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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taite Darby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darby's entrance music is Party Up in Here. A fine choice. Scott has chosen Jay Z - Empire State Of Mind as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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193 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taite Darby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Scott!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scott misses with a body shot.
Scott bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Darby keeps working.
Darby can't do much from the bottom here.
Darby is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Darby tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Scott wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Darby is working hard here to advance position.
Darby is trying to control Scott's posture but Scott avoids it.
Scott creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Darby!
Scott trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Scott landing shots from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darby is trying to escape the mount.
Darby is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Scott lands a heavy elbow.
Scott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Scott cracks Darby with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Scott putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Darby really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Scott avoids the attempt from Darby to control.
Scott looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darby in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Scott trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Scott landing shots from mount.
Scott has hold of Darby's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Darby manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Darby takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott looking to control but Darby is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott working for a guillotine from mount but Darby is in no mood to give up.
Scott avoids the attempt from Darby to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darby is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Darby is working to get back to half guard.
Scott lands a nice shot to the head.
Darby is desperately trying to improve his position but Scott has a good base and remains in mount.
Scott lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Scott tries to control but Darby wriggling away.
Darby tries to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Scott working the ground and pound effectively.
Darby slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Scott trying to control the action but Darby is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott working over Darby with some ground and pound. Darby looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Darby is defending against the submission attempts here by Scott.
Darby actively working from the bottom here.
Scott not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Darby is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Scott's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Scott's back!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Darby.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darby missing with punches from the back.
Darby has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Scott has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Darby is breathing heavily.
Scott turns into Darby and is now in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Scott 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.
Scott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darby's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Darby duly obliges.
Darby throws a series of punches but Scott avoids them all with ease.
Darby misses with a hook. Scott ducked under it nicely.
Darby moves out of range of the strikes.
Darby misses with a two punch combination.
Scott moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice cross by Darby.
Darby throws a right hand that Scott ducks under and follows up with a left that Scott also avoids with ease.
Darby is looking to land body kicks.
Darby misses with a wild combination.
Scott scores with a head kick.
Scott misses with a head kick.
Darby slips a jab from Scott.
Darby misses with a double jab.
Decent striking displayed by Darby there.
Taite Darby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darby tests Scott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Darby there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Scott throws a right hand that Darby ducks under and follows up with a left that Darby also avoids with ease.
Darby thows a body shot but no joy.
Darby misses with a combination
and Scott counters with a left and a right that stings Darby.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Darby misses with a hook. Scott ducked under it nicely.
Scott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darby misses with a two punch combination.
Taite Darby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scott takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scott lands a jab to Darby's midsection.
Darby throws a combination that misses
and Scott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scott counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Scott lands a glancing blow to the side of Darby's head.
A lazy left from Scott finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott connects with a crisp jab.
Michael Scott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott lands with a nice body punch.
Nice straight punches there by Scott. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Scott.
Darby is rocked!
Darby drops his hands momentarily and Scott needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Darby just on the top of the head. Darby drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Darby - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Michael Scott!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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