PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darren Bloodlust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Novicar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bloodlust comes to the cage accompanied by A Pocket Full Of Shells. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bloodlust
vs
Novicar

171 cm
27
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

171 cm
19
144 lbs
2 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darren Bloodlust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rory Novicar!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novicar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Novicar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Novicar lands with a cross.
Novicar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Novicar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Novicar lands a right hook to the body.
Bloodlust uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Novicar.
Bloodlust slips a straight right by Novicar.

Bloodlust drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloodlust slows the pace down.

Bloodlust tries for a kimura but Novicar is defending well.
Novicar parries the strikes from Bloodlust easily there. Bloodlust is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Novicar to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodlust in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Bloodlust thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Novicar is looking for a sweep.
Bloodlust misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bloodlust wants to control but Novicar is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bloodlust thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bloodlust has control of an arm but Novicar manages to advance to Bloodlust's back!
Bloodlust trying to control the action but Novicar just sinks the hooks in.

Novicar working for a choke but Bloodlust reverses nicely into Novicar 's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodlust slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Novicar working a defensive guard but Bloodlust passes into half guard.
Bloodlust uses his free foot to push down on Novicar's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Novicar.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bloodlust moves to the back.

Bloodlust working for the choke.
Novicar is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bloodlust patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Novicar manages to reverse the position and now he's in Bloodlust's guard. Nice work there by Novicar.
Novicar looking to sit in guard and control but Bloodlust gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bloodlust trying to control the position from guard on top but Novicar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Novicar seems keen to control Bloodlust's posture.
Bloodlust throwing strikes but missing.
Bloodlust wants to control from the top but Novicar keeps moving.
Bloodlust prevents Novicar from getting back to his feet.

Novicar is looking for a triangle but Bloodlust pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novicar keeping moving, preventing Bloodlust from controlling successfully.
Bloodlust not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bloodlust stands and throws Novicar's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Novicar trying to control but Bloodlust flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
I really don't envy Novicar right now.

Bloodlust is working for a rear naked choke. Novicar is not defending it well and Bloodlust has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Novicar refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Novicar's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Darren Bloodlust!
During a confident post fight interview, Darren Bloodlust thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.