PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Finlay Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaromir Jag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darrow
vs
Jag

169 cm
21
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
42
130 lbs
31 - 58 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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, Finlay Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 58 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaromir Jag!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jag tries to clinch there but Darrow circles away.
Darrow seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jag tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darrow appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jag throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Darrow.
Jag wants to clinch up but Darrow keeps it at a distance.
Jag wants to clinch up but Darrow keeps it at a distance.
A counter left hand to the body from Darrow misses its target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jag looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darrow circles away from the clinch attempt
and Darrow counters with a three punch combo that has Jag backing up. Jag nods at Darrow to acknowledge the strikes.
Jag ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darrow moves away.
Jag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jag closes the distance and clinches.

Jag pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jag tries to clinch but Darrow moves out of range.
Jag doesn't manage to clinch there - Darrow circles away.
Darrow avoids the body shot from Jag.
Darrow scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jag closes the distance and clinches.
Darrow pushes Jag back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Darrow pulls Jag into guard.
Jag must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Darrow looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jag wants to stand and escape but instead Darrow has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Darrow's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Darrow works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jag is trying to stand back up but Darrow is controlling him
Well, if Darrow is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Jag tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Darrow manages to move to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands a heavy elbow.
Darrow controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darrow's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Jag really wants to buck Darrow off and get back to his feet.
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!
Darrow controlling the pace for now.
Jag is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow landing shots from mount.
Darrow content just to control the position here.
Jag is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Darrow sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jag trying desperately to get to his feet.
Darrow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jag?
Darrow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jag wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Darrow looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jag is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Darrow controlling from the full mount.
Further stalling from Darrow.
Darrow seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jag for as long as he can get away with.
A nice elbow there by Darrow.
Darrow controlling his opponent.
Darrow lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finlay Darrow dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Darrow.
Jag tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darrow appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Darrow connects with a solid leg kick.
Jag takes one to the chin there.

Darrow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Darrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jag backwards.

Jag is rocked!
Darrow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jag lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jag is still on wobbly legs! Can Darrow finish him?
Darrow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darrow lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Jag to his knees! Darrow keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Finlay Darrow!