PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chai Dae Ho (ranked 24607 p4p, 3063 weight class) and Aengus McDonnell (ranked 181 p4p, 120 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dae Ho
vs
McDonnell

215 cm
26
300
0 - 3 - 0

218 cm
26
300
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chai Dae Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aengus McDonnell!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dae Ho misses with a straight left.
Dae Ho takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Chai Dae Ho has been cut.
Dae Ho digs a good body shot into McDonnell's ribs.
McDonnell misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Dae Ho tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonnell throws the left hand but Dae Ho avoids the punch easily.
McDonnell lands a lovely overhand right.
McDonnell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McDonnell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dae Ho throws a nice looking combination but McDonnell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice defenses there by McDonnell.
Dae Ho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McDonnell.
Dae Ho throws a hook to the side of McDonnell's head but McDonnell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McDonnell throws a lazy uppercut
and McDonnell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonnell missing with a left hand there. Dae Ho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDonnell looks winded!
McDonnell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dae Ho throws a body punch but McDonnell moves out of range.
Dae Ho cracks McDonnell with an open hand slap.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dae Ho throws a looping overhand right but McDonnell ducks down to avoid it.
McDonnell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dae Ho was well out of range. Poor timing from McDonnell.
McDonnell misses with a looping left.
McDonnell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dae Ho throws the left hand but McDonnell avoids the punch easily.
McDonnell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dae Ho slips a jab from McDonnell.
McDonnell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McDonnell throws a body shot but no joy.
Dae Ho throws a hook but McDonnell avoids it easily.
McDonnell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dae Ho defending well as McDonnell loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Dae Ho misses the target.
Dae Ho misses with a hook.
Dae Ho fails to land with a series of punches.
Dae Ho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McDonnell missing with a left hand there. Dae Ho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dae Ho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McDonnell.
Dae Ho throws a looping overhand right but McDonnell ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Dae Ho misses its intended target.
McDonnell walks into a straight right hand from Dae Ho.
Dae Ho throws a lazy right hand but McDonnell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dae Ho lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McDonnell at a distance.
Dae Ho throws a lazy right hand but McDonnell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dae Ho misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dae Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dae Ho misses the shot to the body.
Dae Ho ducks under a wild hook from McDonnell.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonnell. Dae Ho does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonnell defending well as Dae Ho loads up on a big left hand.
Dae Ho takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dae Ho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McDonnell missing with a left hand there. Dae Ho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDonnell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dae Ho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dae Ho misses with a looping left.
Dae Ho throws an overhand right that lands on McDonnell's shoulder, as McDonnell tries to avoid the shot.
Dae Ho lands with an uppercut that bounces McDonnell off the cage and back into range.
A slow jab from Dae Ho misses its intended target.
Dae Ho misses with a hook.
Dae Ho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McDonnell takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dae Ho counters with a straight right hand.
McDonnell misses with an uppercut. Dae Ho saw that one coming.
Dae Ho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDonnell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dae Ho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McDonnell doesn't seem bothered though.
Dae Ho looks to throw the jab but McDonnell is out of range.
Dae Ho throws a hook but McDonnell avoids it easily.
Dae Ho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McDonnell defending well as Dae Ho loads up on a big left hand.
Dae Ho misses with a straight left.
McDonnell throws a good cross that connects.
Dae Ho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDonnell moves away.
Dae Ho is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McDonnell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dae Ho throws a jab when McDonnell was well out of range.
McDonnell just misses with a punch to the body.
Dae Ho scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dae Ho loads up on a big right hand but McDonnell slips the punch.
Dae Ho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McDonnell throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dae Ho manages to avoid it.
McDonnell might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McDonnell moves forwards but Dae Ho connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McDonnell misses with a straight left.
Dae Ho missing with a left hand there. McDonnell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDonnell ducks under a wild hook from Dae Ho.
A big left from Dae Ho misses.
Dae Ho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McDonnell doesn't seem bothered though.
McDonnell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dae Ho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McDonnell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dae Ho misses with an uppercut. McDonnell saw that one coming.
McDonnell misses with a two punch combination.
Dae Ho tests McDonnell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonnell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aengus McDonnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonnell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dae Ho.
Dae Ho throws out a loose jab but McDonnell uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDonnell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDonnell staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chai Dae Ho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chai Dae Ho's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McDonnell moves out of range of the strikes.
Dae Ho throws a hook but McDonnell avoids it easily.
McDonnell lands a really nice looking cross but Dae Ho seems unphased.
McDonnell works the jab nicely.
McDonnell throws a hook but Dae Ho blocks it.
McDonnell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dae Ho.
A slow jab from Dae Ho misses its intended target.
McDonnell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dae Ho throws a body shot but no joy.
McDonnell throws out a powerful jab.
McDonnell misses the jab.
Dae Ho throwing a counter right hand but McDonnell manages to avoid it.
Dae Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chai Dae Ho is winning the standup battle so far.
McDonnell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dae Ho misses with a looping right.
McDonnell is breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Dae Ho.
McDonnell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dae Ho.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonnell missing with a left hand there. Dae Ho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dae Ho lands a nice looking body shot.
Dae Ho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dae Ho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDonnell can do to turn this around?
Dae Ho slips under a jab from McDonnell.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but McDonnell might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dae Ho has got the better of the exchanges.
McDonnell defending well as Dae Ho loads up on a big left hand.
Dae Ho misses with a hook.
Dae Ho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McDonnell defending well as Dae Ho loads up on a big left hand.
Dae Ho misses with a straight left.
Dae Ho looks to land a right hand but McDonnell moved out of range.
Dae Ho throws a series of punches but McDonnell moves out of range.
McDonnell misses with a looping right.
Dae Ho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Dae Ho.
McDonnell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dae Ho.
Dae Ho misses with a looping left.
Dae Ho misses with the combination.
McDonnell slips a straight right by Dae Ho.
McDonnell looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dae Ho.
Dae Ho swings for the body but McDonnell moves out of range.
Dae Ho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McDonnell.
McDonnell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dae Ho.
McDonnell throws a poor cross that misses
and Dae Ho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonnell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dae Ho throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dae Ho. McDonnell does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonnell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McDonnell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dae Ho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dae Ho throws an off balance right hand
enabling McDonnell to counter with a crisp jab.
McDonnell avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from McDonnell misses.
Dae Ho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDonnell manages to avoid it.
McDonnell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dae Ho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dae Ho throws a looping overhand right but McDonnell ducks down to avoid it.
Dae Ho scores with a nice right hand.
Dae Ho misses with a looping right.
McDonnell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Dae Ho.
McDonnell slips under a jab.
A nice combination there by Dae Ho.
Dae Ho misses with a looping right.
Dae Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonnell lands with a right hand.
McDonnell misses with a hook.
No joy there for McDonnell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McDonnell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dae Ho misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dae Ho looks to score with a jab to the body but McDonnell is just out of range.
McDonnell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonnell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dae Ho counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dae Ho throws out a loose jab but McDonnell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dae Ho looks to score with a jab to the body but McDonnell is just out of range.
Dae Ho throws a lazy uppercut
and McDonnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Dae Ho misses.
Dae Ho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDonnell manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Dae Ho.
Dae Ho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McDonnell throws out the jab.
Dae Ho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDonnell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dae Ho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from McDonnell misses.
McDonnell connects with the punch.
Dae Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonnell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dae Ho.
Dae Ho loads up on a big right hand but McDonnell slips the punch.
McDonnell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dae Ho moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chai Dae Ho dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chai Dae Ho's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Dae Ho.
Dae Ho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDonnell moves away.
Dae Ho throws a right hand that misses
and McDonnell counters with a stiff right hand.
Dae Ho throws a jab when McDonnell was well out of range.
Dae Ho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McDonnell.
McDonnell throws out a counter right but Dae Ho avoids it with no problem.
Dae Ho misses with a looping right.
McDonnell looks to score with a jab to the body but Dae Ho is just out of range.
McDonnell clobbers Dae Ho with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McDonnell misses with an uppercut. Dae Ho saw that one coming.
McDonnell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dae Ho.
McDonnell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab by Dae Ho.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dae Ho slips a straight right by McDonnell.
Dae Ho lands with a straight right. McDonnell didn't see that one coming.
McDonnell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big right from Dae Ho misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dae Ho, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonnell misses with a hook. Dae Ho ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dae Ho misses with a hook. McDonnell ducked under it nicely.
Dae Ho misses the shot to the body.
Dae Ho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonnell.
Dae Ho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dae Ho throws an overhand right that lands on McDonnell's shoulder, as McDonnell tries to avoid the shot.
Dae Ho throws a one two combo.
The fighters circling - Dae Ho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McDonnell loads up on a big right hand but Dae Ho slips the punch.
Dae Ho swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McDonnell scores with a punch to the head.
Dae Ho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dae Ho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slow jab from Dae Ho misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dae Ho. McDonnell does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonnell loads up on a big right hand but Dae Ho slips the punch.
Dae Ho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonnell.
McDonnell slips under a jab.
McDonnell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dae Ho misses with a looping left.
Aengus McDonnell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai Dae Ho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dae Ho's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonnell misses the shot to the body.
McDonnell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dae Ho throws a big shot that misses.
McDonnell throws a hook but Dae Ho avoids it easily.
Dae Ho staying out of range there.
Dae Ho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dae Ho missing with a left hand there. McDonnell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from McDonnell misses.
Dae Ho misses with a wild body shot.
McDonnell throws out a loose jab but Dae Ho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dae Ho throws a jab when McDonnell was well out of range.
Dae Ho moves away from the strike by McDonnell.
Dae Ho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dae Ho looks to land a right hand but McDonnell moved out of range.
McDonnell ducks under a wild hook from Dae Ho.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonnell. Dae Ho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dae Ho misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dae Ho scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dae Ho misses with a straight right.
McDonnell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dae Ho throws out the jab.
McDonnell lands a slapping body shot.
Dae Ho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dae Ho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McDonnell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dae Ho darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McDonnell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dae Ho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McDonnell slips a jab from Dae Ho.
Dae Ho is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McDonnell throws an overhand right that lands on Dae Ho's shoulder, as Dae Ho tries to avoid the shot.
Dae Ho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dae Ho throws a big shot that misses.
Dae Ho throws an overhand right that lands on McDonnell's shoulder, as McDonnell tries to avoid the shot.
McDonnell slips a jab from Dae Ho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McDonnell misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dae Ho misses with an uppercut. McDonnell saw that one coming.
Dae Ho avoids the body shot from McDonnell.
McDonnell staying out of range there.
McDonnell looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McDonnell moves away from the strike by Dae Ho.
McDonnell swings widly with a right hand
and Dae Ho counters with a straight right hand.
Dae Ho slips under a jab from McDonnell.
McDonnell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dae Ho.
Dae Ho throws an overhand right that lands on McDonnell's shoulder, as McDonnell tries to avoid the shot.
Dae Ho swings for the body but McDonnell moves out of range.
McDonnell throws a series of punches but Dae Ho moves out of range.
Dae Ho looks to land a right hand but McDonnell moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McDonnell! But no joy.
McDonnell slips under a jab.
Dae Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonnell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dae Ho scores with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chai Dae Ho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dae Ho has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chai Dae Ho!