Vetyeka vs. Donaire: Winner, Recap and Analysis

Nonito Donaire is the new WBA super world featherweight champion. The end was anticlimactic, but he scored a fourth-round technical decision over Simpiwe Vetyeka in Macao, China on Saturday.

An accidental headbutt caused a bad cut on Donaire's head. He dominated the fight before and after the knocking of noggins and even floored Vetyeka in the fourth round.

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Donaire would get the worst of two more headbutts through the second round.

Two seconds into the fifth round, referee Luis Pabon ruled that Donaire could no longer continue due to the severity of the gash.

It went to the scorecards, and Donaire prevailed 49-46 on all three judges' accounts.

Ryan Songalia of Rappler.com had the official scorecards:

Steve Kim of Max Boxing saw the ending like most did:

Bleacher Report's Kevin McRae was not impressed:

Though he's now a world champion again, this was clearly not what Donaire had in mind for a re-coronation.

Per Sports 5, he had this to say:

Vetyeka and Donaire talked more about the effects of the cut and the bout in the interview below:

Donaire handled himself as well as could be expected after the headbutt in the first round.

He cranked up the sense of urgency, hurt Vetyeka in the third round, dropped him in the fourth and dazed him again later in the round.

It looked as if it would be all downhill for Vetyeka moving forward.

That said, there's always the possibility that the momentum could shift. To Donaire's credit, he didn't attempt to parlay this win off as one of the highlights of his career.

He wants to give Vetyeka a rematch, even though opportunities for bigger and more lucrative fights are on the horizon.

This fight was supposed to set up a unification bout with Nicholas Walters, who defeated Vic Darchinyan earlier on the card.

It's unclear whether a rematch with Vetyeka would come before that bout.

Love or hate it, Donaire is the new champion and is right back in the mix of elite fighters in the world.

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