PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nacho Cheese (ranked 5333 p4p, 3970 weight class) and Darren Will (ranked 480 p4p, 411 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cheese
vs
Will

180 cm
18
170
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
183
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nacho Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Will!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Will.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Will!
Cheese misses with a hook
and Will counters with a two punch combo.
Cheese checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Will looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Will looks for the body kick but Cheese saw that one coming.
Will jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Cheese wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cheese swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Will counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Will lands a lovely overhand right.
Cheese scores with a jab.

It looks like Darren Will has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheese misses with a body shot
and Will counters with a nice uppercut.
Will swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Will looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Will misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Will moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cheese digs a good body shot into Will's ribs.
Will misses the shot to the body.
Cheese definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Will.
Will misses with a low kick.
Cheese with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cheese ducks right into an uppercut from Will.
Cheese throws a body punch but Will moves out of range.
Will uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
It seemed like Will was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Will slips under a jab from Cheese.
Cheese fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Will manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a body punch but Will moves out of range.
Will uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cheese.
Will lands with a right hand.
Will throws a right hand that misses
and Cheese counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Will thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Will misses with a hook
and Cheese counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Will closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Will avoids the body shot from Cheese.
Cheese thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cheese throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cheese takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cheese drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Will lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese takes a swing at Will's ribcage but misses.
Will attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cheese takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jab by Will.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Will was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
Will displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cheese throws out the jab.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Will is just out of range.

Will moves into the clinch.
Cheese lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheese.
Cheese swings wildly with an uppercut but Will uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cheese creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Will tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Cheese scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Will misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cheese can't find room to land a body shot as Will controls the action.
A short uppercut from Cheese.
Will tries to work over Cheese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Will controlling the action here for a moment.
Will is looking to break free of the clinch but Cheese has double underhooks.
Cheese stalling the fight.
Cheese working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cheese misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Will blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Cheese scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cheese swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Will prevents a body shot from Cheese.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nacho Cheese will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darren Will's cut.
That's time! Cheese's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Will cracks Cheese with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cheese misses with a wild body shot.
Will throws a right hand that misses
and Cheese counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Will thinking.
Will throws an off balance right hand
and Cheese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Will looks for the body kick but Cheese saw that one coming.
Cheese was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Will swinging wildly here.
Cheese misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Will was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
Cheese waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Will.
Will looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cheese works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cheese throws an overhand right that lands on Will's shoulder, as Will tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese connects with a single shot there.
Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Will on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cheese throws a hook but Will blocks it.
Nice body punch from Cheese.
Cheese connects with a looping right hand.
Will throws the left hand but Cheese avoids the punch easily.
Will misses with a double jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Cheese misses its target.
Cheese fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Will manages to avoid it.
Cheese misses with a looping right.
Will keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Will! But no joy.
Will misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheese appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese misses the shot to the body.
Will uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
Will throws a big shot that misses.
Will avoids a kick to the body.

Will has closed the distance and engaged Cheese in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheese blocks an uppercut.
Cheese misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cheese tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cheese goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Will holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Will misses with a short punch on the inside.
Will fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Will blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Will is trying to force a seperation but Cheese has the dominant position.
Cheese lands a left hand.
Cheese lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cheese tries to work over Will's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cheese tries a body shot but Will blocks it.
Cheese fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cheese misses with a hook from the clinch.
Will lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Will creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nacho Cheese has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Will blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Will blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Cheese.

That has opened up Darren Will's cut even more.
Cheese lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cheese scores with a shoulder strike.
Will working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cheese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Will.
Will looks to land a right hand but Cheese moved out of range.
It looked like Cheese wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cheese waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Will.
Will keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Cheese misses.
A swing and a miss from Will.
Cheese misses with a hook to the body
and Will counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Will scores with a nice right hand.
Cheese misses with a right hand
and Will connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Will jabs at Cheese's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nacho Cheese dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darren Will's cut.
That's time! Cheese's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Will.
Will misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Will moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cheese takes a swing at Will's ribcage but misses.
Cheese scores with a shot to the body.
Will slips a jab from Cheese.
Cheese throws an overhand right that lands on Will's shoulder, as Will tries to avoid the shot.
Will throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Will takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cheese swings for the body but Will moves out of range.
Cheese on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Will.
Will doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cheese misses with a lunging right hand
and Will counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Will throws a leg kick
and Cheese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cheese scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Will lands with a cross.
A slow jab from Cheese misses its intended target.
Cheese ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Will moves away.
It seemed like Will was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cheese scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cheese throws a series of punches but Will moves out of range.
Will throws out a counter right but Cheese avoids it with no problem.
Will lands a nice shot that snaps Cheese's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Will misses the target.
It looked like Cheese was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Will.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
Will looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Will keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Will throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Will ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Will scores with a jab to the head.
Will moves away from the strike by Cheese.
Will unleashes a big counter combination but Cheese bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cheese throws the left hand but Will avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Cheese misses its intended target.
It seemed like Will was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Will fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cheese throws a looping overhand right but Will ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Will sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cheese takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Will misses with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Cheese. Beautiful body shot.
Will lands a lovely overhand right.
Nacho Cheese is winning the standup battle so far.
Will clobbers Cheese with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cheese takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cheese throws a hook but Will avoids it easily.
Will throws out a counter right but Cheese avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Will keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Will fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cheese manages to avoid it.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Will is just out of range.
Cheese misses with a body shot.
Cheese misses with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Will connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Cheese misses.
Cheese scores with a body shot.
Cheese looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A lazy left from Will finds it's target.
Darren Will has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cheese defending well as Will loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nacho Cheese.
Well Cheese has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nacho Cheese!
Nacho Cheese tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.