PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuroda Atsushi (ranked 2252 p4p, 1925 weight class) and Cathal O Doherty (ranked 85 p4p, 77 weight class). Cathal O Doherty will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Atsushi
vs
O Doherty

150 cm
27
136
5 - 8 - 0

172 cm
27
150
7 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kuroda Atsushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cathal O Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Atsushi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O Doherty checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
O Doherty was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atsushi with a nice calf kick.
Atsushi misses with a low kick as O Doherty jumps back.
O Doherty follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from O Doherty misses
and Atsushi counters with a low kick, right behind O Doherty 's knee.
O Doherty throws a leg kick but Atsushi sees it coming and moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Atsushi misses the target.
O Doherty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Atsushi can pounce on him.
Atsushi blocks a leg kick.
Atsushi thinks about countering with a body kick.
O Doherty's coach down at White Eagle was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on O Doherty's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Atsushi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
O Doherty steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
O Doherty misses with the body kick
and Atsushi counters with a left to the body.
Atsushi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Doherty feints a counter leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Atsushi ducks right into an uppercut from O Doherty.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kuroda Atsushi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Atsushi 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 10:9
Judge William Peck scores the fight 10:9
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuroda Atsushi!
Kuroda Atsushi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.