PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Doherty (ranked 5868 p4p, 6237 weight class) and Jules Ann (ranked 651 p4p, 678 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Doherty
vs
Ann

188 cm
19
193
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
195
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Neon Zombie
SMESH Nutrition 160Q

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jules Ann!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ann slips a straight right by Doherty.
Doherty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut there from Ann.
Ann connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Cathal Doherty has been cut.
Ann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doherty.
Doherty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Doherty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Donk. Ann catches Doherty right on the button with a cross.
Doherty gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Ann gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Doherty is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jules Ann!
During a confident post fight interview, Jules Ann thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.