PBP Commentary

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

Curad
vs
Dharma

160 cm
24
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Curad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Khan Dharma!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curad stuffs the takedown attempt from Dharma. Dharma gets slowly back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Curad.
Curad slips a jab from Dharma.
Curad lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Curad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Curad pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dharma back to the cage. Curad follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dharma shoots in and drives through. Curad sprawls well.
Curad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Curad throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dharma.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curad lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Curad fails to land with a series of punches.
Dharma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dharma has a takedown stuffed.
James Curad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khan Dharma.
Curad keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curad misses with a wild combination.
Curad lands a jab-cross combination.
James Curad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Curad cracks a nice hook into Dharma's ribs.
Curad is looking to clinch but Dharma is avoiding it.
Curad lands with an overhand left.
Curad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dharma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curad keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Curad doesn't manage to clinch there - Dharma circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Curad checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Curad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dharma.
A punch combination from Curad misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharma misses with a wild body shot.
Dharma throws a solid leg kick but Curad takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dharma.
Curad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!

Curad moves into range and clinches up with Dharma.
Curad has had enough of the clinch but Dharma keeps him there for the moment.

Curad manages to break the clinch.
James Curad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curad throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Curad takes the fight into the clinch.

Curad manages to break the clinch.

Dharma looking to score a takedown here. Curad is defending well but Dharma drives through and ends up in Curad's guard.
Curad being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharma trying to control but Curad is working from the bottom.
Dharma stops Curad from standing up.
Dharma throwing strikes from guard but Curad blocks nicely.
Dharma trying to control the position from guard on top but Curad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dharma is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dharma forces his way into half guard.
Dharma is trying to control. Curad wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dharma trying to pass the guard but Curad defending well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Curad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Curad tries to clinch but Dharma moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Curad dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dharma shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Dharma drops back looking for a leg! Curad is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Curad manages to kick Dharma off! Dharma jumps back into Curad's guard.
Dharma throwing strikes from guard but Curad blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dharma controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dharma drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Dharma seems to have locked his on tight now - Curad screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Dharma, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Khan Dharma!