PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brochan Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nothing has chosen Vegan Reich - The Way It Is as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darrow
vs
or Nothing

168 cm
22
141 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
46
116 lbs
22 - 54 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brochan Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 54 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, All or Nothing!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow scores with a leg kick.
Darrow throws the kick towards the body but Nothing avoids it.
We've been hearing reports that Darrow has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Darrow jabs Nothing to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Darrow lands a right hook to the body.
Darrow digs a good hook to Nothing's body.
Nothing is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nothing takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nothing takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Darrow gets a clinch.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nothing tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Nothing gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darrow wants to get back to full guard.
Nothing is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nothing looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nothing wants to lay and pray for a moment but Darrow keeps working.

That's two 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.
Darrow keeping hold of Nothing's head, controlling as best he can.
Darrow wants to improve his position but Nothing is controlling well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nothing dives in and scores a takedown into Darrow's guard.
Nothing tries to free his leg and advance position but Darrow is retaining full guard.
Darrow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Darrow tries to get out of the position.
Darrow has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nothing looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow is trying to control the position but Nothing postures up.
Nothing sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Darrow's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nothing not doing much here.
Darrow is trying to maintain the position but Nothing is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brochan Darrow will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jab, jab by Nothing - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darrow. Nothing does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Nothing is just out of range.

Darrow clinches.
Nothing blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Darrow lands a left hand.
Nothing blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow lands a right hand.
Darrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darrow tries a knee to the head but Nothing blocks it.
Darrow lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darrow throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nothing.
Darrow digs a right hand into Nothing's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nothing's gas tank.
Darrow misses with a knee strike.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nothing is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Darrow gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nothing drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Darrow gets through Nothing's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nothing tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brochan Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of All or Nothing.
Darrow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darrow throws an elbow but misses.
Darrow works on Nothing's body with a couple of short punches.
Nothing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nothing can do to turn this around?
Darrow tries to land knees in the clinch but Nothing avoids the damage to the body.
Darrow lands with a right to the head.
Darrow looking to throw knees to the head but Nothing is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nothing tries to pull guard but Darrow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Darrow misses with a knee to the head.
Nothing is trying to pull guard but Darrow has him pressed against the cage.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Nothing uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Darrow misses with a body punch.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darrow misses with a knee strike.
Darrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nothing's elbow.
Darrow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nothing blocks it with crossed arms.
Darrow lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nothing tries to pull guard but Darrow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nothing looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nothing.
Darrow lands a right hand.
Brochan Darrow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Darrow misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Darrow.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Nothing.
Darrow with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Nothing decides to pull guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nothing looking to hit a scissor sweep but Darrow is one step ahead there.
Darrow seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brochan Darrow dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Darrow scores with a spinning back kick!
Darrow just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darrow. Nothing does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nothing avoids the body shot from Darrow.
Darrow throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nothing stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Darrow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nothing throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Darrow as Nothing shoots in.
Darrow misses with a wild body shot.
Darrow scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nothing moves away.
Nice body punch from Darrow.
Darrow scores with a jab to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Darrow tries to land a knee to the head but Nothing blocks with his arms.
Darrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Nothing uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow misses with a knee to the head.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nothing tries to pull guard but Darrow won't allow it.
Darrow gets through Nothing's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nothing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nothing jumps guard.
Darrow wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.
Nothing keeping full guard, as Darrow tries to pass.
Nothing can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Darrow controls the pace.
Darrow wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.

Darrow got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nothing has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Darrow has managed to get both his arms back between Nothing's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Darrow misses with a body shot.
Brochan Darrow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nothing ducks right into an uppercut from Darrow.
Darrow takes a swing at Nothing's ribcage but misses.
Nothing looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darrow scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nothing fails with the takedown.
Brochan Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of All or Nothing.
Darrow missing with a left hand there. Nothing was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darrow connects with the punch.
Darrow misses with a hook to the body
and Nothing counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darrow lands a nice hook to Nothing's body. Nothing takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Darrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nothing moves away.
Darrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nothing sees it coming and avoids it easily.
All or Nothing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Darrow gets a clinch.
Nothing is trying to pull guard but Darrow turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brochan Darrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Darrow, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:26
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brochan Darrow!