PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pete Donovan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Max
vs
Donovan

150 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
31
202 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pete Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Max wants to clinch
and Donovan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bruce Max seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donovan lands a slapping body shot.
Donovan lands the left hand.
Donovan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Donovan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A head kick misses from Max.
Donovan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A solid body kick from Donovan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donovan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Donovan counters with a left and a right that stings Max.
Good leg kick by Max there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Donovan moves into range and clinches up with Max.
Max tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Donovan lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bruce Max has been cut.
Donovan lands an elbow just above Max 's eye.
Max wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Max looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Max is trying to break the clinch but Donovan is controlling him.
Max tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Donovan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Max wants to break the clinch but can't.
Donovan scores with a knee to the head.
Donovan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Max looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Donovan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Max's defenses.
Max is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donovan.

Bruce Max's cut is getting worse.
Max is trying to break the clinch but Donovan has him pressed against the cage.
Donovan lands an elbow inside that Max shrugs off.
Donovan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Max is trying to break free.
Donovan leaning against his opponent.
Donovan presses Max against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Donovan working Max over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donovan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Max's face.

Bruce Max's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Donovan lands an elbow that stopped Max in his tracks for a moment.
Donovan lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Donovan.
Donovan connects with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Bruce Max's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Donovan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donovan works over Max's head and body with a nice combination.

Max is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bruce Max's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pete Donovan!
Our winner, Pete Donovan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.