PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Doolan (ranked 4597 p4p, 4832 weight class) and Aoru Kunie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Doolan
vs
Kunie

170 cm
25
142
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Doolan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aoru Kunie!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kunie has closed the distance and engaged Doolan in a clinch.
Kunie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kunie is struggling to control the position.
Kunie digs a right hand underneath Doolan's ribcage. Doolan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kunie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doolan's elbow.
Kunie throws a punch but it's blocked by Doolan.
Doolan wants to break free but Kunie has control.
Kunie misses with a body punch.
Kunie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Doolan is keeping busy.
Kunie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunie lands a shoulder strike.
Doolan prevents a body shot from Kunie.
Kunie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kunie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kunie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doolan is trying to break free.
Doolan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kunie working aggressively here.
Kunie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kunie tries to throw a body punch but Doolan avoids it by throwing Kunie back against the cage.
Doolan wants to break free but Kunie has control.
Kunie content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kunie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doolan letting Kunie take a breather here.
Doolan is trying to push Kunie away but Kunie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Doolan blocks a body shot from Kunie.
Kunie tries to throw a body punch but Doolan avoids it by throwing Kunie back against the cage.
Doolan is looking to break free of the clinch but Kunie has double underhooks.
Doolan can't get the takedown.
Doolan blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kunie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kunie tries a body shot but Doolan blocks it.
Kunie stalls.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kunie.
Kunie misses with a body punch.
Kunie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kunie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kunie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doolan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kunie throws a punch but it's blocked by Doolan.
Kunie misses with some punches.
Kunie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kunie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Doolan's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kunie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kunie misses with a punch to the body.
Doolan blocks a body shot from Kunie.
Doolan tries to break free but Kunie pushes him back against the cage.
Kunie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doolan's elbow.
Doolan tries to circle away but Kunie has him pinned against the cage.
Doolan wants to break free but Kunie has control.
Kunie throws a head punch that misses.
Kunie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doolan's elbow.
Kunie can't find room to land a body shot as Doolan controls the action.
Doolan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doolan working hard to break the clinch.
Kunie swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kunie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kunie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Doolan is trying to push Kunie away but Kunie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kunie keeps control of Doolan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kunie tries a body shot but Doolan blocks it.
Doolan blocking some punches.
Kunie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kunie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Doolan is trying to force a seperation but Kunie has the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kunie working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Kunie.
Doolan blocks a body shot from Kunie.
A head punch on the inside from Kunie fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aoru Kunie dominated that round.
That's time! Doolan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kunie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kunie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Doolan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kunie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Doolan counter with a right hand.
A combination from Doolan does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Doolan.
Kunie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunie tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Doolan counter with a right hand.
Mickey Doolan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doolan misses with a double jab.
Doolan throws a nice looking combination but Kunie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kunie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kunie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mickey Doolan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doolan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Doolan duly obliges.

Kunie is rocked!
Kunie dives in and grabs Doolan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Doolan pushes down on Kunie's head and hops out.
Kunie is looking to clinch.
Kunie moves in looking to clinch but Doolan pushes him off.
Kunie fails with a takedown attempt.
Mickey Doolan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aoru Kunie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunie has a takedown stuffed.
Kunie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kunie tries to clinch but Doolan moves away
and Doolan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doolan lands a head shot.
Kunie is still on wobbly legs! Can Doolan finish him?
Kunie moves in looking to clinch but Doolan pushes him off.
Kunie seems to have recovered his senses.
Kunie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Doolan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kunie wants to clinch.
Doolan throws a big counter combination but Kunie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doolan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kunie takes one to the side of the head.
Kunie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Doolan counters with a three punch combo that has Kunie backing up. Kunie nods at Doolan to acknowledge the strikes.
Doolan throws a series of punches but Kunie moves out of range.
Kunie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Doolan pinned against the cage. Doolan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Doolan looks to land a left hand but Kunie moved out of range nicely.
Kunie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doolan throws out the jab.
Kunie with a poor takedown
and Doolan counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Doolan does no damage.

Kunie takes the fight into the clinch.
Kunie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kunie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Doolan or not.
Doolan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
Kunie tries a body shot but Doolan blocks it.
Kunie misses with a body punch.
Kunie has Doolan pressed against the cage, preventing Doolan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kunie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kunie lands a nice uppercut.
Kunie prevents Doolan from breaking the clinch.
Doolan tries to circle away but Kunie has him pinned against the cage.
Kunie keeps control of Doolan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Doolan dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!

Kunie staying out of range there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Doolan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kunie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doolan stalks Kunie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kunie's face. Kunie staggers backwards, shaken.
Kunie shoots in looking for a takedown but Doolan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kunie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Doolan throws a big counter combination but Kunie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Doolan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Doolan misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunie doesn't manage to clinch there - Doolan circles away.
Kunie swings for the body but Doolan moves out of range.
Kunie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Doolan misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Doolan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mickey Doolan is winning the standup battle so far.
Doolan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aoru Kunie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Doolan lands a left and a right that send Kunie crashing to the mat, dazed. Doolan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Doolan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Doolan was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nice shot lands for Kunie.
Doolan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kunie can do to turn this around?
Kunie tries to clinch up but Doolan circles away and keeps his distance.
Kunie is looking to clinch.
Doolan throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doolan looks to land a combination but Kunie avoids it well.
Kunie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Doolan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Doolan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doolan looks to land a combination but Kunie avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kunie! But no joy.
Kunie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kunie fails to land the takedown.
Doolan throws a big counter combination but Kunie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kunie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doolan moves away.
Kunie drops his hands momentarily and Doolan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kunie wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kunie.
Mickey Doolan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aoru Kunie.
Doolan fails to land with a series of punches.
Doolan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kunie slips a jab and a cross from Doolan.
Kunie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Doolan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kunie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Doolan as he jumps to the side.
As Kunie looks to move away, Doolan throws a big counter combo but Kunie just gets out of the way.
Doolan connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kunie slips under a jab from Doolan.
Kunie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kunie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kunie closes the distance looking to clinch
and Doolan counters with a left and a right that stings Kunie.
Kunie tries to close the distance and clinch but Doolan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doolan throws a nice looking combination but Kunie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kunie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doolan manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Doolan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Doolan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!