PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between High Voltage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braxton Darius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voltage comes to the cage accompanied by One 24. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Voltage
vs
Darius

189 cm
27
190 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

191 cm
23
198 lbs
14 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, High Voltage!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Braxton Darius!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Voltage.
Voltage throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darius cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Voltage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darius lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Darius scores with a body shot.
Voltage moves out of range as Darius strikes.
Darius throws a looping overhand right but Voltage ducks down to avoid it.
Voltage thuds a left hand into Darius's body.
Darius misses with a body shot.
Voltage lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darius's sensitive parts.
Voltage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darius sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Darius misses with a wild combination.

Voltage rushes Darius and presses him up against the cage.
Darius is trying to force a seperation but Voltage has the dominant position.
Voltage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Voltage lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Braxton Darius has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voltage misses with a body punch.
Darius stalling.
Voltage throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dariuss head.
Voltage can't find room to land a body shot as Darius controls the action.
Darius prevents a body shot from Voltage.
Darius wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Voltage has him pressed against the cage.
Darius misses with the head strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Darius blocks an elbow strike.
Voltage stalling.
Voltage tries a body shot but Darius blocks it.
Voltage misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Voltage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voltage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voltage scores with a kick to the body.
Darius lands with a cross.

Darius gets tackled into the cage by Voltage. Voltage maintains the clinch.
Voltage has Darius pushed against the cage.
Darius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Voltage.
Voltage misses with a punch on the inside.

Voltage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Voltage scores with a leg kick.
Voltage tries to land a leg kick but Darius saw it coming and moves away.
Voltage tries to clinch up
and Darius counters with a three punch combo that has Voltage backing up. Voltage nods at Darius to acknowledge the strikes.
Voltage jabs Darius right on the nose. Darius blinks but takes it well.
Voltage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voltage thuds his shin into the meat of Darius's side.
Voltage takes a swing at Darius's ribcage but misses.
Voltage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Voltage tries to clinch up.
Voltage throws a leg kick which misses Darius's front leg but catches the back leg as Darius tries to avoid it.
Voltage tries to clinch but Darius moves out of range.
Darius throws a body punch but Voltage moves out of range.
Darius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Voltage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Voltage throws a low kick but Darius avoids it.
Voltage pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Voltage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Voltage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Darius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voltage.
Voltage throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Voltage.
Voltage lands a head kick. Darius smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darius throws a sloppy body shot
and Voltage counters with a thumping low kick.
Darius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Voltage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Voltage throws a head kick but Darius moves out of range.
Darius throws a series of punches but Voltage moves out of range.
Voltage misses with a hook. Darius ducked under it nicely.
Darius throws a low kick but Voltage avoids it.
Voltage wants to clinch up but Darius keeps it at a distance.
Voltage avoids the body shot from Darius.
Voltage throws a nice head kick!
Darius on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Voltage. Voltage obviously looking to wear him down.
Voltage scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voltage.
Voltage throws a solid leg kick but Darius takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Voltage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Voltage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

High Voltage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Braxton Darius's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Voltage throws a low kick, looking for Darius's leg but Darius calmly moves out of range.
Darius is looking to chop away at Voltage's legs.
High Voltage is winning the standup battle so far.
Darius throws out a powerful jab.
Darius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Voltage.
Voltage motions for Darius to come forward. Voltage throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Voltage.
Voltage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Voltage throws a head kick that misses.

Voltage closes the distance and clinches.
Voltage gets through Darius's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Darius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut there from Darius.
Voltage throws a wild body kick that Darius sees coming a mile off.
Darius scores with a crisp jab that stopped Voltage in his tracks.
Voltage throws a leg kick
and Darius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut there from Voltage.
Darius's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voltage throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Darius chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Voltage can pounce on him.
Voltage throws the kick towards the body but Darius avoids it.
Voltage throws a leg kick which misses Darius's front leg but catches the back leg as Darius tries to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voltage.
Darius throws a poor cross that misses
and Voltage counters with a low kick, right behind Darius 's knee.
Voltage is looking to clinch.
Voltage throws a front kick that sends Darius stumbling back into the cage.
Voltage delivers a nice body kick.
Darius is breathing heavily.

Voltage closes the distance and pushes Darius back into the cage.
Darius wants to break free but Voltage has control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voltage lands with a left to the head.
Darius blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Voltage.
Voltage's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voltage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Voltage lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Voltage breaks the clinch.
Darius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Voltage circles away quickly and effectively.
Darius throws a right hand that Voltage ducks under and follows up with a left that Voltage also avoids with ease.
Voltage is looking to clinch but Darius is avoiding it.
Voltage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voltage misses with a head kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Voltage.
Darius has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Voltage.
Voltage looks to land a body kick but Darius moved away.
Voltage comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darius chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Voltage can pounce on him.
Voltage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voltage moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Voltage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Voltage throws a leg kick which misses Darius's front leg but catches the back leg as Darius tries to avoid it.
Darius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Voltage lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Voltage is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Darius can do to turn this around?
Danga de danga de dang - Voltage scores with a four punch combination!
Darius moves out of range of the body kick from Voltage.
Voltage misses with a wild body shot.
Voltage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Voltage misses the shot to the body.
Voltage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Voltage misses with a series of wild punches.
Voltage is looking to chop away at Darius's legs.
Voltage misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voltage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darius lands with a nice body punch.
Voltage throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Voltage tries to clinch up.
Voltage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Voltage connects with a body shot that sends Darius's belly button to the back.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. Darius looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Voltage lands a jab to Darius's midsection.
Darius doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darius keeps the fight on the outside.
Voltage slips a straight right by Darius.
Darius looks for the body kick but Voltage saw that one coming.
Darius throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

High Voltage dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Braxton Darius's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Voltage goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Voltage on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Voltage is looking to wear down Darius with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Voltage tries to land a front kick but Darius steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Voltage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darius misses with a looping right.
Darius throws a shot from downtown. Voltage moves away and avoids it.
Voltage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Voltage rushes Darius and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Voltage prevents Darius from breaking the clinch.

Voltage manages to break the clinch.
Voltage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Darius throws a right and a left that Voltage avoids nicely.
Voltage thows a body shot but no joy.
Voltage throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darius takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darius misses the jab.
Voltage throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Darius.
High Voltage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voltage lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Voltage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darius sizes up Voltage with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Voltage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darius doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Darius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Voltage throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Voltage wants to clinch up but Darius keeps it at a distance.
Darius throws a hook but Voltage blocks it.
Voltage tries to score with a low kick but Darius moves his leg out of the way.
Voltage lands a leg kick that knocks Darius off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Voltage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voltage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darius.
A solid leg kick lands there for Voltage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voltage attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Voltage lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donk. Voltage catches Darius right on the button with a cross.
Voltage moves in looking to clinch but Darius pushes him off.
Jab from Voltage.
Good standup being displayed there by Voltage as he connects with a hook.
Voltage tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Darius is able to avoid easily.
Voltage looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Voltage connects with a solid leg kick.
Darius on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Darius takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darius swings for the body but Voltage moves out of range.
Darius lunges at Voltage with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Voltage's hand.
Voltage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Voltage is looking to clinch but Darius is avoiding it.
Voltage avoids the body shot from Darius.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Voltage.
Darius misses with the combination.
Voltage throws a nice outside leg kick.
Voltage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Voltage.
Darius moves out of range as Voltage throws a body kick.
Voltage lands with a hook. Darius tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voltage with a nice cross.
Voltage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Voltage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Voltage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
High Voltage has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voltage lands a hook that snaps the head of Darius backwards.
Voltage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Darius is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darius as Voltage tries to tie him up.
Voltage lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darius cracks Voltage with a nice body shot.
Darius avoiding damage as Voltage throws knees to the body.
Voltage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darius's elbow.

Darius escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

High Voltage clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Braxton Darius's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Darius needs to keep his hands up - Voltage had a free shot at his head there.
Crunch! Voltage slams his shin into Darius's torso.
Voltage swings for the body but Darius moves out of range.
Darius avoids the head kick by Voltage.
Voltage wants to clinch up but Darius keeps it at a distance.
Voltage lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Darius fails to land with a series of punches.
Darius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Voltage circles away quickly and effectively.
Voltage checks a leg kick.
Voltage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Voltage throws a lazy head kick
and Voltage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Voltage lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darius's sensitive parts.
Voltage lands the left hand.
Darius checks a low kick from Voltage.
Voltage takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darius throws a chopping leg kick but Voltage manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Darius is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Voltage feints and then cracks Darius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darius down.
Voltage sizes up Darius with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Voltage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darius moves away.
Voltage lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darius's sensitive parts.
Voltage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darius.
Voltage connects with a body shot.
Darius takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A big right from Darius misses.
A swing and a miss from Darius.
Voltage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Voltage doesn't manage to clinch there - Darius circles away.
Darius throws a body punch but Voltage moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darius displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Voltage throws out the jab.
Darius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Voltage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Voltage tests Darius's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darius misses with a body shot.
Darius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Voltage.
Darius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darius has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Voltage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voltage connects with an inside leg kick.
Voltage tries to close the distance and clinch but Darius swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darius walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Voltage lands with a kick to the temple. Darius shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Darius takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voltage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voltage scores with a body shot.
Nice body kick there by Voltage.
Voltage lands with a nice body kick.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voltage.
Voltage throws a sloppy head kick and Darius moves out of range easily.
Darius throws a right and a left that Voltage avoids nicely.
Voltage lands a leg kick that knocks Darius off balance momentarily.
Voltage looks to land a body kick but Darius moved away.
Darius misses with an uppercut.
Voltage tries to bum rush Darius with a series of wild strikes but Darius uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Voltage lands a leg kick that knocks Darius off balance momentarily.
Voltage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darius's calf.
Voltage lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Darius. Those never looked like landing.
Darius thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid body kick from Voltage.
Darius throws a leg kick but Voltage moved away.
Voltage scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darius throws a shot from downtown. Voltage moves away and avoids it.
Darius throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Voltage slips under a jab.
Voltage throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voltage.

Darius tries to keep at a distance but Voltage has taken the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Voltage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darius backwards.
Voltage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darius backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

High Voltage had his way with Braxton Darius in that round.
The cut man is working on Braxton Darius's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Voltage connects with a solid leg kick.
Voltage throws a head kick that misses.
Darius moves into range and connects with a jab.
Darius misses with a two punch combination.
Darius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Voltage was well out of range. Poor timing from Darius.
Darius looks to land a right hand but Voltage moved out of range.
Good leg kick by Voltage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Voltage goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Voltage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darius moves away.
Voltage blocks the body kick.
Voltage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darius.
Darius is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Darius slips a jab from Voltage.
Voltage misses with a looping left.
Darius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Darius misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Voltage.
Voltage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darius.
Voltage avoids the body shot from Darius.
Voltage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voltage jabs Darius to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Darius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Darius throws a lazy right hand but Voltage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. Darius looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Voltage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darius paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Darius. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Darius.
Darius misses with a looping left.
Darius takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Voltage fakes the leg kick and cracks Darius in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Voltage clinches up with Darius and pushes him back against the cage.
Voltage lands a hook that snaps the head of Darius backwards.
Voltage leaning against his opponent.
Voltage has Darius pressed against the cage, preventing Darius from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Voltage can't find room to land a body shot as Darius controls the action.
Braxton Darius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Darius pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Voltage is predictable there
and Darius makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Voltage avoids a punch combination nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Voltage.
Voltage wants to clinch up but Darius keeps it at a distance.
Darius stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Voltage.
Voltage takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Voltage sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darius 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.
Darius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Voltage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Voltage.
Darius takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Voltage tries to clinch up but Darius circles away and keeps his distance.
Darius misses with a double jab.
Voltage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Voltage comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darius chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Voltage can pounce on him.
Voltage digs a good hook to Darius's body.
High Voltage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Voltage throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Darius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Darius takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voltage lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voltage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darius paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Voltage throws a head kick that half lands.
Voltage takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Voltage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Voltage throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Voltage.
Voltage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darius throws a shot from downtown. Voltage moves away and avoids it.
Voltage throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Voltage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darius misses with a body shot.
Voltage throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
High Voltage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Voltage 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 50:45
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... High Voltage!
High Voltage retains his middleweight title!