PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Duscaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duscaw's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "I am the Walrus" by The Beatles. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duscaw
vs
Blood

180 cm
23
182 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
184 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Balco Boys - Hilo

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Duscaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darin Blood!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Duscaw.
Duscaw scores with a kick to the midsection.
Duscaw throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Duscaw feints and as Blood raises his hands in defense, Duscaw changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Blood is trying to keep Duscaw in close.
Duscaw pushing down on Blood's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Blood trying to hold on to Duscaw's head to control him but Duscaw postures up.
Blood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duscaw.
Duscaw has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Duscaw sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Duscaw working Blood over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duscaw postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Blood looks a forlorn figure.
Blood is bucking up trying to escape but Duscaw cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duscaw lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Duscaw pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Blood is looking to improve his position but Duscaw isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Blood that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Blood is in all sorts of trouble here.
Duscaw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A nice elbow there by Duscaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duscaw avoids the attempt from Blood to control.
Blood can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood tries to hold on but Duscaw pushes him away.
Duscaw with the ground and pound from mount.
Duscaw lands a big shot there that rocks Blood but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duscaw putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blood gets back to half guard.
Duscaw is looking to advance position but Blood won't allow it.
Duscaw uses his free foot to push down on Blood's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Blood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood can't escape the position.
Duscaw looking to finish Blood with some ground and pound. This is bad for Blood!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Duscaw cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blood taking shots to the head.
Blood in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Duscaw with a couple of short strikes.
Blood is trying desperately to improve position.
Duscaw raining down shots from the mount!
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!
Duscaw is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duscaw raining down shots from the mount!
Blood is looking to get to half guard.
Duscaw scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Blood regains half guard.
Duscaw missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duscaw throwing shots but Blood is blocking nicely.

Duscaw is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Blood doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Duscaw.
Blood tries to get to full guard but Duscaw has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Duscaw dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duscaw tries for a takedown but Blood circles away easily
and Blood counters with a three punch combo that has Duscaw backing up. Duscaw nods at Blood to acknowledge the strikes.
Duscaw moves out of range of the strikes.
Blood throws a leg kick which misses Duscaw's front leg but catches the back leg as Duscaw tries to avoid it.
Duscaw throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Blood shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Blood was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Duscaw tries to hold on but Blood postures up.
Duscaw working to try and regain half guard.
Blood lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood tries to control but Duscaw wriggling away.
Duscaw regains half guard.
Duscaw works his way to full guard. Good work.
Duscaw trying to control the position.
Blood landing some decent shots from guard.

Blood drops back looking for a leg! Duscaw is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Duscaw manages to kick Blood off! Blood jumps back into Duscaw's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blood in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duscaw looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Blood puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Blood is working for a kimura but Duscaw is defending it quite comfortably.
Duscaw trying to control from the bottom.
Duscaw is looking for a sweep. Blood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duscaw is working hard here to advance position.
Duscaw gets full guard.
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!
Blood slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duscaw is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blood landing with the ground and pound.
Duscaw looking to control.
Blood thows a big elbow that misses.
Duscaw is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Duscaw is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nice strikes from Duscaw there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blood makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Blood.
Duscaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blood is keeping the position for now.
Blood controls Duscaw momentarily but Duscaw frees himself.
Blood manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Duscaw manages to get himself to full guard.

Duscaw is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blood is pushing down on Duscaw's leg trying to pass to half guard. Duscaw is fighting to maintain full guard but Blood has managed to sneak the leg through.
Duscaw tries to roll over but Blood keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darin Blood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Crunch! Blood slams his shin into Duscaw's torso.
Duscaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duscaw throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Duscaw throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A low kick from Duscaw is predictable there
and Blood counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Duscaw is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Duscaw throws a sloppy head kick
and Blood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duscaw throws a sloppy head kick and Blood moves out of range easily.
A jab from Blood misses.
Brandon Duscaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duscaw fails with a takedown attempt.
Blood connects with an inside leg kick.
Blood stuffs the takedown attempt from Duscaw. Duscaw gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Duscaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blood throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duscaw.
Blood lands with a kick to the temple. Duscaw shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duscaw fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blood checks it well.
Duscaw shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Duscaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duscaw shoots in looking for a takedown. Blood tries to sprawl out of it but Duscaw keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Blood manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Blood is looking to clinch but Duscaw is avoiding it.
Blood lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries to clinch but Duscaw is having none of it.
Duscaw scores with a kick to the body.
Nice body punch from Blood.
Blood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duscaw chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Duscaw pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Duscaw will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Duscaw throws a low kick but Blood moves out of range easily.
Blood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duscaw fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blood jabs at Duscaw's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Brandon Duscaw has been cut.
Duscaw misses with a leg kick
and Blood counters with a left to the body.
Duscaw takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duscaw has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blood finds it's way round the side to connect with Duscaw's head.
Blood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blood lands a nice looking body shot.
Blood connects with the punch.
Brandon Duscaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duscaw swings for the body but Blood moves out of range.
Blood moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duscaw throws a body punch but Blood moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Blood does no damage.
Duscaw looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duscaw takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Blood scores a takedown into full mount!
Duscaw tries to reverse the position but Blood maintains control.
Blood controlling from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duscaw is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darin Blood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blood has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darin Blood!