PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Darian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Sczastliwyj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sczastliwyj has chosen Это Кавказ as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darian
vs
Sczastliwyj

185 cm
19
203 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

198 cm
21
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

GMMA Supplements 160

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lance Darian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor Sczastliwyj!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sczastliwyj scores with a kick to the body.
Sczastliwyj lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sczastliwyj delivers a nice body kick.
No joy there for Sczastliwyj, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Darian has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Darian shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sczastliwyj pinned against the cage. Sczastliwyj gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Darian tries a head kick but it misses.
Darian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sczastliwyj tries to avoid it but Darian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sczastliwyj to the ground. Sczastliwyj escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sczastliwyj throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Darian is breathing heavily.
Crunch! Sczastliwyj slams his shin into Darian's torso.
Darian takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Igor Sczastliwyj is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sczastliwyj swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darian.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sczastliwyj.
Sczastliwyj goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sczastliwyj.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sczastliwyj closes the distance and clinches.
Sczastliwyj with a knee to the head.
Sczastliwyj stalling against the cage.

Sczastliwyj escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sczastliwyj goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sczastliwyj misses with a head kick.
Sczastliwyj lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darian misses with a two punch combination.
Darian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darian shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Darian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sczastliwyj tries a head kick but it misses.
Sczastliwyj tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sczastliwyj tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darian throws a right hand that misses

and Sczastliwyj holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Darian tries to break free but Sczastliwyj pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sczastliwyj tries to land a knee to the head but Darian blocks with his arms.
Sczastliwyj throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darian blocks it with crossed arms.
Sczastliwyj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sczastliwyj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Sczastliwyj breaks from the clinch.
Sczastliwyj swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Darian counters with a nice body shot.
Darian with a hook.
Darian misses with a body kick.
Darian avoids the head kick by Sczastliwyj.
Sczastliwyj misses with the combination.

Darian lands a left and a right that send Sczastliwyj crashing to the mat, dazed. Darian thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sczastliwyj is rocked!
Darian cracks a nice hook into Sczastliwyj's ribs.
Sczastliwyj is still on wobbly legs! Can Darian finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darian lands a slapping body shot.
Darian cracks Sczastliwyj with a hook to the temple - Sczastliwyj is on wobbly legs here! Darian swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Sczastliwyj falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Darian wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lance Darian!