PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Buck Futter (ranked 1396 p4p, 69 weight class) and Finlay Darrow (ranked 1770 p4p, 91 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Futter
vs
Darrow

159 cm
30
144 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

169 cm
31
147 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
KAISER Nutrition - Q160

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buck Futter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Finlay Darrow!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Futter.
Finlay Darrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Darrow lands a body shot.

Futter has Darrow pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Futter pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Darrow tumbling to the mat - Futter dives into Darrow's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Futter's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Futter is pushing down on Darrow's leg trying to pass to half guard. Darrow is fighting to maintain full guard but Futter has managed to sneak the leg through.
Futter lands strikes from half guard.
Futter is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Futter sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Darrow holds on to Futter as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Futter lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Darrow hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Futter looking to control but Darrow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Futter sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Darrow holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Futter tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Futter thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Darrow avoids a series of strikes thrown by Futter.
Futter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Darrow is looking to escape.
Futter looking to ground and pound but Darrow is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Futter is working for a guillotine from mount but Darrow frees his head quite easily.
Futter is landing with some decent strikes but Darrow is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Darrow tries to hold on but Futter pushes him away.
Futter thowing shots but they're missing.
Futter looking to control but Darrow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Futter thowing shots but they're missing.
Futter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Darrow is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futter looking to ground and pound but Darrow is blocking nicely.
Futter raining down shots from the mount!
Futter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Futter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Darrow looks a forlorn figure.
Futter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Futter controlling the position easily from mount.
Darrow is desperately trying to improve his position but Futter has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futter landing strikes, looking to finish!
Darrow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Darrow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Futter cracks Darrow with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Darrow is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Futter working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Darrow is still in real trouble! Can Futter finish him?
Darrow can't escape the position.
Futter postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Darrow badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Futter around the waist but Futter pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Futter is the winner by TKO! Futter jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buck Futter!
Buck Futter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.