PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ted Mosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aldo O Donno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mosby
vs
O Donno

188 cm
40
200 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

177 cm
30
175 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ted Mosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aldo O Donno!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donno steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mosby. That one must have hurt.
O Donno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mosby feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to O Donno's calf.
Mosby tries to clinch there but O Donno circles away.
Mosby works O Donno's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Mosby finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mosby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mosby scores with a head kick.
O Donno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
O Donno takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It seemed like O Donno was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
O Donno blocks a head kick by Mosby.

Mosby has closed the distance and engaged O Donno in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donno is trying to break free.

O Donno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donno takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mosby lunges at O Donno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by O Donno's hand.
Mosby looks to throw the jab but O Donno is out of range.
Mosby throws a head kick but O Donno moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Donno! But no joy.
Mosby misses with an uppercut
and O Donno makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Donno blocks the body kick.
Mosby wants to clinch up but O Donno keeps it at a distance.
O Donno tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Donno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
O Donno moves out of range of the body kick.
O Donno avoids the head kick by Mosby.
Mosby is looking to clinch but O Donno is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosby looks to land a right hand but O Donno moved out of range.
O Donno swats away the attempt to clinch by Mosby.
Mosby throws a lazy uppercut
and O Donno counters with a head kick. That will keep Mosby thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mosby.
O Donno has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mosby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Donno blocking some punches.
O Donno tries to circle away but Mosby has him pinned against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mosby.
O Donno wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mosby lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Donno backwards.
Mosby working some nice short punches in the clinch.

O Donno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Mosby dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mosby gets a clinch.
Mosby keeps control of O Donno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mosby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Donno wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mosby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mosby cracks O Donno with a nice body shot.
Mosby throws a punch but it's blocked by O Donno.
O Donno can't break the clinch.
O Donno is trying to break the clinch but Mosby is controlling him.
Mosby prevents O Donno from breaking the clinch.

O Donno manages to break the clinch.
O Donno moves out of range of the strikes.
O Donno looks to land a left hand but Mosby moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosby scores with the left hand. O Donno knows he should have avoided that one.
O Donno moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice side step and O Donno releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mosby tries to clinch up.
O Donno takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mosby pushes O Donno away with a front kick.
Mosby lands a lovely overhand right.
Mosby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Donno.
A jab from Mosby finds it's way through O Donno's defenses.
A big left from Mosby misses.
Mosby dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on O Donno. That did some damage!
A punch combination from Mosby misses.
Jab by Mosby.
Mosby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Donno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosby scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mosby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Donno can do to turn this around?
O Donno avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Donno on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mosby avoids the head kick by O Donno.
O Donno tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ted Mosby is winning the standup battle so far.
O Donno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Mosby clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Mosby on the inside.
O Donno can't break the clinch.
Mosby scores with a shot to the side of O Donno's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Mosby dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mosby misses with a left hand
and O Donno counters with a stiff right hand.
Aldo O Donno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mosby lands with a hook. O Donno tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mosby listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mosby slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Aldo O Donno has been cut.
Mosby lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

O Donno is rocked!
Mosby moves in looking to clinch but O Donno pushes him off.
O Donno swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mosby is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mosby misses with a straight right.
O Donno ducks right into an uppercut from Mosby.
O Donno is still on wobbly legs! Can Mosby finish him?
Ted Mosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mosby scores with a decent looking hook.
O Donno drops his guard momentarily, allowing Mosby to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes O Donno! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Mosby takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ted Mosby!
Ted Mosby seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.