PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daryl Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Titanium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sharp
vs
Titanium

188 cm
24
192 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

187 cm
22
200 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160
Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daryl Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thomas Titanium!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Titanium throws a low kick but Sharp moves out of range easily.

Sharp 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.
Titanium is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Titanium utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Titanium is looking to stand up but Sharp isn't so interested in that idea.
Sharp throwing strikes from guard but Titanium blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharp sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sharp prevents Titanium from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharp trying to control but Titanium is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titanium looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sharp is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Daryl Sharp.
The fighters circling - Sharp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sharp is defended easily by Titanium.
Titanium wants to land a leg kick but Sharp is out of range.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sharp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A left lands for Sharp.
Sharp comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titanium misses with a double jab.
Titanium misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sharp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Titanium thows a body shot but no joy.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Sharp.
Titanium tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sharp manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sharp scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sharp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sharp looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titanium is trying to stand up here but Sharp is controlling him well.
Sharp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sharp wants to take a breather but Titanium is having none of it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sharp trying to control the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Daryl Sharp just wasn't active enough.
Sharp showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Titanium.
Sharp takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sharp lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sharp lands with an uppercut that bounces Titanium off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Titanium fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sharp scores with the left hand. Titanium knows he should have avoided that one.

Sharp drops Titanium with a beautiful combination! Titanium stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sharp is looking for the KO!

Titanium is rocked!
Sharp misses with an uppercut. Titanium saw that one coming.
Titanium is still on wobbly legs! Can Sharp finish him?
Titanium wants to clinch up but Sharp keeps it at a distance.
Titanium stuffs the takedown.
Titanium seems to have recovered his senses.
Sharp lands with a nice body punch.
Titanium throws out a loose jab but Sharp uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sharp throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sharp thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Sharp misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daryl Sharp dominated that round.
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.

Titanium shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sharp napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sharp is looking for a sweep.
Titanium trying to control the position but Sharp is working away.
Sharp takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sharp is looking for a sweep.
Sharp gets back to half guard.
Sharp wants to get back to his feet.
Sharp is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Titanium's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Titanium's back!
Titanium has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Sharp controlling from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titanium has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Sharp lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Sharp.
Sharp biding his time, looking for the opening.
Titanium holding both Sharp 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Sharp controlling the positon.
Sharp landing with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Sharp.
Titanium is keeping busy.
Titanium holding both Sharp 's hands and preventing any damage.
Sharp struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titanium covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Sharp doesn't have the hooks in and Titanium manages to turn into his guard.
Sharp is wriggling around but Titanium manages to pass to half guard.
Sharp moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sharp manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharp is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Titanium can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Titanium manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sharp working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daryl Sharp dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Titanium keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Titanium tries to clinch but Sharp is having none of it.
Titanium waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sharp.

Titanium manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sharp on his heels. He'll look to pass Sharp's guard now, I'm sure.

Sharp has his foot on Titanium's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Titanium works his way back into a safe position though.

Sharp had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Titanium defends it easily.
Titanium trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sharp's guard.
Titanium won't allow Sharp to sweep him here.
Sharp keeping moving, preventing Titanium from controlling successfully.
Sharp manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titanium tries to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.
Sharp sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sharp trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sharp postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Titanium looks a forlorn figure.
Sharp avoids the attempt from Titanium to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titanium is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sharp tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sharp unloads with some shots from mount but Titanium bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp lands a big shot there that rocks Titanium but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Titanium wants to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.
Thomas Titanium has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sharp can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Titanium is looking to escape.
Sharp takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Titanium throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sharp looking to control but Titanium is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Daryl Sharp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titanium wants to get back to his feet.
Sharp landing strikes from the mount.
Titanium can't escape the position.
Sharp controlling the pace for now.
Sharp prevents Titanium from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Titanium is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daryl Sharp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sharp 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daryl Sharp!
A very excited looking Daryl Sharp made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.