PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ove Sundberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Darmody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sundberg
vs
Darmody

158 cm
20
138 lbs
12 - 1 - 1

190 cm
25
141 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Highland Clothing

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 12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Ove Sundberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Darmody!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darmody swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sundberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darmody misses with the combination.
Sundberg slips a straight right by Darmody.
Sundberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darmody is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sundberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darmody doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Darmody throws a combination that misses
and Sundberg counters with a two punch combo.
Darmody looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot to the liver by Sundberg. Beautiful body shot.
Sundberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darmody.
James Darmody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sundberg lands a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Sundberg. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darmody ducks right into an uppercut from Sundberg.
Good standup being displayed there by Sundberg as he connects with a hook.
Sundberg tries to bum rush Darmody with a series of wild strikes but Darmody uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darmody throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sundberg went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Darmody tries to bum rush Sundberg with a series of wild strikes but Sundberg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sundberg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sundberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darmody takes one to the chin there.
Sundberg ducks under a wild hook from Darmody.
Sundberg throws a right and a left that Darmody avoids nicely.
Sundberg connects with a body shot that sends Darmody's belly button to the back.
Darmody takes one to the side of the head.
Darmody dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darmody misses with a jab to the body
and Sundberg counters with a nice uppercut.
Sundberg moves out of range as Darmody strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sundberg thuds a left hand into Darmody's body.
Darmody misses with a shot to the body
and Sundberg counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Darmody thinking.
Sundberg avoids the body shot from Darmody.
A counter left hand to the body from Sundberg misses its target.
Sundberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darmody.
Darmody looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sundberg lands with a cross.
Sundberg 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.
Sundberg lands a slapping body shot.
Sundberg ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Darmody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sundberg.
A slow jab from Darmody misses its intended target.
Sundberg lands a nice shot to the body.
Sundberg lands a right hook to the body.
Donk. Sundberg catches Darmody right on the button with a cross.

Darmody is rocked!
Sundberg cracks Darmody with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Darmody falls to his knees and Sundberg doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ove Sundberg!
Ove Sundberg very nearly forgot to thank Highland Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.