PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hubert J Farnsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darby Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon has chosen United Booty Foundation as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

J Farnsworth
vs
Gordon

199 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hubert J Farnsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Darby Gordon!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gordon drives through and clinches with Farnsworth against the cage.

Gordon manages to break the clinch.
Gordon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gordon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Farnsworth takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gordon misses with a hook. Farnsworth ducked under it nicely.
Farnsworth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Farnsworth definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Farnsworth swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gordon counters with a nice body shot.
Farnsworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gordon was well out of range. Poor timing from Farnsworth.
Gordon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gordon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Farnsworth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gordon. Gordon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Gordon clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farnsworth swings wildly with an uppercut but Gordon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farnsworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gordon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gordon throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Gordon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gordon has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon connects with an inside leg kick.
Farnsworth jabs Gordon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Farnsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Gordon.
Gordon lands a nice hook to Farnsworth's body. Farnsworth takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gordon tried to score with a low kick but Farnsworth checks it.
Gordon just misses with a punch to the body.
Farnsworth feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gordons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gordon throws a series of punches but Farnsworth moves out of range.
Farnsworth lands a nice hook to Gordon's body. Gordon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circling - Gordon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gordon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Farnsworth doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farnsworth drops his hands momentarily and Gordon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Farnsworth scores with a punch to the head.
Gordon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gordon tries to clinch but Farnsworth is having none of it.

Gordon drives through and clinches with Farnsworth against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon misses with a punch on the inside.
Farnsworth tries to break the clinch but Gordon is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Gordon.
Gordon can't find room to land a body shot as Farnsworth controls the action.

Gordon breaks the clinch.
Darby Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farnsworth throws a hook but Gordon avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Gordon as he connects with a hook.
Gordon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Farnsworth has time to react.
Farnsworth throws the left hand but Gordon avoids the punch easily.
Farnsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gordon misses with an uppercut.
Farnsworth throws the left hand but Gordon avoids the punch easily.
Farnsworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Farnsworth moves out of range.
Gordon is looking to clinch.
Farnsworth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon throws the left hand but Farnsworth avoids the punch easily.
Gordon throws a hook to the side of Farnsworth's head but Farnsworth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gordon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Farnsworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Farnsworth loads up on a big right hand but Gordon slips the punch.

Gordon darts in and clinches Farnsworth up against the cage.
Gordon scores with a shoulder strike.
Gordon pushes off an throws an elbow but Farnsworth leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gordon lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Gordon.
Gordon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gordon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gordon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gordon pushes off an throws an elbow but Farnsworth leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gordon pushes Farnsworth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Gordon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon ducks under a wild hook from Farnsworth.
Gordon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Farnsworth gets tackled into the cage by Gordon. Gordon maintains the clinch.
Farnsworth misses with some punches.
Gordon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Farnsworth backwards.
Still in the clinch, Gordon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gordon pushes Farnsworth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Farnsworth is rocked!
Gordon creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Farnsworth with a big uppercut! Farnsworth tries to clinch up but Gordon pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Farnsworth to the mat! Farnsworth covers up and Gordon unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Darby Gordon!
Darby Gordon seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.