PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Carlos (ranked 1819 p4p, 211 weight class) and Darry Curtis (ranked 2305 p4p, 260 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carlos
vs
Curtis

170 cm
33
169 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

177 cm
33
161 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Ramon Carlos !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Carlos as he checks the leg kick.
Carlos is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot lands for Carlos .
Curtis blocks a jab.
Curtis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Carlos with a body shot.
Curtis throws a hook but Carlos blocks it.
Carlos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carlos throws a good cross that connects.
Curtis throws a hook but Carlos blocks it.
Curtis misses with a looping left.
Carlos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Curtis moves in looking to clinch but Carlos pushes him off.
Curtis throws a push kick but Carlos slaps the foot to one side.
Curtis wants to clinch.
Carlos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curtis.
Good shot there by Carlos .
Carlos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curtis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carlos .
Curtis looks to land a left hand but Carlos moved out of range nicely.
Curtis misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Carlos to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Ramon Carlos has been cut.

Carlos clinches with his opponent.
Carlos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Carlos lands a shot to the body.
Carlos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Curtis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Curtis crunches a lovely knee into Carlos 's ribcage.
Carlos throws a head punch that misses.
Carlos tries to work over Curtis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carlos tries to work over Curtis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Curtis breaks from the clinch.
A left and a right from Curtis both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carlos punishes Curtis's body with a nice straight punch.
Carlos tries to work over Curtis's front leg with a kick but Curtis checks it.
A punch combination from Curtis misses.

Carlos gets a clinch.
Carlos is looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis lands with a left to the head.
Carlos lands a nice uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that Carlos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Carlos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carlos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Curtis trying to land knees to the body.
Curtis tries to work over Carlos 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carlos lands with a light punch inside.
Carlos lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Curtis.
Carlos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Carlos .
Curtis swings wildly with an uppercut but Carlos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis prevents the takedown attempt.
Curtis prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramon Carlos . That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short uppercut from Curtis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Curtis.
Carlos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carlos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curtis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carlos backwards.
Curtis gets underhooks to prevent Carlos 's takedown attempt.
Curtis working aggressively here.
Curtis prevents the takedown attempt.
Carlos tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Carlos back against the cage.
Curtis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carlos backwards.
Curtis misses with the head strike.
Carlos tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Carlos back against the cage.
We've been informed that Curtis has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis trying to control the position but instead, Carlos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Curtis into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carlos .
Carlos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Carlos .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Carlos struggles to land a body shot inside as Curtis controls his hands.
Curtis takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Carlos .

Curtis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Curtis with a nice cross.
An inside leg kick from Curtis misses.
Carlos throws a lazy uppercut
and Curtis counters with a low kick, right behind Carlos 's knee.
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!
Carlos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curtis moves away.
Curtis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carlos .
Curtis misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Curtis.
Carlos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Carlos moves in looking to clinch but Curtis pushes him off.
Carlos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Carlos misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ramon Carlos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ramon Carlos 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Carlos tries to bum rush Curtis with a series of wild strikes but Curtis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good shot there by Curtis.
Curtis connects with a jab.
Curtis throws a lazy right hand but Carlos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curtis ducks under a wild hook from Carlos .
Carlos misses with a hook.
Carlos defending well as Curtis loads up on a big left hand.
Carlos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carlos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carlos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carlos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Curtis's head.
Curtis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carlos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Curtis has time to react.
Carlos walks into a straight right hand from Curtis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Carlos is rocked!
Carlos gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Curtis gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Carlos is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darry Curtis!
Darry Curtis is the new lightweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Darry Curtis made sure he mentioned Big Chief Nutrition & Laundry Services (80%), along with how happy he was to win his fight.