PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Nixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nixon comes into the arena with The Upsetters - Dread Lion blaring out of the sound system. Donelly has chosen Jump Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Richard Nixon had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Nixon
vs
Donelly

170 cm
38
174 lbs
43 - 16 - 2

175 cm
37
184 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Phantom Fightwear
Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Nixon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donelly tries to clinch
and Nixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nixon is looking to land body kicks.
A low kick from Nixon is predictable there
and Donelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donelly lands a jab to the nose.
Donelly misses with a body kick.
Donelly moves in looking to clinch but Nixon pushes him off.
Donelly is looking to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nixon.
Nixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Donelly looks to throw the jab but Nixon is out of range.
Nixon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Donelly tries to land a leg kick but Nixon saw it coming and moves away.
Donelly throws a hook but Nixon avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donelly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nixon checks it well.
Donelly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Donelly throws a shot from downtown. Nixon moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Nixon misses.
Donelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nixon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly works the jab nicely.
Donelly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Donelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Nixon is just out of range.
Donelly wants to clinch.
A lazy body kick from Nixon
and Donelly counters with a left and a right that stings Nixon.
Jab, jab by Nixon - just one landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nixon, right into the meat.
Donelly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Nixon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nixon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Donelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Donelly.
Nixon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nixon fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Nixon.
Nixon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nixon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donelly backwards.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon scores with a shot to the side of Donelly's head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donelly throws an elbow but misses.
Nixon working aggressively here.
Nixon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nixon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nixon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donelly lands an elbow just above Nixon 's eye.

It looks like Richard Nixon has been cut.
Donelly lands an uppercut.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nixon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donelly.
Donelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donelly tries to throw a body punch but Nixon avoids it by throwing Donelly back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Nixon is working Donelly over against the cage.
Donelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nixon works on Donelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Nixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Donelly.
Nixon scores with a shot to the side of Donelly's head.
Donelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donelly can't find room to land a body shot as Nixon controls the action.
Donelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Donelly throws an elbow but misses.
Donelly misses with a punch to the body.
Donelly lands a nice elbow.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
Nice body punch from Nixon - that landed with a thud.
Donelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donelly has a couple of punches blocked by Nixon.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donelly.
Nixon lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donelly blocks a body shot from Nixon.
Nixon misses with some punches.
Nixon misses with a body punch.
Donelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donelly.
Nixon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donelly misses with an elbow strike.
Nixon can't find room to land a body shot as Donelly controls the action.
Nixon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Nixon.
Donelly tries to work over Nixon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Nixon on the inside.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Richard Nixon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Richard Nixon'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.

Donelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Nixon is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Nixon.
Nixon throws a hook but Donelly blocks it.
Donelly misses with a looping right.
Donelly moves forwards but Nixon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nixon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nixon wants to slow Donelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Nixon throws a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Donelly checks a leg kick.

Donelly has Nixon up against the cage in a clinch.
Nixon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Donelly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Donelly.
A body shot lands from Donelly.
Donelly misses with a punch to the body.
Donelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Nixon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donelly.
Nixon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nixon tries to work over Donelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Donelly.
Nixon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Richard Nixon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Donelly scores with a shot to the side of Nixon's head.
Nixon can't find room to land a body shot as Donelly controls the action.
Donelly scores with a shot to the side of Nixon's head.
Donelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Donelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Nixon controls his hands.
Donelly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Donelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Nixon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Donelly tries a body shot but Nixon blocks it.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
Nixon lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nixon blocks a body shot from Donelly.
Donelly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Donelly.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Nixon.
A head punch on the inside from Donelly fails to land.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Nixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Donelly.
Nixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donelly misses with some punches.
Nixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donelly blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Donelly.
Donelly lands an uppercut.
Nixon tries a body shot but Donelly blocks it.
Nixon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Donelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nixon scores with a shot to the side of Donelly's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Donelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nixon's brow.
Donelly throws an elbow but it misses.

Nixon manages to break the clinch.
Nixon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Donelly takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nixon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Donelly's head.

Nixon has Donelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Donelly scores with a shot to the side of Nixon's head.
Still in the clinch, Nixon scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nixon lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nixon.

Donelly is rocked!
A left hand lands to the body for Nixon.
Nixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donelly's elbow.
Nixon lands a shoulder strike.
Donelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Nixon finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Donelly.
Nixon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Donelly is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Donelly.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nixon.
Donelly is working Nixon over against the cage.
Nixon lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Donelly to his knees! Nixon keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Nixon!
Richard Nixon retains his welterweight title!
Richard Nixon was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.