire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donaire moves away from the strike by Bright.
Donaire slips a jab from Bright.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donaire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bright.
Donaire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Donaire.
Bright throws a hook but Donaire avoids it easily.
Nonito Donaire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bright tries to clinch but Donaire moves out of range.
Bright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donaire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donaire moves out of range as Bright strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bright 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 Donaire has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donaire and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bright is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donaire.
Bright does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Donaire ducks under a wild hook from Bright.
Bright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bright waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donaire.
Bright throws a leg kick but Donaire checks it.
Bright pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bright tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bright shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Donaire but Donaire pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bright shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Donaire as he jumps to the side.
Nonito Donaire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Bright.
Bright tries for a takedown but Donaire sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bright fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bright tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donaire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bright pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donaire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bright.
Donaire stuffs the takedown.
Donaire throws out a powerful jab.
Donaire slaps away a takedown attempt from Bright, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bright throws a hook but Donaire avoids it easily.
Bright shoots in for a takedown but Donaire shows good takedown defense.
Bright tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donaire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bright changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Donaire tries to avoid it but Bright manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Donaire to the ground. Donaire escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice shot lands for Donaire.
Donaire defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bright.
Donaire throws a looping overhand right but Bright ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bright lands a slapping body shot.
Bright misses with an uppercut.
Bright uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donaire.
Donaire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bright.
Bright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donaire manages to avoid it.
Donaire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donaire avoids the head kick by Bright.
Bright throws a hook but Donaire blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bright misses with an uppercut. Donaire saw that one coming.
Donaire moves away from the strike by Bright.
Bright throws a looping overhand right but Donaire ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nonito Donaire dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bright misses with a takedown attempt - Donaire sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A cross from Bright lands.
Bright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donaire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bright misses with a low kick.
Donaire misses with a looping left.
Bright dives in and grabs Donaire's left leg, looking for a takedown. Donaire pushes down on Bright's head and hops out.
Bright throws a shot from downtown. Donaire moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bright has a takedown stuffed.
Nonito Donaire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Bright.
Bright looks to throw the jab but Donaire is out of range.
Bright tries to clinch up but Donaire circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bright swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Donaire.
Bright fails in his attempt to clinch.
Donaire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bright.
Bright misses with a body shot.
Bright wants to clinch up but Donaire keeps it at a distance.
Bright doesn't manage to clinch there - Donaire circles away.
Donaire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donaire slips under a jab from Bright.
Donaire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bright throws out the jab.
Bright wants to clinch up but Donaire keeps it at a distance.
Donaire ducks under a wild hook from Bright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bright throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Donaire.
Bright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bright throws a shot from downtown. Donaire moves away and avoids it.
Donaire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bright slips under a jab from Donaire.
Donaire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bright.
Donaire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donaire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bright.
Bright tries to clinch up but Donaire circles away and keeps his distance.
Donaire ducks under a wild hook from Bright.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bright will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bright takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bright connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bright takes a swing at Donaire's ribcage but misses.
Bright misses with a hook.
A big left from Donaire misses.
Donaire walks into a left hand.
Bright misses with a looping left.
Donaire throws a lazy right hand but Bright sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bright throws a lazy right hand but Donaire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bright misses the shot to the body.
Bright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bright looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Donaire!
Bright controlling his opponent.
Donaire avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bright.
Bright is landing with some decent strikes but Donaire is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bright trying to control but Donaire is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bright thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Bright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bright misses with a straight left.
Bright misses the shot to the body.
Bright wants to clinch up but Donaire keeps it at a distance.
Bright has a takedown stuffed.
Bright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donaire manages to avoid it.

Donaire gets caught flat footed, as Bright shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bright tries to free his leg and advance position but Donaire is retaining full guard.
Bright is looking to work some ground and pound but Donaire has wrist control.
Bright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donaire keeping full guard, as Bright tries to pass.
Bright trying to control but Donaire is working from the bottom.
Bright stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Donaire swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Donaire keeping moving, preventing Bright from controlling successfully.
Bright tries to free his leg and advance position but Donaire is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Donaire slips a jab from Bright.

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.
Nice defenses there by Donaire.
A big right from Bright misses.
Bright closes the distance and clinches up with Donaire, looking for a takedown. Bright pushes Donaire against the cage but Donaire circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bright thows a body shot but no joy.
Bright doesn't manage to clinch there - Donaire circles away.
Donaire lands a glancing blow to the side of Bright's head.
A big right from Bright misses.
Bright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bright is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donaire.
Donaire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donaire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bright lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donaire circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bright throws a looping overhand right but Donaire ducks down to avoid it.
Donaire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donaire is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Donaire circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bright looks to score with a jab to the body but Donaire is just out of range.
Bright throws a low kick but Donaire moves out of range easily.
A shot to the liver by Donaire. Beautiful body shot.
Bright waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donaire.
Donaire swats away the attempt to clinch by Bright.
Bright misses with a takedown attempt - Donaire sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nonito Donaire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Bright.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Donaire scores with a hook to the body. Bright takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bright misses with a looping left.
Bright displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donaire throws out the jab.
Bright will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Donaire defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bright.
Bright misses with a leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Donaire checks a leg kick.
Bright throws a predictable looking body shot
and Donaire counters with a stiff right hand.
Bright doesn't manage to clinch there - Donaire circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nonito Donaire.
I think Donaire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nonito Donaire!