PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finlay Darrow (ranked 1579 p4p, 153 weight class) and Kern Dignity (ranked 2671 p4p, 233 weight class). Dignity has chosen Party & Bullshit as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Darrow
vs
Dignity

169 cm
36
147 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

171 cm
32
145 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Finlay Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kern Dignity!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Darrow throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dignity counters with a straight right hand.
Darrow defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dignity.
Finlay Darrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dignity shoots in for a takedown but Darrow shows good takedown defense.
Dignity shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Darrow sprawls well. Darrow wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dignity gets slowly back to his feet.
Finlay Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kern Dignity.

Dignity shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dignity was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dignity controls the position.
Darrow has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dignity wants to lay and pray for a moment but Darrow keeps working.
Dignity might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Darrow haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ground and pound from Dignity seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dignity is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Darrow has escaped the position, nice work there.

Dignity is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Darrow is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dignity looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Darrow is avoiding damage well.
An elbow from Dignity crashes against the mat.
Dignity trying to control the action but Darrow is working from the bottom.

Dignity looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Darrow dodges the ground and pound from Dignity.

Dignity tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dignity trying to control the action but Darrow is working from the bottom.
Dignity lands a nice forearm strike.
Darrow regains half guard there - taking advantage of Dignity's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow wants to control but Dignity is keeping busy.
Dignity wants to take a breather but Darrow is having none of it.
Darrow trying to control here.

Dignity is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Darrow is just riding it out for now. Dignity eventually gives up the hold.
Still in half guard, Dignity seems content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dignity shoots in and drives through. Darrow sprawls well.
Darrow throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dignity.
Dignity has a takedown stuffed.
Darrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Darrow stuns Dignity with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darrow tries to clinch up.
Darrow throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dignity.
Dignity takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Finlay Darrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darrow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dignity shoots in and drives through. Darrow sprawls well.
Darrow lands a leg kick that knocks Dignity off balance momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Darrow finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Dignity looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kern Dignity will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Darrow thumps Dignity with a low kick.
Darrow cracks a nice hook into Dignity's ribs.
Dignity shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Darrow pinned against the cage. Darrow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dignity misses with a takedown attempt - Darrow sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Darrow lands an overhand right.
Darrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dignity manages to avoid it.
And Dignity tries to counter it with a takedown but Darrow pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.
Dignity fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Finlay Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kern Dignity.
Darrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dignity manages to avoid it.
Darrow misses with a hook.
Darrow connects with a body shot.
Darrow is looking to wear down Dignity with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dignity closes the distance and clinches up with Darrow, looking for a takedown. Dignity pushes Darrow against the cage but Darrow circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Darrow was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Dignity is just out of range.
Dignity shoots in but no luck this time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darrow. Dignity does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darrow throws out a leg kick but Dignity moves out of range and Darrow only half commits.
Dignity moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab lands there for Darrow.
Dignity stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darrow.
Darrow getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Darrow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dignity on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Darrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dignity moves away.
Finlay Darrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Darrow misses with a jab to the body

and Dignity holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Darrow prevents a takedown attempt there.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dignity is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Darrow is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Darrow.
Darrow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dignity backwards.
Nice body punch from Darrow - that landed with a thud.
Dignity is looking for a takedown.
Dignity is breathing heavily.
Darrow throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dignity wants a takedown.
Darrow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dignitys head.
Darrow lands with a light punch inside.
Dignity drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Darrow gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Darrow pushes Dignity back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darrow cracks Dignity with a nice body shot.
Darrow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dignity or not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Darrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Darrow lands an uppercut.
Darrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dignity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Dignity controls the action.
A short uppercut from Darrow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darrow.

Dignity is rocked!
Darrow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dignity is still on wobbly legs! Can Darrow finish him?
Good body shot from Darrow.
Finlay Darrow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darrow throws a big uppercut that drops Dignity! More strikes from Darrow and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dignity lies dazed against the cage as Darrow celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Finlay Darrow!