PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dolores Doremus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finlay Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Doremus
vs
Darrow

165 cm
28
144 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

169 cm
29
147 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dolores Doremus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Finlay Darrow!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Darrow wants it to stay on the feet.
Doremus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Darrow as he jumps to the side.
Darrow appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Doremus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Darrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Doremus misses with a takedown
and Darrow counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Doremus has been working on his balance at Irish Collar & Elbow Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Darrow.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dolores Doremus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darrow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darrow connects with a body shot that sends Doremus's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doremus dives in and grabs Darrow's left leg, looking for a takedown. Darrow pushes down on Doremus's head and hops out.
Darrow swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Darrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Doremus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doremus doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Darrow counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Doremus thinking.
Doremus wants to clinch.
Darrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doremus manages to avoid it.

Doremus darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Doremus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Doremus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Darrow wants to control but Doremus is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doremus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Darrow's head.
Darrow trying to control from the bottom.
Doremus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Darrow's head.
Darrow has hold of Doremus's hands but Doremus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Doremus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Darrow defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Doremus is working for a submission of some sort.
Doremus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Darrow is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Darrow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doremus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doremus trying to control the action but Darrow is working from the bottom.
Doremus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Darrow defending well though.
Doremus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Darrow trying to hold on to Doremus's head to control him but Doremus postures up.
Darrow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Doremus working over Darrow with some ground and pound. Darrow looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Doremus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Doremus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Doremus throwing shots but Darrow is blocking nicely.
Doremus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Darrow's head.
Darrow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Doremus lands with a punch from half guard.
Darrow is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doremus winds up and cracks Darrow with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Darrow is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Doremus scores with a couple of nice shots.

Darrow is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Doremus lands a nice short elbow.
Darrow is still in real trouble! Can Doremus finish him?
Doremus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Doremus is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Darrow is hurt! He's hurt bad - Doremus fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Darrow from any more punishment! Congratulations to Doremus! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dolores Doremus!