PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daryl Darnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fisher
vs
Darnell

180 cm
19
183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Zip Zap. Sale closing down

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daryl Darnell!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darnell connects with an inside leg kick.
Fisher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darnell throws a body shot but no joy.

Fisher pushes Darnell up against the cage in a clinch.
Fisher tries to work over Darnell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fisher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fisher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Darnell prevents a body shot from Fisher.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fisher obliges.
Darnell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fisher has him pressed against the cage.

Darnell manages to break the clinch.
Fisher ducks under a wild hook from Darnell.
Darnell has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fisher is landing a low percentage of strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Darnell.

Fisher gets a clinch.
Fisher tries a knee to the head but Darnell blocks it.
Darnell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Darnell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fisher tries to land knees in the clinch but Darnell avoids the damage to the body.
Darnell lands a body shot.
Darnell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darnell blocks an elbow strike from Fisher.
Fisher misses with a knee strike.
Fisher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Darnell's efforts to push away.
Fisher scores with a hook to the body.

Darnell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darnell throws a leg kick but Fisher sees it coming and moves out of range.
As Darnell tries to get set, Fisher tries to push him back and clinch up but Darnell manages to avoid the attempt.
Fisher wants to clinch but Darnell slips to the side
and Darnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Michael Fisher has been cut.
Fisher throws a lazy head kick
and Darnell counters with a left and a right that stings Fisher.
Fisher is looking to clinch but Darnell is avoiding it.
Darnell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fisher scores with a push kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Darnell gets tackled into the cage by Fisher. Fisher maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Darnell's efforts to push away.
Darnell tries to circle away but Fisher has him pinned against the cage.
Darnell has had enough of the clinch but Fisher keeps him there for the moment.
Fisher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Darnell on the inside.

Darnell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fisher tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Darnell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darnell is looking to land body kicks.

Fisher rushes Darnell and presses him up against the cage.
Darnell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darnell tries to break the clinch but Fisher is controlling the position.
Fisher wants to stall.
Darnell blocks a body shot from Fisher.
Fisher has Darnell pressed against the cage, preventing Darnell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Darnell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fisher has Darnell pressed against the cage, preventing Darnell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fisher.
Fisher struggles to land a body shot inside as Darnell controls his hands.
Fisher is pushing Darnell up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fisher can't find room to land a body shot as Darnell controls the action.
Darnell tries to circle away but Fisher has him pinned against the cage.
Fisher is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fisher trying to land knees to the body.
Darnell is looking to break free of the clinch but Fisher has double underhooks.
Darnell working hard to break the clinch.
Darnell has had enough of the clinch but Fisher keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Darnell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darnell is trying to push Fisher away but Fisher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fisher avoiding damage.
Fisher is leaning against Darnell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fisher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darnell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fisher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fisher with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Darnell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fisher prevents Darnell from breaking the clinch.
Darnell can't break the clinch.
Fisher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darnell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fisher throws an elbow but misses.
Fisher misses with a knee strike.
Fisher lands a knee to the body.
Fisher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Daryl Darnell has been cut.
Darnell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fisher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fisher lands an elbow inside that Darnell shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darnell managing to block the knees to the body from Fisher.
Fisher throws an elbow but it misses.
Fisher connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Fisher dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fisher moves out of range of the leg kick from Darnell.
Darnell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darnell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Darnell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darnell feints with a jab and clips Fisher right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Fisher is sent crashing into the canvas and Darnell leaps in for the kill! Fisher tries to get to his feet but Darnell is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Fisher is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daryl Darnell!
Daryl Darnell decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.