PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Doherty (ranked 4393 p4p, 3768 weight class) and Gord Ryan (ranked 532 p4p, 485 weight class). Cathal Doherty could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gord Ryan's chin.

Doherty
vs
Ryan

188 cm
19
193
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
193
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Neon Zombie

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gord Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doherty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ryan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Cathal Doherty has been cut.
Doherty definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Doherty throws a looping overhand right but Ryan ducks down to avoid it.
Doherty throws a looping overhand right but Ryan ducks down to avoid it.
Doherty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Doherty misses with a jab to the body
and Ryan counters with a nice uppercut.
Ryan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doherty.
Ryan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Doherty with a body shot.
Doherty misses with a straight right.
Doherty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ryan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Doherty misses with a right hand
and Ryan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doherty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ryan moves away.
Ryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Doherty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ryan.
It looked like Doherty wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty throws a jab when Ryan was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doherty. Ryan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ryan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ryan throws an overhand right that drops Doherty like a sack of potatoes! Ryan dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gord Ryan!
Our winner, Gord Ryan, 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.