PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Howard (ranked 25010 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Till (ranked 5504 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren Till has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ernest Howard's chin.

Howard
vs
Till

220 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

183 cm
24
181 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ernest Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Till !
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Till throws an overhand right that lands on Howard's shoulder, as Howard tries to avoid the shot.
Howard moves out of range of the body kick.
Howard wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Till throws a lazy right hand but Howard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Howard is looking to counter the offense by Till and move into the clinch.
A big left from Till misses.
Howard seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Howard drives through and clinches with Till against the cage.
Howard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Till is defending well.

Howard manages to break the clinch.
Howard shoots in and drives through. Till sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Till throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Till throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Howard tries to counter by clinching up but Till breaks away and moves out of range.
Till tries to land a body kick
and Howard counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Till swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Till misses with a hook

and Howard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Howard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Till throws a series of punches but Howard avoids them all with ease.
Darren Till seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Till throws a low kick but it's checked well by Howard.
Howard is looking to counter punch.

Howard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Howard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Till pulls Howard in close to prevent any damage.
Howard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Howard has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Howard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Howard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Howard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Howard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Howard manages to get himself to full guard.

Till wants to control from the top but Howard keeps moving.
Howard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Till scoring with some ground and pound.
Howard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Till trying to control the position from guard on top but Howard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Till lands a couple of elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Till trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Till lands a couple of digs.
Till is in close to Howard's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Howard is rocked!
Till loads up on a big left hand. Howard felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Till looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Howard can't hide his disappointment, as Till celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darren Till !