PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Koulouraki Souvlaki (ranked 1615 p4p, 167 weight class) and Blair Darrow (ranked 1555 p4p, 161 weight class). Souvlaki's entrance music is Greek Anthem. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Souvlaki
vs
Darrow

174 cm
39
146 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

167 cm
35
146 lbs
19 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Koulouraki Souvlaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Blair Darrow!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Darrow scores with a jab to the body.
Souvlaki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Souvlaki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Darrow sprawls well. Darrow wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Souvlaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Darrow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darrow tries to score with a low kick but Souvlaki moves his leg out of the way.
Souvlaki misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Souvlaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darrow on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Darrow misses with a hook to the body
and Souvlaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darrow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Souvlaki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Souvlaki. Those never looked like landing.
Darrow stuns Souvlaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Souvlaki blocks the low kick.
Darrow swings away with a body shot that misses
and Souvlaki counters with a two punch combo.
Souvlaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darrow.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darrow! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souvlaki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Darrow with a jab.
Darrow cracks the inside of Souvlaki's front leg.
Darrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souvlaki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Souvlaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darrow was well out of range. Poor timing from Souvlaki.
Souvlaki blocks the body kick.
Souvlaki has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Vicious Striking in the buildup to the fight.
Darrow throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Souvlaki attempts a counter takedown but Darrow avoids it well and moves away.
Souvlaki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Darrow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Souvlaki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Souvlaki misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Darrow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Darrow clinches.
Souvlaki lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Blair Darrow has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souvlaki tries to throw a body punch but Darrow avoids it by throwing Souvlaki back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Souvlakis head.
Darrow tries to work over Souvlaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Souvlaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souvlaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Darrow steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Darrow misses with an uppercut. Souvlaki saw that one coming.
Darrow tries to clinch up but Souvlaki circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Darrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Souvlaki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Darrow is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Koulouraki Souvlaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souvlaki is trying to break the clinch but Darrow has him pressed against the cage.
Darrow is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Darrow looking to throw knees to the head but Souvlaki is blocking nicely.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Souvlaki.
Darrow lands a body shot.
Darrow lands a nice uppercut.
Darrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souvlaki backwards.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Souvlaki.
A hook to the body from Darrow.
A short left from Darrow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow gets through Souvlaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darrow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Souvlaki avoiding damage as Darrow throws knees to the body.
Darrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Darrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souvlaki backwards.

Souvlaki is rocked!
Darrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Souvlaki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souvlaki looking to stall.
Darrow lands a right hand.
Darrow gets through Souvlaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darrow.
Darrow lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Souvlaki to his knees! Darrow keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blair Darrow!