PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Doherty (ranked 236 p4p, 532 weight class) and Léopold Béliveau (ranked 32 p4p, 72 weight class). Doherty comes into the arena with Jeremy- Pearl Jam blaring out of the sound system. Cathal Doherty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doherty
vs
Béliveau

188 cm
28
193
17 - 7 - 0

181 cm
30
194
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Léopold Béliveau!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doherty bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Béliveau's head.
A punch combination from Doherty misses.
Béliveau let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Doherty scores with a sloppy right hand. Béliveau should have avoided that one.
Béliveau lands a body shot.
Doherty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Béliveau moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Doherty throws an off balance right hand
and Béliveau counters with a leg kick.
Béliveau has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A slow jab from Béliveau misses its intended target.
Doherty appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Béliveau throws a sloppy head kick and Doherty moves out of range easily.
Béliveau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Doherty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Béliveau takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doherty misses with a lunging right hand
and Doherty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Cathal Doherty has been cut.
Béliveau gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Doherty.
Doherty misses the jab.
Béliveau throws a push kick but Doherty slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Béliveau works Doherty's body with a nice hook.
Doherty misses the shot to the body.
Béliveau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Béliveau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doherty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Béliveau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Doherty is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Doherty misses with a straight left.
Doherty misses with a straight right.
Béliveau slips under a jab from Doherty.
Doherty lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Béliveau circles away quickly and effectively.
Béliveau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Doherty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Béliveau manages to avoid it.
Béliveau throws out a counter right but Doherty avoids it with no problem.
Béliveau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Doherty looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty throws a jab when Béliveau was well out of range.
Béliveau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Béliveau misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Béliveau.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doherty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Doherty throws a jab but it's blocked by Béliveau.
Béliveau misses with a looping left.
Good shot there by Doherty.
Doherty misses with a hook to the body
and Béliveau counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Doherty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Béliveau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Doherty.

Béliveau darts in and clinches Doherty up against the cage.
Béliveau struggles to land a body shot inside as Doherty controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty can't break the clinch.
Béliveau swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Doherty escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Doherty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Béliveau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Doherty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Béliveau raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Béliveau missing with a left hand there. Doherty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Béliveau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Béliveau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doherty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Béliveau! But no joy.
Doherty scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doherty lands with a hook. Béliveau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Béliveau is rocked!
Doherty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Béliveau is still on wobbly legs! Can Doherty finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whack! Doherty lands a heavy head kick that drops Béliveau. The ref tackles Doherty to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Béliveau was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Cathal Doherty!
Cathal Doherty retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Cathal Doherty thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.