PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Winston (ranked 1646 p4p, 210 weight class) and James Darren (ranked 2124 p4p, 262 weight class). Winston comes to the cage accompanied by The Lost Boy. Darren has chosen Here's to the losers as his entrance music. James Darren has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Winston
vs
Darren

178 cm
33
200 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

185 cm
30
185 lbs
14 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite 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 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darren plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harry Winston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winston misses with a body shot.
Darren throws out a counter right but Winston avoids it with no problem.
Darren takes a swing at Winston's ribcage but misses.
Winston swings for the body but Darren moves out of range.
Darren tries a quick counter leg kick but Winston is wise to it.
Darren's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Winston connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Darren scrambles back to his feet.
Darren connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice jab there from Winston.
Winston shoots in but no luck this time.
Darren scores with a jab. Winston acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Winston ducks under a wild hook from Darren.
Winston shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Darren pinned against the cage. Darren gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Darren misses with a body punch
and Winston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston misses the body punch

and Darren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Darren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Darren.
Darren lands a nice uppercut.
Winston avoids the elbow strike from Darren, against the cage.
Winston cracks Darren with a nice body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Darren comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Winston drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Darren told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Winston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winston's defenses.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winston's defenses.
Winston taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Winston blocks the elbow strike.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winston's defenses.
Winston lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Darren or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Darren scores with a hook to the body.
Winston blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren prevents the takedown attempt.
I was talking to Winston's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Winston manages to break the clinch.
That kick from Darren tenderised Winston's leg. Winston is trying to keep his angry face on.
Darren stuns Winston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Winston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darren.
Winston lands with a right hand.
Darren stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Darren wants it to stay on the feet.
Darren cracks Winston with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Winston has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Winston there as he acknowledges the shot.
Winston misses with a body punch

and Darren counters with a crisp right hand that drops Winston! Darren lets Winston back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Winston is rocked!
Darren throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oh Winston is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Darren moves into the clinch successfully.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Winston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Winston seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston wants to stall.
Winston wants to break the clinch but can't.

Winston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Winston misses with a straight right.
Jab, jab by Winston - just one landing.
Winston moves out of range of the strikes.
Darren has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Winston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Winston throws a right hand that misses
and Darren counters with a nice uppercut.
Darren throws a leg kick but Winston sees it coming and moves out of range.
Darren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winston.
Darren with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston swings away with a body shot that misses
and Darren scores with a counter punch that sends Winston to the canvas! Darren smells blood - he's punishing Winston with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Winston has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Darren!
James Darren decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.