PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Donovan
vs
Liddell

188 cm
24
202 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 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 3 - 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell connects with a single shot there.
Donovan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Liddell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donovan throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Liddell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donovan throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and moves out of range.

Donovan clinches.
Liddell wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Liddell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Liddell working hard to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donovan.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liddell's defenses.
Liddell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Donovan scores a nice knee to the body.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut.
Donovan tries a knee to the head but Liddell blocks it.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Donovan.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.

Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donovan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donovan scores with a nice body kick.
Liddell closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Liddell. Those never looked like landing.
Liddell looks gassed!
Donovan pushes Liddell away with a front kick.
Donovan connects with a leg kick. Liddell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donovan is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
Donovan is looking to slow Liddell down with leg kicks.
Liddell misses with the combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Liddell crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Donovan - the referee stops the clock and Liddell gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Donovan. Liddell manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Donovan clinches up against the ropes.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Donovan lands a nice elbow.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donovan has Liddell pushed against the ropes.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liddell's defenses.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Donovan leaning his opponent against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liddell's defenses.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Donovan stalling in the clinch but Liddell improves position.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Donovan.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddell's face.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Liddell takes an elbow to the temple.
Liddell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Liddell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Liddell is trying to stall.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Liddell takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddell's face.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into Liddell's ribcage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liddell.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddell's face.
Liddell tries to stall but Donovan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Donovan has Liddell pressed against the ropes, preventing Liddell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donovan misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the ropes.
Liddell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Liddell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan working Liddell over with knees to the body.
Liddell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Liddell working hard to break the clinch.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Liddell can't break the clinch.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Liddell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Liddell tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donovan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Liddell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Donovan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Donovan.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into Liddell's ribcage.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Donovan won't allow it.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddell's face.
Liddell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
Donovan looking to stall.
Liddell is trying to break free.
Liddell tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donovan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Liddell stalling in the clinch but Donovan improves position.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
Donovan stalling in the clinch but Liddell improves position.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
Donovan tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
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 Chuck Liddell's cut.
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.

Donovan tries to clinch up.
Donovan misses with a body kick.
Donovan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donovan stalks Liddell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Liddell's face. Liddell staggers backwards, shaken.
Donovan lands with a nice body kick.
Donovan misses with a body shot.
Liddell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liddell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donovan tries to clinch but Liddell is having none of it.
Liddell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liddell misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donovan lands a leg kick that knocks Liddell off balance momentarily.
Donovan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Liddell 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan fakes the leg kick and cracks Liddell in the body.
Pete Donovan is winning the standup battle so far.

Donovan forces Liddell back against the ropes and clinches.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
Donovan lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Liddell as Donovan tries to tie him up.
Donovan lands a good knee to the midsection. Liddell won't want to take too many of those.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Donovan.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Liddell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Liddell throws a punch but it's blocked by Donovan.
Liddell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.
Liddell wants to break free but Donovan has control.
Liddell is trying to push Donovan away but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Liddell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Donovan is keeping busy.
Donovan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddell's face.
Donovan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liddell manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liddell's defenses.
Liddell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Donovan obliges.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liddell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Liddell is trying to push Donovan away but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Liddell breaks the clinch.
Donovan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A shot to the liver by Liddell. Beautiful body shot.
Donovan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donovan tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
Donovan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Donovan is just out of range.
Donovan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Donovan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liddell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donovan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Liddell.
Donovan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donovan feints and then cracks Liddell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddell down.
Liddell has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donovan.
Liddell misses with a double jab
and Donovan counters with a good, hard body kick but Liddell shrugs it off.
Donovan lands a nice looking body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Donovan - that will leave a mark!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan tries to clinch there but Liddell circles away.
Donovan throws a series of punches but Liddell moves out of range.
Donovan lands with a nice body kick.
Donovan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Donovan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pete Donovan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell throws out a loose jab but Donovan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liddell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Donovan throws a series of punches but Liddell moves out of range.
Donovan scores with a one two! Liddell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Liddell misses with a two punch combination.
Donovan is looking to clinch.
Donovan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liddell can do to turn this around?
Donovan wants to clinch.
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 Chuck Liddell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Donovan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liddell.
Donovan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Liddell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Donovan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donovan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Donovan.
Donovan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Donovan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Liddell tries to keep at a distance but Donovan has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell misses with the head strike.
Donovan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Donovan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Donovan landing knees to the body.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Liddell takes an elbow to the temple.
Donovan lands an elbow just above Liddell 's eye.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Donovan lands a knee to the head.
Donovan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Liddell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
Liddell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donovan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Liddell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan scores a nice knee to the body.
Donovan keeps control of Liddell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Donovan crunches a lovely knee into Liddell's ribcage.
Pete Donovan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Liddell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
Donovan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Liddell can't break the clinch.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
Liddell working hard to break the clinch.
Liddell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Donovan has Liddell pushed against the ropes.
Donovan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Liddell stalling in the clinch.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
Donovan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Liddell misses with some punches.
Donovan has Liddell pressed against the ropes, preventing Liddell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donovan with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Liddell fails to land.
Donovan taking a breather.
Liddell tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan tries a knee to the head but Liddell blocks it.
Liddell trying to control the position but instead, Donovan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Liddell into the ropes.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
Liddell lands a nice uppercut.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liddell lands with a right to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Donovan.
Liddell can't break the clinch.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
Liddell slows down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Liddell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Donovan obliges.
Liddell being controlled against the ropes.
Liddell misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Donovan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Donovan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donovan landing knees to the head.
Donovan trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Donovan keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Donovan.
Liddell taking a breather.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling the position.
Donovan lands a knee to the body.
Donovan lands an elbow just above Liddell 's eye.
Donovan lands a nice knee to the body.
Liddell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liddell is looking to break free of the clinch but Donovan has double underhooks.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Liddell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Donovan missing with knees to the body.
Liddell is trying to push Donovan away but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Liddell's efforts to push away.
Donovan lands a good knee to the midsection. Liddell won't want to take too many of those.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
Donovan working Liddell over with knees to the body.
Chuck Liddell 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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liddell.
Donovan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

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