PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Turo Hamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luther Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Doherty's choice of entrance music: Evil Boy. Turo Hamara has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hamara
vs
Doherty

201 cm
27
286 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

187 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Turo Hamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luther Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doherty tries to clinch there but Hamara circles away.
Donk. Doherty catches Hamara right on the button with a cross.
Doherty fails in his attempt to clinch.

Doherty has Hamara up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Doherty.
Hamara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Doherty scores with a shoulder strike.
Doherty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Doherty prevents Hamara from breaking the clinch.
Doherty lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doherty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hamara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doherty trying to land knees to the body.
Doherty lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hamara backwards.
Hamara is trying to force a seperation but Doherty has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamara managing to block the knees to the body from Doherty.
Hamara misses with some punches.
Hamara is trying to break the clinch but Doherty has him pressed against the cage.
Doherty lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hamara backwards.
Doherty is working Hamara over against the cage.
Hamara is breathing heavily.
Doherty content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Doherty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamara avoids it.
Doherty misses with a knee strike.
Doherty manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hamara displaying some good clinch control by pressing Doherty up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Doherty.
Doherty just leaning against Hamara, taking a breather.
Doherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doherty has Hamara pressed against the cage, preventing Hamara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doherty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Doherty just leaning against Hamara, taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Doherty.
Doherty lands a body shot in the clinch.
Doherty throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doherty unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hamara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Doherty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hamara backwards.
Doherty lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Doherty crunches a lovely knee into Hamara's ribcage.
Doherty manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A hook to the body from Doherty.
Doherty tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Doherty lands a shoulder strike.
Doherty digs a right hand underneath Hamara's ribcage. Hamara let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Doherty to work.
Doherty throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Doherty.
Doherty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doherty lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hamara wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Doherty.
Doherty lands a knee to the head.
Doherty stalling against the cage.
Hamara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Doherty pushes Hamara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Doherty is leaning against Hamara and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Doherty lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doherty with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Hamara is rocked!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Doherty takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oh Hamara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Doherty creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Hamara with a big uppercut! Hamara tries to clinch up but Doherty pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Hamara to the mat! Hamara covers up and Doherty unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Luther Doherty!
Luther Doherty decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.