PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ramsay Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darrow
vs
Dzhumagaliev

178 cm
30
173 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
36
168 lbs
34 - 22 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ramsay Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dzhumagaliev lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Darrow sprawling to the canvas. Dzhumagaliev follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Darrow hang on?
Darrow is staying active underneath Dzhumagaliev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Darrow is looking for a sweep. Dzhumagaliev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dzhumagaliev throwing shots but Darrow is blocking nicely.
Darrow controlling the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dzhumagaliev is trying to control the action in half guard but Darrow is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Dzhumagaliev is looking for submissions but instead, Darrow has regained full guard.
Dzhumagaliev must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dzhumagaliev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Darrow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dzhumagaliev stopping the sweep attempt from Darrow.
Dzhumagaliev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dzhumagaliev won't allow Darrow to sweep him here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Darrow throws a front kick aimed at Dzhumagaliev's knee but Dzhumagaliev avoids it well.
Dzhumagaliev has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Darrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow is looking to counter punch.
Dzhumagaliev 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.
Darrow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dzhumagaliev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Darrow looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dzhumagaliev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab by Darrow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Darrow lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dzhumagaliev doesn't seem phased though.

Dzhumagaliev has Darrow up against the cage in a clinch.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dzhumagaliev blocks an uppercut.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Dzhumagaliev prevents a body shot from Darrow.
Darrow gets through Dzhumagaliev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Darrow.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev wants to break free but Darrow has control.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dzhumagaliev blocking some punches.
Dzhumagaliev lands an uppercut.
Dzhumagaliev throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darrow tries to land knees in the clinch but Dzhumagaliev avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Darrow on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darrow is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dzhumagaliev is defending well for now.
Dzhumagaliev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darrow has him pressed against the cage.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dzhumagaliev is trying to push Darrow away but Darrow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow pushes Dzhumagaliev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
Darrow tries a body shot but Dzhumagaliev blocks it.
Dzhumagaliev is trying to break the clinch but Darrow is controlling him.
A short right from Darrow.
Darrow tries to land a knee to the head but Dzhumagaliev blocks with his arms.
Darrow misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dzhumagaliev blocking some punches.
Dzhumagaliev wants a takedown.
Dzhumagaliev tries to land knees in the clinch but Darrow avoids the damage to the body.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darrow.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Dzhumagaliev wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Darrow lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Darrow.
Darrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Dzhumagaliev backwards.
Dzhumagaliev wants to break free but Darrow has control.
Darrow has Dzhumagaliev pressed against the cage, preventing Dzhumagaliev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Darrow trying to land knees to the body.
Darrow avoiding damage as Dzhumagaliev throws knees to the body.
Darrow scores with a hook to the body.
Dzhumagaliev looks winded!
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramsay Darrow dominated that 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.

Dzhumagaliev tries to clinch but Darrow moves out of range.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a leg kick.
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darrow.
Dzhumagaliev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darrow.
Darrow feints and then cracks Dzhumagaliev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dzhumagaliev down.
Darrow scores with a jab to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Darrow.
Darrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid body kick from Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow throws a shot to the body.
Dzhumagaliev is looking to clinch but Darrow is avoiding it.
Dzhumagaliev tries to clinch up.
Dzhumagaliev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dzhumagaliev.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darrow leaves Dzhumagaliev with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A head kick by Dzhumagaliev misses
and Darrow makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Darrow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dzhumagaliev is breathing heavily.
Darrow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dzhumagaliev looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dzhumagaliev instigates a clinch.
Darrow scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Darrow.

Dzhumagaliev manages to break the clinch.
Darrow lands with a right hand.
Darrow lands with a shot to the body.
Ramsay Darrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darrow.
Dzhumagaliev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Dzhumagaliev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Darrow presses Dzhumagaliev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Darrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dzhumagaliev takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darrow lands an uppercut.
Darrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dzhumagaliev backwards.
Darrow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darrow scores with a hook to the body.
A short uppercut from Darrow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands a body shot.
Darrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dzhumagaliev blocking some punches.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramsay Darrow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Darrow - that landed with a thud.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dzhumagaliev takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.

Dzhumagaliev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Darrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Darrow misses with a body punch.
Dzhumagaliev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dzhumagaliev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Darrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dzhumagaliev can do to turn this around?
Dzhumagaliev blocks an uppercut.
Darrow works on Dzhumagaliev's body with a couple of short punches.
Dzhumagaliev blocks an uppercut.
Darrow scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dzhumagaliev's elbow.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darrow lands a nice uppercut.
Darrow lands a right hand.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Darrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dzhumagaliev blocks an uppercut.
Dzhumagaliev is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhumagaliev.
Dzhumagaliev blocks an uppercut.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Darrow.
Darrow is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dzhumagaliev is defending well for now.
Dzhumagaliev wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dzhumagaliev just misses with a elbow thrown towards Darrow's brow.
Dzhumagaliev tries to break the clinch but Darrow is controlling the position.
Dzhumagaliev prevents a body shot from Darrow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darrow.
Darrow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Darrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Dzhumagaliev backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darrow scores a nice knee to the body.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dzhumagaliev's elbow.
Darrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dzhumagaliev's elbow.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow gets through Dzhumagaliev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dzhumagaliev or not.
Darrow presses Dzhumagaliev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dzhumagaliev is trying to break the clinch but Darrow is controlling him.

Dzhumagaliev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dzhumagaliev wants to clinch but Darrow slips to the side
and Darrow counters with a good low kick that Dzhumagaliev was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramsay 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. And we move into the final round!

Darrow lands with a hook. Dzhumagaliev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dzhumagaliev closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dzhumagaliev looks to land a body kick but Darrow moved away.
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dzhumagaliev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dzhumagaliev has his takedown stuffed
and Darrow counters with a nice body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dzhumagaliev drops his hands momentarily and Darrow takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Darrow lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darrow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Darrow clinches.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Darrow.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow lands with a light punch inside.
Dzhumagaliev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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 lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Darrow scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darrow missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Darrow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darrow.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.
Dzhumagaliev blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Dzhumagaliev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Darrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dzhumagalievs head.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev working hard to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Darrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dzhumagaliev lands with a light punch inside.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dzhumagaliev tries a knee to the head but Darrow blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.

Dzhumagaliev manages to break the clinch.
Dzhumagaliev 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.
Dzhumagaliev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dzhumagaliev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dzhumagaliev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Darrow feints and then cracks Dzhumagaliev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dzhumagaliev down.
Darrow fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dzhumagaliev checks it well.
Dzhumagaliev tries for a takedown but Darrow circles away easily
and Darrow counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Darrow wants to clinch.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dzhumagaliev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow connects with a solid leg kick.
Ramsay Darrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Darrow lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dzhumagaliev tries to close the distance and clinch but Darrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.

Dzhumagaliev gets a clinch.
Darrow is working Dzhumagaliev over against the cage.
Darrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Darrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darrow trying to land knees to the body.
Darrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dzhumagaliev backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Darrow lands a body punch.
Ramsay Darrow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Darrow lands a hook that snaps the head of Dzhumagaliev backwards.
Dzhumagaliev wants to break free but Darrow has control.
A short right from Darrow on the inside.
Darrow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dzhumagaliev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev tries for a takedown but Darrow manages to get underhooks.
Ramsay Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikolai Dzhumagaliev.
Darrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dzhumagaliev is trying to break the clinch but Darrow has him pressed against the cage.
Darrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow lands an uppercut.
Darrow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Darrow.
Dzhumagaliev working hard to break the clinch.
Darrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Darrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dzhumagalievs head.
Darrow misses with some punches.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dzhumagaliev wants to get back to striking at distance but Darrow won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramsay 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

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