PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donelly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jump Around kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Marsh
vs
Donelly

180 cm
33
183 lbs
26 - 20 - 0

175 cm
31
184 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Affordable Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donelly lands a right hook to the body.
Donelly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Marsh looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Donelly lands with a good body shot.
Donelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsh moves away.
Marsh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donelly moves away.
Marsh shoots in but no luck this time.
Donelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Donelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Donelly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Marsh looking to score a takedown here. Donelly is defending well but Marsh drives through and ends up in Donelly's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsh throwing strikes from guard but Donelly blocks nicely.
Marsh wants to pass the guard but Donelly is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh is working Donelly over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Donelly trying to control the position here.
Donelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marsh is looking to pass into half guard but Donelly pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Donelly is in guard.
Donelly wanted to stand there but Marsh had control of the position.

Marsh looking for a guillotine here but Donelly defends easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Marsh is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Donelly keeps moving.
Donelly is trying to control the position but Marsh postures up.
Donelly keeping moving, preventing Marsh from controlling successfully.
Marsh looking to sit in guard and control but Donelly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Donelly pushing down on Marsh's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Donelly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marsh keeps working.
Marsh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marsh trying to control but Donelly postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Donelly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Donelly's back!
Marsh tries to get the hooks in deep but Donelly pushed the leg off.
Marsh not allowing Donelly to control his hands.
Marsh somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Marsh wants to control but Donelly is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marsh lands strikes to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Marsh dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Marsh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Donelly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Donelly ducks under a wild hook from Marsh.
Donelly blocks a jab.
Donelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph Donelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsh throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Donelly scores with a shot to the body.
Marsh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Donelly as he avoids it easily.
Donelly moves away from the strike by Marsh.
Donelly misses with a kick to the body.
Donelly throws a nice head kick!

Marsh closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Marsh lands in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marsh trying to control the position from guard on top but Donelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly keeping full guard, as Marsh tries to pass.
Donelly trying to keep a closed guard but Marsh is proving a slippery customer.
Marsh has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Donelly is keeping the position for now.
Marsh works over Donelly with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh controlling from the top position.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Donelly keeps moving.
Marsh throws a big elbow that misses.
Marsh stands and throws Donelly's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Marsh throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly is not content to let Marsh control the position.

Marsh goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Donelly has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Marsh but great work by Donelly.

Donelly decides to stand back up. Donelly steps back and let's Marsh get back to his feet.
Marsh looks to score with a jab to the body but Donelly is just out of range.
Marsh throws a hook but Donelly blocks it.
Marsh connects with a right hand. Donelly shakes it off.
Marsh connects with a body shot that sends Donelly's belly button to the back.
Nice straight punches there by Marsh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marsh.
Joseph Donelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marsh blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh scores with a jab to the jaw.
Marsh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marsh takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Donelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsh is just out of range.
Marsh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joseph Donelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marsh takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Marsh walks into a jab.
Donelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donelly connects with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donelly avoids the body shot from Marsh.
Donelly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Marsh rather than just go for the knockout.
Marsh looks to score with a jab to the body but Donelly is just out of range.
Donelly cracks Marsh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Randy Marsh will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Marsh misses with a hook.
Donelly connects with a leg kick. Marsh looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marsh slips under a jab from Donelly.
Donelly keeps Marsh at a distance using the push kick.
Marsh throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marsh looks for a takedown but Donelly sprawls well.
Marsh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donelly looks to land a left hand but Marsh moved out of range nicely.
Donelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Marsh momentarily.
Donelly throws a predictable looking body shot

and Marsh decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Donelly's guard.
Marsh postures up in Donelly's guard and throws a big left but Donelly blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsh looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Donelly manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Donelly throws a body punch but Marsh moves out of range.

Marsh closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Donelly quickly recovers to half guard.
Marsh is looking to pass Donelly's guard but actually Donelly recovers to full guard.
Randy Marsh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marsh passes Donelly's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Donelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Randy Marsh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Donelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marsh with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marsh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marsh is trying hard to land a takedown here. Donelly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Donelly misses with an uppercut

and Marsh counters with a nice double leg into side control. Donelly won't be happy with that.
Marsh advances to full mount.
Marsh controlling from mount.
Joseph Donelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Donelly is looking to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Donelly is wriggling around trying to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Marsh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Marsh, 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Marsh!
Randy Marsh seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.