PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren McCarty (ranked 327 p4p, 369 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 48 p4p, 51 weight class). Leonid Martinyuk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McCarty
vs
Martinyuk

185 cm
31
236
24 - 9 - 0

200 cm
34
233
25 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

SynCity Fightwear
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren McCarty!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martinyuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCarty moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCarty. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinyuk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McCarty's hands.
Darren McCarty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCarty takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McCarty slips under a jab from Martinyuk.
A big right from McCarty misses.
McCarty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinyuk manages to avoid it.
Martinyuk throws out a counter right but McCarty avoids it with no problem.
A swing and a miss from Martinyuk.
McCarty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martinyuk.
McCarty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martinyuk counters with a nice kick to the body.
McCarty throws a poor cross that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a nice body kick.
Martinyuk scores with the left hand. McCarty knows he should have avoided that one.
McCarty scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCarty throws a right hand that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a right hand to the body.
McCarty connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Martinyuk momentarily.
McCarty swings for the body but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Martinyuk lands with a hook. McCarty tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McCarty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martinyuk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinyuk darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarty misses the body punch
letting Martinyuk counter with a right hand.
McCarty throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Martinyuk to counter with a crisp jab.
McCarty defending well as Martinyuk loads up on a big left hand.
McCarty gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McCarty on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McCarty throws a jab when Martinyuk was well out of range.
Martinyuk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Martinyuk is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Martinyuk looks to land a right hand but McCarty moved out of range.
McCarty misses with a hook
and Martinyuk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Martinyuk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McCarty misses with a hook.
McCarty throws a series of punches but Martinyuk avoids them all with ease.
McCarty throws a body punch but Martinyuk moves out of range.
McCarty misses with an uppercut
and Martinyuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martinyuk ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCarty takes a swing at Martinyuk's ribcage but misses.
Martinyuk throws a hook but McCarty blocks it.
McCarty takes a jab right on the kisser.
McCarty with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martinyuk to score with a decent uppercut.
McCarty lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarty throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martinyuk appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McCarty swings away with a body shot that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Martinyuk slips under a jab.
Martinyuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCarty.
Nice cross by Martinyuk.
McCarty throws a right hand that misses
enabling Martinyuk to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinyuk throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Martinyuk lands with an uppercut that bounces McCarty off the cage and back into range.
McCarty swings widly with a right hand
and Martinyuk counters with a stiff right hand.
McCarty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martinyuk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCarty misses with a hook
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinyuk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCarty throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCarty drops his hands momentarily and Martinyuk takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McCarty swings widly with a right hand
and Martinyuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCarty misses with a left hand
and Martinyuk counters with a head kick.
Martinyuk misses with a left hand
and McCarty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCarty throws a body punch but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Martinyuk. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinyuk.
McCarty lands a body shot.
Martinyuk is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McCarty had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Martinyuk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCarty cracks a nice hook into Martinyuk's ribs.
McCarty feints a jab promting Martinyuk to slip. McCarty then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Martinyuk slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Martinyuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCarty.
Martinyuk scores with a punch to the head.
McCarty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCarty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Martinyuk counters with a nice uppercut.
McCarty scores with a sloppy right hand. Martinyuk should have avoided that one.
McCarty throws out a loose jab but Martinyuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinyuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCarty was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from McCarty misses its intended target.
McCarty misses with a body punch
and Martinyuk counters with a nice uppercut.
McCarty throws an overhand right that drops Martinyuk like a sack of potatoes! McCarty dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darren McCarty!
Darren McCarty retains his heavyweight title!