PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Nassar (ranked 1775 p4p, 178 weight class) and Ebeneezer Darkk (ranked 933 p4p, 101 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nassar
vs
Darkk

175 cm
25
165 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

182 cm
27
160 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Nassar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ebeneezer Darkk!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nassar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darkk circles away quickly and effectively.
Nassar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Darkk's hands.
Nassar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Darkk finds it's way round the side to connect with Nassar's head.
Darkk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nassar moves away.

Darkk moves into the clinch successfully.
Darkk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darkk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nassar is trying to pull guard but Darkk turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Darkk misses with the head strike.
Darkk misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been hearing reports that Nassar has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Darkk gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nassar.
Nassar tries to pull guard but Darkk holds him up against the cage and eventually Nassar drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Nassar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Darkk.
Darkk blocks an uppercut.

Nassar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Darkk misses.
Darkk jabs Nassar right on the nose. Nassar blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Darkk avoids the body shot from Nassar.
A big right from Darkk misses.
Nassar lands a jab to the head.
Darkk scoring well with a low kick there.
Nassar throws a body punch but Darkk moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Darkk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nassar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nassar scores with a hook to the body. Darkk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nassar lands a jab to Darkk's midsection.
Nassar drops his hands momentarily and Darkk takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darkk.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darkk swinging wildly here.
Nassar throws a jab when Darkk was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nassar throws an off balance right hand
and Darkk counters with a thumping low kick.

Nassar instigates a clinch.
Nassar blocks an uppercut.
Nassar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkk throws a punch but it's blocked by Nassar.
Darkk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Darkk.

Nassar breaks the clinch.
Nassar takes a swing at Darkk's ribcage but misses.
Darkk misses the shot to the body.
As Darkk looks to move away, Nassar throws a big counter combo but Darkk just gets out of the way.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Nassar checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Darkk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darkk keeps the fight on the outside.
Darkk misses with a hook. Nassar ducked under it nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Nassar.
Nassar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice jab there from Darkk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nassar wants to clinch.
Darkk only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nassar tries to bum rush Darkk with a series of wild strikes but Darkk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Darkk has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nassar cracks Darkk with an open hand slap.
Darkk is looking to land body kicks.
Darkk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nassar scores with a decent looking hook.
Darkk has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Darkk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nassar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nassar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nassar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nassar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nassar misses with a double jab.
Darkk throws a series of punches but Nassar moves out of range.
Darkk throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nassar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Nassar connects with the punch.
Darkk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nassar looks to land a combination but Darkk avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Nassar. Those never looked like landing.
Ebeneezer Darkk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Darkk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darkk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nassar.
Darkk 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nassar thuds a left hand into Darkk's body.
Nassar slips a straight right by Darkk.
Darkk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Nassar clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebeneezer Darkk dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nassar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darkk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darkk slips a jab and a cross from Nassar.
Nassar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darkk takes a swing at Nassar's ribcage but misses.
Darkk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darkk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nassar.
Darkk stuffs the takedown attempt from Nassar. Nassar gets slowly back to his feet.
Nassar misses with an uppercut
and Darkk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nassar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darkk lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nassar will feel that in the morning.
Darkk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nassar's head.
Darkk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nassar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nassar misses with a jab to the body
enabling Darkk to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nassar throws a hook but Darkk avoids it easily.
Darkk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Darkk throws an overhand right that drops Nassar like a sack of potatoes! Darkk dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ebeneezer Darkk!