PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nasir Prince (ranked 1077 p4p, 2166 weight class) and Cathal O Doherty (ranked 87 p4p, 159 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Prince might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nas- N.Y. State of Mind. Cathal O Doherty acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Prince
vs
O Doherty

171 cm
31
145
17 - 13 - 1

172 cm
31
150
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

UNDEFEATED

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasir Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cathal O Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince connects with the punch.
Prince connects with a single shot there.
Nasir Prince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prince misses with a low kick.
O Doherty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Prince tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Doherty was well out of range. Poor timing from Prince.
It seemed like O Doherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Prince has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Prince lands a head shot.
Prince swings for the body but O Doherty moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from O Doherty misses.
A low kick from Prince misses
and O Doherty counters with a nice uppercut.
O Doherty's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on O Doherty's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Prince fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O Doherty.
O Doherty checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
O Doherty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Prince throws a nice outside leg kick.
Prince looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good standup being displayed there by Prince as he connects with a hook.
Prince ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Prince throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by O Doherty.
Prince throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like O Doherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from O Doherty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Prince misses the shot to the body.
Prince lands a jab.
Prince misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Doherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Prince bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of O Doherty's head.
Prince smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Prince.
O Doherty on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Prince lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Prince dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Prince connects with a single shot there.
O Doherty on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prince looks to score with a jab to the body but O Doherty is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits O Dohertys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Prince misses with a right hand
and O Doherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Prince throws a leg kick
letting O Doherty counter with a right hand.
Prince ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
O Doherty tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
O Doherty keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prince.
O Doherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A bone on bone clash there as O Doherty blocks the leg kick.
A nice side step and O Doherty releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Prince fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but O Doherty is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Doherty! But no joy.
Prince misses with a two punch combination.
Prince looks to land a body kick but O Doherty moved away.
O Doherty throws out a counter right but Prince avoids it with no problem.
Prince connects with a single shot there.
Prince misses with a leg kick
and Prince takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Prince throws a hook to the side of O Doherty's head but O Doherty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That kick from Prince tenderised O Doherty's leg. O Doherty is trying to keep his angry face on.
Prince connects with a single shot there.
Prince thows a leg kick but O Doherty checks it
and O Doherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick lands for Prince.
A swing and a miss from Prince.
O Doherty is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Prince with a body shot.
O Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.
O Doherty now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Prince lands with a straight right. O Doherty didn't see that one coming.
Prince misses with a low kick.
O Doherty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Prince throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Prince, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prince swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince lands with an uppercut that bounces O Doherty off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Prince. Beautiful body shot.
O Doherty's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Prince throws a body kick that misses
enabling O Doherty to counter with a crisp jab.
Prince bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of O Doherty's head.
Prince misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from O Doherty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Prince tried to score with a low kick but O Doherty checks it.
O Doherty throws out a counter right but Prince avoids it with no problem.
Prince throws a leg kick
letting O Doherty counter with a right hand.
Prince throws an overhand right that lands on O Doherty's shoulder, as O Doherty tries to avoid the shot.
Prince wants to slow O Doherty down by chopping away at his legs.
O Doherty unleashes a big counter combination but Prince bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Prince scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prince falls off balance throwing a combination
and O Doherty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nasir Prince dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Prince misses with an attempted mid kick.
Prince misses with a low kick.
Prince scores with a push kick.
Prince throws a body punch but O Doherty moves out of range.
Prince jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Prince throws a low kick but O Doherty avoids it.
O Doherty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but O Doherty might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Prince has got the better of the exchanges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prince. O Doherty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prince buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Doherty tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Prince. That's going to slow O Doherty down.
Prince with a nice calf kick.
Prince scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Prince ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Doherty moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from O Doherty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Prince throws a shot to the body.
Prince cracks O Doherty with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Doherty checks a leg kick.
O Doherty doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Prince throws a front kick aimed at O Doherty's knee but O Doherty avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from O Doherty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Prince thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Doherty moves away from the strike by Prince.
O Doherty takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Prince throws a hook but O Doherty avoids it easily.
O Doherty takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Prince throws a lazy uppercut
letting O Doherty counter with a right hand.
Prince tries to bum rush O Doherty with a series of wild strikes but O Doherty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince cracks O Doherty with an open hand slap.
Prince lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prince throws a wild body kick that O Doherty sees coming a mile off.
O Doherty doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O Doherty takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Prince scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Prince finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Prince. That's going to slow O Doherty down.
O Doherty blocks a leg kick.
O Doherty doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
O Doherty tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A clash of legs there as O Doherty blocks the low kick.
O Doherty appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Prince connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Prince throws a half hearted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Doherty! But no joy.
O Doherty might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Prince.
Prince takes a swing at O Doherty's ribcage but misses.
Prince motions for O Doherty to come forward. Prince throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like O Doherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Prince lands with an overhand left.
O Doherty stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Prince.
Prince misses with a lunging right hand
and Prince takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Prince lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prince.
O Doherty on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Prince does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It seemed like O Doherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nasir Prince is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by O Doherty.
O Doherty throws out a counter right but Prince avoids it with no problem.
Prince throws a left and a right that both miss
and O Doherty counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince throws a lazy uppercut
and O Doherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Doherty checks a low kick from Prince.
It seemed like O Doherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
O Doherty on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
An inside leg kick lands from Prince.
O Doherty stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Prince.
A head kick misses from Prince.
O Doherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Prince lands an overhand right.
Prince misses with a leg kick
and O Doherty counters with a nice uppercut.
Prince cracks O Doherty with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Prince pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Prince throws a body shot but no joy.
Prince throws a push kick but O Doherty slaps the foot to one side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nasir Prince dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Prince lands a really nice looking cross but O Doherty seems unphased.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but O Doherty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A countering left hand to the body from O Doherty misses.
Prince throws a combination that misses
and O Doherty counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Prince throws a body punch but O Doherty moves out of range.
O Doherty has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Prince throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck O Doherty on the side of the head.
O Doherty takes one to the side of the head.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but O Doherty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Prince misses
and O Doherty counters with a stiff right hand.

Prince is rocked!
Prince lands with a shot to the body.
Prince connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between O Doherty's hands.
Prince scores with a nice head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
O Doherty tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Doherty ducks under a wild hook from Prince.
Prince throws a leg kick but O Doherty moved away.
O Doherty doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Prince missing with a left hand there. O Doherty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prince fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Doherty has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
O Doherty doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A low kick from Prince misses
enabling O Doherty to counter with a crisp jab.
Prince getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Prince misses with a low kick as O Doherty jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prince. O Doherty does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from O Doherty misses.
Prince tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
O Doherty throws a counter combo.
Prince throws a lazy head kick
and O Doherty counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Doherty defending well as Prince loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Doherty! But no joy.
Cathal O Doherty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Prince misses with a low kick.
O Doherty checks a low kick from Prince.
O Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prince swings for the body but O Doherty moves out of range.
O Doherty has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from O Doherty there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Doherty has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from O Doherty there as he acknowledges the shot.
Prince chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Prince misses with a leg kick
and O Doherty counters with a straight right hand.
O Doherty blocks a jab.
O Doherty throws out a counter right but Prince avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince misses with an attempted mid kick.
O Doherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Prince attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Prince does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Prince lands with a nice body punch.
Some wild striking there from Prince.
O Doherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Doherty walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good work by O Doherty as he checks the leg kick.
Prince misses with a lunging right hand

and O Doherty counters with a crisp right hand that drops Prince! O Doherty lets Prince back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Prince is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prince fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Prince dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Prince misses.
Prince seems to have got his legs back now.
Prince ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Doherty moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Doherty! But no joy.
Prince shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
O Doherty now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Prince throws a chopping leg kick but O Doherty manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It seemed like O Doherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
An inside leg kick from Prince misses.
Prince throws a jab when O Doherty was well out of range.
Prince is looking to score with low kicks.
Prince lands a straight punch to the body, keeping O Doherty at a distance.
Prince takes a swing at O Doherty's ribcage but misses.
Prince fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Doherty has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
O Doherty bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prince throws a series of punches but O Doherty moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from O Doherty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nasir Prince showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Prince has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nasir Prince!