PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Darrius Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Choel Six (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Choel Six will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Styles
vs
Six

180 cm
21
135 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

150 cm
26
130 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darrius Styles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Choel Six!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Styles displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Six.
Darrius Styles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Styles looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Styles shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Styles was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Six is trying to escape the mount.
Six wants to control but Styles is having none of it.
Styles working the ground and pound effectively.
Styles controlling the pace for now.
Six is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Six tries to hold on but Styles postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Six is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Six is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Six wants to control but Styles is having none of it.
Six keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Styles will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
A nice elbow there by Styles.
Styles punishing his opponent with strikes.
Six working to try and regain half guard.
Styles lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Six tries to lock up and control but Styles gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Six throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Six is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Styles with shots to the head and body - Six looks very uncomfortable down there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Six is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Styles scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Six?
Styles landing shots from mount.

Six is rocked!
Styles loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Six scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Styles land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Styles stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darrius Styles!