PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aki Hiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brick Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aki Hiko has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hiko
vs
Donovan

225 cm
19
294 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
24
285 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aki Hiko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brick Donovan!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hiko looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hiko definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hiko not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Donovan wants to sweep here but Hiko controlling him for the moment.
Hiko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hiko looking to pass the guard.
Hiko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hiko is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hiko content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hiko tries to free his leg and advance position but Donovan is retaining full guard.
Hiko content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Donovan looks winded!
Donovan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hiko controls the pace.
Donovan 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.
Hiko lands a couple of elbows.
Donovan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hiko content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hiko landing with the ground and pound.
Hiko landing with the ground and pound.
Hiko 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.
Hiko is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Donovan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hiko controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hiko wants to control from the top but Donovan keeps moving.
Hiko chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hiko chips away with some ground and pound.
Hiko works over Donovan with some ground and pound from guard.

Donovan is rocked!
Hiko is in close to Donovan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Donovan is still in real trouble! Can Hiko finish him?
Donovan keeping moving, preventing Hiko from controlling successfully.
Donovan seems to have recovered his senses.
Hiko will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hiko postures up and lands a big shot to Donovan's brow.
Hiko is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hiko with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiko scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hiko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Donovan's head.
Donovan has momentary wrist control but Hiko slips an elbow through the middle.
Hiko postures up and lands a big shot to Donovan's brow.
Hiko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hiko sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hiko landing some decent shots from guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Donovan can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hiko lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aki Hiko dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

An inside leg kick lands from Hiko.

Hiko shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hiko showed some decent athleticism there.
Hiko seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Hiko is trying to control. Donovan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hiko takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Hiko looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Donovan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiko working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Donovan trying to control but Hiko postures up.
Hiko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hiko scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hiko working Donovan over with strikes.
Hiko is nestled in close to Donovan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hiko is trying to control. Donovan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hiko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hiko controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Donovan is out! Hiko gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aki Hiko!
A less than humble Aki Hiko misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.