PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danie Darc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zarek Reschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zarek Reschke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Darc
vs
Reschke

176 cm
22
148 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

164 cm
23
142 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danie Darc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zarek Reschke!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darc looks to land a left hand but Reschke moved out of range nicely.
Darc throws a right and a left that Reschke avoids nicely.

Reschke moves into range and clinches up with Darc.
Reschke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Darc.
Darc dodges an elbow strike from Reschke.
Reschke taking a breather.
Reschke misses with an elbow strike.
Reschke missing with knees to the body.
Reschke missing with knees to the body.
Reschke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darc blocks it with crossed arms.
Reschke throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darc working hard to break the clinch.
Darc managing to block the knees to the body from Reschke.
Darc looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reschke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darcs head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reschke stalling.
Reschke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darc.
Darc tries to circle away but Reschke has him pinned against the cage.
Darc wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reschke has Darc pressed against the cage, preventing Darc from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Reschke.
Darc prevents a body shot from Reschke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reschke manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reschke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darc blocks it with crossed arms.
Darc looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Darc breaks from the clinch.

Reschke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Darc's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reschke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Darc lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darc has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reschke pushes off an throws an elbow but Darc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reschke tries a knee to the head but Darc blocks it.
Darc is looking to break free of the clinch but Reschke has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reschke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch on the inside from Reschke fails to land.
Reschke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reschke lands an elbow inside that Darc shrugs off.
Reschke tries to land a knee to the head but Darc blocks with his arms.
Reschke controlling the action here for a moment.
Darc wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reschke missing with knees to the body.
Reschke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reschke misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reschke tries to land knees in the clinch but Darc avoids the damage to the body.
Reschke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reschke misses with an elbow strike.
Reschke avoiding damage.
Reschke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darc blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Darc looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Darc wants to break free but Reschke has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Darc breaks the clinch.
Darc thows a body shot but no joy.
Darc misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zarek Reschke dominated that round.
That's time! Darc's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice shot lands for Darc.
Reschke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darc.
Reschke tries to close the distance and clinch but Darc swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reschke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darc throws an off balance right hand
and Reschke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darc looks to land a combination but Reschke avoids it well.
Darc loads up on a big right hand but Reschke slips the punch.
Darc keeps the fight on the outside.
Darc misses the shot to the body.
Reschke tries to clinch but Darc is having none of it.
Reschke throws a head kick that half lands.
Reschke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reschke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Darc throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Reschke.
Reschke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reschke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Darc stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reschke.
Reschke connects with a solid leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reschke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darc missing with a left hand there. Reschke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donk. Reschke catches Darc right on the button with a cross.

Darc is rocked!
Reschke lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Darc crumples to the floor! Reschke milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zarek Reschke!
A victorious Zarek Reschke thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.