PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Satanic Panic (ranked 87 p4p, 159 weight class) and Darsin Bleak (ranked 14 p4p, 26 weight class). Panic comes to the cage accompanied by Freezing Moon. Bleak has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Panic
vs
Bleak

172 cm
29
157
17 - 8 - 1

180 cm
28
160
19 - 2 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

SynCity Fightwear
New Standard

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 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Satanic Panic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darsin Bleak!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panic throws a low kick but Bleak moves out of range easily.
Panic just misses with a punch to the body.
Panic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Panic lands a jab to the head.
Panic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Satanic Panic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Panic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Panic.
Panic throws a right hand that misses
and Bleak counters with a nice uppercut.

Bleak feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Panic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Panic is looking for a triangle but Bleak pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bleak missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Panic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bleak is one step ahead there.
Bleak working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bleak passes Panic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Panic wants to get back to full guard.
Bleak keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bleak is thwarting Panic's attempts to control the position.
Bleak lands strikes from half guard.
Bleak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Panic defending well though.
Panic tries to roll over but Bleak keeps him under control.
Bleak missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Panic gets back to full guard.
Bleak landing with the ground and pound.
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.
Bleak lands a couple of elbows.
Bleak sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Panic's guard.
Nice strikes from Bleak there.
Panic is trying to get back to full guard.
Panic is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bleak scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Bleak there.
Panic manages to get to full guard.
Bleak trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bleak lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bleak with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bleak works over Panic with some ground and pound from guard.
Bleak is in close to Panic's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Panic wants to sweep but no luck.
Bleak tries to free his leg and advance position but Panic is retaining full guard.
Bleak makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bleak throws a strike but Panic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bleak is looking for a triangle but Panic pushes his legs off easily.
Bleak looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Panic puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bleak pushes Panic off looking to stand but Panic dives back in and keeps control.
Bleak is trying to get back to full guard.
Bleak is trying to control but Panic manages to pass to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panic looking to control but Bleak is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bleak is desperately trying to improve his position but Panic has a good base and remains in mount.
Bleak is still trying to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Panic tries to control but Bleak wriggling away.
Bleak is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darsin Bleak dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bleak slips a straight right by Panic.
Panic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bleak slips under a jab from Panic.
Bleak with the counter takedown but Panic avoids it easily.
Panic cracks Bleak with a good jab.
A head kick misses from Panic.
Bleak ducks under a wild hook from Panic.
Panic connects with a leg kick.
Panic throws a jab but it's blocked by Bleak.
A punch lands to the side of Bleak 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panic throws a leg kick
and Bleak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bleak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Panic. Panic obviously looking to wear him down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Panic.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Panic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bleak's sensitive parts.
Bleak moves in looking to clinch but Panic pushes him off.
Panic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bleak has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bleak walks into a left hand.
Panic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Satanic Panic is winning the standup battle so far.
Panic throws a leg kick

and Bleak counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Darsin Bleak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bleak works over Panic with some ground and pound from guard.
Bleak works over Panic with some ground and pound from guard.
Bleak wants to pass the guard but Panic is keeping the position.
Panic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bleak.

Panic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bleak with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bleak distracts Panic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bleak chips away with some ground and pound.
Panic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bleak working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bleak is looking to work some ground and pound but Panic has wrist control.
Bleak in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bleak postures up.
Bleak is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bleak postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bleak working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Bleak throws a strike but Panic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bleak throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Panic escapes and throws Bleak's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bleak looking for a sweep but Panic has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Panic manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bleak to take his back!
Bleak tries to break free.
Bleak breaks Panic's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bleak makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Panic looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bleak puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Panic moves into full guard.
Bleak throws a strike but Panic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bleak wants to control but Panic passes easily into half guard.

Bleak actively working from the bottom here.
Bleak is looking to improve his position.
Bleak is looking to control Panic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bleak avoid being mounted?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Satanic Panic dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bleak fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Panic sprawls well initially but Bleak persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bleak working over Panic with some ground and pound. Panic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Panic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Panic is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bleak's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bleak's back!
Bleak rolls, trying to escape but Panic keeps control of the position.

Bleak tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Panic has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Bleak is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Satanic Panic!
Satanic Panic retains his lightweight title!
Satanic Panic decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.