PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leeroy Jenkings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nergal Darski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Behemoth - Conquer All. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jenkings
vs
Darski

185 cm
23
213 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

188 cm
19
223 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Battalion Athletics

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leeroy Jenkings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nergal Darski!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Jenkings does no damage.
Darski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Darski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darski thows a body shot but no joy.
Jenkings wants to clinch up but Darski keeps it at a distance.
Jenkings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darski slips a jab from Jenkings.

Darski closes the distance and pushes Jenkings back into the cage.
Jenkings trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Darski.
Jenkings managing to block the knees to the body from Darski.
A short body shot lands from Darski as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Darski.
A hook to the body from Darski.
Darski missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Darski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jenkings lands a knee to the head.
Jenkings misses with a knee strike.
Jenkings tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jenkings is breathing heavily.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jenkings tries to land a knee to the head but Darski blocks with his arms.
Darski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from Darski - that landed with a thud.
Darski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A bit of stalling here from Darski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Darski presses Jenkings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Darski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Darski digs a right hand into Jenkings's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jenkings's gas tank.
A bit of stalling here from Darski.
Jenkings throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jenkings looking to throw knees to the head but Darski is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Darski.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jenkings letting Darski take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from Darski.
Darski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darski.
Knees in the clinch landing for Darski.

Darski breaks the clinch.
Darski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jenkings tries to clinch but Darski moves away
and Jenkings takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darski lands a high kick!

It looks like Leeroy Jenkings has been cut.

Darski looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkings is wriggling around but Darski manages to pass to half guard.
Darski is thwarting Jenkings's attempts to control the position.
Darski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jenkings is looking to improve his position.
Darski content to control rather than advance.

Darski escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darski scoring well with a low kick there.
Jenkings throws a left and a right that both miss

and Darski counters by clinching up.

Darski manages to break the clinch.
Jenkings closes the distance looking to clinch
and Darski counters with an inside leg kick.
Jenkings looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jenkings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jenkings sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darski.
Darski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jenkings takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jenkings is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Darski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Darski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jenkings. That did some damage!
Nergal Darski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darski moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Darski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darski lands with a straight right. Jenkings didn't see that one coming.
Jenkings closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Darski counter with a right hand.
Darski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jenkings momentarily.
Jenkings misses with a hook.
Darski cracks the inside of Jenkings's front leg.
Darski thuds a left hand into Jenkings's body.
Darski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jenkings looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A good leg kick by Darski.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jenkings doesn't seem bothered though.
Darski scores with a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Darski.
Jenkings moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nergal Darski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leeroy Jenkings's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Darski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jenkings tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Darski counters with a right hand to the body.

Darski closes the distance and clinches.

Darski breaks the clinch.
Jenkings tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Darski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Darski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darski tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jenkings knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Darski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Darski stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Jenkings to get to his feet.
Darski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jenkings doesn't seem bothered though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darski lands a really nice looking cross but Jenkings seems unphased.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Darski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Darski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Darski scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkings wants to clinch but Darski slips to the side
and Darski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Darski.
Darski connects with the punch.
Jenkings is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Darski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jenkings. That did some damage!
Leeroy Jenkings is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jenkings takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Darski rushes Jenkings and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Darski has Jenkings pressed against the cage.

Darski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nergal Darski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Darski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crunch! Darski slams his shin into Jenkings's torso.
Darski shoots for a takedown but Jenkings saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Darski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Darski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Darski cracks Jenkings with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Darski. Beautiful body shot.
Darski scores with a nice head shot.

Darski darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jenkings is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Darski stalling.
Jenkings is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Darski escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darski.
Jenkings throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darski counters with a body kick.
Darski looks to land a combination but Jenkings avoids it well.

Darski drives through and clinches with Jenkings against the cage.
Jenkings throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darski blocks it with crossed arms.

Darski manages to break the clinch.
Darski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jenkings closes the distance looking to clinch

and Darski moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Darski.
Darski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jenkings misses with a knee to the head.
Jenkings tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darski's elbow.
Darski pushes Jenkings back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jenkings lands a good knee to the midsection. Darski won't want to take too many of those.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darski sizes up Jenkings with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darski digs a good body shot into Jenkings's ribs.
Darski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jenkings's calf.
Darski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darski digs a good hook to Jenkings's body.
Darski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jenkings gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jenkings shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Darski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darski moves into range and connects with a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darski.
Jenkings gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Darski.
Jenkings stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nergal Darski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Leeroy Jenkings's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Darski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jenkings will feel that in the morning.
Darski digs a good body shot into Jenkings's ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darski.
Jenkings looks to clinch
and Darski counters with a left to the body.
Crunch! Darski slams his shin into Jenkings's torso.

Darski forces Jenkings back against the cage and clinches.
Darski managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkings.
Darski presses Jenkings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Darski manages to break the clinch.
Darski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jenkings. Jenkings circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Jenkings tries to keep at a distance but Darski has taken the fight into the clinch.

Darski breaks from the clinch.
Darski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darski is looking to slow Jenkings down with leg kicks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jenkings walks into a jab.
Darski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Darski scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkings on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Darski. Darski obviously looking to wear him down.
Darski throws a head kick that half lands.
Jenkings takes a jab right on the kisser.
Darski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Darski scores with a leg kick.
Darski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Darski looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darski slows the pace down in half guard.

Darski escapes and gets back to his feet.
Darski circles away from the clinch attempt

and Darski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jenkings looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darski cracks Jenkings with a nice body shot.
Jenkings tries a knee to the head but Darski blocks it.

Darski breaks the clinch.
Jenkings swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leeroy Jenkings is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darski cracks Jenkings with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A solid body kick from Darski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Darski clinches up against the cage.

Darski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darski.

Jenkings tries to keep at a distance but Darski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jenkings throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darski blocks it with crossed arms.

Darski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jab by Darski.
Jenkings tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darski scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jenkings's head.
Jenkings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Darski.
Darski keeps Jenkings at a distance using the push kick.
Darski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jenkings's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darski.
Darski thuds his shin into the meat of Jenkings's side.
Darski lands a head kick!
Jenkings tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Darski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jenkings thinking.
Darski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jenkings takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Darski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Darski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jenkings. That did some damage!
Nergal Darski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Darski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jenkings defends it nicely.
Darski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkings closes the distance but Darski moves to the side
and Darski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jenkings wants to clinch but Darski slips to the side
enabling Darski to counter with a crisp jab.
Jenkings tries to clinch but Darski moves away
and Darski counters with a body kick that stops Jenkings in his tracks momentarily.
Leeroy Jenkings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jenkings tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Darski moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Darski breaks from the clinch.
Jenkings misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Darski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nergal Darski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Darski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 24:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 24:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nergal Darski!