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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Doherty (ranked 829 p4p, 654 weight class) and Roman Francis (ranked 112 p4p, 92 weight class). Doherty comes to the cage accompanied by Jeremy- Pearl Jam. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roman Francis!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Doherty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Doherty lands a big head kick that sends Francis tumbling to the mat! Doherty takes a step backwards and waves Francis back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Francis is rocked!
It looks like Roman Francis has been cut.
Doherty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Francis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Doherty is looking to counter punch.
Doherty misses the jab.
It seemed like Francis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Doherty has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Francis.
We've been told by Doherty's head coaches at Vancouver Island Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Francis drops his hands momentarily and Doherty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice jab there from Francis.
It looks like Cathal Doherty has been cut.
Francis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Francis slips under a jab from Doherty.
Doherty takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Doherty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Francis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That has opened up Roman Francis's cut even more.
Francis misses the shot to the body.
Francis slips a straight right by Doherty.
Doherty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Francis.
Doherty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Francis lands a jab to Doherty's midsection.
Doherty throws a nice looking combination but Francis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Francis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Doherty looks to land a right hand but Francis moved out of range.
Francis misses with a hook
and Doherty counters with a straight right hand.
Francis thuds his right hand into Doherty's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Francis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doherty was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Doherty on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Doherty looks to land a left hand but Francis moved out of range nicely.
Doherty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Francis.
Francis lands a body shot.
Doherty is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Doherty is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Francis tries to land a leg kick but Doherty saw it coming and moves away.
Doherty misses with a looping right.
Doherty blocks a jab.
Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doherty swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doherty misses with a straight right.
Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.
Doherty looks to land a left hand but Francis moved out of range nicely.
Francis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Francis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice uppercut lands for Doherty. That snapped Francis's head back.
The cut above Roman Francis's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Francis steps in with a hook that catches Doherty right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Francis follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Doherty looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Francis!
After winning the bout, Roman Francis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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