PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Austin Wenke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Wenke
vs
O Doherty

170 cm
26
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

166 cm
24
153 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Austin Wenke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mickey O Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Doherty takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Wenke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wenke throws the left hand but O Doherty avoids the punch easily.
Wenke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Doherty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Doherty stuns Wenke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
O Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wenke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wenke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Doherty lands a really nice looking cross but Wenke seems unphased.
O Doherty takes one to the side of the head.
Wenke misses with a two punch combination.
Wenke misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Doherty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wenke.
Wenke throws a jab but it's blocked by O Doherty.
O Doherty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wenke misses with a straight right.
O Doherty scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Austin Wenke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Doherty scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A cross from O Doherty lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wenke misses with a wild combination.
Wenke lands with an overhand left.
O Doherty lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wenke falls off balance throwing a combination
and O Doherty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wenke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A cross from O Doherty lands.
O Doherty dips to his left and cracks Wenke with an uppercut!
O Doherty slips a jab from Wenke.
Sloppy strikes from Wenke. Those never looked like landing.
Wenke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wenke takes one to the side of the head.
O Doherty slips a straight right by Wenke.
Wenke throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left lands for O Doherty.
O Doherty slips a jab from Wenke.
O Doherty slips a straight right by Wenke.
Wenke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wenke is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty stalks Wenke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wenke's face. Wenke staggers backwards, shaken.
O Doherty lands a jab to the nose.
Wenke throws a left and a right that both miss
and O Doherty makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Doherty lands with an uppercut that bounces Wenke off the ropes and back into range.
Wenke takes one to the chin there.
Nice jab there from O Doherty.
Wenke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wenke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Doherty throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
O Doherty smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
O Doherty scores with a one two! Wenke had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wenke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big right from Wenke misses.
Nice defenses there by O Doherty.
Wenke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wenke moves away from the strike by O Doherty.
Wenke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between O Doherty's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wenke misses the shot to the body.
O Doherty connects with a looping right hand.
O Doherty displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wenke throws out the jab.
O Doherty lands the left hand.
Wenke needs to keep his hands up - O Doherty had a free shot at his head there.
Wenke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Doherty works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wenke on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wenke misses with an uppercut
and Wenke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Doherty sizes up Wenke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Doherty throws a nice looking combination but Wenke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Doherty displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
O Doherty blocks a jab.
Wenke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Doherty throws out the jab.
Sloppy strikes from O Doherty. Those never looked like landing.
Wenke missing with a left hand there. O Doherty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot lands for Wenke.
O Doherty is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wenke had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wenke lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - O Doherty can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Wenke and O Doherty drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Wenke.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Austin Wenke!