PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darco Slammo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bull Harley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Slammo
vs
Harley

179 cm
24
202 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
197 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Conviction
Conviction

Conviction

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darco Slammo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bull Harley!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slammo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harley leaves Slammo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slammo was well out of range. Poor timing from Harley.
Slammo checks a low kick from Harley.
Harley is looking to land body kicks.
Harley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slammo avoids the head kick by Harley.
Harley tries to clinch but Slammo moves out of range.
Harley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slammo.

Slammo feints and as Harley raises his hands in defense, Slammo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Slammo throws a big right hand that misses.
Slammo distracts Harley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Slammo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slammo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slammo postures up in Harley's guard and throws a big left but Harley blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Slammo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Slammo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harley wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Slammo throws a big right hand that misses.
Slammo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Slammo has a takedown stuffed.
Slammo avoids the head kick by Harley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harley lands an overhand right.

Slammo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Harley has one of Slammo's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
The strikes coming from Slammo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Slammo tries to score with some ground and pound. Harley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harley defending against the ground and pound.
Slammo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harley is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slammo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Harley tries to buck Slammo off but Slammo is having none of it.
Harley is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Harley looks gassed!
Harley is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Harley taking punishment in the form of punches.
Slammo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Slammo creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Harley sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Harley managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Slammo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harley avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Slammo.
Slammo trying to control the position but Harley is working away.
Slammo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harley some visible discomfort.
Harley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Slammo misses with the ground and pound.
Slammo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harley down.
Harley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Slammo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Slammo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Harley to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darco Slammo dominated that round.
That's time! Slammo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Slammo feints and as Harley raises his hands in defense, Slammo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Slammo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Slammo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Slammo wants to control from the top but Harley keeps moving.
Slammo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Slammo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Slammo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Slammo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slammo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Slammo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Slammo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Harley keeping moving, preventing Slammo from controlling successfully.

Harley pushes Slammo off and scrambles back to his feet.
Harley is breathing heavily.

Slammo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Slammo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Harley works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Darco Slammo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harley is trying to stand.
Slammo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harley's head.
Slammo is controlling the pace.
Slammo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Slammo is trying to control. Harley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slammo looks to land a strike but Harley avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Slammo passes into half guard.
Slammo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Slammo controlling the action here.
Harley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Slammo.
Harley is trying to stand.
Harley keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Slammo.
Slammo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harley is trying to stand up here but Slammo is controlling him well.
Slammo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Harley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Slammo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Harley has one foot on Slammo's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darco Slammo dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Slammo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harley sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Slammo somewhat.
Harley throws a body kick that misses.
Slammo shoots for a double leg takedown but Harley sprawls well. He's pushed Slammo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Slammo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harley circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darco Slammo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harley looks to land a combination but Slammo avoids it well.
Harley misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harley throws a big shot that misses.

Slammo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harley did well to prevent Slammo getting side control.
Slammo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slammo not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slammo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Slammo wants to control but Harley is keeping him busy.
Slammo thows a huge punch but Harley dodges it nicely.
Harley is trying to stand back up but Slammo is controlling him
Slammo slips a nice elbow through Harley's hands, connecting with Harley's forehead.
Slammo drops an elbow to the side of Harley's head.
Harley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harley is trying to stand.
Harley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Slammo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Slammo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Slammo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Slammo connects with a nice short shot to Harley's temple.
Slammo wants to free his trapped foot but Harley is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Harley wants to control but Slammo is keeping busy.
Slammo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Slammo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Slammo lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slammo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Harley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Slammo there.
Slammo trying to mount his opponent but Harley defends it.
Slammo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harley's head.
Slammo is trying to control. Harley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Slammo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harley defending well though.
Slammo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Harley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harley throws a shot from downtown. Slammo moves away and avoids it.
Slammo fails with a takedown attempt.
Harley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Slammo avoids the head kick by Harley.
Harley throws a nice looking combination but Slammo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Slammo scores with a takedown into Harley's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Slammo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darco Slammo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Slammo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Darco Slammo!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Darco Slammo!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Darco Slammo!

Darco Slammo wins by unanimous decision!