PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hamish Darrow (ranked 4465 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Krause (ranked 3270 p4p, 0 weight class). Krause comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Heart of a Champion kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that James Krause was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Darrow
vs
Krause

176 cm
34
160 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

180 cm
39
157 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamish Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, James Krause!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow leaves Krause with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Darrow throwing a counter right hand but Krause manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darrow. That's going to slow Krause down.
Krause waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darrow.
Krause ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darrow moves away.
Darrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krause.
Krause throws a right hand that misses
and Darrow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Krause fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Darrow swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Darrow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Darrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Darrow gets underhooks to prevent Krause's takedown attempt.
Hamish Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Krause.

Krause is trying to trip Darrow. He has hold of a leg but Darrow is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Krause persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Krause is pushing down on Darrow's leg trying to pass to half guard. Darrow is fighting to maintain full guard but Krause has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Krause throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Darrow gets full guard.
Krause throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darrow works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Krause throws an elbow that misses. Darrow uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Krause's guard. Nice move by Darrow!

Krause wants to sweep here but Darrow controlling him for the moment.
Krause is trying to control the position but Darrow postures up.

Krause had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Darrow defends it easily.
We've been hearing good reports from Darrow'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.

Krause is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Darrow defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krause working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Darrow has passed into half guard!
Darrow controlling the action here.
Darrow prevents Krause from improving his position.
Krause regains full guard. Nicely done.

Krause is looking to cinch up a triangle. Darrow throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Krause's body to avoid the submission. Krause has instead reached around Darrow's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Krause arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). James Krause!
James Krause made sure to mention his sponsor, KOMBAT KLOTHING in his post fight interview.