PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Darius Perry (ranked 5831 p4p, 25296 weight class) and Theo Damus (ranked 575 p4p, 594 weight class). Theo Damus acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Perry
vs
Damus

179 cm
18
170
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
185
0 - 1 - 1

Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darius Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Theo Damus!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Perry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Perry breaks the clinch.

Perry closes the distance and clinches.

Perry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damus was well out of range. Poor timing from Perry.
Damus lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Perry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Damus tries to throw a body punch but Perry avoids it by throwing Damus back against the ropes.
Perry is pushing Damus up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Perry dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Damus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Perry has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Damus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darius Perry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perry lands with an overhand left.
Perry scores with a decent looking hook.
Damus pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Darius Perry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Damus scores with a sloppy right hand. Perry should have avoided that one.

Perry has taken the fight to the clinch.

Perry manages to break the clinch.
Damus tries to clinch but Perry moves out of range.
Perry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Perry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Perry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Perry counters with a straight right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damus.
Damus throws a sloppy head kick and Perry moves out of range easily.
Perry misses the body punch
and Damus counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Perry rushes Damus and presses him up against the ropes.
Perry blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Perry scores with a shoulder strike.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perry looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Damus wants to clinch but Perry slips to the side
and Perry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perry lands a right hook to the body.

Perry moves into the clinch.

Perry breaks from the clinch.
Damus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Damus moves in looking to clinch but Perry pushes him off.
It looked like Perry was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Damus.
Perry lands with a straight right. Damus didn't see that one coming.

Perry has managed to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damus throws an elbow but it misses.
Perry lands with a left to the head.
Damus tries a body shot but Perry blocks it.

Perry breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Perry dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Perry has managed to clinch.

Perry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Perry pushes Damus up against the ropes in a clinch.
Perry controlling the action here for a moment.
Damus tries to circle away but Perry has him pinned against the ropes.

Perry manages to break the clinch.
Damus tries to clinch
and Perry counters with a stiff right hand.
Damus tries to score with a low kick but Perry moves his leg out of the way.
Damus fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Perry has closed the distance and engaged Damus in a clinch.

Perry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Perry throwing a counter right hand but Damus manages to avoid it.
Perry tests Damus's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Perry clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donk. Perry catches Damus right on the button with a cross.
Perry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Damus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Perry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Darius Perry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perry has Damus pressed against the ropes.
Perry has Damus pushed against the ropes.

Perry breaks from the clinch.
Perry swats away the attempt to clinch by Damus.
Damus takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Damus is looking to clinch but Perry is avoiding it.
Perry jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Damus is rocked!
Theo Damus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damus tries to close the distance and clinch but Perry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damus is still on wobbly legs! Can Perry finish him?
Perry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Perry connects with a quick right hand that sends Damus tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Darius Perry!
Theo Damus spoke after the fight, saying 'We'll just have to work harder.'.