PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iain Tower (ranked 3035 p4p, 22459 weight class) and Ronan Darongo (ranked 353 p4p, 0 weight class). Darongo has chosen Chaos And Destruction as his entrance music. Iain Tower has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tower
vs
Darongo

210 cm
41
275
41 - 14 - 0

200 cm
28
243
1 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Big right hand

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Dirty Needle Project
Akuma Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iain Tower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronan Darongo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tower walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tower takes a jab right on the kisser.
Darongo stuffs the takedown attempt from Tower. Tower gets slowly back to his feet.
Tower on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tower walks into a jab.
Darongo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darongo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darongo scores with a one two! Tower had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darongo with a jab.

It looks like Iain Tower has been cut.
Darongo connects with a jab.

Darongo drives through and clinches with Tower against the cage.
Tower drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Darongo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darongo.
Darongo misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darongo misses with the head strike.
Darongo lands a left hand.
Darongo misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darongo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tower.
Good body shot from Darongo.
Tower has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Darongo 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 Iain Tower. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tower manages to break the clinch.
Tower takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tower slips under a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Darongo. That snapped Tower's head back.

Darongo closes the distance and clinches.
Darongo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Towers head.
Darongo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tower.
Darongo misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tower jumps guard but Darongo stands there with Tower around his waist. Tower gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tower has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Darongo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Darongo gets through Tower's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darongo gets through Tower's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darongo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darongo misses with the head strike.
Tower wants to break the clinch but can't.
Darongo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darongo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darongo stops a takedown attempt from Tower.
A nice left hand lands by Darongo.
Darongo tries a body shot but Tower blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Darongo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tower seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Darongo can turn it around.
Darongo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tower backwards.
A shot in the inside from Darongo.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darongo digs a right hand underneath Tower's ribcage. Tower let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tower tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Darongo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tower wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darongo has him pressed against the cage.
Darongo misses with some punches.
Tower tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tower's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Darongo has a couple of punches blocked by Tower.
Still in the clinch, Darongo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tower fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Darongo lands with a right to the head.
Darongo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darongo pushes Tower back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tower is breathing heavily.
Darongo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darongo lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darongo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tower.
Darongo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darongo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Darongo.
Darongo lands with a short shot to the head.

Tower is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darongo.
Oh Tower is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Darongo.
Tower seems to have got his legs back now.
A right hook to the body lands for Darongo.
Darongo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Darongo.
Darongo throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Darongo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darongo cracks Tower with a nice body shot.
Darongo lands with a right to the head.
Darongo pushes Tower back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Darongo scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ronan Darongo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iain Tower's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tower on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tower tries for a takedown but Darongo circles away easily
and Darongo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darongo throws an overhand right that drops Tower like a sack of potatoes! Darongo dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronan Darongo!
Our winner, Ronan Darongo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.