PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iwo Yaj (ranked 6823 p4p, 632 weight class) and Seamus Docherty (ranked 9205 p4p, 0 weight class). Seamus Docherty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yaj
vs
Docherty

187 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
191 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Taps On The Island

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Iwo Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Seamus Docherty!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj avoids a kick to the body.
Docherty throws a hook but Yaj avoids it easily.

Yaj clinches up with Docherty and pushes him back against the cage.
Yaj scores with a shoulder strike.
Yaj blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Yaj.
Docherty tries to stall but Yaj uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yaj leaning against his opponent.
Docherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Docherty blocking some punches.
Docherty misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yaj doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Docherty misses with a knee to the head.
Yaj swings wildly with an uppercut but Docherty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Docherty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Docherty stalls.
Yaj working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj avoiding damage as Docherty throws knees to the body.
Docherty misses with a knee to the head.
Yaj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Docherty tries a knee to the head but Yaj blocks it.
Docherty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yaj blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Yaj scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yaj has a couple of punches blocked by Docherty.
Docherty with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Docherty trying to land knees to the body.
Yaj lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Docherty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yaj can't find room to land a body shot as Docherty controls the action.
Yaj lands a body shot.
Docherty trying to land knees to the body.
Yaj softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Docherty blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaj doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yaj misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yaj managing to block the knees to the body from Docherty.
Yaj avoiding damage as Docherty throws knees to the body.
Yaj scores with a shot to the side of Docherty's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Yaj manages to break the clinch.

Yaj clinches up with Docherty and pushes him back against the cage.
Yaj tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Docherty's elbow.
Docherty tries to land a knee to the head but Yaj blocks with his arms.
Yaj scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yaj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yaj.
Yaj can't find room to land a body shot as Docherty controls the action.
Yaj scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Docherty tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Docherty looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yaj lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Yaj.
Docherty tries to break free but Yaj pushes him back against the cage.
Yaj lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yaj lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Docherty is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj swings wildly with an uppercut but Docherty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Docherty is still on wobbly legs! Can Yaj finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Yaj fails to land.
Yaj pushes Docherty against the cage. Yaj is working some dirty boxing. Yaj pushes off with a quick right hook! Docherty goes down! Docherty tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Yaj moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iwo Yaj!
During a confident post fight interview, Iwo Yaj thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.