PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mek Ju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Lockyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lockyer has chosen Halo as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ju
vs
Lockyer

183 cm
33
190 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

189 cm
27
192 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mek Ju!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Lockyer!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ju pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lockyer misses with a left hand
and Ju makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ju fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lockyer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Darren Lockyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lockyer throws a body punch but Ju moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Lockyer misses the target.

Ju closes the distance and pushes Lockyer back into the cage.
Ju misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lockyer.
Ju is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lockyer is defending well for now.
Lockyer is trying to break free.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lockyer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lockyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Ju uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ju looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockyer avoids the elbow strike from Ju, against the cage.
Ju pushes Lockyer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Ju.
Lockyer is trying to break the clinch but Ju is controlling him.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Lockyer blocks with his arms.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ju throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lockyer blocks it with crossed arms.
Ju missing with knees to the body.
Ju tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lockyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lockyer avoiding damage as Ju throws knees to the body.
Ju throws an elbow but it misses.
Ju landing knees to the head.
Ju misses with a knee strike.
Lockyer blocks an elbow strike from Ju.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Lockyer is blocking nicely.
Ju missing with knees to the body.
Ju blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lockyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Lockyer breaks from the clinch.
Ju gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lockyer swings widly with a right hand
and Ju counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lockyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ju sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lockyer misses with a double jab

and Ju counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ju.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ju misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lockyer.
Lockyer has Ju pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Lockyer fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ju.
Ju with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ju missing with knees to the body.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ju missing with knees to the body.
Ju scores with a knee to the head.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lockyer avoids it.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ju blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ju keeps control of Lockyer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lockyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ju goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ju missing with knees to the body.
Lockyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.
Ju misses with a knee strike.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Ju landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ju is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lockyer is defending well for now.
Lockyer blocks an elbow strike.
Lockyer blocks an elbow strike.
Lockyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Ju working Lockyer over with knees to the body.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ju is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Ju tries a body shot but Lockyer blocks it.
Ju throws an elbow that misses.
Lockyer avoids a wild elbow strike from Ju.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mek Ju dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lockyer scores with a nice head shot.
Lockyer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Danga de danga de dang - Lockyer scores with a four punch combination!
Lockyer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ju counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lockyer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ju circles away quickly and effectively.
Ju moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ju ducks under a wild hook from Lockyer.
Ju dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lockyer. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lockyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lockyer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ju counters with a stiff right hand.

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

Ju is rocked!
Lockyer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ju counters with a thumping low kick.
Oh Ju is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lockyer throws a looping overhand right but Ju ducks down to avoid it.
Lockyer swings widly with a right hand
and Ju counters with a stiff right hand.
Lockyer misses with an uppercut
and Ju counters with an inside leg kick.
Ju ducks into an uppercut from Lockyer and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darren Lockyer!
Darren Lockyer is the new middleweight champion!
Darren Lockyer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.