PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Deane (ranked 954 p4p, 2798 weight class) and Monty Don (ranked 50 p4p, 110 weight class). Deane comes to the cage accompanied by Cinderella Man. Monty Don has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Deane
vs
Don

194 cm
24
288
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
38
222
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calvin Deane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Monty Don!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Don as Deane shoots in.
Deane dives in and grabs Don's left leg, looking for a takedown. Don pushes down on Deane's head and hops out.
Don with the counter takedown but Deane avoids it easily.
We've been hearing reports that Deane has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Deane dives in and grabs Don's left leg, looking for a takedown. Don pushes down on Deane's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Deane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Deane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Don moves away.
Don throws an overhand right that lands on Deane's shoulder, as Deane tries to avoid the shot.
Deane fails with a takedown attempt.

Deane looking to score a takedown here. Don is defending well but Deane drives through and ends up in Don's guard.
Deane chips away with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deane is looking to work some ground and pound but Don has wrist control.
Deane throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Don is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Deane is aware though and is defending well.
Deane lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Don is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Deane defends well.
Deane missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Don tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Deane 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.
Deane throwing strikes from guard but Don blocks nicely.

Don looking for a guillotine here but Deane defends easily.

Don has his foot on Deane's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Deane works his way back into a safe position though.
Deane is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Deane stands up over Don, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Don utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Deane stands up over Don, holding on to his feet. Deane throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Don is out cold! Deane lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Calvin Deane!
Calvin Deane decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.