PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Petcharon Darawan (ranked 1478 p4p, 2092 weight class) and Arturo Ellacuria (ranked 167 p4p, 222 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darawan
vs
Ellacuria

176 cm
24
155
9 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
149
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Petcharon Darawan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arturo Ellacuria!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darawan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Darawan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Darawan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Darawan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darawan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darawan misses with a looping left.
Ellacuria takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by Ellacuria.
Darawan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the body from Ellacuria misses
and Darawan counters with a straight right hand.

Ellacuria is rocked!
Darawan misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellacuria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Darawan lands a big right hand that sends Ellacuria crashing to the mat! Darawan stays standing though and waves Ellacuria back to his feet!
Ellacuria is still on wobbly legs! Can Darawan finish him?

It looks like Arturo Ellacuria has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darawan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ellacuria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellacuria finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ellacuria slips a jab from Darawan.
Ellacuria ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ellacuria seems to have recovered his senses.
Darawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ellacuria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darawan checks a low kick from Ellacuria.
As Ellacuria backs away, Darawan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Darawan misses the jab.
Ellacuria wants to counter with a clinch but Darawan pushes him away.
Ellacuria lands a nice looking body shot.
Ellacuria throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ellacuria scores with a spinning back kick!
Darawan lands a head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ellacuria. That's going to slow Darawan down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darawan loads up on a big right hand but Ellacuria slips the punch.
A big right from Darawan misses.
Ellacuria will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Darawan is looking to counter punch.
Darawan misses with an uppercut
and Ellacuria cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellacuria checks a leg kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ellacuria! But no joy.
Darawan misses with a right hand
enabling Ellacuria to counter with a crisp jab.
Ellacuria bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ellacuria is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Darawan.
A lazy left from Darawan finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ellacuria throws a leg kick which misses Darawan's front leg but catches the back leg as Darawan tries to avoid it.
Ellacuria tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Darawan feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ellacuria sprawling to the canvas! Ellacuria rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Darawan finish him?!
Ellacuria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Darawan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellacuria slips under a jab from Darawan.
Darawan lands a head shot.
Darawan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Darawan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Darawan checks a leg kick.
A big left from Darawan misses.
Ellacuria turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellacuria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darawan.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ellacuria.
Darawan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darawan looks to throw the jab but Ellacuria is out of range.
Darawan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Darawan checks a low kick from Ellacuria.
Darawan cracks Ellacuria with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Ellacuria falls to his knees and Darawan doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petcharon Darawan!
A very excited looking Petcharon Darawan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.