PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Doo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley has chosen rocky road to dublin as his entrance music. John Doo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Doo
vs
Bradley

150 cm
25
145 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

179 cm
21
138 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Doo !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doo throws a head kick but Bradley moves out of range.

Doo has closed the distance and engaged Bradley in a clinch.
Bradley avoids a wild elbow strike from Doo .
Bradley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bradley tries to break free but Doo pushes him back against the cage.
Doo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Doo lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Doo fails to land.
Doo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike from Doo .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bradley's elbow.
Doo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bradley working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Doo has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Doo '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.
Doo tries to work over Bradley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Doo misses with a punch to the body.
Doo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Doo trying to stall but Bradley improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doo stalling in the clinch but Bradley improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Doo .
Doo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doo throws a head kick that misses.
Despite the aggression on Bradley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Doo moves into range and clinches up with Bradley.
Doo misses with a punch on the inside.
Bradley avoids a wild elbow strike from Doo .
Doo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bradley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doo tries to land knees in the clinch but Bradley avoids the damage to the body.
Doo is struggling to control the position.
Doo crunches a lovely knee into Bradley's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is trying to force a seperation but Doo has the dominant position.
Doo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Doo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Come on Doo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Doo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doo working aggressively here.
A short left from Doo .
Doo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Doo misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike.
Doo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee is keeping an eye on Doo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Doo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Doo misses with a body punch.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Doo can't find room to land a body shot as Bradley controls the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Doo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bradley prevents a body shot from Doo .
Doo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bradley avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Doo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Doo wants to clinch
and Bradley counters with a one-two to the body.
Doo moves in looking to clinch but Bradley pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Bradley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Doo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bradley is looking for the big counter here.
Bradley takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Doo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Doo misses with a hook to the ribs.

Bradley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Doo closes the distance and clinches.
Doo lands a damaging elbow.

Bradley is rocked!

It looks like Joe Bradley has been cut.
Doo crunches a lovely knee into Bradley's ribcage.
Bradley is still on wobbly legs! Can Doo finish him?
A short right from Doo on the inside.
Clinched against the cage, Doo lands a big elbow that drops Bradley! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Bradley is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Doo !