PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kickin Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty comes to the cage accompanied by Evil Boy. Rad has chosen Kids Of The K-Hole as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Doherty
vs
Rad

187 cm
25
245 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

200 cm
29
264 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luther Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kickin Rad!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rad chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Doherty thows a body shot but no joy.
Doherty looks to score with a jab to the body but Rad is just out of range.
Doherty darts in trying to clinch

and Rad counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rad.
Doherty is trying to keep Rad in close.
Rad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rad passes into half guard.
Doherty tries to get to full guard but Rad has control of the leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rad seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Doherty does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rad is trying to control the action in half guard but Doherty is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Doherty tries to get to full guard but Rad has control of the leg.
Rad stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rad is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Doherty!
Doherty is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rad prevents Doherty from getting the reversal.
Rad punching from mount but Doherty doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rad misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rad avoids the attempt from Doherty to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rad.
Rad sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rad looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rad has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Doherty's face.

It looks like Luther Doherty has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rad throws some wild stikes that Doherty manages to avoid easily.
Rad thowing shots but they're missing.
Doherty in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Luther Doherty's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty is trying to escape the mount.
Rad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Doherty sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rad wants to take a breather but Doherty is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Rad trying to work for an americana but Doherty has managed to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kickin Rad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luther Doherty's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Doherty misses with a wild combination.
Doherty walks into a left hand.
Doherty moves away from the strike by Rad.
Doherty fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rad on the side of the head.
Doherty looks to score with a jab to the body but Rad is just out of range.
Doherty is looking to clinch.
Rad fakes the leg kick and cracks Doherty in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doherty was well out of range. Poor timing from Rad.
Rad throws a leg kick that misses.
Doherty tries to clinch up.
Doherty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Luther Doherty's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rad throws a head kick that misses.
Rad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Doherty closes the distance and pushes Rad back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty gets through Rad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Doherty has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rad with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Doherty manages to break the clinch.
Rad explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rad scores with a punch to the head.
Rad lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doherty closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rad counters with a good, hard body kick but Doherty shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doherty connects with the punch.
Doherty throws a looping overhand right but Rad ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Rad misses the target.
Doherty moves to clinch but Rad breaks away
and Rad counters with a low kick, right behind Doherty 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Jeez, Luther Doherty's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luther Doherty's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kickin Rad!
Kickin Rad made sure to mention his sponsor, Conviction in his post fight interview.