PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darren Tellkins (ranked 6751 p4p, 21933 weight class) and Crass Baracuta (ranked 630 p4p, 703 weight class). Tellkins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stunna 4 Vegas - Punch me in Pt 4. Crass Baracuta is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tellkins
vs
Baracuta

178 cm
32
170
31 - 17 - 1

174 cm
29
150
14 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Tellkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crass Baracuta!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellkins throws a body punch but Baracuta moves out of range.
Baracuta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baracuta lands a nice looking body shot.
Baracuta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baracuta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tellkins.
Baracuta lands a high kick!
Tellkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Baracuta counters with a nice kick to the body.
Tellkins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Tellkins closes the distance and clinches.
Baracuta misses with a body punch.
Baracuta dodges an elbow strike from Tellkins.
Baracuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baracuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tellkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tellkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tellkins pushes Baracuta back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Baracuta misses with a body punch.
Tellkins connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baracuta tries to work over Tellkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tellkins gets through Baracuta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tellkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baracuta backwards.
Baracuta is trying to push Tellkins away but Tellkins has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tellkins misses with a body punch.
Tellkins tries a knee to the head but Baracuta blocks it.
Tellkins taking a breather.
Baracuta lands a shoulder strike.
Tellkins working aggressively here.
Tellkins blocks an uppercut.
Tellkins tries to land a knee to the head but Baracuta blocks with his arms.
Tellkins missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Tellkins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Tellkins.

Baracuta manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Tellkins is predictable there
and Baracuta counters with a nice uppercut.

Tellkins closes the distance and pushes Baracuta back into the ropes.
Tellkins landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tellkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tellkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baracuta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins misses with a body punch.
Baracuta tries to circle away but Tellkins has him pinned against the ropes.
Tellkins throws a head punch that misses.
Baracuta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baracuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tellkins looking to throw knees to the head but Baracuta is blocking nicely.
Tellkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baracuta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baracuta managing to block the knees to the body from Tellkins.
Tellkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Baracuta breaks the clinch.
Tellkins misses with a two punch combination.
Tellkins misses the shot to the body.
Baracuta lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellkins feints a jab promting Baracuta to slip. Tellkins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Baracuta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tellkins misses with a double jab.
Tellkins misses with a wild body shot.
Baracuta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tellkins moves out of range as Baracuta throws a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Darren Tellkins will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tellkins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Baracuta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
No joy there for Baracuta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tellkins throws a right hand that Baracuta ducks under and follows up with a left that Baracuta also avoids with ease.
Baracuta is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tellkins with a body shot.
Baracuta swats away the attempt to clinch by Tellkins.
Baracuta feints and then cracks Tellkins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tellkins down.
Tellkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Tellkins closes the distance and clinches.
Tellkins stalling against the ropes.
Baracuta tries to throw a body punch but Tellkins avoids it by throwing Baracuta back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellkins lands a body shot in the clinch.

Baracuta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Darren Tellkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tellkins connects with a right hand. Baracuta shakes it off.

Tellkins gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baracuta misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee calls for Tellkins to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baracuta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Darren Tellkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baracuta tries to work over Tellkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tellkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tellkins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baracuta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tellkins lands a nice knee to the body.
Tellkins is struggling to control the position.
Baracuta misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellkins stalling in the clinch.
Tellkins slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tellkins for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Tellkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tellkins prevents Baracuta from breaking the clinch.
Baracuta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baracuta tries to break free but Tellkins pushes him back against the ropes.
A short right from Baracuta.
Tellkins blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Baracuta controls his hands.
Tellkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Baracuta.

Tellkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baracuta throws a solid leg kick but Tellkins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Baracuta.
Baracuta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baracuta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tellkins to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tellkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Baracuta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tellkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Baracuta tries to keep at a distance but Tellkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tellkins.
Baracuta working aggressively here.
Baracuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tellkins has a couple of punches blocked by Baracuta.

Baracuta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baracuta misses with a looping right.
Baracuta checks a low kick from Tellkins.
Baracuta keeps the fight on the outside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Darren Tellkins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A jab from Tellkins finds it's way through Baracuta's defenses.
Crass Baracuta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baracuta misses the shot to the body.
Tellkins was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Baracuta with the inside leg kick.
Tellkins tries to clinch up
and Baracuta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tellkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Baracuta is just out of range.
Baracuta only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Tellkins closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Tellkins.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tellkins obliges.
Tellkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darren Tellkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Baracuta is rocked!
Tellkins is controlling Baracuta's neck. Tellkins unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Baracuta goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Darren Tellkins!
In his post fight interview, Darren Tellkins gave a big smile as he said 'tommy i m comin for that belt mf '.