PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Cliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alucard Darkim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darkim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm new in da city. Richard Cliff has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cliff
vs
Darkim

190 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
198 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Russian Top Team Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Cliff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alucard Darkim!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cliff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Darkim gets a double leg takedown into Cliff's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cliff keeping moving, preventing Darkim from controlling successfully.
Cliff wants to stand but Darkim is controlling the position.

Cliff manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Cliff blocks the body kick.
Darkim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cliff misses with a few strikes there.

Darkim changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cliff looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Darkim is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cliff has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darkim taking a breather here.
Darkim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cliff keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkim controls the position.
Cliff knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Darkim on the ground.
Cliff pushes Darkim away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Darkim gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Darkim wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cliff, who protects the arm well.
Cliff is trying to get back to his feet.

Darkim looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Darkim is trying to get an arm triangle but Cliff is defending well.

Darkim is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cliff is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cliff wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkim working the head and body with strikes.
Cliff wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darkim trying to control the position but Cliff is working away.

Darkim is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cliff knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cliff is not content to let Darkim control the position.
Cliff is pushing Darkim's head away, looking to escape. Darkim manages to hold on to the position though.

Darkim is trying to get an arm triangle but Cliff is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkim trying to control the action but Cliff is working from the bottom.

Darkim tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Darkim has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cliff is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Darkim looks up at the clock and then as Cliff takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Darkim smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Darkim wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cliff, who protects the arm well.
Darkim working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cliff pushes Darkim away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Darkim gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Darkim trying to control the action but Cliff is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Darkim tries for a kimura but Cliff is defending well.
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!

Darkim thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cliff wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Cliff on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cliff tries to get out of the position.
Darkim wants to control but Cliff is keeping him busy.

Darkim thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cliff is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Darkim is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cliff is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alucard Darkim dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cliff misses with a double jab.
Cliff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cliff works over Darkim's head and body with a nice combination.

Darkim fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cliff sprawls well initially but Darkim persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Darkim trying to control the action but Cliff is working from the bottom.
Cliff is trying to stand back up but Darkim is controlling him

Darkim is looking for a kimura but Cliff is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Darkim to get the leverage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Darkim is looking for a kimura but Cliff is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Darkim to get the leverage.
Darkim stops Cliff from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Darkim tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cliff knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Darkim is trying to work for a kimura but Cliff is defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Darkim throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkim stalling.

Darkim is working for a kimura but Cliff is defending it quite comfortably.

Darkim is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Cliff is defending against the submission attempts here by Darkim.
Cliff is staying active underneath Darkim, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cliff blocking the ground and pound attempt from Darkim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Darkim is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cliff defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cliff pushes Darkim off looking to stand but Darkim dives back in and keeps control.
Cliff is not content to let Darkim control the position.
Darkim might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cliff kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Alucard Darkim has got the better of the ground game so far.
Darkim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Well, if Darkim is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Cliff tries to kick Darkim off but Darkim keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Darkim is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cliff sees it coming and defends easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkim seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Darkim seems to be looking for submissions.
Cliff pushes Darkim off looking to stand but Darkim dives back in and keeps control.
Darkim works his way into side control.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Darkim. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Darkim is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Cliff is trying to escape and Darkim transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Cliff is forced to tap! Nice work there by Darkim! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alucard Darkim!
Alucard Darkim really struggled to get his t-shirt was on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Russian Top Team Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.