PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slaven Donnech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiazer Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soze has chosen Hot Dog Hot Dog Hot Diggety Dog as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Donnech
vs
Soze

178 cm
25
185 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Slaven Donnech!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kiazer Soze!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soze throws a body punch but Donnech moves out of range.
Soze looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnech is just out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Soze - that will leave a mark!
Donnech slips a jab from Soze.
Soze is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donnech.
Soze misses with a hook. Donnech ducked under it nicely.
Soze misses with a body shot.
Soze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soze misses with a wild body shot.
Soze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Soze just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnech fails to land the takedown.
Soze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze tries a head kick but it misses.
Soze throws a sloppy head kick and Donnech moves out of range easily.
Donnech avoids a kick to the body.

Donnech gets the takedown into side control.
Donnech fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Donnech tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Soze is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Donnech lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Soze down.
Soze tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Donnech wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Donnech cracks Soze with a big right hand but Soze just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Donnech is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Soze knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Soze regains half guard, as Donnech was trying to land strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze looks like he's trying to stand up.
Soze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Donnech.

Donnech is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Donnech working Soze over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soze is trying to maintain the position but Donnech is very close to passing his half guard.
Donnech trying to control from half guard but Soze is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Donnech works over Soze with some ground and pound from guard.
Donnech cracks Soze with a solid left hand.
Soze avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Donnech's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Donnech tries to free his leg and advance position but Soze is retaining full guard.

Soze pushes Donnech off and scrambles back to his feet.
Soze tries to close the distance and clinch but Donnech swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kiazer Soze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soze misses with a body shot.
Soze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donnech moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze misses with a two punch combination.
Soze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Soze throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kiazer Soze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soze looks gassed!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Donnech closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Donnech landing a few strikes.
Donnech lands an elbow.
Donnech working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Donnech is trying to get an arm triangle but Soze is defending well.
Soze holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Donnech connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Soze some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slaven Donnech dominated that round.
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.

Soze throws a body punch but Donnech moves out of range.
Soze pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Donnech shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Soze is trying to defend but Donnech finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Donnech scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Soze trying to hold on to Donnech's head to control him but Donnech postures up.

Soze actively working from the bottom here.
Soze wants to get back to his feet.
Soze is breathing heavily.

Donnech is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Soze defends it well.
Donnech is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze is looking to escape.
Donnech perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Donnech looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Donnech looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Soze tries to kick Donnech off but Donnech keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nice strikes from Donnech there.
Donnech scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Soze is looking to improve his position.
Soze is staying active underneath Donnech, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Donnech is looking for a kimura but Soze is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Donnech to get the leverage.
Soze trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze wants to improve his position but Donnech is controlling well.
Donnech 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.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Donnech in particular looking to stall.
Soze tries to kick Donnech off but Donnech keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Donnech winds up and cracks Soze with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Donnech working over Soze with some ground and pound. Soze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Soze has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Donnech is working away from the top position though.

Donnech is working for a submission of some sort.

Donnech is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Soze doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Donnech.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze trying to control but Donnech postures up.
Slaven Donnech overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Soze actively working from the bottom here.
Soze is trying to stand.

Soze is defending against the submission attempts here by Donnech.
Donnech 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Donnech is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Donnech scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Soze tries to kick Donnech off but Donnech keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Soze makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Soze misses with a wild combination.

Donnech fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Soze sprawls well initially but Donnech persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Donnech is trying for a kimura here. Soze looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Donnech wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Slaven Donnech!