PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alucard Darkim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darkim comes into the arena with I'm new in da city blaring out of the sound system. Wilson has chosen Ennio Morricone - For A Few Dollars More as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Darkim
vs
Wilson

178 cm
24
206 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

176 cm
28
215 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

Brute
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alucard Darkim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shane Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson swinging wildly here.
Darkim tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wilson swivels and escapes.
Wilson wants to clinch
and Darkim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darkim swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Wilson misses.
Wilson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Darkim scoring well with a low kick there.
Wilson slips a jab from Darkim.
Wilson tries to clinch up but Darkim circles away and keeps his distance.
Wilson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson misses with a lunging right hand
and Darkim counters with a one-two to the body.
Darkim misses with a body shot.
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!
Wilson misses with an uppercut
and Darkim counters with a nice leg kick.
Darkim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilson circles away quickly and effectively.
Wilson moves away from the strike by Darkim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Darkim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson staying out of range there.
Wilson misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Wilson.
Wilson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Darkim slips the punch.
Darkim slips under a jab.
Wilson tries to clinch but Darkim moves out of range.
Wilson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shane Wilson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darkim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Shane Wilson has been cut.
Wilson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Darkim on the side of the head.
Nice cross by Wilson.
Darkim takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shane Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darkim scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darkim throws out a powerful jab.
Wilson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darkim.
Wilson misses with a looping right.
Darkim takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Darkim misses with a double jab.
Darkim is looking to slow Wilson down with leg kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darkim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wilson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wilson throws a body punch but Darkim moves out of range.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Darkim circles away.
Wilson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilson circles away quickly and effectively.
Darkim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wilson manages to avoid it.
Wilson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.
Darkim fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wilson avoids it really well and circles away.
Darkim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson throws an off balance right hand
and Darkim counters with a series of strikes. Wilson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wilson misses with a few strikes there.
Wilson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darkim slips a straight right by Wilson.
Wilson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Darkim swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with an uppercut
and Darkim counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wilson's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darkim throws a looping overhand right but Wilson ducks down to avoid it.
Darkim blocks a jab.
Wilson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Wilson. No joy for Darkim on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alucard Darkim. That's going to take a lot out of him.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Wilson enables Darkim to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Wilson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Darkim looking to sit in guard and control but Wilson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Darkim is looking for a triangle but Wilson pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilson stopping the sweep attempt from Darkim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alucard Darkim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Wilson'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.

Darkim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darkim gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Darkim takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Darkim swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wilson lands a nice hook to Darkim's body. Darkim takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wilson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darkim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darkim keeps the fight on the outside.
Darkim fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wilson on the side of the head.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Darkim circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wilson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wilson struggles to land a body shot inside as Darkim controls his hands.

Darkim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wilson clinches up against the cage.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Wilson misses with a punch to the body.
Darkim prevents a body shot from Wilson.
Darkim prevents a body shot from Wilson.
Darkim has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wilson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Darkim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wilson tries a body shot but Darkim blocks it.
Wilson misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Wilson.
Darkim tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Wilson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Darkim controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkim lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darkim drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wilson pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alucard Darkim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darkim was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Darkim ducks under a wild hook from Wilson.
Wilson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Darkim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darkim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A swing and a miss from Wilson.
Wilson tries to clinch up.
Wilson tries to clinch up but Darkim circles away and keeps his distance.
Wilson throws a jab when Darkim was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wilson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wilson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darkim blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darkim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darkim goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wilson prevents it.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Darkim controls the action.
Wilson has a couple of punches blocked by Darkim.
Darkim blocks an uppercut.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darkim pressing his opponent against the cage.
Darkim trying to control the position but instead, Wilson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Darkim into the cage.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Wilson.
Darkim prevents a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darkim's elbow.
Darkim scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkim is looking to control Wilson's arms but Wilson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Darkim has his back to the cage.
Darkim has Wilson pushed against the cage.

Darkim turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Darkim misses with the ground and pound.
Wilson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wilson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Darkim wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Wilson, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shane Wilson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wilson misses with a two punch combination.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Darkim circles away.
Wilson throws a jab when Darkim was well out of range.
Darkim throws a leg kick which misses Wilson's front leg but catches the back leg as Wilson tries to avoid it.
Darkim blocks a jab.

Wilson pushes Darkim up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darkim takes a shot to the head.
Wilson scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Darkim.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Darkim controls the action.
Darkim blocks a body shot from Wilson.

Darkim pulls Wilson into guard.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Darkim keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkim trying to keep a closed guard but Wilson is proving a slippery customer.
Wilson wants to stand but Darkim is controlling his posture from full guard.
Darkim wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Wilson tries to stand but Darkim is controlling from the bottom.
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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Darkim takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wilson throws out a loose jab but Darkim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darkim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Wilson has Darkim up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson tries to throw a body punch but Darkim avoids it by throwing Wilson back against the cage.
Darkim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkim lands with a light punch inside.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkim pushes Wilson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darkim blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Darkim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wilson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Darkim.
Darkim lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darkim as Wilson tries to tie him up.
Wilson misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson presses Darkim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Darkim wants to stall.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Wilson.
Darkim tries to pull guard but Wilson holds him up against the cage and eventually Darkim drops back down to his feet.
Wilson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
Wilson struggles to land a body shot inside as Darkim controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Darkim.
Darkim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilson lands with a light punch inside.
Wilson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darkim blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Darkim - that landed with a thud.
Darkim has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Wilson after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alucard Darkim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Darkim controls the action.
Wilson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darkim blocking some punches.
Wilson blocks a body shot from Darkim.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darkim blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darkim can't find room to land a body shot as Wilson controls the action.
Wilson misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Wilson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Wilson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wilson misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Darkim 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Alucard Darkim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darkim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Darkim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wilson scores with a jab to the body.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darkim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Darkim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Darkim backs up against the cage.

Wilson has Darkim up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson swings wildly with an uppercut but Darkim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shane Wilson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.

Darkim breaks the clinch.
Darkim takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkim dodges the punch combination from Wilson.
Darkim blocks a jab.
Wilson thuds his right hand into Darkim's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice jab there from Wilson.
Wilson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Darkim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Darkim misses the jab.
Wilson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darkim.
Darkim throws a low kick, looking for Wilson's leg but Wilson calmly moves out of range.
Darkim takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wilson looks to throw the jab but Darkim is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darkim. Wilson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shane Wilson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Darkim moved out of range.
Darkim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wilson is looking to clinch.
Wilson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wilson scores with a jab.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Darkim circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darkim connects with an inside leg kick.
Darkim throws a body punch but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Darkims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Darkim throws a front kick aimed at Wilson's knee but Wilson avoids it well.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Darkim circles away.
A punch combination from Darkim misses.
Wilson looks to throw the jab but Darkim is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wilson throws a looping overhand right but Darkim ducks down to avoid it.
Wilson tries to clinch but Darkim moves out of range.
Wilson wants to clinch up but Darkim keeps it at a distance.
Darkim looks to throw the jab but Wilson is out of range.
Darkim lands a right hook to the body.
Wilson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Darkim.
Darkim gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wilson connects with a jab.
Wilson lands with a nice body punch.
Nice uppercut there from Wilson.
Darkim tries to land a front kick but Wilson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkim takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson tries to clinch but Darkim moves out of range.
Wilson misses with a series of wild punches.
Darkim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darkim moves out of range as Wilson strikes.
Wilson blocks a jab.
Wilson thuds a left hand into Darkim's body.
Darkim walks into a straight right hand from Wilson.
Wilson scores with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darkim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Darkim drives through with a takedown into guard.
Darkim throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Wilson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Shane Wilson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Wilson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Darkim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wilson throws a nice looking combination but Darkim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilson lands a nice looking body shot.
Darkim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wilson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wilson is looking to clinch but Darkim is avoiding it.
Wilson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wilson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Darkim walks into a left hand.
Wilson cracks Darkim with a right hand to the side of the head.
Darkim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Darkim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Darkim shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wilson but Wilson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Darkim moved out of range.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Darkim circles away.
Wilson jabs Darkim right on the nose. Darkim blinks but takes it well.
Darkim steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wilson.
Wilson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson throws a hook but Darkim avoids it easily.
Wilson catches Darkim with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Darkim shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Darkim trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkim throws some wild stikes that Wilson manages to avoid easily.
Darkim has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Darkim trying to control but Wilson is having none of it.
Wilson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wilson wants to control but Darkim is having none of it.
Alucard Darkim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darkim thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Wilson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkim throwing shots but Wilson is blocking nicely.
Darkim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wilson's head.

Darkim is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wilson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Darkim.
Darkim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wilson controlling the position for now.
Wilson taking some punishment here, with Darkim in his half guard.
Shane Wilson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control from the bottom.
Darkim is stalling here. Wilson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Darkim seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Wilson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Wilson wants to stand but Darkim is controlling his arm.
Darkim tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darkim is working hard here to advance position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shane Wilson.
I think Wilson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 46:49
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 46:49
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Wilson!
Shane Wilson is the new light heavyweight champion!
An intense looking Shane Wilson took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I want to thank all the fans for their support tonight and I hope Mr. Darkim will be alright. It's hard seeing a grown man break down in tears like that and I hope he will get all the help he needs in an appropriate institution.'.