PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Doherty (ranked 1025 p4p, 1462 weight class) and Clint River (ranked 151 p4p, 220 weight class). Doherty comes into the arena with Jeremy- Pearl Jam blaring out of the sound system. Cathal Doherty has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Doherty
vs
River

188 cm
23
193
8 - 4 - 0

189 cm
21
206
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint River !
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doherty checks the leg kick.
River is looking to chop away at Doherty's legs.
River loads up on a big right hand but Doherty slips the punch.
Doherty connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed River momentarily.
River drops his hands momentarily and Doherty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Clint River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River cracks Doherty with a right hand to the side of the head.
Doherty misses with a straight left.
River throws a head kick but Doherty moves out of range.
Doherty works the jab nicely.
A big right from River misses.
River fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
River throws the kick towards the body but Doherty avoids it.
River connects with a body shot that sends Doherty's belly button to the back.
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!
Donk. Doherty catches River right on the button with a cross.
River swings widly with a right hand
and Doherty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
River thuds a left hand into Doherty's body.
River slips a straight right by Doherty.
Doherty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
River appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River just misses with a punch to the body.
River tests Doherty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doherty scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
River avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Doherty swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by River .
River throws a nice looking combination but Doherty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doherty seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Doherty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by River .
It looked like Doherty wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Doherty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract River .
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts River , as that shot connected.
River digs a good body shot into Doherty's ribs.
Doherty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doherty misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River is looking to score with low kicks.
Doherty throws out a loose jab but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doherty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by River .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River misses with a wild body shot.
River looks to throw the jab but Doherty is out of range.
Doherty misses with a right hand
and River counters with a straight right hand.
River uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doherty.
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.

River has managed to clinch.
River working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Doherty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from River .
Some wild striking there from River .
River uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doherty.
River misses with a looping left.
Doherty needs to keep his hands up - River had a free shot at his head there.
River has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
River swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Doherty to counter with a crisp jab.
Doherty throws a shot from downtown. River moves away and avoids it.
River scores with a one two! Doherty had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doherty throws the left hand but River avoids the punch easily.
River misses with a leg kick.
Doherty looks to land a right hand but River moved out of range.
A jab from Doherty finds it's way through River 's defenses.
River swings for the body but Doherty moves out of range.
Doherty misses with a lunging right hand
and Doherty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
River is looking to chop away at Doherty's legs.
A jab from River misses.
It looked like Doherty wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
River missing with a left hand there. Doherty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doherty is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
River throws a right hand that misses
and Doherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Doherty misses with an uppercut
and River counters with a right hand to the body.
River defending well as Doherty loads up on a big left hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
River lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Doherty manages to break the clinch.
River connects with an inside leg kick.
River misses with a body kick.
River throws a leg kick
letting Doherty counter with a right hand.
Doherty is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from River . Doherty does a little dance to reset his feet.
River throws a wild body kick that Doherty sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from Doherty on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
River 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Doherty under the eye.
Doherty tries to move into range but River moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Doherty looks to land a left hand but River moved out of range nicely.

Doherty sends River crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Doherty is motioning to the referee to let River up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

River is rocked!
Doherty throws a shot to the body.
River is still on wobbly legs! Can Doherty finish him?
River looks winded!
River is holding his hands too far apart here. Doherty throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! River is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cathal Doherty!
After the fight, Cathal Doherty was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.