PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Neuer (ranked 3181 p4p, 2478 weight class) and Naoise Durnin (ranked 385 p4p, 319 weight class). Durnin has chosen I'm Shipping Up To Boston by The Dropkick Murphy's as his entrance music. Naoise Durnin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Neuer
vs
Durnin

199 cm
35
271
23 - 17 - 0

197 cm
40
270
22 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Manuel Neuer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Naoise Durnin!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Ben Watson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durnin tries to clinch up.

Durnin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neuer, pushing him back against the cage.
Neuer is trying to break the clinch but Durnin is controlling him.
Durnin working Neuer over with knees to the body.
Neuer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Durnin has him pressed against the cage.
Neuer managing to block the knees to the body from Durnin.
Durnin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Durnin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Neuer is breathing heavily.
Neuer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Durnin to keep the fight standing.
Neuer takes a shot to the head.
Durnin lands an elbow just above Neuer 's eye.

It looks like Manuel Neuer has been cut.
Neuer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Durnin scores a nice knee to the body.
Durnin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neuer backwards.
Durnin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Durnin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Durnin.
Still in the clinch, Durnin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Durnin.
Neuer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Neuer is rocked!
Durnin lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Neuer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Durnin scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durnin unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Neuer! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Durnin is unloading with more strikes now! Neuer drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naoise Durnin!
Our winner, Naoise Durnin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.