PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eoin Andershannon O Darby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Darby comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Andershannon O Darby
vs
Nelson

170 cm
26
154 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

170 cm
24
147 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eoin Andershannon O Darby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, James Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson slips a jab from O Darby.
O Darby connects with a looping right hand.

Nelson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nelson works on O Darby's body with a couple of short punches.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but O Darby has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson tries to circle away but O Darby has him pinned against the cage.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Nelson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nelson cracks O Darby with a nice body shot.
Nelson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Darby prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but O Darby keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson wants to break free but O Darby has control.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Darby is defending well for now.
O Darby blocking some punches.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by O Darby.
O Darby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson misses with some punches.
O Darby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nelson.
Nelson throws an elbow but it misses.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
O Darby tests Nelson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Darby lands with an overhand left.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Nelson has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but O Darby is controlling him.
O Darby working hard to break the clinch.
O Darby is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson is trying to force a seperation but O Darby has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but O Darby is controlling the position.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nelson misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson is trying to force a seperation but O Darby has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Darby.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Darby is trying to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling him.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
Nice body punch from Nelson.
Nelson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nelson looks gassed!
A cross from O Darby lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Darby scores with a decent looking hook.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and O Darby moves out of range easily.
O Darby's corner calls for a 1-2. O Darby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

O Darby cracks Nelson with a big right hand and Nelson goes down!

Nelson is rocked!

O Darby gets to his feet - Nelson follows without any prompting.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can O Darby finish him?
O Darby lands a nice shot that snaps Nelson's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Darby drops Nelson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Nelson! O Darby dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Eoin Andershannon O Darby!