PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Behan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domnall O Carroll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Behan
vs
O Carroll

184 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brendan Behan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Domnall O Carroll!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Carroll moves into the clinch successfully.
Behan is trying to pull guard but O Carroll has him pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Carroll.
A body shot lands from O Carroll.
O Carroll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Behan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning O Carroll up against the cage.
O Carroll lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from O Carroll - that landed with a thud.
O Carroll lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from O Carroll.
Behan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
O Carroll has Behan pressed against the cage, preventing Behan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Behan is trying to push O Carroll away but O Carroll has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Carroll lands a nice uppercut.
O Carroll pushes Behan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Behan is breathing heavily.
O Carroll's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from O Carroll.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behan tries to circle away but O Carroll has him pinned against the cage.
O Carroll lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Carroll lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Carroll has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Behan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if O Carroll can turn it around.
A left hand lands to the body for O Carroll.
A right handed body shot lands from O Carroll.
O Carroll lands a left hand.
O Carroll lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Behan backwards.
O Carroll lands a left hand that snaps the head of Behan backwards.

Behan is rocked!
A shot in the inside from O Carroll.
Oh Behan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Carroll unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Behan! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but O Carroll is unloading with more strikes now! Behan drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Domnall O Carroll!
After the fight, Domnall O Carroll was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.