PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Declan Doyle (ranked 5801 p4p, 5749 weight class) and Ron The Anchorman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Declan Doyle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Doyle
vs
The Anchorman

188 cm
19
205
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
195
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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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 New York, Declan Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron The Anchorman!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doyle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Doyle thuds his right hand into The Anchorman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The Anchorman throws a push kick but Doyle slaps the foot to one side.
The Anchorman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Anchorman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
The Anchorman tries to land a front kick but Doyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Some bone on bone action there as Doyle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Anchorman looks to land a body kick but Doyle moved away.
The Anchorman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Anchorman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Doyle misses with a looping left.
A bone on bone clash there as Doyle blocks the leg kick.
Doyle looks to land a left hand but The Anchorman moved out of range nicely.
The Anchorman ducks under a wild hook from Doyle.
And The Anchorman responds with a good body kick, but Doyle manages to step out the way in time.
The Anchorman misses with an attempted mid kick.
A combination from The Anchorman does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Doyle misses the target.
The Anchorman throws out a leg kick but Doyle moves out of range and The Anchorman only half commits.
The Anchorman throws a sloppy head kick and Doyle moves out of range easily.
Doyle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doyle catches The Anchorman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Doyle loads up on a big right hand but The Anchorman slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Anchorman throws a head kick but Doyle moves out of range.
The Anchorman throws a wild body kick that Doyle sees coming a mile off.
Doyle moves out of range of the body kick from The Anchorman.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
Doyle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doyle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Anchorman.
The Anchorman throws a body kick that misses.
Doyle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Doyle misses with a looping left.
Ron The Anchorman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Anchorman.
Doyle is looking to counter punch.
Doyle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doyle misses with a hook. The Anchorman ducked under it nicely.
The Anchorman misses with a body kick.
Doyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Anchorman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doyle manages to avoid it.
Doyle is looking to counter punch.
Doyle throws a hook but The Anchorman avoids it easily.
The Anchorman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Doyle is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The Anchorman walks into a left hand.
The Anchorman misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Anchorman is looking to land body kicks.
The Anchorman slips under a jab.
The Anchorman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doyle misses with an uppercut. The Anchorman saw that one coming.
The Anchorman lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The Anchorman tries to land a body kick
and Doyle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Doyle missing with a left hand there. The Anchorman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Anchorman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Doyle's head.
Nice uppercut there from Doyle.
Doyle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doyle moves out of range of the body kick from The Anchorman.
Doyle is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Anchorman misses with a body kick.
Doyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doyle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Anchorman.
The Anchorman throws a body kick that misses.
The Anchorman looks to land a body kick but Doyle moved away.
The fighters circling - Doyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Anchorman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Anchorman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doyle throws out the jab.
Doyle misses with a straight left.
Doyle getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Doyle thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Anchorman ducks under a wild hook from Doyle.
The Anchorman scores with a leg kick.
Doyle throws a hook to the side of The Anchorman's head but The Anchorman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Anchorman bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Doyle misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from The Anchorman misses.
Doyle throws out a loose jab but The Anchorman uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Anchorman misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Doyle misses.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by The Anchorman.
The Anchorman walks into a jab.
The Anchorman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Doyle avoids the head kick by The Anchorman.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
Doyle looks to land a left hand but The Anchorman moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle throws an overhand right that lands on The Anchorman's shoulder, as The Anchorman tries to avoid the shot.
Doyle checks a low kick from The Anchorman.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Anchorman tries a low kick but Doyle avoids it.
Doyle looks to throw the jab but The Anchorman is out of range.
Doyle cracks The Anchorman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Anchorman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doyle.
The Anchorman throws a big counter head kick but Doyle avoids it with no problem.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but The Anchorman moved out of range.
The Anchorman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been informed that The Anchorman has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nice defenses there by The Anchorman.
The Anchorman throws a body punch but Doyle moves out of range.
The Anchorman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Doyle rather than just go for the knockout.
Doyle misses with a hook. The Anchorman ducked under it nicely.
The Anchorman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Anchorman scores with a kick to the body.
The Anchorman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doyle.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Doyle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from The Anchorman - the referee stops the clock and Doyle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says The Anchorman. Doyle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Anchorman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Doyle takes a step back to recover.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by The Anchorman.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Declan Doyle will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Anchorman scores with a push kick.
Doyle connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Doyle misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Doyle misses the target.
Doyle misses with a looping right.
Doyle throws an overhand right that lands on The Anchorman's shoulder, as The Anchorman tries to avoid the shot.
The Anchorman throws a counter combo.
Doyle has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Doyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as Doyle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Anchorman moves out of range of the strikes.
The Anchorman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doyle throws out the jab.
The Anchorman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Anchorman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Anchorman.
The Anchorman lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Doyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Anchorman lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Declan Doyle has been cut.
Doyle scores with a punch to the head.
The Anchorman throws a sloppy head kick and Doyle moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Anchorman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Doyle checks the leg kick nicely there.
The Anchorman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Doyle checks it well.
The fighters circling - Doyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Anchorman looks for the body kick but Doyle saw that one coming.
Doyle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The Anchorman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Anchorman is breathing heavily.
Doyle misses the jab.
Doyle throws a hook to the side of The Anchorman's head but The Anchorman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Anchorman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
The Anchorman throws a head kick but Doyle moves out of range.
Doyle scores with a nice strike.
The Anchorman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Doyle works the jab nicely.
The Anchorman throws the kick towards the body but Doyle avoids it.
The Anchorman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Anchorman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doyle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle misses with a straight right.
Doyle missing with a left hand there. The Anchorman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Anchorman tries to land a front kick but Doyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The Anchorman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Anchorman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Anchorman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Anchorman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doyle connects with a right hand. The Anchorman shakes it off.
The Anchorman throws a head kick that misses.
Doyle thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Anchorman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doyle throws out the jab.
Doyle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice defenses there by The Anchorman.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Anchorman.
Declan Doyle is winning the standup battle so far.
Doyle throws the left hand but The Anchorman avoids the punch easily.
The Anchorman throws a big counter head kick but Doyle avoids it with no problem.
Doyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Anchorman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Anchorman scores with a kick to the body.
Doyle blocks a low kick nicely.
The Anchorman throws a leg kick but Doyle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Doyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Anchorman throws a push kick but Doyle slaps the foot to one side.
Doyle lands a nice shot that snaps The Anchorman's head back.
The Anchorman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The Anchorman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
Doyle throws a lazy right hand but The Anchorman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doyle throws a hook but The Anchorman avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from The Anchorman.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
The Anchorman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Doyle catches The Anchorman right on the button with a cross.
The Anchorman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice straight punches there by Doyle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Doyle.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by The Anchorman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle looks to land a left hand but The Anchorman moved out of range nicely.
The Anchorman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doyle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doyle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Doyle misses its intended target.
A big left from Doyle misses.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by The Anchorman.
Doyle sizes up The Anchorman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Anchorman throws a push kick but Doyle slaps the foot to one side.
The Anchorman slips under a jab from Doyle.
A swing and a miss from Doyle.
The Anchorman tries a head kick but it misses.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Anchorman. Doyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
Doyle missing with a left hand there. The Anchorman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Doyle misses.
Doyle misses with a looping right.
The Anchorman throws the kick towards the body but Doyle avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Declan Doyle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Declan Doyle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

The Anchorman throws out a leg kick but Doyle moves out of range and The Anchorman only half commits.
Doyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doyle will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Anchorman.
Ron The Anchorman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Anchorman.
The Anchorman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Anchorman looks for the body kick but Doyle saw that one coming.
The Anchorman moves out of range of the strikes.
Doyle loads up on a big right hand but The Anchorman slips the punch.
The Anchorman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Doyle keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by The Anchorman.
Doyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Doyle misses its intended target.
The Anchorman misses with a body kick.
The Anchorman moves away from the strike by Doyle.
The Anchorman throws a shot from downtown. Doyle moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Doyle misses the target.
The Anchorman looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle throws an overhand right that lands on The Anchorman's shoulder, as The Anchorman tries to avoid the shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Anchorman.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
The Anchorman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Anchorman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doyle loads up on a big right hand but The Anchorman slips the punch.
Doyle throws out a loose jab but The Anchorman uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Anchorman looks to score with a jab to the body but Doyle is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Doyle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Doyle misses with an uppercut.
Doyle throws an overhand right that lands on The Anchorman's shoulder, as The Anchorman tries to avoid the shot.
The Anchorman throws a counter combo.
The Anchorman slips under a jab from Doyle.
The Anchorman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The Anchorman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
Doyle checks the leg kick.
Doyle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Anchorman.
The Anchorman tries to land a front kick but Doyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good standup being displayed there by Doyle as he connects with a hook.
Doyle blocks a head kick by The Anchorman.
Doyle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Anchorman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Anchorman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little feinted left hand from Doyle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Anchorman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Anchorman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doyle misses with a straight right.
Doyle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Doyle throws a big shot that misses.
Doyle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
Doyle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doyle moves out of range as The Anchorman throws a body kick.
Doyle throws a shot from downtown. The Anchorman moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Doyle misses.
The Anchorman counters with a body kick.
Doyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Anchorman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doyle misses the jab.
The Anchorman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doyle.
The Anchorman throws a push kick but Doyle slaps the foot to one side.
The Anchorman looks to score with a jab to the body but Doyle is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Anchorman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doyle.
Doyle lands with a straight right. The Anchorman didn't see that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Anchorman.
Doyle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Anchorman can do to turn this around?
The Anchorman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doyle.
The Anchorman throws a push kick but Doyle slaps the foot to one side.
The Anchorman moves out of range as Doyle strikes.
Ron The Anchorman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Anchorman slips a straight right by Doyle.
Doyle avoids the head kick by The Anchorman.
The Anchorman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Doyle misses with a looping right.
The Anchorman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Doyle throws the left hand but The Anchorman avoids the punch easily.
Doyle with a nice cross.
The Anchorman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Doyle scores with a jab to the head.
The Anchorman tries to land a front kick but Doyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Doyle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle lunges at The Anchorman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Anchorman's hand.
Doyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doyle throws the left hand but The Anchorman avoids the punch easily.
Doyle's jab looks to have found its range, popping The Anchorman under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Doyle misses its intended target.
The Anchorman fails to land with a series of punches.
Doyle throwing a counter right hand but The Anchorman manages to avoid it.
Doyle lands with a cross.
The Anchorman gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Doyle counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by The Anchorman.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but The Anchorman moved out of range.
Doyle throws out a loose jab but The Anchorman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doyle looks to land a left hand but The Anchorman moved out of range nicely.
The Anchorman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Doyle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Doyle lands with a right hand.
Doyle throws out a loose jab but The Anchorman uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Anchorman ducks right into an uppercut from Doyle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Declan Doyle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Doyle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Declan Doyle!
A very excited looking Declan Doyle made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.