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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Conforto (ranked 23226 p4p, 632 weight class) and Cathal Doherty (ranked 559 p4p, 78 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Conforto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alabama- Bishop Gunn. Doherty is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jeremy- Pearl Jam. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Excellent boxer
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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 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Conforto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conforto swinging wildly here.
Conforto throws an off balance right hand
and Doherty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Billy Conforto has been cut.
Doherty's corner calls for a 1-2. Doherty obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Conforto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Doherty momentarily.
Doherty lands a lovely overhand right.
Doherty throws a head kick that misses.
Doherty walks into a left hand.
Doherty fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Conforto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Conforto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Conforto there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conforto digs a good body shot into Doherty's ribs.
Doherty loads up on a big right hand but Conforto slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from Conforto misses the target.
Doherty throws out a loose jab but Conforto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conforto misses the jab.
Doherty throws a jab but it's blocked by Conforto.
Doherty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty throws an overhand right that lands on Conforto's shoulder, as Conforto tries to avoid the shot.
Doherty throws out a loose jab but Conforto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conforto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Doherty cracks Conforto with a good jab.
Conforto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doherty lands a big uppercut and Conforto crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Conforto looks OK. Doherty waves Conforto back to his feet!
Conforto is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conforto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doherty.
Oh Conforto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Doherty misses with a hook
and Conforto counters with a right hand to the body.
Conforto keeps Doherty at a distance using the push kick.
Conforto seems to have got his legs back now.
Cathal Doherty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doherty misses with a few strikes there.
Conforto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Conforto works Doherty's body with a nice hook.
Conforto throws a shot from downtown. Doherty moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Doherty misses.
Conforto scores with a sloppy right hand. Doherty should have avoided that one.
Conforto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dohertys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conforto connects with a jab.
Doherty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conforto ducks under a wild hook from Doherty.
Conforto throws a shot from downtown. Doherty moves away and avoids it.
Conforto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Cathal Doherty has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Conforto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice inside leg kick there by Conforto. That's going to slow Doherty down.
Conforto sizes up Doherty with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Doherty throws the left hand but Conforto avoids the punch easily.
Conforto ducks under a wild hook from Doherty.
Conforto misses the jab.
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.
Doherty lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Doherty misses its intended target.
Conforto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conforto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doherty.
Doherty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conforto lands a lovely overhand right.
Doherty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Conforto misses its target.
Conforto clobbers Doherty with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Conforto misses with a looping left.
Doherty appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Conforto looks to throw the jab but Doherty is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Doherty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Doherty's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Conforto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Doherty scrambles back to his feet.
We've been told by Conforto's head coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Doherty scores with a punch to the head.
Doherty scores with a jab to the body.
Doherty punishes Conforto's body with a nice straight punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Conforto.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doherty cracks Conforto with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Conforto looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Doherty finish him?
Billy Conforto's cut is getting worse.
Doherty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conforto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conforto glances at the clock... BAM! Doherty nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Conforto crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Conforto is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cathal Doherty!
After winning the bout, Cathal Doherty thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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