PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ossilus Chiarmanda (ranked 3551 p4p, 390 weight class) and Darry Curtis (ranked 20515 p4p, 591 weight class). Chiarmanda comes to the cage accompanied by National Anthem of Tajikstan. Curtis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Outsiders 'Stay Gold' by Stevie Wonder kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chiarmanda
vs
Curtis

175 cm
39
162 lbs
32 - 24 - 0

177 cm
27
161 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 32 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Ossilus Chiarmanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Curtis clinches with his opponent.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chiarmanda has a couple of punches blocked by Curtis.
A right handed body shot lands from Curtis.
Curtis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chiarmanda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chiarmanda has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chiarmanda is trying to push Curtis away but Curtis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chiarmanda avoids the body shot from Curtis.
Curtis misses with an uppercut.
Chiarmanda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Curtis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Curtis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Curtis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Curtis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chiarmanda tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Curtis counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Curtis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis misses with a body punch
and Chiarmanda counters with a straight right hand.
Chiarmanda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis tests Chiarmanda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Curtis looks to land a left hand but Chiarmanda moved out of range nicely.
Chiarmanda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curtis.

Curtis moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice right hand lands inside from Curtis.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch.
Curtis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chiarmanda throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Curtis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chiarmanda moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Curtis misses the target.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curtis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Curtis scores with a decent looking hook.
Chiarmanda wants to clinch up but Curtis keeps it at a distance.
Chiarmanda scores with a jab. Curtis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chiarmanda. That did some damage!
Curtis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chiarmanda slips a jab and a cross from Curtis.
Chiarmanda appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Curtis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis swats away the attempt to clinch by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda wants to clinch
and Chiarmanda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Curtis misses the target.
Curtis catches Chiarmanda with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chiarmanda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Curtis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda doesn't manage to clinch there - Curtis circles away.

Curtis closes the distance and clinches.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chiarmanda. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chiarmanda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Curtis.
Curtis cracks Chiarmanda with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Chiarmanda gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chiarmanda is trying to break the clinch but Curtis has him pressed against the cage.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chiarmanda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chiarmanda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chiarmanda fails in his attempt to clinch.

Curtis gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chiarmanda fails to land.
Chiarmanda blocking some punches.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Curtis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chiarmanda to score with a decent uppercut.
Chiarmanda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curtis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch
and Curtis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Curtis scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curtis keeps the fight on the outside.
Curtis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chiarmanda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda lands a high kick!

It looks like Darry Curtis has been cut.
Curtis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curtis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chiarmanda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Curtis counters with an outside leg kick.
Chiarmanda tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Curtis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chiarmanda tries to clinch up.
Curtis thuds his right hand into Chiarmanda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Curtis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch but Curtis is having none of it.
Chiarmanda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Curtis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curtis lands a head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chiarmanda misses with a few strikes there.

Chiarmanda darts in and clinches Curtis up against the cage.
Curtis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Curtis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chiarmanda or not.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darry Curtis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darry Curtis's cut.
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.

Chiarmanda checks a low kick from Curtis.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch but Curtis moves out of range.
Chiarmanda is looking to clinch.
Chiarmanda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut lands for Curtis. That snapped Chiarmanda's head back.

Chiarmanda clinches up with Curtis and pushes him back against the cage.
Curtis prevents Chiarmanda from breaking the clinch.
Curtis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chiarmanda seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Curtis can turn it around.
Good body shot from Curtis.
Curtis misses with a short punch on the inside.

Curtis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curtis. Chiarmanda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curtis tries to land a front kick but Chiarmanda steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Curtis misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis looks to land a right hand but Chiarmanda moved out of range.
Chiarmanda seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Chiarmanda has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A lazy body kick from Curtis
and Chiarmanda makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Curtis misses with a hook.
Chiarmanda throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis keeps the fight on the outside.

Chiarmanda closes the distance and clinches.
Chiarmanda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Curtis prevents Chiarmanda from breaking the clinch.
Chiarmanda misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chiarmanda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Curtis scores with a one two! Chiarmanda had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Curtis misses with a straight right.
Curtis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Curtis lands with a hook. Chiarmanda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Curtis slips a jab from Chiarmanda.
Sloppy strikes from Chiarmanda. Those never looked like landing.
Curtis throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curtis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chiarmanda stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chiarmanda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis connects with an inside leg kick.
Darry Curtis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chiarmanda looks to land a combination but Curtis avoids it well.
Curtis throws a hook but Chiarmanda avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chiarmanda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Curtis moves into the clinch successfully.
Curtis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Curtis on the inside.
Curtis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chiarmanda is keeping busy.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chiarmanda connects with a right hand. Curtis shakes it off.
Chiarmanda closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chiarmanda is looking to clinch.
Curtis throws a chopping leg kick but Chiarmanda manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chiarmanda seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Chiarmanda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Curtis paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda moves out of range as Curtis strikes.
Curtis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Chiarmanda's head but Chiarmanda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch up.
Curtis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chiarmanda misses with a double jab.
Chiarmanda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Curtis clinches with his opponent.
Chiarmanda prevents a body shot from Curtis.
Nice body punch from Curtis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Curtis.

Chiarmanda manages to break the clinch.
Chiarmanda walks into a straight right hand from Curtis.
Curtis scores with a jab to the jaw.

Chiarmanda is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Curtis! Chiarmanda is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darry Curtis!
Darry Curtis took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Freebok (85% Laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.