PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Doyle (ranked 3184 p4p, 3483 weight class) and Larson Picker (ranked 97 p4p, 106 weight class). Doyle comes to the cage accompanied by The Clash - Jimmy Jazz. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Doyle
vs
Picker

171 cm
46
150
33 - 20 - 1

180 cm
39
165
33 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Knock Out Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 21 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larson Picker!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doyle misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Picker counters with a stiff right hand.
Picker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Picker moves out of range of the strikes.
Picker catches Doyle with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Doyle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Picker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Doyle counters with a quick kick to the body but Picker blocks it.
Picker misses with an uppercut.
Picker misses the jab.
A quick step to the side and Doyle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Picker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Doyle lands a nice looking body shot.
Picker moves out of range as Doyle throws a body kick.
The crowd cheers as Picker lands an impressive looking overhand right. Doyle doesn't seem phased though.
Doyle tries to land a front kick but Picker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Picker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Picker throws an overhand right that lands on Doyle's shoulder, as Doyle tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Picker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circling - Picker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Picker loads up on a big right hand but Doyle slips the punch.
Picker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Doyle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle moves out of range of the strikes.
Doyle is looking to land body kicks.
Picker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Doyle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Picker with a jab.
Picker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doyle throws out the jab.
Picker throws out a counter right but Doyle avoids it with no problem.

Doyle moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Doyle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Picker works on Doyle's body with a couple of short punches.
Doyle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Picker manages to break the clinch.
Picker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Picker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doyle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Picker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doyle scores with a jab.
Doyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Picker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doyle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Picker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doyle sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Picker walks into a stiff left hand from Doyle.
Picker slips under a jab from Doyle.
Picker throws out a counter right but Doyle avoids it with no problem.
Picker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doyle.
It seemed like Picker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Doyle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Doyle is looking to chop away at Picker's legs.
Doyle ducks under a wild hook from Picker.
Picker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Picker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Picker throws out a loose jab but Doyle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Picker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Picker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Doyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doyle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Doyle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Picker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doyle scores with a jab to the body.
Picker throws out a powerful jab.
Doyle gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Doyle. That's going to slow Picker down.
Picker slips under a jab.
Picker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Doyle.
Doyle throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Picker misses its intended target.
Doyle looks to score with a jab to the body but Picker is just out of range.
Picker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Doyle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Picker.
Picker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Picker misses with a lunging right hand
and Doyle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Doyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doyle swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Picker counter with a right hand.
Doyle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Picker.
Doyle seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Doyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Doyle's corner calls for a 1-2. Doyle obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Picker scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Picker misses.
A quick step to the side and Doyle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Picker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doyle misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Doyle.
Doyle missing with a left hand there. Picker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle ducks right into an uppercut from Picker.
Picker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Doyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Picker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Picker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Picker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Picker throws a hook but Doyle blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Doyle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Picker misses with a straight right.
As Picker tries to get set, Doyle tries to push him back and clinch up but Picker manages to avoid the attempt.
Picker missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Doyle rushes Picker and presses him up against the cage.
Picker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Doyle misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doyle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Doyle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Picker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Picker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Picker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Doyle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Larson Picker will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Picker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doyle throws a body punch but Picker moves out of range.
Picker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Doyle counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Doyle with a hook.
Doyle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Picker.
Picker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doyle moves out of range of the strikes.
Doyle misses with a hook.
Picker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Doyle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A little jabbing left from Picker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Picker throws a jab when Doyle was well out of range.
Doyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Picker misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
A big left from Picker misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Picker throws out a loose jab but Doyle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Picker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Doyle has time to react.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but Picker moved out of range.
Picker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Doyle moves away from the strike by Picker.

Picker tries to keep at a distance but Doyle has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Picker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Picker.
Picker misses with some punches.
Doyle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Picker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Doyle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Picker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Picker just leaning against Doyle, taking a breather.

Picker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Picker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big left from Picker misses.
Picker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Doyle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Doyle walks into a jab.
Doyle looks to throw the jab but Picker is out of range.
Doyle misses with an uppercut.
Doyle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Picker was well out of range. Poor timing from Doyle.
Picker missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but Picker manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Picker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Doyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Picker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doyle shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doyle staying out of range there.
Doyle misses with a kick to the body.
Doyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Picker moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Picker there.
Doyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doyle defending well as Picker loads up on a big left hand.
A little feinted left hand from Doyle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Doyle misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Picker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Picker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Picker misses with a hook.
Doyle swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Picker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice straight punches there by Picker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Picker.
Picker just misses with a punch to the body.
Doyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larson Picker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Doyle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Picker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picker misses with a double jab.
A jab from Picker misses.
Doyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Picker ducks under a wild hook from Doyle.
Picker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot by Doyle.
Picker takes a swing at Doyle's ribcage but misses.
Doyle blocks a jab.
Doyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Picker misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
Doyle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doyle misses with an uppercut.
Doyle wants to clinch.
Picker throws a series of punches but Doyle avoids them all with ease.
Doyle is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Picker.
Picker looks to land a left hand but Doyle moved out of range nicely.
Picker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Doyle throws a looping overhand right but Picker ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picker swats away the attempt to clinch by Doyle.
Picker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Picker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doyle.
Nice defenses there by Doyle.
Picker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doyle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Picker scores with a shot to the body.
Doyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Picker.
Doyle misses with a body shot.
Doyle misses with the combination.
Picker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Picker throws a looping overhand right but Doyle ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Doyle misses the target.
Doyle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Doyle throws a leg kick but Picker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Picker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Larson Picker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Doyle jabs Picker to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Doyle looks to land a left hand but Picker moved out of range nicely.
Picker misses with a straight left.
Picker lands a jab to the nose.
Picker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Picker staying out of range there.
Picker throws out a counter right but Doyle avoids it with no problem.
Doyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Picker misses with a looping left.
Doyle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Picker counters with a nice uppercut.
Doyle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Picker. Picker obviously looking to wear him down.
Doyle defending well as Picker loads up on a big left hand.
Picker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Doyle wants to clinch.
Doyle looks to score with a jab to the body but Picker is just out of range.
Doyle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Picker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle misses with a straight left.
A jab from Picker finds it's way through Doyle's defenses.
Doyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doyle throws a body punch but Picker moves out of range.
Doyle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Picker's sensitive parts.
Picker throws out a loose jab but Doyle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doyle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Doyle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Picker throws out the jab.
Picker throws the left hand but Doyle avoids the punch easily.
Doyle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Picker lands with an uppercut that bounces Doyle off the cage and back into range.
Doyle takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Picker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doyle.
Doyle walks into a left hand.
A jab from Doyle misses.
Picker throws a hook but Doyle avoids it easily.
Doyle is looking to counter the offense by Picker and move into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Picker misses with a straight right.
Doyle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jimmy Doyle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Picker.
Doyle gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Picker throws out a powerful jab.
Doyle misses with a body shot.
Doyle misses with a body shot.
Picker moves away from the strike by Doyle.
Picker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Picker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Doyle on the side of the head.
Picker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Picker.
Doyle looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but Picker moved out of range.
A jab from Doyle does it's job there.
Picker cracks Doyle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Picker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Doyle throws a body shot but no joy.
Doyle misses with a lunging right hand
and Picker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Picker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picker scores with a punch to the head.
Picker throws a leg kick that is checked
and Doyle counters with a straight right hand.
Picker throws a jab when Doyle was well out of range.
Picker throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the liver by Picker. Beautiful body shot.
Doyle looks to score with a jab to the body but Picker is just out of range.
Doyle misses with a jab to the body
letting Picker counter with a right hand.
Doyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Picker looks to land a left hand but Doyle moved out of range nicely.
Picker misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
Doyle drops his hands momentarily and Picker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Picker missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doyle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Picker.
Doyle throws a low kick but Picker moves out of range easily.
Doyle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Picker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doyle looks to throw the jab but Picker is out of range.
Doyle misses with a right hand
and Picker counters with a nice uppercut.
Doyle slips a straight right by Picker.
Picker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Picker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Doyle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Picker lands the left hand.
Picker lands a nice looking body shot.
Doyle slips a jab from Picker.
Doyle throws a big shot that misses.
Doyle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Picker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Picker swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Doyle, as that shot connected.
Picker connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doyle. Picker does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larson Picker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Picker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larson Picker!
Our winner, Larson Picker, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.