PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Darkside (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Glass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Darkside is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Darkside
vs
Glass

186 cm
21
209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

194 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

The Million Dollar Nutrition
Perkele!

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Darkside!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Glass!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkside is looking to chop away at Glass's legs.
Darkside throws a head kick but Glass moves out of range.
Darkside throws a low kick but Glass moves out of range easily.
Glass is looking for the big counter here.
Darkside buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Glass with a poor takedown
and Darkside counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darkside displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Glass.
Darkside fakes the leg kick and cracks Glass in the body.
Darkside lands a right hook to the body.
Darkside explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkside moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darkside looks to land a left hand but Glass moved out of range nicely.
Darkside feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glass's calf.
Darkside throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Darkside attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Darkside misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkside circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Darkside throws a head kick but Glass moves out of range.
Darkside lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darkside misses with a kick to the body.
Darkside misses with a head kick.
Glass tries to score a power double leg takedown but Darkside sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Glass somewhat.
Danny Darkside has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Glass.
Glass takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Glass throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darkside throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkside fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Glass has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Darkside scores with a spinning back kick!
Darkside moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Darkside on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Glass. Glass obviously looking to wear him down.
Darkside has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Darkside avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Darkside appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Darkside blocks a low kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darkside throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Darkside lands a nice looking body kick.
Darkside moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darkside throws a wild body kick that Glass sees coming a mile off.
Glass cracks the inside of Darkside's front leg.
Darkside misses with a wild body shot.
Glass moves out of range of the body kick.
Glass falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darkside counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkside misses with an attempted mid kick.
Darkside rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Glass counters with a low kick, right behind Darkside 's knee.
Glass has a takedown stuffed.
Darkside does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice side step and Glass releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Glass takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Darkside dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Glass. That did some damage!
Darkside is looking to land body kicks.
Darkside misses with a leg kick
and Glass counters with a nice low kick that buckles Darkside's knee momentarily.
Glass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glass with the counter takedown but Darkside avoids it easily.
Glass shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Darkside defends it nicely.
Glass avoids the head kick by Darkside.
Darkside motions for Glass to come forward. Darkside throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkside throws a low kick, looking for Glass's leg but Glass calmly moves out of range.
Glass steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Darkside.
Darkside pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glass fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Darkside throwing a counter right hand but Glass manages to avoid it.
Glass has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Darkside.
Darkside misses with a body kick.
Darkside slaps away a takedown attempt from Glass, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Glass shoots in for a takedown but Darkside shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick by Darkside misses

and Glass decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Darkside's guard.
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!
Glass throwing strikes from guard but Darkside blocks nicely.
Darkside wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Darkside dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Glass tries to close the distance and clinch but Darkside swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A left and a right from Glass both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Danny Darkside has been cut.
Glass misses with a takedown attempt
and Darkside counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darkside looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darkside wants to land a leg kick but Glass is out of range.
Darkside is looking to score with low kicks.
Darkside lands a leg kick that knocks Glass off balance momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Darkside misses.
Glass looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Darkside will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkside is looking to score with low kicks.
Darkside sets himself, and Glass steps forward looking for the clinch! Darkside avoids it this time.
Glass's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Darkside slaps away a takedown attempt from Glass, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Danny Darkside seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darkside with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkside buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Frankie Glass is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Glass wants to clinch up but Darkside keeps it at a distance.
Darkside stuns Glass with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darkside is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glass can do to turn this around?
Glass defending well as Darkside loads up on a big left hand.
Darkside throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Glass misses with a low kick.
Glass shoots in looking for a takedown. Darkside tries to sprawl out of it but Glass keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Darkside manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Danny Darkside has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Glass.
Darkside throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Glass takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Darkside shoots in looking for a takedown but Glass manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Darkside's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Glass blocks a leg kick.
Darkside misses with a head kick.
Darkside takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkside lands a head kick!
A solid body kick from Darkside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkside takes a swing at Glass's ribcage but misses.
Glass moves out of range of the leg kick from Darkside.
Glass has a takedown stuffed.
Danny Darkside is winning the standup battle so far.
Glass tries to clinch up but Darkside circles away and keeps his distance.

Glass drives through with a takedown into Darkside's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Glass trying to control but Darkside is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Glass forces his way into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Darkside moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Darkside utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Darkside is adopting a defensive guard.
Darkside avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Darkside tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Glass throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darkside works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Glass stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Darkside swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A good leg kick by Darkside.
Darkside chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice takedown defense from Glass. No joy for Darkside on that attempt.
Glass wants to counter with a clinch but Darkside pushes him away.
Glass shoots for a takedown but Darkside saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Darkside looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Glass misses with a low kick.
Glass stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkside.
Glass on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Darkside misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Darkside dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Danny Darkside's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Glass finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Glass avoids the head kick by Darkside.
Darkside wants to land a leg kick but Glass is out of range.
Darkside throws a sloppy head kick and Glass moves out of range easily.
And Glass tries to counter it with a takedown but Darkside pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Glass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glass looks to clinch
and Darkside counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darkside tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Glass is able to avoid easily.
Glass moves out of range of the leg kick from Darkside.
Glass wants to counter with a clinch but Darkside pushes him away.
Darkside wants to slow Glass down by chopping away at his legs.
Darkside misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkside displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Glass.
A counter left hand to the body from Darkside misses its target.
Darkside tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice takedown defense from Darkside. No joy for Glass on that attempt.
Darkside throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkside connects with a single shot there.
Glass dives in and grabs Darkside's left leg, looking for a takedown. Darkside pushes down on Glass's head and hops out.
Danny Darkside has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Glass.
Horrible takedown attempt by Glass or perhaps it was just good defense by Darkside, which made it look bad.
Glass takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Glass throws a leg kick but Darkside moved away.
No luck for Glass with that takedown attempt.

Darkside drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Darkside working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkside cracks Glass with a big elbow.
Darkside scoring with punches and elbows.
Darkside working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darkside working the head with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkside working the head and body with strikes.

Glass is rocked!
Darkside cracks Glass with a big right hand but Glass just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Glass is still in real trouble! Can Darkside finish him?
Darkside lands a strong strike to the head of Glass. That's dazed him! Darkside looking to finish here. Glass is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Darkside lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Darkside!