PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Darko (ranked 2799 p4p, 364 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 405 p4p, 62 weight class). Darko comes to the cage accompanied by Ominous Drumming. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darko
vs
Sharp

178 cm
23
176 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
24
175 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Blue Moon

Aspire Clothing
IniTech Nutrition

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko throws a wild body kick that Sharp sees coming a mile off.
Darko misses with a two punch combination.
Darko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sharp connects with a body shot that sends Darko's belly button to the back.
Darko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Darko thuds a left hand into Sharp's body.
Darko misses with a left hand
and Darko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Darko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sharp has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sharp and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sharp throws out a counter right but Darko avoids it with no problem.
A telegraphed right hand from Darko misses the target.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Darko.
Sharp misses with a wild body shot.
Darko throws a shot to the body.
Sharp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darko appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sharp.
Sharp lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sharp has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Darko as he connects with a hook.
Jab by Darko.
Darko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darko misses with a straight right.
Darko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sharp counters with a slapping leg kick.
Darko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sharp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sharp misses with a double jab.
Darko is looking to counter with a body kick.
Darko throws the kick towards the body but Sharp avoids it.
Sharp takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Darko lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sharp misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sharp.
Darko plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Darko scores with a hook to the body. Sharp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sharp avoids the body shot from Darko.
A nice side step and Sharp releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Darko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sharp throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A swing and a miss from Darko.
Darko scoring well with a low kick there.
Good exchange - Darko coming out on top.
Good exchange - Darko coming out on top.
Sharp looks to land a left hand but Darko moved out of range nicely.
A clash of legs there as Sharp blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Darko thumps Sharp with a low kick.
Darko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darko misses with a low kick.
Darko throws a hook but Sharp avoids it easily.
Darko throws a leg kick that misses.
Sharp takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sharp looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sharp throws out the jab.
Sharp takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Darko scores with a leg kick.
Darko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharp moves away.
It seemed like Sharp was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Darko throws an overhand right that lands on Sharp's shoulder, as Sharp tries to avoid the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sharp. That's going to slow Darko down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko cracks the inside of Sharp's front leg.
Darko is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sharp moves out of range of the leg kick from Darko.
A jab from Sharp does it's job there.
Sharp moves out of range of the strikes.
Darko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
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!
Sharp tried to score with a low kick but Darko checks it.
Sharp cracks the inside of Darko's front leg.
Darko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sharp's hands.
Sharp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sharp just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Darko was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sharp.
Darko stuns Sharp with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darko moves out of range of the strikes.
Darko uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sharp has time to react.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharp misses with an uppercut. Darko saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Darko dominated that round.
That's time! Darko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Darko gets a clinch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sharp might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Darko has got the better of the exchanges.
Still in the clinch, Sharp scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Sharp.
Sharp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darko throws a punch but it's blocked by Sharp.
Sharp pushes Darko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sharp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Sharp.
A right hand to the body from Darko.
Sharp tries to work over Darko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darko tries to work over Sharp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharp misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darko blocks a body shot from Sharp.
Darko working aggressively here.
Sharp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Darko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sharp can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darko tries a body shot but Sharp blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp blocks an uppercut.
Sharp tries to throw a body punch but Darko avoids it by throwing Sharp back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darko.
Sharp prevents a body shot from Darko.
Darko misses with a punch on the inside.
Sharp is leaning against Darko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sharp lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sharp working aggressively here.
Darko tries to throw a body punch but Sharp avoids it by throwing Darko back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Darko.
Sharp has a couple of punches blocked by Darko.
Sharp digs a right hand into Darko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darko's gas tank.
Darko blocks an uppercut.
Darko lands a body punch.
Sharp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharp lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Darko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Darko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good work by Sharp as he checks the leg kick.
Sharp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sharp misses with a straight left.
Darko throws a head kick but Sharp moves out of range.
Darko keeps Sharp at a distance using the push kick.
Darko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Sharp misses with a body shot.
Darko lands a leg kick that knocks Sharp off balance momentarily.
Sharp throws a low kick but Darko avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Sharp misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Darko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp avoids a kick to the body.
Sharp looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Darko pushes Sharp away with a front kick.
Darko throws the left hand but Sharp avoids the punch easily.
Darko has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nice shot by Darko.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darko throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sharp lands a nice shot that snaps Darko's head back.
Darko avoids the body shot from Sharp.
Sharp closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sharp on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fighters circling - Darko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sharp misses with an uppercut. Darko saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Darko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko scores with a nice body kick.
Sharp is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sharp was well out of range. Poor timing from Darko.
Darko takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Darko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sharp steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
Darko throws a poor cross that misses
and Sharp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darko connects with the punch.
Sharp throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sharp throws a right and a left that Darko avoids nicely.
Darko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Darko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Darko dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Darko as he connects with a hook.
Darko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sharp.
Sharp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darko.
Sharp sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Darko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Sharp is rocked!
Darko lunges at Sharp with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sharp's hand.
Sharp is still on wobbly legs! Can Darko finish him?
Sharp staying out of range there.
Sharp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darko scores with a hook to the body. Sharp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darko jabs at Sharp's body.
Darko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darko connects with an inside leg kick.
Darko throws an overhand right that drops Sharp like a sack of potatoes! Darko dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vlad Darko!
Our winner, Vlad Darko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.