PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Osorolh Darar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy van Persi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying van Persi's choice of entrance music: Wolfsheim. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Darar
vs
van Persi

173 cm
26
171 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
183 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osorolh Darar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy van Persi!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Persi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Darar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten van Persi somewhat.
Darar slaps away a takedown attempt from van Persi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A big right from van Persi misses.
van Persi shoots in and drives through. Darar sprawls well.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy van Persi.
Darar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van Persi.
Darar looks to land a body kick but van Persi moved away.
van Persi looks to land a left hand but Darar moved out of range nicely.
Darar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van Persi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darar.
van Persi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Darar as he jumps to the side.

Darar forces van Persi back against the cage and clinches.
Darar throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
van Persi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Darar walks away with a smile on his face. van Persi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
van Persi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
van Persi looks gassed!
van Persi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
van Persi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Darar counters with a head kick.
van Persi has his takedown stuffed
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van Persi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Darar. Darar obviously looking to wear him down.

van Persi tries to keep at a distance but Darar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Darar.

It looks like Roy van Persi has been cut.
van Persi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Darar lands an elbow inside that van Persi shrugs off.
Darar lands an elbow that stopped van Persi in his tracks for a moment.
Darar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van Persi's defenses.
Darar landing knees to the head.

Darar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darar.
van Persi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darar.
Darar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on van Persi. That did some damage!
van Persi avoids the head kick by Darar.
That kick from Darar tenderised van Persi's leg. van Persi is trying to keep his angry face on.
The fighters circling - van Persi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A thudding body kick lands there by Darar!
van Persi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darar.
Darar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darar is looking to clinch.
van Persi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Darar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van Persi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Darar is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for van Persi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darar is looking to slow van Persi down with leg kicks.
Darar throws a head kick but van Persi moves out of range.
Darar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Darar.
Darar scoring well with a low kick there.
Osorolh Darar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van Persi manages to avoid it.
Darar throws a solid leg kick but van Persi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Darar.
Darar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roy van Persi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Persi blocks a head kick by Darar.
van Persi misses with a takedown
and Darar counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darar throws a lazy right hand but van Persi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
van Persi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Darar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
van Persi thows a left - swing and a miss!
van Persi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Darar moves into range and clinches up with van Persi.
Darar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from van Persi.

Darar manages to break the clinch.
Darar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Darar throws an overhand right that lands on van Persi's shoulder, as van Persi tries to avoid the shot.
van Persi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

van Persi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Darar's guard.
van Persi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Darar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
van Persi won't allow Darar to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy van Persi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Darar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darar misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darar.
Darar misses with a kick to the body.
Darar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
van Persi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Darar counters with a body kick.
Darar throws a low kick but it's checked well by van Persi.
van Persi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Darar swivels and escapes.
van Persi blocks a low kick nicely.
van Persi moves out of range of the body kick from Darar.
Darar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Persi was well out of range. Poor timing from Darar.
Darar is looking to wear down van Persi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Darar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Persi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Darar.
van Persi tries for a takedown but Darar circles away easily
and Darar counters with a thumping low kick.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy van Persi.
van Persi is breathing heavily.
Darar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on van Persi. That did some damage!
van Persi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
van Persi slips a straight right by Darar.
van Persi misses with a body punch
and Darar counters with a nice low kick that buckles van Persi's knee momentarily.
A solid body kick from Darar.
Darar lands a nice leg kick that just misses van Persi's sensitive parts.
van Persi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Darar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
van Persi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Persi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Darar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Darar lands an elbow just above van Persi 's eye.
Nice elbow from Darar.
Darar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. van Persi is defending well for now.
Darar landing knees to the head.
Darar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darar working van Persi over with knees to the body.
Darar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that van Persi can do to turn this around?
Darar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darar lands a nice elbow.
Darar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darar scores a nice knee to the body.
Darar lands an elbow inside.
van Persi takes an elbow to the temple.
Darar lands a nice elbow.
van Persi takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darar.
Darar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Darar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Darar working van Persi over with knees to the body.
Darar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Darar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van Persi's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar landing knees to the head.
Darar blocks an uppercut.
Darar lands a damaging elbow.
Darar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Darar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Darar lands a nice knee to the body.
Darar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darar.
Darar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darar.
van Persi takes an elbow to the temple.
van Persi managing to block the knees to the body from Darar.
Darar lands a damaging elbow.
Darar throws an elbow that misses.
Darar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Darar tries to land knees in the clinch but van Persi avoids the damage to the body.
Darar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
van Persi takes an elbow to the forehead.
van Persi holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Osorolh Darar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has van Persi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Darar.
van Persi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
van Persi wants a takedown but no success here.
Darar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Darar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Darar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Darar obliges.
Darar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
van Persi tries to stall but Darar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
van Persi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Darar has denied him.
van Persi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darar lands an elbow inside that van Persi shrugs off.
Darar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van Persi avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Persi takes a knee to the side of the body.
van Persi managing to block the knees to the body from Darar.
Darar unloads a knee to the mid-section. van Persi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Darar lands a good knee to the midsection. van Persi won't want to take too many of those.
Darar lands an elbow inside that van Persi shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roy van Persi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

That kick from Darar tenderised van Persi's leg. van Persi is trying to keep his angry face on.

Darar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
van Persi avoiding damage.
Darar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van Persi avoids it.
van Persi managing to block the knees to the body from Darar.
Darar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darar as van Persi tries to tie him up.
Darar tries to land knees in the clinch but van Persi avoids the damage to the body.
Darar lands a damaging elbow.
van Persi avoiding damage as Darar throws knees to the body.
Darar trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van Persi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
van Persi dodges an elbow strike from Darar.
Darar trying to land knees to the body.
van Persi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Darar smiles and moves away.
Darar misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Persi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darar.
van Persi misses with a combination
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darar moves in looking to clinch but van Persi pushes him off.
van Persi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
van Persi throws a looping overhand right but Darar ducks down to avoid it.
van Persi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Darar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
van Persi loads up on a big right hand but Darar slips the punch.
Osorolh Darar is winning the standup battle so far.
Darar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt van Persi.
van Persi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van Persi blocks the body kick.
van Persi throws the left hand but Darar avoids the punch easily.
van Persi throws a big shot that misses.
van Persi blocks a head kick by Darar.
van Persi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A lazy left from Darar finds it's target.
van Persi just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Persi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Darar throws a half hearted mid kick.
van Persi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Darar.
Darar dodges the punch combination from van Persi.
van Persi misses with a looping left.
Darar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van Persi throws a looping overhand right but Darar ducks down to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by van Persi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of van Persi.
van Persi has his takedown stuffed

and Darar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Darar.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy van Persi.
Darar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
van Persi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Darar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from van Persi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darar.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has van Persi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Darar scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Darar.
Darar unloads a knee to the mid-section. van Persi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Darar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van Persi's defenses.
Darar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Darar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Darar!
Darar clobbers van Persi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darar.
van Persi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
van Persi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That kick from Darar tenderised van Persi's leg. van Persi is trying to keep his angry face on.

Darar moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Roy van Persi's cut.
That's time! Darar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

van Persi sizes up Darar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Darar throws a half hearted mid kick.
van Persi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Darar counters with an outside leg kick.
van Persi avoids the head kick by Darar.
van Persi swats away the attempt to clinch by Darar.
van Persi avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Darar.
Darar scores with a nice right hand.
van Persi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darar moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

van Persi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
van Persi is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Darar moves into full guard.
van Persi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
van Persi wants to control from the top but Darar keeps moving.
van Persi looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst van Persi is controlling him.
Darar trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
van Persi wants to control from the top but Darar keeps moving.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Roy van Persi hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Excellent takedown into side control there by van Persi.
Darar struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from van Persi crashes against the mat.
van Persi is trying to ground and pound but Darar uses the momentary lack of control by van Persi to regain half guard.
Darar is looking for a sweep. van Persi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

van Persi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Darar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for van Persi on the ground.
van Persi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Darar's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
van Persi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Darar is trying to get back to full guard.
Darar looks like he's trying to stand up.
Darar is looking to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Darar wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy van Persi dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Roy van Persi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

van Persi misses with an uppercut.
Darar catches van Persi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A right-left combo lands from Darar.
Darar leaves van Persi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
van Persi misses with a double jab
and Darar counters with an outside leg kick.
van Persi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Darar. Darar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
van Persi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Darar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Darar connects with a solid leg kick.
Darar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Darar connects with a solid leg kick.
Darar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as van Persi throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar lands a nice leg kick that just misses van Persi's sensitive parts.
A big right from van Persi misses.
van Persi misses with a body punch
and Darar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darar throws a leg kick but van Persi moved away.
A leg kick checked by van Persi.
Darar throws a sloppy head kick and van Persi moves out of range easily.
Darar slips a jab from van Persi.
van Persi throws a hook but Darar blocks it.
van Persi shoots and misses
and Darar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
van Persi is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
van Persi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darar.
van Persi blocks a low kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Darar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van Persi.
van Persi fails with the takedown.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy van Persi.

van Persi scores a takedown into full mount!
van Persi punching from mount but Darar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
van Persi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

van Persi goes for an armbar but Darar turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Darar.

van Persi looking for a guillotine here but Darar defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darar controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar trying to control the position from guard on top but van Persi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darar is looking to stand up but van Persi won't let him.

van Persi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

van Persi has his foot on Darar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Darar works his way back into a safe position though.
Roy van Persi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Darar advances position into side control!
van Persi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are battling for position here. Darar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

van Persi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
van Persi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Darar's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as van Persi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
van Persi passes easily into side control. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Osorolh Darar.
I think Darar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 49:45
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:45
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Osorolh Darar!
Osorolh Darar retains his welterweight title!