PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Hosking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hosking might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to War Machine. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hosking
vs
Donelly

172 cm
20
161 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

175 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Hosking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donelly swinging wildly here.
Hosking tries to clinch but Donelly is having none of it.
Donelly throws a series of punches but Hosking moves out of range.
Donelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hosking tries to clinch there but Donelly circles away.
Jab by Donelly.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Donelly!

It looks like Vincent Hosking has been cut.
Donelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donelly connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Hosking.
Hosking shoots for a double leg takedown but Donelly sprawls well. He's pushed Hosking's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hosking shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Donelly but Donelly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Donelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hosking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Donelly. Those never looked like landing.
Hosking avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hosking lands a jab to Donelly's midsection.
Donelly looks gassed!
Hosking tries for a takedown but Donelly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Hosking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hosking shoots in and drives through. Donelly sprawls well.
Hosking moves in looking to clinch but Donelly pushes him off.
Donelly throws a combination. Hosking tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Donelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hosking is trying hard to land a takedown here. Donelly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hosking fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hosking shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Donelly as he jumps to the side.
Hosking takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Hosking takes the fight into the clinch.
Hosking throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosking tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donelly tries to circle away but Hosking has him pinned against the cage.
Donelly is trying to push Hosking away but Hosking has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Hosking decides to pull guard.
Donelly wanted to stand there but Hosking had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hosking throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hosking is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hosking's guard.
Hosking is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Hosking throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Donelly tries to stand but Hosking is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Donelly is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hosking pulls Donelly in close to prevent any damage.
Hosking is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Donelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vincent Hosking's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Donelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hosking has a takedown stuffed.
A punch combination from Donelly misses.
Donelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donelly throws a series of punches but Hosking moves out of range.
A combination from Donelly does no damage.
Donelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Donelly wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hosking showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donelly.

Hosking shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Donelly is trying to defend but Hosking finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hosking missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Donelly is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking wants to lay and pray for a moment but Donelly keeps working.
Donelly is looking to escape.
Hosking frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hosking thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Hosking.

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.
Hosking trying to control but Donelly is having none of it.
Hosking looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hosking wants to control the pace but Donelly is squirming around nicely.

Donelly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hosking.

Hosking looking to secure an arm triangle but Donelly defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hosking is working for a guillotine from mount but Donelly frees his head quite easily.
Hosking throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Donelly because Hosking loaded up on that one.

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.

Hosking goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Donelly turns into him and now he's in Hosking's guard.
Donelly wants to stand but Hosking is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Hosking dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vincent Hosking's cut.
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!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Hosking.
Hosking fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hosking avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hosking shoots in for a double leg but Donelly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Hosking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hosking slips a jab and a cross from Donelly.
Donelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Donelly wants it to stay on the feet.
Hosking shoots for a takedown but Donelly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hosking closes this distance looking for a takedown but Donelly circles away.
Donelly shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hosking eats them both and turns towards Donelly to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Donelly does no damage.
Donelly scores with a hook.
Donelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Joseph Donelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking fails with the takedown.
Nice jab there from Donelly.

Donelly cracks Hosking with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hosking looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Donelly finish him?

Hosking is rocked!
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Donelly moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Hosking! Donelly continues to tee off on Hosking, landing with a left and a right! Donelly connects with a right hand that leaves Hosking sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Donelly!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joseph Donelly!