PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Donatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donatelli comes to the cage accompanied by I Sell Comics - Courage My Love. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ling's choice of entrance music: Hollow Man. Jeff Ling has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Donatelli
vs
Ling

188 cm
31
185 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

182 cm
23
188 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kirk Donatelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeff Ling!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donatelli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donatelli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donatelli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Donatelli wants to clinch.
Ling misses with a hook. Donatelli ducked under it nicely.
Ling swinging wildly here.
Kirk Donatelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donatelli is looking to chop away at Ling's legs.
Donatelli throws a series of punches but Ling avoids them all with ease.
Donatelli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donatelli connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donatelli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ling cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Ling tries to keep at a distance but Donatelli has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ling wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donatelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ling avoids it.
Ling takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donatelli utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Donatelli breaks from the clinch.
Ling throws a right hand that misses
and Donatelli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ling dodges the punch combination from Donatelli.

Donatelli closes the distance and clinches.

Donatelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donatelli misses with a left hand
and Ling counters with a left to the body.
Donatelli throws a nice looking combination but Ling bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli leaves Ling with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Donatelli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ling misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Donatelli finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Donatelli throws a wild body kick that Ling sees coming a mile off.

Donatelli clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donatelli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ling's efforts to push away.

Donatelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Donatelli.
Ling swats away the attempt to clinch by Donatelli.
Donatelli misses with a wild combination.
Ling looks to land a combination but Donatelli avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli swings for the body but Ling moves out of range.
Donatelli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ling moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ling throws a nice looking combination but Donatelli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Donatelli ducks under a wild hook from Ling.

Donatelli moves into the clinch successfully.

Ling pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Donatelli checks it well.
Ling tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ling on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Donatelli rushes Ling and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Donatelli comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Donatelli stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ling avoiding damage as Donatelli throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Donatelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ling throws a hook but Donatelli avoids it easily.
Donatelli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donatelli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donatelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donatelli shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ling eats them both and turns towards Donatelli to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Donatelli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donatelli misses with a two punch combination.
Ling tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donatelli was well out of range. Poor timing from Ling.
Ling ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donatelli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk Donatelli dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Donatelli fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donatelli swinging wildly here.
Kirk Donatelli is winning the standup battle so far.

Donatelli moves into the clinch.

Donatelli breaks from the clinch.
Donatelli looks to land a combination but Ling avoids it well.
Donatelli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ling is out of range and Donatelli settles back down.
Ling connects with a nice looking jab.
Ling misses the shot to the body.
Kirk Donatelli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Donatelli looks to land a combination but Ling avoids it well.
Donatelli throws a series of punches but Ling avoids them all with ease.
Ling on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ling scores with a nice strike.
Ling scores with a one two! Donatelli had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Donatelli. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donatelli fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ling checks it well.
Donatelli shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ling eats them both and turns towards Donatelli to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Donatelli lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ling circles away quickly and effectively.
Donatelli takes one to the chin there.
Donatelli bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donatelli tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donatelli lands with a nice body punch.
Donatelli scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ling avoids a punch combination nicely.

Ling drops Donatelli with a nice combination! Ling dives into Donatelli's guard, looking to finish!

Donatelli is rocked!

It looks like Kirk Donatelli has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donatelli keeping moving, preventing Ling from controlling successfully.
Oh Donatelli is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ling looking to sit in guard and control but Donatelli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling looking for a sweep. Not yet Ling, not yet.
Donatelli seems to have got his legs back now.

Donatelli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ling, up you get!
Donatelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ling.
Ling uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donatelli.
Donatelli throws a series of strikes that have Ling backpedaling.
Ling throws a poor cross that misses

and Donatelli moves into the clinch.
Ling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Donatelli breaks the clinch.
Ling looks to land a left hand but Donatelli moved out of range nicely.
Kirk Donatelli is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Donatelli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ling swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donatelli takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Donatelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Ling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ling has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Donatelli scores with a jab to the head.
Donatelli misses with a few strikes there.
Donatelli is looking to clinch but Ling is avoiding it.
Ling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ling fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ling scores with a shot to the body.
Donatelli ducks under a wild hook from Ling.
Donatelli throws a right hand that Ling ducks under and follows up with a left that Ling also avoids with ease.
Ling throws a nice looking combination but Donatelli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donatelli jabs Ling to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donatelli scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ling is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ling is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Donatelli.
Nice body kick there by Donatelli.
Donatelli throws a sloppy body shot
and Ling counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donatelli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ling moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donatelli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donatelli slips a straight right by Ling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeff Ling will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kirk Donatelli's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Donatelli lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Donatelli lands with a hook. Ling tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ling slips a jab from Donatelli.
Donatelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donatelli moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Donatelli lands with a good body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Ling misses the target.
Donatelli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donatelli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ling counters with a left to the body.
Donatelli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ling counters with a stiff right hand.
Donatelli comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donatelli swings for the body but Ling moves out of range.
Ling takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donatelli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling tries to bum rush Donatelli with a series of wild strikes but Donatelli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donatelli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donatelli takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ling. Donatelli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donatelli throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ling counters with a straight right hand.
Donatelli throws a sloppy head kick and Ling moves out of range easily.
Ling uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donatelli.
Ling looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Donatelli misses with a straight left.
Ling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donatelli manages to avoid it.
Donatelli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donatelli throws an off balance right hand
and Ling counters with a two punch combo.
Ling with a hook.
Donatelli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donatelli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donatelli throws an off balance right hand
and Ling counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ling throws a hook but Donatelli blocks it.
Donatelli takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Donatelli has Ling up against the cage in a clinch.
Donatelli misses with an elbow over the top.
Ling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Donatelli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Donatelli breaks from the clinch.
Ling lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donatelli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ling lands with a good body shot.
Donatelli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ling cracks Donatelli with a right hand to the side of the head.
No joy there for Ling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ling misses with the combination.
Donatelli misses with a wild combination.
Donatelli misses with a low kick as Ling jumps back.
Donatelli misses with a combination
and Ling counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling dips to his left and cracks Donatelli with an uppercut!
Ling slips under a jab from Donatelli.
Donatelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ling.
Ling misses the shot to the body.
Ling looks to land a combination but Donatelli avoids it well.
Donatelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ling was well out of range. Poor timing from Donatelli.
Donatelli throws a combination that misses
and Ling counters with a straight right hand.
Ling throws a series of punches but Donatelli avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donatelli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ling paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donatelli throws a lazy right hand but Ling sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donatelli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ling.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Ling comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ling has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Ling!
A victorious Jeff Ling thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.