PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent comes into the arena with I'll be Back blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kent
vs
Donovan

182 cm
22
196 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
29
202 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Kent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pete Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donovan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donovan swings for the body but Kent moves out of range.
Kent slips under a jab.
Donovan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Peter Kent has been cut.
Kent throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donovan scores with a nice body kick.
Donovan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kent manages to avoid it.
Kent throws a nice looking combination but Donovan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kent throws an overhand right that lands on Donovan's shoulder, as Donovan tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Donovan.
Kent fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donovan manages to avoid it.
Donovan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kent misses with a hook. Donovan ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Kent lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Donovan moves out of range of the strikes.
Donovan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kent throws a right hand that Donovan ducks under and follows up with a left that Donovan also avoids with ease.
Donovan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donovan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kent has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kent tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donovan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kent looks to score with a jab to the body but Donovan is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donovan.
Kent swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body kick from Donovan.
Donovan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kent digs a good hook to Donovan's body.
Donovan lands with a slapping head kick.
Kent lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Donovan at a distance.
Donovan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donovan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kent lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big left from Donovan misses.
Donovan connects with a leg kick. Kent looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kent misses with a left hand
and Donovan counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kent throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donovan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kent misses with an uppercut.
Donovan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Donovan tries to keep at a distance but Kent has taken the fight into the clinch.
Donovan throws an elbow that misses.
Kent blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Donovan.
Donovan taking a breather.
Kent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Donovan is trying to stall.
Donovan missing with knees to the body.
Donovan misses with an elbow over the top.
Donovan tries to stall but Kent uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donovan.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kent tries to circle away but Donovan has him pinned against the cage.
Donovan trying to control the position but instead, Kent has worked for underhooks and has pushed Donovan into the cage.
Kent stalling in the clinch.
Donovan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Donovan scores with a knee to the head.

Peter Kent's cut is getting worse.
Kent lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.
Kent softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donovan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan misses with a knee to the head.
Donovan is pushing Kent up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kent is trying to break free.
Kent is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.

Kent's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donovan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kent. Kent circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kent misses with an uppercut. Donovan saw that one coming.
Kent misses the jab.
Donovan chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Donovan clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kent wants to get back to striking at distance but Donovan won't allow it.

Kent manages to break the clinch.
Donovan is looking to slow Kent down with leg kicks.

Donovan pushes Kent up against the cage in a clinch.
Kent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Kent breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donovan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kent misses with a wild body shot.
Donovan misses the shot to the body.
Donovan misses with a wild body shot.
Donovan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Kent does no damage.
Kent blocks a low kick nicely.
Kent swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kent throws an overhand right that lands on Donovan's shoulder, as Donovan tries to avoid the shot.
Kent throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kent fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kent lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Donovan circles away quickly and effectively.
Kent walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kent swings for the body but Donovan moves out of range.
Kent ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donovan moves away.
Donovan moves in looking to clinch but Kent pushes him off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Donovan.
Donovan takes a swing at Kent's ribcage but misses.
Kent cracks Donovan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Donovan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donovan throws the kick towards the body but Kent avoids it.
Kent tries to clinch up but Donovan circles away and keeps his distance.
Donovan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kent.
Kent 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 seven minutes gone in the round.
Kent throws a predictable looking body shot
and Donovan counters with a stiff right hand.
Kent fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A chopping leg kick lands by Donovan.
Kent with a nice cross.
Donovan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kent is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donovan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donovan slips under a jab.
Kent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donovan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Donovan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donovan looks to score with a jab to the body but Kent is just out of range.
Kent darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kent throws an overhand right that lands on Donovan's shoulder, as Donovan tries to avoid the shot.
Donovan tries to clinch there but Kent circles away.
Donovan avoids the body shot from Kent.
Kent moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Donovan.
Donovan misses with a straight left.
Donovan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kent takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donovan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kent lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Donovan circles away quickly and effectively.
Donovan scores with a jab to the head.
Kent thuds a left hand into Donovan's body.
Donovan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That kick from Donovan tenderised Kent's leg. Kent is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donovan looks to throw the jab but Kent is out of range.

Donovan tries to keep at a distance but Kent has taken the fight into the clinch.
Donovan scores a nice knee to the body.
Kent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Donovan tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Donovan lands an elbow inside.

Peter Kent's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the cage.
Kent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Donovan throws an elbow that misses.
Donovan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Donovan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kent slowing the pace effectively.
Donovan lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donovan.
Kent letting Donovan take a breather here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
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 Peter Kent'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. This is the final round!

Kent clinches.
Kent avoids the elbow strike from Donovan, against the cage.
Donovan is trying to maintain a safe position but Kent gets an underhook and turns Donovan into the cage.
Donovan is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Kent has denied him.
Kent is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Donovan letting Kent take a breather here.
Knees to the body from Donovan.
Donovan lands a good knee to the midsection. Kent won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donovan.
Donovan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kent avoids it.
Kent is trying to force a seperation but Donovan has the dominant position.
Donovan lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent tries to break free but Donovan pushes him back against the cage.
Donovan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kent's efforts to push away.
Donovan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donovan is trying to stall.
Kent lands a shoulder strike.
Kent working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kent takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Kent breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Kent misses.
Donovan connects with a leg kick. Kent looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kent closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Jeez, Peter Kent's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Peter Kent's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pete Donovan!
Pete Donovan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.