PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Misha Collins (ranked 888 p4p, 1659 weight class) and Jimmy Doyle (ranked 110 p4p, 182 weight class). Doyle has chosen The Clash - Jimmy Jazz as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Collins
vs
Doyle

167 cm
39
148
32 - 25 - 1

171 cm
43
150
30 - 15 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Doyle!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice body punch from Collins.
Collins drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Collins fails with a takedown attempt.
Collins throws a jab when Doyle was well out of range.
Jimmy Doyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Collins.
Collins staying out of range there.
Collins misses with a body shot.
Collins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Doyle moves in looking to clinch but Collins pushes him off.
Collins misses with a wild body shot.
Doyle misses with a body shot.
Donk. Doyle catches Collins right on the button with a cross.
Collins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Doyle. Doyle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doyle.
Collins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collins throws a hook to the side of Doyle's head but Doyle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doyle avoids the body shot from Collins.
Doyle steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Collins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Collins.
Collins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doyle moves away.
Collins throws a shot to the body.
Collins dives in for a single leg takedown but Doyle sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Doyle moves into the clinch.
Collins jumps guard but Doyle turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Misha Collins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doyle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Doyle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins blocks a body shot from Doyle.
Collins prevents a body shot from Doyle.
Collins is looking to take this one to the mat.
Collins blocks a body shot from Doyle.
Collins is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Doyle is defending well.
Collins jumps guard but Doyle stands there with Collins around his waist. Collins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Doyle breaks the clinch.

Collins shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Doyle napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins is putting a hurting on Doyle here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Doyle is not content to let Collins control the position.
Doyle is trying to get back to half guard.
Doyle taking a bit of punishment here - Collins scoring with strikes.
Collins passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Doyle!
Doyle working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Doyle bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Collins is trying to keep Doyle in close.
Doyle advances position into side control!
Doyle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Collins keeps working.
Collins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Collins tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins is working hard here to advance position.
Doyle working away.
Collins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Collins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Collins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Doyle wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Collins gets back to half guard.
Collins wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Misha Collins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Collins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Collins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doyle jabs Collins to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Collins shoots in but Doyle avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Collins throws a body punch but Doyle moves out of range.

Doyle rushes Collins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Collins is trying to pull guard but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Doyle lands with a left to the head.
Doyle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Doyle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Collins fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Misha Collins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doyle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Doyle scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Doyle fails to land.
Doyle misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doyle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Collins jumps guard but Doyle turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Doyle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collins is looking to wear down Doyle with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Collins checks a leg kick.
Collins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Doyle tries to clinch but Collins is having none of it.
Doyle misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Collins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Collins throws a jab but it's blocked by Doyle.
Doyle jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Doyle takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Collins takes a swing at Doyle's ribcage but misses.
Doyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Collins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doyle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Collins.
Doyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Collins lands with a shot to the body.
Doyle throws a jab when Collins was well out of range.
Collins tries to counter with a takedown but Doyle is quick to defend against it.
Collins with a lazy takedown attempt
and Doyle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Doyle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Collins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collins throws a looping overhand right but Doyle ducks down to avoid it.
Doyle throws out a counter right but Collins avoids it with no problem.
Doyle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Collins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle misses with a looping right.
Doyle misses with a kick to the body.
Doyle slips under a jab from Collins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collins missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle dips to his left and cracks Collins with an uppercut!
Doyle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Collins misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
Collins throws a lazy right hand but Doyle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Collins takes a swing at Doyle's ribcage but misses.
Doyle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doyle. Collins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Collins connects with a looping right hand.
Collins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doyle manages to avoid it.
Doyle now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Collins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doyle punishes Collins's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Doyle is looking to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Doyle. That's going to slow Collins down.
Doyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doyle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Collins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doyle moves away.
Doyle wants to counter the offense by Collins and move into the clinch position.
Doyle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collins was well out of range. Poor timing from Doyle.
Collins scores with a hook.
Collins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doyle moves away.
Doyle scores with a punch to the head.
Collins jabs Doyle right on the nose. Doyle blinks but takes it well.
Jimmy Doyle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Collins lands a jab to the nose.
Collins slips a jab from Doyle.
Doyle missing with a left hand there. Collins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle feints and then cracks Collins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Collins down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collins swings for the body but Doyle moves out of range.
Doyle stuns Collins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Doyle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Doyle slips under a jab from Collins.
Collins throws a shot from downtown. Doyle moves away and avoids it.
Collins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doyle wants to counter with a clinch but Collins pushes him away.
Jimmy Doyle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Collins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Doyle.
Doyle throws a hook but Collins avoids it easily.
Doyle throws a body shot but no joy.
Collins throws a big shot that misses.
Collins misses the shot to the body.
Doyle misses with a looping left.
Collins fails with a takedown attempt.
Doyle steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Collins.
Doyle shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Doyle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Doyle with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Collins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Collins.
Collins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Collins throws a hook to the side of Doyle's head but Doyle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice leg kick lands there from Doyle.
Doyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collins.
Horrible takedown attempt by Collins or perhaps it was just good defense by Doyle, which made it look bad.
Doyle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Collins blocks a leg kick.
Collins throws a hook but Doyle blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collins misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
Collins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Collins misses.
Doyle tries to counter by closing the distance.

Doyle gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Collins to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Doyle throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Doyle wants to sweep but no luck.
Collins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Doyle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Doyle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Doyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Collins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Doyle is trying to keep Collins in close.
Collins is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Doyle manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Collins manages to get himself to full guard.

Collins is trying to control the position but Doyle postures up.

Collins has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Doyle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Doyle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Collins keeping moving, preventing Doyle from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Collins is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Doyle is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Collins is desperately trying to improve his position but Doyle has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle tries to control but Collins wriggling away.
Collins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Collins wants to hold on but Doyle pushes him away.
Collins tries to reverse the position but Doyle maintains control.
Doyle content just to control the position here.
Collins tries to lock up and control but Doyle gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Collins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Doyle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Doyle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Doyle!
A victorious Jimmy Doyle thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.