PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Osorolh Darar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Nas - Hero as his entrance music. Osorolh Darar had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Darar
vs
Jones

173 cm
23
171 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
168 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osorolh Darar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Jones!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Darar wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
Darar throws a leg kick that misses.
Darar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Darar closes the distance and clinches.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Darar, against the cage.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Darar, against the cage.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Darar.
Darar pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Darar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darar backwards.
Darar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones is trying to stall.
Darar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Darar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones avoiding damage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Darar.
Darar lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Darar pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darar misses with an elbow strike.
Darar misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darar.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Terry Jones has been cut.
Darar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darar is defending well for now.
Darar pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones works on Darar's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Darar lands a nice elbow.
Darar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Darar.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Darar, against the cage.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darar's elbow.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Darar throws an elbow that misses.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Darar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Darar, against the cage.
Darar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darar lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Good body shot from Jones.
Darar is breathing heavily.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Darar blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones taking a breather.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Come on Jones - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Darar.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
Jones cracks Darar with a nice body shot.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
A short right from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Jones slows down the pace here.
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Darar or not.
Jones wants to stall.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Darar backwards.
Jones is trying to stall.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Jones gets through Darar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darar is defending well for now.
Jones's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Darar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jones pushes Darar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darar avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones is trying to stall.
Jones is pushing Darar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Terry Jones.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Darar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Darar misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick from Darar lands but Jones takes it in his stride.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darar can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terry Jones's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Darar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Darar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jones jabs at Darar's body.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Darar moved out of range.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Darar circles away.
Darar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily.
Jones misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body kick there by Darar.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Jones lands a head kick!

Darar is rocked!
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Darar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Darar counters with an inside leg kick.
Darar seems to have got his legs back now.
A leg kick checked by Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar walks into a jab.
Osorolh Darar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Darar clinches up against the cage.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones cracks Darar with a nice body shot.
Darar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darar's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darar.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Darar won't want to take too many of those.
Darar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darar.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Terry Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Darar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darar lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Darar controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Darar, against the cage.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Darar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Darar controls his hands.
Darar avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones pushes Darar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones slows down the pace here.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Darar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Darar.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Darar backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Darar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darar.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones looking to stall.
Darar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones just leaning against Darar, taking a breather.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones is trying to stall.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Darar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darar's elbow.
Darar pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Darar.
Darar misses with an elbow strike.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Darar.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Darar throws an elbow that misses.
Darar lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darar throws an elbow but misses.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Darar.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darar misses with an elbow strike.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Darar.
Darar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darar lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Terry Jones's cut.
That's time! Darar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones blocks a head kick by Darar.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Darar tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Darar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jones if he has to take too many more of those.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Darar shows good takedown defense.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Darar is looking to clinch.
Terry Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Darar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Darar throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Darar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Darar keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones works over Darar with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Jones gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jones misses with a combination
and Darar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Darar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Darar seems unphased.
Jones throws a leg kick

and Darar moves into the clinch.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Darar.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Darar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Darar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones taking a breather.
Darar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones looking to stall.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darar as Jones tries to tie him up.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Darar controls his hands.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Darar.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones has Darar pressed against the cage.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Darar.
Darar lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones looking to stall.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Darar controls the action.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones digs a right hand underneath Darar's ribcage. Darar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Darar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Darar throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Darar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Darar throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Darar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darar misses with an elbow strike.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darar is defending well for now.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darar avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Jones really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terry Jones's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones moves out of range of the leg kick from Darar.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Darar.
Darar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Darar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily.
Jones throws and low kick but Darar moves out of range easily.
Darar scores with a leg kick.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darar misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Darar tries to land a leg kick but Jones saw it coming and moves away.
Darar scores with a decent looking hook.
Darar misses the jab.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Darar throws a leg kick but Jones moved away.
Terry Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Darar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Darar tries to get out of the position.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Darar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Darar blocks nicely.
Darar trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Darar.
Darar looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Darar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darar wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Darar avoids it really well and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jones checks a leg kick.
Darar on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Darar did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
Darar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Darar wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Darar is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Darar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jones postures up in Darar's guard and throws a big left but Darar blocks it.
Darar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones wants to control from the top but Darar keeps moving.
Darar wants to stand but Jones is controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Darar avoids a kick to the body.
Darar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Jones.
An inside leg kick lands from Darar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Darar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Darar.
Darar throws out a leg kick but Jones moves out of range and Darar only half commits.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Darar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Darar. Jones shrugs it off though.

Darar gets a clinch.
Darar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Darar throws an elbow that misses.
Jones slows down the pace here.
Darar throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Jones dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Terry Jones's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Darar throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Darar tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Jones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Darar trying to control the position.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Darar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Darar keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Darar wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Darar has wrist control.
Jones controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jones throws a body kick the misses
and Darar counters with a nice kick to the body.
Darar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Darar's shoulder, as Darar tries to avoid the shot.
Jones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Darar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Darar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A low kick from Darar is predictable there

and Jones counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Darar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones trying to control but Darar is working from the bottom.
Darar wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Darar is on top in guard.

Jones wriggles free and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar tries a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Darar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Darar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jones moves away from the strike by Darar.
Darar moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones checks a low kick from Darar.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Darar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones motions for Darar to come forward. Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jones closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Darar to the mat! Darar manages to get full guard.
Darar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Darar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Darar from controlling successfully.
Osorolh Darar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jones unloads with some shots from mount but Darar bucks and avoids them well.
Darar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Darar wants to try and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 45:50
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Jones!
Terry Jones is the new lightweight champion!