PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cestmir Cejka (ranked 1964 p4p, 1820 weight class) and Darrell Newsome (ranked 252 p4p, 238 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cejka
vs
Newsome

181 cm
21
176
6 - 3 - 0

184 cm
21
170
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cestmir Cejka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darrell Newsome!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newsome tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cejka was well out of range. Poor timing from Newsome.
Cejka swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Newsome takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Darrell Newsome has been cut.
Cejka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Newsome momentarily.
Cejka punishes Newsome's body with a nice straight punch.
Cejka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Newsome throws a counter combo.
Cejka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Newsome counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Cejka clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Cejka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Newsome throws a head punch that misses.
Cejka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cejka misses with some punches.
Cejka working aggressively here.
Cejka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
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!
Newsome swings wildly with an uppercut but Cejka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cejka as Newsome tries to tie him up.
Cejka lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cejka can't find room to land a body shot as Newsome controls the action.
Cejka working aggressively here.
Newsome lands with a short shot to the head.
Cejka scores with a shoulder strike.
Cejka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Newsome doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Cejka.
Newsome tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cejka's elbow.
Cejka tries to throw a body punch but Newsome avoids it by throwing Cejka back against the cage.

Cejka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cejka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Newsome avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Newsome walks into a stiff left hand from Cejka.
Newsome throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cejka misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newsome bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cejka lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cejka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Newsome on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Cejka misses.
Nice body punch from Cejka.
Newsome is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cejka sizes up Newsome with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Newsome on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Cejka gets a clinch.
Cejka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Newsome has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cejka seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Newsome can turn it around.
Cejka scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newsome.
Newsome lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Cejka.
A short uppercut from Cejka.
Cejka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cejka misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Cejka's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cejka tries a body shot but Newsome blocks it.
Cejka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cejka blocks an uppercut.
Newsome can't find room to land a body shot as Cejka controls the action.
Cejka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Newsome scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Newsome scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cejka gets through Newsome's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cejka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Newsome swings wildly with an uppercut but Cejka uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Newsome.
Cejka working aggressively here.
Newsome misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cejka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Newsome tries a body shot but Cejka blocks it.
Newsome blocks a body shot from Cejka.
Cejka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cejka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cejka misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Cejka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Newsome takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Newsome takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Cejka misses.
As Cejka backs off Newsome throws a huge counter combo but Cejka manages to avoid it all.
Newsome walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Newsome swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cejka.
A decent looking cross lands there for Newsome.
Newsome misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Cejka misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cejka connects with the punch.
Cejka misses the jab.
Cejka cracks Newsome with an open hand slap.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cestmir Cejka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darrell Newsome's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cejka lands a right hook to the body.
Cejka slips under a jab from Newsome.

Newsome cracks Cejka with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Cejka looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Newsome finish him?

Cejka is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Newsome engages and cracks Cejka with a massive lead left hook - Cejka tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Newsome is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darrell Newsome!