PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darren Till (ranked 6002 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Kamara (ranked 4749 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren Till has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Till
vs
Kamara

184 cm
25
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Darren Till!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Manny Kamara!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Till darts in and clinches Kamara up against the cage.

Kamara is fighting off a takedown attempt but Till is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kamara to the mat. Kamara regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Kamara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Till throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Till trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kamara is trying to keep Till in close.
Till wants to pass the guard but Kamara is keeping the position.
Till sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kamara wants to sweep here but Till controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamara lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Kamara drops back looking for a leg! Till is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Till manages to kick Kamara off! Kamara jumps back into Till's guard.
Kamara slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Till is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kamara is controlling him.
Kamara trying to control but Till is working from the bottom.
Till on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Till tries to get out of the position.
Kamara stopping the sweep attempt from Till.
Kamara passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Till wants to get back to full guard.
Kamara seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Till does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kamara is controlling the pace.
Till is holding on to half guard well.

Kamara wants to work for an arm triangle but Till is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kamara is keen to just control but Till is a slippery customer.
Kamara prevents Till from improving his position.
Kamara tries to pass to full mount but Till defends it.
Till makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Till.
Kamara with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Till keeping moving, preventing Kamara from controlling successfully.
Till is controlling Kamara's posture.
Till looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kamara landing some decent shots from guard.
Kamara trying to control the position from guard on top but Till is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Till controlling the position.
Till is trying to control the position but Kamara postures up.
Till keeping moving, preventing Kamara from controlling successfully.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Till moves into the clinch.
Kamara tries for a takedown but Till manages to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Till's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Till prevents the takedown attempt.
Till pushes Kamara back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Till avoiding damage.
Till gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kamara.
Darren Till has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Kamara.
Kamara working hard to break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A bit of stalling here from Till.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Till dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kamara tries to clinch up.
Kamara shoots for a takedown but Till saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Darren Till seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Till pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kamara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Till takes the fight into the clinch.

Till lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Till sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Till not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamara trying to hold on to Till's head to control him but Till postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamara is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Till's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Till's back!
Till wants to get back to his feet.
Till rolls, trying to escape but Kamara keeps control of the position.
Kamara trying to control momentarily.
Till trying to control the hands but Kamara breaks the grip.
Till staying busy and making it hard for Kamara to control.
Till is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Kamara.
Till trying to control the action but Kamara just sinks the hooks in.
Kamara tries to keep control of the position but Till is staying busy.
Till tries to escape the position.
Manny Kamara has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamara can do to turn this around?
Till staying busy and making it hard for Kamara to control.
Kamara not allowing Till to control his hands.

Kamara is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Till taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Kamara.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Manny Kamara!