PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Osorolh Darar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner has chosen Wasted remix as his entrance music. John Tanner acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Darar
vs
Tanner

173 cm
27
171 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

200 cm
25
180 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 11 - 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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darar slips under a jab.
Tanner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darar counters with a stiff right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tanner.
Tanner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tanner lands a jab to the nose.
Tanner throws a sloppy head kick and Darar moves out of range easily.
Tanner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darar looks to score with a jab to the body but Tanner is just out of range.
Darar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tanner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darar.
Tanner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Darar.
Tanner thows a body shot but no joy.
Tanner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Darar counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a shot to the body
and Darar counters with a low kick, right behind Tanner 's knee.
Tanner misses with a shot to the body
and Darar counters with a straight right hand.
Tanner loads up on a big right hand but Darar slips the punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darar.
Darar tries to land a front kick but Tanner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tanner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darar circles away quickly and effectively.
Tanner throws a nice looking combination but Darar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tanner. Darar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tanner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tanner displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Darar connects with a solid leg kick.
Tanner throws a nice looking combination but Darar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Darar scores with a spinning back kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
John Tanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanner looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner throws a nice looking combination but Darar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Darar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Darar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darar tries a head kick but it misses.
Tanner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darar.
A head kick misses from Darar.
Darar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tanner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A shot to the body from Tanner misses
and Darar counters with a body kick.
Tanner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darar can pounce on him.
Tanner is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Darar rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Darar clinches with his opponent.
Darar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tanner's face.
Darar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tanner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tanner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Darar tries to land knees in the clinch but Tanner avoids the damage to the body.
Darar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Darar pushes off an throws an elbow but Tanner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tanner takes an elbow to the temple.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Darar landing knees to the body.
Tanner dodges an elbow strike from Darar.
Darar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Darar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tanner tries to circle away but Darar has him pinned against the cage.

Darar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tanner misses the shot to the body.
Darar scores with a kick to the body.
Darar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tanner swings widly with a right hand
and Darar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darar lands a leg kick that knocks Tanner off balance momentarily.
Tanner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darar counters with a thumping low kick.
Good leg kick by Darar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darar scores with a head kick. Tanner tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tanner misses with a leg kick
and Darar counters with a head kick. That will keep Tanner thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Tanner is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Darar. That's going to slow Tanner down.
Darar misses with a low kick as Tanner jumps back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tanner misses with a left hand
and Darar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tanner's knee momentarily.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Darar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tanner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Darar - the referee stops the clock and Tanner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Darar. Tanner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Darar staying out of range there.
Darar cracks the inside of Tanner's front leg.
Darar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tanner can do to turn this around?
A low kick from Tanner misses
and Darar counters with a low kick, right behind Tanner 's knee.
A head kick misses from Darar.
Darar throws a sloppy head kick and Tanner moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darar.
Tanner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darar counters with a big head kick but Tanner shrugs it off.
Darar throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Tanner is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a double jab
and Darar counters with a big head kick but Tanner shrugs it off.
Darar scoring well with a low kick there.

Darar pushes Tanner up against the cage in a clinch.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darar looking to throw knees to the head but Tanner is blocking nicely.
Tanner tries to circle away but Darar has him pinned against the cage.

Tanner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Tanner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Darar moves into the clinch.
Tanner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanner avoids it.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Darar obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darar lands a damaging elbow.
Darar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tanner takes an elbow to the forehead.

Darar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tanner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Osorolh Darar is winning the standup battle so far.
Darar throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Darar throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Darar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Darar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tanner misses with the combination.
Darar tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throws a hook to the side of Darar's head but Darar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tanner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Darar misses with a head kick.
Darar ducks under a wild hook from Tanner.
Darar is looking to clinch.
Tanner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darar.
Darar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tanner avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tanner has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Darar.
Darar throws a head kick that misses.
Darar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darar connects with a leg kick. Tanner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tanner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Darar throws a sloppy head kick and Tanner moves out of range easily.
Darar darts in trying to clinch
enabling Tanner to counter with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Tanner.
Tanner is looking to land body kicks.
Tanner looks to score with a jab to the body but Darar is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tanner throws a hook but Darar avoids it easily.
Tanner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darar scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Darar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tanner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Darar's corner calls for a 1-2. Darar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab from Tanner.
John Tanner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some bone on bone action there as Tanner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Darar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tanner.
Darar throws a low kick but Tanner moves out of range easily.
Tanner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanner throws a poor cross that misses
and Darar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tanner is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tanner checks a low kick from Darar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanner cracks Darar with an open hand slap.
Tanner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tanner throws a jab but it's blocked by Darar.
A right-left combo lands from Tanner.
Darar misses with an uppercut. Tanner saw that one coming.
Tanner misses with a low kick.
Tanner misses with a left hand
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tanner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tanner misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Darar.
Tanner throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Darar misses with a head kick.
Tanner throws a leg kick
and Darar counters with a nice body kick.
Tanner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darar misses with a kick to the body.
Tanner throws a low kick but Darar moves out of range easily.
Tanner misses with a looping left.
Tanner misses with a leg kick
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throws a poor cross that misses
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tanner just misses with a punch to the body.
Darar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darar tries to clinch up.
Darar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Darar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tanner.
Tanner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tanner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darar counters with a head kick.
Tanner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darar counters with a body kick that stops Tanner in his tracks momentarily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tanner in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Darar scores with the left hand. Tanner knows he should have avoided that one.
Darar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanner throws a series of strikes that have Darar backpedaling.
Darar throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Darar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice jab there from Darar.
Darar scores with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Darar has closed the distance and engaged Tanner in a clinch.
Darar prevents Tanner from breaking the clinch.
Tanner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tanner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Darar lands an elbow that stopped Tanner in his tracks for a moment.
Tanner scores with a hook to the body.
Darar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Darar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Darar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tanner takes an elbow to the temple.
Darar blocks a body shot from Tanner.

Darar manages to break the clinch.
Tanner is looking to slow Darar down with leg kicks.
Tanner throws a right hand that Darar ducks under and follows up with a left that Darar also avoids with ease.
Darar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tanner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a head kick.
Darar throws an overhand right that lands on Tanner's shoulder, as Tanner tries to avoid the shot.
Tanner is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Darar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darar tries to clinch but Tanner moves away
and Tanner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darar throws a leg kick that misses.
Darar tries to land a body kick
letting Tanner counter with a right hand.
Tanner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darar manages to avoid it.
Darar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tanner. That one must have hurt.
Darar throws a sloppy head kick and Tanner moves out of range easily.

That's two 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.
Tanner misses with a body shot
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darar checks a low kick from Tanner.
Tanner throws a leg kick
and Darar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tanner throws a right hand that Darar ducks under and follows up with a left that Darar also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Darar.
Darar throws a head kick that misses.
Tanner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tanner is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tanner throws a leg kick
and Darar counters with a low kick, right behind Tanner 's knee.
Tanner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darar tries to clinch up but Tanner circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar throws a leg kick
and Tanner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tanner just misses with a punch to the body.
Tanner misses with a combination
and Darar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Darar throws a sloppy head kick
and Tanner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Darar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanner looks to land a combination. Darar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Darar throws a sloppy head kick
and Tanner counters with an inside leg kick.
Tanner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darar on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Darar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tanner lands a two punch combo.
Darar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tanner's calf.
Tanner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tanner throws a leg kick but Darar moved away.
Tanner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tanner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tanner looks to land a combination but Darar avoids it well.
Tanner throws a sloppy body shot
and Darar counters with a slapping leg kick.

Tanner gets tackled into the cage by Darar. Darar maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osorolh Darar had his way with John Tanner in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Darar throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
A low kick from Tanner is predictable there
and Darar counters with a nice uppercut.
Tanner throws a lazy right hand but Darar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Tanner misses.
Darar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tanner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanner misses with a left hand
and Darar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tanner throws a lazy right hand but Darar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tanner is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Good leg kick by Darar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tanner blocks a head kick by Darar.
Tanner throws a combination that misses
and Darar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar lands with a kick to the temple. Tanner shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Darar tries to work over Tanner's front leg with a kick but Tanner checks it.
Darar misses with a low kick as Tanner jumps back.
Darar misses with a hook to the body
and Tanner counters with a right hand to the body.
Tanner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darar.
Tanner throws a lazy body kick
and Darar counters with a leg kick.
Tanner thows a leg kick but Darar checks it
and Darar counters with a nice kick to the body.
Darar scores with a spinning back kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Darar.
A good leg kick by Darar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Darar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Darar looking to throw knees to the head but Tanner is blocking nicely.

Darar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tanner misses with a lunging right hand
and Darar counters with a good low kick that Tanner was not able to check.
Nice jab there from Darar.
Darar defending well as Tanner loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick by Darar misses
and Tanner counters with a stiff right hand.
Tanner lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tanner misses with a wild combination.
Darar throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
Darar doesn't manage to clinch there - Tanner circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar scores with a punch to the head.
Tanner misses with a leg kick
and Darar counters with an inside leg kick.
Darar misses with a head kick.
Tanner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Darar throws a lazy head kick
and Tanner counters with a three punch combo that has Darar backing up. Darar nods at Tanner to acknowledge the strikes.
Tanner misses with a double jab.
A low kick from Tanner misses
and Darar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Darar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tanner takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tanner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Darar counters with a left and a right that stings Tanner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throws a combination that misses
and Darar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Darar is predictable there
and Tanner counters with an outside leg kick.
Darar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tanner throws a head kick that misses
and Darar counters with a head kick. That will keep Tanner thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
An inside leg kick from Tanner misses.
Tanner takes one on the button.
Darar tries to close the distance and clinch but Tanner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tanner misses with a leg kick
and Darar counters with a good low kick that Tanner was not able to check.
Darar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Tanner to counter with a crisp jab.
John Tanner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Darar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Osorolh Darar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Darar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 50:45
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 50:44
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 50:43

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