PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Crone Daris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eight Pack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eight Pack has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daris
vs
Pack

181 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

176 cm
25
184 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crone Daris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eight Pack!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ben Watson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daris throws a series of punches but Pack avoids them all with ease.
Crone Daris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pack avoids the body shot from Daris.
Pack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daris with a nice cross.
Daris thuds a left hand into Pack's body.
Daris throws a hook to the side of Pack's head but Pack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pack tries to clinch
and Daris counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Daris swings for the body but Pack moves out of range.
Daris misses with a double jab

and Pack moves into the clinch.
Pack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pack lands a nice knee to the body.
Pack prevents Daris from breaking the clinch.
Daris is trying to push Pack away but Pack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pack lands an elbow inside that Daris shrugs off.
Pack lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Crone Daris has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pack.
Daris is breathing heavily.
Daris blocks an elbow strike from Pack.
Pack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Pack.
Pack scores a nice knee to the body.
Pack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daris takes an elbow to the temple.
Pack lands an elbow just above Daris 's eye.
Pack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daris's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pack lands an elbow inside that Daris shrugs off.
Pack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daris's face.
Pack lands an elbow that stopped Daris in his tracks for a moment.
Pack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daris blocks it with crossed arms.
Pack lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pack lands an elbow just above Daris 's eye.
Pack lands a damaging elbow.

Daris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pack lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daris circles away quickly and effectively.
Pack lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A punch combination from Pack misses.
Daris changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Daris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pack avoids the body shot from Daris.
Daris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pack gets a clinch.
Pack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Pack.
Pack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pack lands an elbow inside.
Pack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daris struggles to land a body shot inside as Pack controls his hands.
Daris working hard to break the clinch.
Daris misses with a short punch on the inside.

Daris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Pack closes the distance and clinches.
Pack lands an elbow that stopped Daris in his tracks for a moment.
Daris takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daris can't break the clinch.
Pack lands an elbow that stopped Daris in his tracks for a moment.
Pack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Crone Daris's cut is getting worse.
Pack keeps control of Daris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pack scores a nice knee to the body.
Pack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daris takes an elbow to the temple.
Pack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pack.
Daris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pack lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pack lands an elbow inside.
Daris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Pack.
Daris takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eight Pack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Crone Daris's cut.
That's time! Daris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Daris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pack was well out of range. Poor timing from Daris.
Daris throws a nice looking combination but Pack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Decent striking displayed by Daris there.
Pack needs to keep his hands up - Daris had a free shot at his head there.
Daris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daris throws a right hand that Pack ducks under and follows up with a left that Pack also avoids with ease.
Pack slips a jab from Daris.
Daris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pack fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Daris, pushing him back against the cage.
Pack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pack lands an elbow inside that Daris shrugs off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pack.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pack lands an elbow just above Daris 's eye.
Daris takes an elbow to the temple.
Daris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pack lands a damaging elbow.

Crone Daris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Daris fails to land.
Pack with a knee to the head.

Daris is rocked!
Nice elbow from Pack.
Oh Daris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Daris fails to land.
Daris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pack lands a big knee! That's hurt Daris! Oh, he's all over the place! Pack lands another knee that sends Daris to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eight Pack!