PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andr De Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz comes to the cage accompanied by JEW FLOW. De Fran has chosen No Worries as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Donowitz
vs
De Fran

171 cm
30
145 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

172 cm
33
158 lbs
26 - 16 - 2

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abraham Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Andr De Fran!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donowitz throws a looping overhand right but De Fran ducks down to avoid it.
De Fran connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Fran looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Fran throws a hook to the side of Donowitz's head but Donowitz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It appears Donowitz was looking to counter with a kick there.
De Fran connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a sloppy head kick
and De Fran counters with a nice uppercut.
De Fran with a hook.
De Fran throws a shot from downtown. Donowitz moves away and avoids it.
De Fran is looking to clinch but Donowitz is avoiding it.
De Fran throws a low kick, looking for Donowitz's leg but Donowitz calmly moves out of range.
De Fran swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz ducks under a wild hook from De Fran.
Donowitz throwing a counter right hand but De Fran manages to avoid it.
De Fran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donowitz manages to avoid it.
Donowitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donowitz ducks under a wild hook from De Fran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Fran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Donowitz in his tracks.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Donowitz.
Donowitz lands a decent elbow from side control.
De Fran tries to bench press Donowitz off him but Donowitz keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Donowitz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Donowitz working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Donowitz tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
De Fran is not content to let Donowitz control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz working the ground and pound from side control.
De Fran tries to improve position but can't.
Donowitz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but De Fran is avoiding damage well.
De Fran dodges the ground and pound from Donowitz.
We've been hearing that Donowitz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
De Fran is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on De Fran's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Donowitz wants to control but De Fran is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fran tries to bench press Donowitz off him but Donowitz keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on De Fran's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Donowitz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused De Fran some visible discomfort.
De Fran is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Donowitz lands some shots froms side control.
Donowitz is looking to take a break and control but De Fran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because De Fran is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Donowitz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Donowitz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Donowitz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De Fran is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz wants to control but De Fran is keeping him busy.
Donowitz working the head with strikes.
De Fran is looking for a sweep.
Donowitz working the ground and pound but De Fran is defending the strikes.
Donowitz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear De Fran down.
De Fran struggling a bit here.
Donowitz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
De Fran is not content to let Donowitz control the position.
Donowitz working away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Fran is looking to regain half guard here but Donowitz keeps moving and retains side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
De Fran has one of Donowitz's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Donowitz controlling the position.
De Fran on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz tries to move into full mount but can't pass De Fran's legs.
De Fran gets back to half guard.
Donowitz working De Fran over with strikes.
Donowitz prevents De Fran from improving his position.
De Fran desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Donowitz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
De Fran keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Donowitz thows a huge punch but De Fran dodges it nicely.
Donowitz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Donowitz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De Fran with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
De Fran is looking to improve his position.
Donowitz trying to control from half guard but De Fran is working away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
De Fran regains full guard. Nicely done.
Donowitz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Donowitz wants to control from the top but De Fran keeps moving.
Donowitz is really struggling to control De Fran but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A shot to the liver by Donowitz. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Donowitz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Donowitz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Donowitz tries to work over De Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abraham Donowitz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Donowitz 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abraham Donowitz!
Abraham Donowitz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.