PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Doherty (ranked 4430 p4p, 6225 weight class) and Seppo Maki (ranked 559 p4p, 689 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Doherty
vs
Maki

188 cm
19
193
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
186
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Neon Zombie
SMESH Nutrition 160Q

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Maki!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Doherty.
A big right from Doherty misses.
Maki has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A jab from Doherty misses.
Maki lands with a kick to the ribs.
Doherty lands a jab.
Doherty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doherty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Doherty has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Maki.
Maki ducks under a wild hook from Doherty.
Maki defending well as Doherty loads up on a big left hand.
Maki moves away from the strike by Doherty.
Cathal Doherty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doherty lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Doherty has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doherty throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maki counters with a stiff right hand.
Maki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Doherty misses with a straight left.
Maki takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maki.
Doherty is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Donk. Maki catches Doherty right on the button with a cross.
Doherty takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Cathal Doherty has been cut.
Doherty gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Doherty loads up on a big right hand but Maki slips the punch.
Doherty misses with a hook.
Doherty misses with a left hand
and Maki counters with a nice uppercut.
Doherty takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Doherty misses.
Doherty misses with a looping left.
Doherty backing away here, and Maki unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Doherty on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doherty throws out the jab.
Maki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Maki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Doherty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maki drops his hands momentarily and Doherty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Maki drops Doherty with a big left hand! Doherty is injured, injured bad! Maki jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seppo Maki!
Seppo Maki thanked the fans post fight for their support.