PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liam Donnelly (ranked 706 p4p, 81 weight class) and Ben Hogan (ranked 1129 p4p, 128 weight class). Hogan has chosen Papoose feat. Cassidy - John F. Kennedy as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Donnelly
vs
Hogan

173 cm
32
156 lbs
29 - 16 - 1

175 cm
38
162 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Donnelly if he has to take too many more of those.
Hogan throws a head kick but Donnelly moves out of range.
Donnelly cracks Hogan with an open hand slap.
We've been informed that Hogan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Donnelly scores with a leg kick.
Donnelly wants to clinch up but Hogan keeps it at a distance.
Hogan thinks about the counter body kick.
Donnelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donnelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hogan throws out the jab.
Donnelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hogan counters with a straight right hand.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly moves in looking to clinch but Hogan pushes him off.
Hogan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Donnelly. Donnelly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hogan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly cracks Hogan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
Hogan scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a hook but Hogan avoids it easily.
Hogan misses with a lunging right hand
and Donnelly counters with a nice body kick.
Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Hogan ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Hogan misses

and Donnelly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hogan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Donnelly is controlling him.
Hogan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Donnelly controls the pace.
Donnelly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hogan is keeping the position for now.
Donnelly prevents Hogan from getting back to his feet.
Donnelly slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Donnelly looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Donnelly from controlling successfully.
Donnelly is looking to work some ground and pound but Hogan has wrist control.
Donnelly wants to pass the guard but Hogan is keeping the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Donnelly blocks the leg kick.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the body
and Hogan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Donnelly thinking.
Ben Hogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly shoots in for a double leg but Hogan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hogan throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Donnelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly tries to land a leg kick but Hogan saw it coming and moves away.
Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hogan was well out of range. Poor timing from Donnelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Donnelly or perhaps it was just good defense by Hogan, which made it look bad.
Donnelly sizes up Hogan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Donnelly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hogan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hogan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hogan defending well as Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
Hogan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donnelly.
Hogan slips under a jab from Donnelly.
A lazy left from Hogan finds it's target.
Hogan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hogan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donnelly.
Donnelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Donnelly misses with a leg kick
and Hogan counters with a stiff right hand.
Donnelly's corner calls for a 1-2. Donnelly obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogan lands a jab to the head.
Hogan tries to land a leg kick but Donnelly saw it coming and moves away.
Donnelly scores with a jab to the head.
Hogan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donnelly looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut. Hogan saw that one coming.
A cross from Donnelly lands.
Donnelly throws an off balance right hand
and Hogan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donnelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donnelly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hogan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hogan connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Liam Donnelly will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Donnelly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hogans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hogan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly misses with a looping left.
Hogan checks a low kick from Donnelly.
Donnelly takes a swing at Hogan's ribcage but misses.
Hogan wants to land a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly blocks a low kick nicely.

Donnelly gets a clinch.
Hogan blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan prevents a body shot from Donnelly.

Hogan manages to break the clinch.
Donnelly tries to score with a low kick but Hogan moves his leg out of the way.
Donnelly tries to move into range but Hogan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hogan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hogan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donnelly misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donnelly's calf.
Hogan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Donnelly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Hogan closes the distance and pushes Donnelly back into the cage.

Donnelly breaks from the clinch.
Donnelly connects with a right hand. Hogan shakes it off.
Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donnelly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donnelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donnelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donnelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Hogan.
Hogan throws the left hand but Donnelly avoids the punch easily.
Liam Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogan throws a jab but it's blocked by Donnelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
Good work by Hogan as he checks the leg kick.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
Hogan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donnelly throws a body punch but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan moves away from the strike by Donnelly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Donnelly.
Donnelly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hogan slips a jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly loads up on a big right hand but Hogan slips the punch.
Hogan misses with an uppercut.
Hogan throws a right and a left that Donnelly avoids nicely.
Donnelly tries to clinch up but Hogan circles away and keeps his distance.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hogan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly scoring well with a low kick there.
Hogan scores with a decent looking hook.
Hogan throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Hogan instigates a clinch.

Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hogan misses the jab.
Donnelly throws a sloppy body shot
and Hogan counters with an outside leg kick.
Donnelly slips under a jab from Hogan.
Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Hogan.
Donnelly throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly loads up on a big right hand but Hogan slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Hogan throws a hook but Donnelly blocks it.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
Hogan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Donnelly connects with a right hand. Hogan shakes it off.
Hogan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hogan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donnelly connects with a looping right hand.
Hogan slips under a jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hogan tries to clinch but Donnelly is having none of it.
Donnelly scores with a jab. Hogan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Hogan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Donnelly dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Hogan's belly button to the back.
Donnelly lands a jab to the nose.
Hogan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hogan can do to turn this around?
Hogan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donnelly lands a jab to Hogan's midsection.
Donnelly connects with the punch.
Donnelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hogan's sensitive parts.
Hogan wants to clinch
and Donnelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hogan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donnelly.
Donnelly digs a good hook to Hogan's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogan throws a head kick but Donnelly moves out of range.
Hogan staying out of range there.
Hogan feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Hogan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hogan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donnelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A swing and a miss from Donnelly.
Nice defenses there by Donnelly.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Hogan is just out of range.
Hogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Donnelly half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hogan misses with a hook
and Donnelly counters with a stiff right hand.
Donnelly lands with an overhand left.

Hogan is rocked!

Donnelly has closed the distance and engaged Hogan in a clinch.
Hogan is still on wobbly legs! Can Donnelly finish him?

Hogan breaks from the clinch.
Hogan seems to have recovered his senses.
Hogan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Donnelly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan has momentary wrist control but Donnelly slips an elbow through the middle.
Donnelly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Donnelly prevents Hogan from getting back to his feet.

Hogan is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A frustrated look appears on Hogan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hogan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnelly manages to avoid it.
Hogan throws a jab when Donnelly was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Donnelly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hogan scoring well with a low kick there.
Donnelly slips a straight right by Hogan.
Donnelly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hogan throws a lazy uppercut
and Donnelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Hogan.
Donnelly moves out of range as Hogan strikes.

Hogan darts in and clinches Donnelly up against the cage.

Donnelly breaks from the clinch.
Hogan catches Donnelly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogan manages to avoid it.
Donnelly ducks right into an uppercut from Hogan.
Donnelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Hogan ducks down to avoid it.
Donnelly lands with a shot to the body.
Donnelly misses the jab.
Donnelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donnelly lands a leg kick that knocks Hogan off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Donnelly is able to avoid easily.
Donnelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hogan.
It looked like Donnelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
An inside leg kick lands from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws the kick towards the body but Hogan avoids it.
Hogan is looking to clinch.
Donnelly throws out a loose jab but Hogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hogan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hogan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Donnelly.
Hogan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Donnelly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hogan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ben Hogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donnelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hogan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Donnelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Donnelly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Donnelly!
After winning the bout, Liam Donnelly thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.