PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jurgen Tetsuo (ranked 393 p4p, 49 weight class) and Ebeneezer Darkk (ranked 141 p4p, 16 weight class). Ebeneezer Darkk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jurgen Tetsuo's chin.

Tetsuo
vs
Darkk

178 cm
31
190 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

182 cm
32
193 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear

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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jurgen Tetsuo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ebeneezer Darkk!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tetsuo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darkk can pounce on him.
Tetsuo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Darkk keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darkk. Tetsuo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tetsuo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Darkk instigates a clinch.
Darkk misses with a body punch.
Tetsuo throws a punch but it's blocked by Darkk.
Tetsuo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darkk tries a body shot but Tetsuo blocks it.
Tetsuo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tetsuo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darkk.
Tetsuo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkk throws a head punch that misses.
Tetsuo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darkk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darkk tries to throw a body punch but Tetsuo avoids it by throwing Darkk back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Darkk.
Darkk lands a body punch.
Tetsuo is breathing heavily.
Darkk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tetsuo swings wildly with an uppercut but Darkk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darkk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tetsuos head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetsuo swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Tetsuo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darkk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Darkk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tetsuo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Darkk wants to sweep but no luck.
Tetsuo landing with the ground and pound.
Darkk controls Tetsuo momentarily but Tetsuo frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Darkk looking for a guillotine here but Tetsuo defends easily.
Tetsuo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Darkk looking to control.
Darkk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Darkk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Darkk is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Darkk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tetsuo's head.
Tetsuo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Darkk.
Tetsuo moves into full guard.
Tetsuo looking for a sweep. Not yet Tetsuo, not yet.
Tetsuo is pulling down on Darkk's head. It's preventing any offense from Darkk, at least for the moment.
Darkk is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tetsuo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tetsuo keeping moving, preventing Darkk from controlling successfully.
Darkk working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tetsuo's head.
Tetsuo controlling Darkk's posture.
Darkk trying to control the position from guard on top but Tetsuo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tetsuo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Darkk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebeneezer Darkk dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tetsuo throws a series of punches but Darkk avoids them all with ease.
Darkk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tetsuo's hands.
Tetsuo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Darkk. Darkk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Darkk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Darkk lands a shot to the body.
Darkk struggles to land a body shot inside as Tetsuo controls his hands.
Darkk working aggressively here.
Tetsuo has a couple of punches blocked by Darkk.
Darkk misses with a punch to the body.
Tetsuo lands a right hand.
Tetsuo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tetsuo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tetsuo gets through Darkk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darkk misses with a punch on the inside.
Tetsuo scores with a nice hook to the head.
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!
Tetsuo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darkk.
Tetsuo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Tetsuo has Darkk pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tetsuo pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Darkk tumbling to the mat - Tetsuo dives into Darkk's guard.
Darkk keeping moving, preventing Tetsuo from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Darkk is trying to keep Tetsuo in close.
Darkk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Darkk looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tetsuo passes into side control.
Darkk is looking to regain half guard here but Tetsuo keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tetsuo working away.
Darkk gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Tetsuo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tetsuo trying to control from half guard but Darkk is working away.
Jurgen Tetsuo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tetsuo prevents Darkk from improving his position.
Tetsuo not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkk taking some punishment here, with Tetsuo in his half guard.
Darkk has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Ground and pound from Tetsuo.
The fighters are battling for position here. Darkk manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tetsuo looking to pass the guard.
Tetsuo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tetsuo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Darkk isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tetsuo stacks Darkk on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Tetsuo!
Darkk tries to buck Tetsuo off but Tetsuo is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo working the head and body with strikes.
Darkk takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Darkk is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Darkk wants to get back to full guard.
Tetsuo works his way into side control.
Darkk is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tetsuo off and has taken his back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tetsuo preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Darkk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jurgen Tetsuo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Darkk needs to keep his hands up - Tetsuo had a free shot at his head there.
Darkk lands a jab to Tetsuo's midsection.
Good standup being displayed there by Darkk as he connects with a hook.
Darkk misses with a body shot.

Tetsuo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Darkk was covering up waiting for the punch and Tetsuo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Darkk looking for a sweep. Not yet Darkk, not yet.
Darkk is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tetsuo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Darkk looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tetsuo passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Darkk looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tetsuo lands strikes from half guard.
Darkk has hold of Tetsuo's hands but Tetsuo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tetsuo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tetsuo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Darkk wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Darkk with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Darkk is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tetsuo lands a nice short elbow.
Darkk is still in real trouble! Can Tetsuo finish him?
Tetsuo lands a big elbow - Darkk is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Tetsuo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jurgen Tetsuo!
A very excited looking Jurgen Tetsuo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.