PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Darren (ranked 356 p4p, 52 weight class) and Mace Blackblood (ranked 576 p4p, 82 weight class). Darren comes to the cage accompanied by Here's to the losers. Blackblood comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gorgoroth Open the Gates kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Darren
vs
Blackblood

185 cm
31
185 lbs
17 - 14 - 1

185 cm
28
202 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Mace Blackblood!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Darren misses.
A slow jab from Darren misses its intended target.
Darren connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Mace Blackblood has been cut.
Decent striking displayed by Darren there.
Blackblood catches Darren with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Blackblood moves away from the strike by Darren.
Blackblood scores with a body shot.
Blackblood scores with a shot to the body.
Darren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blackblood moves away.
Blackblood misses with a body shot.
Darren ducks under a wild hook from Blackblood.

Blackblood moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Darren manages to break the clinch.
Blackblood lands a body shot.
Darren lands with a good body shot.
Blackblood misses with a body shot.
Darren seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Blackblood lands a nice shot that snaps Darren's head back.
Blackblood lands with a shot to the body.

Blackblood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Darren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blackblood swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackblood misses with a punch to the body.
Darren can't find room to land a body shot as Blackblood controls the action.
Blackblood digs a right hand underneath Darren's ribcage. Darren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Our sources have told us that Darren has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Blackblood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blackblood gets through Darren's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blackblood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blackblood's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blackblood swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackblood blocks an elbow strike.
Blackblood throws an elbow that misses.
Darren throws an elbow that misses.
Darren gets through Blackblood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darren throws an elbow but it misses.
Darren cracks Blackblood with a nice body shot.
Blackblood prevents a body shot from Darren.
A head punch on the inside from Blackblood fails to land.
A short uppercut from Darren.
Darren tries to work over Blackblood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Darren escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Darren doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackblood circles away.
Darren moves forwards but Blackblood connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Darren misses with a jab to the body
and Blackblood counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darren. Blackblood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darren lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a hook. Blackblood ducked under it nicely.
Darren defending well as Blackblood loads up on a big left hand.
Darren moves into range and connects with a jab.
Darren ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blackblood tries to clinch but Darren is having none of it.
Blackblood throws a jab when Darren was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Darren misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Darren.
Darren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackblood.
Blackblood misses with a looping left.
Darren misses with a head kick.
Mace Blackblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blackblood throws a poor cross that misses
and Darren counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blackblood's knee momentarily.
Blackblood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Darren stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackblood tries to clinch
and Darren counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That has opened up Mace Blackblood's cut even more.
Darren throws a looping overhand right but Blackblood ducks down to avoid it.
Blackblood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darren.
Darren connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blackblood throws a right hand that misses
and Darren counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Blackblood thinking.
Blackblood throws a jab but it's blocked by Darren.
Blackblood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darren.
Blackblood appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
James Darren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blackblood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blackblood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blackblood misses with a hook. Darren ducked under it nicely.
Darren throws a body shot but no joy.
Darren jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Darren will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mace Blackblood's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A nice inside leg kick there by Darren. That's going to slow Blackblood down.
Blackblood misses the jab.
Darren half committed to a counter leg kick.
Good leg kick by Darren there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darren half committed to a counter leg kick.
Blackblood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darren sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Darren rushes Blackblood and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blackblood's elbow.
Blackblood lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blackblood tries to pull guard but Darren forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Blackblood.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackblood lands an elbow just above Darren 's eye.
Darren throws a punch but it's blocked by Blackblood.
Blackblood throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blackblood's defenses.
Blackblood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blackblood lands an elbow inside that Darren shrugs off.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blackblood's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blackblood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blackblood avoids the elbow strike from Darren, against the cage.
Blackblood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blackblood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darrens head.
Darren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darren misses with a punch to the body.
Darren lands a hook that snaps the head of Blackblood backwards.

Darren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blackblood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darren manages to avoid it.
Blackblood throws a hook but Darren avoids it easily.
Darren connects with a leg kick. Blackblood looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darren looks to score with a jab to the body but Blackblood is just out of range.
Blackblood throws a poor cross that misses
and Darren counters with a nice uppercut.
Darren lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Darren slips a jab from Blackblood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blackblood throws out a loose jab but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Darren tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darren takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blackblood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Good exchange - Blackblood coming out on top.
Nice uppercut lands for Blackblood. That snapped Darren's head back.
Darren changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the liver by Darren. Beautiful body shot.
Darren misses with an uppercut. Blackblood saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Darren.
A slow jab from Darren misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blackblood.
Darren swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Blackblood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Darren in his tracks.
Blackblood catches Darren with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
James Darren is winning the standup battle so far.
Darren takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blackblood tries to close the distance and clinch but Darren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darren was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darren throws a leg kick
enabling Blackblood to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by Blackblood as he checks the leg kick.
Blackblood moves into range and connects with a jab.

Darren moves into the clinch successfully.
Darren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darren misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blackblood.
A right handed body shot lands from Darren.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darren.
Blackblood is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blackblood's defenses.
Darren pushes Blackblood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blackblood's brow.
Blackblood changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Darren fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Blackblood missing with a left hand there. Darren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blackblood fails with a takedown attempt.
Darren tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blackblood manages to circle out of the way.
James Darren has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mace Blackblood.
Darren throws out a powerful jab.

Darren lands a big head kick that sends Blackblood tumbling to the mat! Darren takes a step backwards and waves Blackblood back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Blackblood is rocked!

The cut above Mace Blackblood's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Darren finds Blackblood's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Blackblood flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Darren lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Blackblood will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Darren!
After winning the bout, James Darren thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.