PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Wolter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Wolter
vs
O Doherty

173 cm
21
152 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

166 cm
26
153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonas Wolter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mickey O Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
O Doherty checks the leg kick.
Wolter misses with a low kick.
Wolter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wolter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wolter swings widly with a right hand
and O Doherty counters with a stiff right hand.

Wolter closes the distance and pushes O Doherty back into the cage.
A short uppercut from O Doherty.
O Doherty is trying to break free.
Wolter throws an elbow that misses.
O Doherty looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wolter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Doherty avoids it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
O Doherty lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
O Doherty takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Doherty managing to block the knees to the body from Wolter.
O Doherty wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wolter prevents O Doherty from breaking the clinch.
O Doherty tries to circle away but Wolter has him pinned against the cage.
Wolter struggles to land a body shot inside as O Doherty controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Doherty tries to work over Wolter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Doherty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Doherty misses with a body punch.
Wolter has O Doherty pressed against the cage, preventing O Doherty from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
O Doherty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Doherty is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
O Doherty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Doherty avoids the elbow strike from Wolter, against the cage.
O Doherty lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wolter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Doherty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wolter swings wildly with an uppercut but O Doherty uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Doherty wants to get back to striking at distance but Wolter won't allow it.
Wolter trying to land knees to the body.
Wolter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Doherty's efforts to push away.
O Doherty avoiding damage as Wolter throws knees to the body.
Wolter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Doherty is defending well for now.
O Doherty blocks a body shot from Wolter.
O Doherty is trying to break the clinch but Wolter is controlling him.
Wolter taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
O Doherty gets through Wolter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
O Doherty wants to break the clinch but can't.

O Doherty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wolter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mickey O Doherty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wolter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wolter throws a head kick but O Doherty moves out of range.
O Doherty scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wolter in his tracks.
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 with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wolter to score with a decent uppercut.
Wolter throws a jab when O Doherty was well out of range.
O Doherty moves out of range as Wolter throws a body kick.
O Doherty throws out a loose jab but Wolter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wolter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wolter lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wolter misses with a looping left.
Wolter tries to clinch up.
Jonas Wolter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Doherty throws a looping overhand right but Wolter ducks down to avoid it.
O Doherty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from O Doherty.
O Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.
Wolter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Doherty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Doherty pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Wolter back to the cage. O Doherty follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wolter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wolter takes a swing at O Doherty's ribcage but misses.
Wolter misses with an uppercut. O Doherty saw that one coming.
O Doherty throws the left hand but Wolter avoids the punch easily.
Wolter takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wolter throws the left hand but O Doherty avoids the punch easily.
O Doherty connects with a single shot there.
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!
Wolter lands the left hand.
Wolter throws a jab when O Doherty was well out of range.
Wolter fails to land with a series of punches.
O Doherty staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from O Doherty misses the target.
O Doherty jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty slips a jab from Wolter.
Wolter throws a series of punches but O Doherty avoids them all with ease.
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.
O Doherty with a jab.
Wolter is looking to clinch but O Doherty is avoiding it.
Wolter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Doherty moves away.
Nice defenses there by Wolter.
O Doherty lands a really nice looking cross but Wolter seems unphased.
A combination from O Doherty does no damage.
A combination from O Doherty does no damage.
Wolter throws a hook but O Doherty blocks it.
Sloppy strikes from Wolter. Those never looked like landing.
O Doherty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wolter.
Wolter tries to clinch there but O Doherty circles away.
Wolter lands a leg kick that knocks O Doherty off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Doherty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Doherty ducks under a wild hook from Wolter.
Horrible takedown by Wolter or perhaps it was just good defense by O Doherty which made him look bad.

Wolter rushes O Doherty and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mickey O Doherty will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wolter moves into the clinch successfully.
Wolter misses with an elbow over the top.
O Doherty wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Doherty is trying to force a seperation but Wolter has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wolter.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wolter throws an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Doherty.
Wolter trying to land knees to the body.
Wolter misses with a knee strike.
O Doherty misses with a body punch.
Wolter working O Doherty over with knees to the body.
Wolter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Doherty is defending well for now.
O Doherty pushes Wolter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wolter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
O Doherty working hard to break the clinch.
Wolter missing with knees to the body.
Wolter has O Doherty pressed against the cage, preventing O Doherty from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wolter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wolter looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Doherty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Doherty throws a hook but Wolter avoids it easily.
Wolter misses the jab.
Wolter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Doherty.
O Doherty throws a hook but Wolter avoids it easily.
Wolter throws a leg kick but O Doherty checks it.
A punch lands to the side of Wolter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice jab there from Wolter.
Wolter needs to keep his hands up - O Doherty had a free shot at his head there.
O Doherty lands a jab.
Wolter throws an overhand right that lands on O Doherty's shoulder, as O Doherty tries to avoid the shot.
Wolter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
O Doherty moves away from the strike by Wolter.
O Doherty throws a series of punches but Wolter avoids them all with ease.
O Doherty throws a nice looking combination but Wolter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Doherty dodges the punch combination from Wolter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Doherty.
Wolter scores with the left hand. O Doherty knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Doherty lands an overhand right.
O Doherty moves out of range as Wolter strikes.
Wolter tries to score with a low kick but O Doherty moves his leg out of the way.
Wolter throws a lazy right hand but O Doherty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wolter tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Doherty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Doherty misses with a straight left.
O Doherty digs a good body shot into Wolter's ribs.
O Doherty moves out of range as Wolter strikes.
O Doherty lands a jab to Wolter's midsection.
O Doherty misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Doherty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wolter.
A big left from Wolter misses.
Wolter looks to land a right hand but O Doherty moved out of range.
Wolter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolter throws a looping overhand right but O Doherty ducks down to avoid it.
Wolter blocks a jab.

Wolter closes the distance and clinches.
Wolter lands an elbow just above O Doherty 's eye.
Wolter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wolter missing with knees to the body.
O Doherty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Doherty is trying to break the clinch but Wolter is controlling him.
Wolter lands a nice elbow.
Wolter lands with a short shot to the head.
Wolter blocks a body shot from O Doherty.
O Doherty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wolter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Doherty.
Nice elbow from Wolter.
Wolter prevents O Doherty from breaking the clinch.

O Doherty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Doherty throws a hook but Wolter avoids it easily.
Wolter misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A leg kick checked by O Doherty.
Wolter is looking to clinch but O Doherty is avoiding it.
O Doherty misses with a double jab.
Wolter lands a head shot.
Wolter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Doherty.
O Doherty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wolter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wolter wants to slow O Doherty down by chopping away at his legs.
O Doherty takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wolter misses with a straight left.
O Doherty thuds a left hand into Wolter's body.
O Doherty ducks under a wild hook from Wolter.
Wolter misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Doherty lands with a nice combination. Wolter backs away looking to recover.
Wolter misses with an uppercut. O Doherty saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Wolter misses its intended target.
O Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonas Wolter dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

O Doherty throws out a loose jab but Wolter uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from O Doherty misses.
Wolter misses with a leg kick.
O Doherty scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
O Doherty throws a hook but Wolter avoids it easily.
O Doherty darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
O Doherty thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Doherty lunges at Wolter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wolter's hand.
Wolter throws a jab but it's blocked by O Doherty.
O Doherty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Doherty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wolter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Doherty displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wolter.
O Doherty lands a two punch combo.
Wolter tries to clinch but O Doherty is having none of it.
Wolter takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
Wolter lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps O Doherty's head backwards.
O Doherty throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mickey O Doherty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decent striking displayed by Wolter there.
Wolter walks into a jab.
Wolter scores with a jab.
A combination from Wolter does no damage.
A jab from Wolter misses.
Wolter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Doherty manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wolter throws out a loose jab but O Doherty uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Doherty misses with a series of wild punches.
O Doherty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Doherty lands a head shot.
O Doherty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wolter.
O Doherty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wolter throws the left hand but O Doherty avoids the punch easily.
Good shot there by Wolter.
O Doherty looks to land a right hand but Wolter moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty looks to throw the jab but Wolter is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for O Doherty. That snapped Wolter's head back.
O Doherty checks a leg kick nicely.
O Doherty swats away the attempt to clinch by Wolter.
O Doherty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wolter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wolter loads up on a big right hand but O Doherty slips the punch.
Wolter throws a solid leg kick but O Doherty takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wolter.
O Doherty ducks under a wild hook from Wolter.
Wolter tries to clinch up.
Wolter throws a poor cross that misses
and O Doherty counters with a right hand to the body.
O Doherty lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
O Doherty keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wolter.
A jab from Wolter does it's job there.
Wolter lands with a right hand.
O Doherty throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Doherty throws a jab but it's blocked by Wolter.
O Doherty staying out of range there.
Wolter throws a low kick but O Doherty avoids it.
Wolter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches O Doherty on the side of the head.
Wolter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wolter lands a front kick.
O Doherty swats away the attempt to clinch by Wolter.
O Doherty throws a right hand that Wolter ducks under and follows up with a left that Wolter also avoids with ease.
O Doherty avoids the body shot from Wolter.
O Doherty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wolter avoids the body shot from O Doherty.
Wolter swinging wildly here.
A big left from Wolter misses.
O Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.
Wolter throws out a leg kick but O Doherty moves out of range and Wolter only half commits.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for O Doherty, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wolter throws the kick towards the body but O Doherty avoids it.
O Doherty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wolter.
Wolter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O Doherty misses the jab.
Wolter fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Doherty slips a straight right by Wolter.
O Doherty displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wolter misses with a telegraphed body shot
and O Doherty counters with a nice body shot.
Wolter looks to land a left hand but O Doherty moved out of range nicely.
O Doherty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wolter looks to land a left hand but O Doherty moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wolter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wolter throws a looping overhand right but O Doherty ducks down to avoid it.
Wolter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Doherty stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Doherty thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mickey O Doherty.
I think O Doherty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mickey O Doherty!
After winning the bout, Mickey O Doherty thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.