PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Ramsay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luther Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramsay comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. Doherty comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Evil Boy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Luther Doherty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ramsay
vs
Doherty

193 cm
26
239 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

187 cm
29
245 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gordon Ramsay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Luther Doherty!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters circling a little - Ramsay finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ramsay looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Gordon Ramsay has been cut.
Ramsay lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Luther Doherty has been cut.
Doherty throws a body shot but no joy.
Ramsay with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Doherty rushes Ramsay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Ramsay.
Ramsay lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ramsay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ramsay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doherty misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramsay.
Doherty throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doherty working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Doherty lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Doherty fails to land.
Doherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Doherty.
Still in the clinch, Ramsay scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ramsay lands a left hand.
A short right from Ramsay on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty is trying to stall.
Ramsay lands a right hand.
Doherty misses with some punches.
Ramsay has a couple of punches blocked by Doherty.
Doherty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramsay landing knees to the head.
A short right from Ramsay on the inside.
Ramsay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ramsay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doherty's defenses.

That has opened up Luther Doherty's cut even more.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ramsay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

The cut above Luther Doherty's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've been hearing reports that Ramsay has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A short left from Ramsay.
Doherty misses with some punches.
Ramsay digs a right hand underneath Doherty's ribcage. Doherty let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Doherty is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ramsay is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Ramsay - that landed with a thud.
Doherty looks winded!
Doherty misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ramsay lands with a short shot to the head.
Ramsay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doherty's defenses.
Ramsay landing knees to the body.
Ramsay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramsay misses with a knee to the head.
Doherty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doherty looking to throw knees to the head but Ramsay is blocking nicely.
Doherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ramsay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Ramsay.
Ramsay tries to throw a body punch but Doherty avoids it by throwing Ramsay back against the cage.
Doherty tries to land a knee to the head but Ramsay blocks with his arms.
Ramsay scores with a shoulder strike.

Luther Doherty's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ramsay is working Doherty over against the cage.
Ramsay tries to work over Doherty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramsay lands with a left to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luther Doherty's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gordon Ramsay!
Gordon Ramsay seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.