PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Roxton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daryl Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Roxton
vs
Sharp

178 cm
24
195 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
198 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitch Roxton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daryl Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roxton misses with a low kick.
Sharp throws a body punch but Roxton moves out of range.
Roxton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sharp.
Roxton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sharp lands with a nice body punch.
Sharp fails with a takedown attempt.
Sharp gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roxton.
Roxton throws a shot from downtown. Sharp moves away and avoids it.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Roxton as he avoids it easily.
Sharp moves into range and connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Roxton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mitch Roxton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daryl Sharp.
Roxton listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Roxton throws a hook but Sharp avoids it easily.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roxton moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sharp misses the target.
Sharp moves out of range as Roxton strikes.
Roxton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharp.
Roxton takes a swing at Sharp's ribcage but misses.
Mitch Roxton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roxton throws a shot to the body.
Sharp bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roxton's head backwards.
Roxton throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Sharp to counter with a crisp jab.
Sharp shoots in looking for a takedown. Roxton tries to sprawl out of it but Sharp keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Roxton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Roxton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sharp.
Roxton throws a body punch but Sharp moves out of range.
Roxton just misses with a punch to the body.
Roxton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Roxton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roxton throws a low kick, looking for Sharp's leg but Sharp calmly moves out of range.
Roxton misses the jab.
Sharp ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Roxton throws a sloppy head kick and Sharp moves out of range easily.
Roxton leaves Sharp with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
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!
Roxton throws out a loose jab but Sharp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp scores with a jab.
Sharp is looking to land body kicks.
Roxton swings for the body but Sharp moves out of range.
Roxton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Roxton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sharp was well out of range. Poor timing from Roxton.
Roxton throws a leg kick that misses.
Roxton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharp drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sharp looking to pass the guard.
Roxton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sharp accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roxton is looking to stand up but Sharp isn't so interested in that idea.
Sharp is in close to Roxton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sharp in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sharp looking to sit in guard and control but Roxton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Roxton wants to control from the top but Sharp keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roxton is looking to stand up but Sharp won't let him.

Sharp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Roxton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Sharp looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Roxton has picked Sharp up and slammed him! Sharp can't keep hold of the triangle and Roxton manages to pass to side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Roxton wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sharp is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Roxton off and has taken his back!

Sharp is looking for the choke from the back position but Roxton is controlling his hands well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Roxton is taking damage to the body and head.

Sharp has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Roxton finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Roxton keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Sharp wants to finish this one by submission but Roxton is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sharp.
Sharp misses with a head shot.
Roxton wants to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sharp fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roxton is squirming around, avoiding Sharp's attempts to control the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roxton tries to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.
Sharp looking to ground and pound but Roxton is blocking nicely.
Sharp with a couple of short strikes.
Sharp lands with some strikes.
Sharp working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sharp dominating with strikes here.
Sharp lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sharp fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Sharp is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Roxton is surviving well by controlling Sharp's body position as best he can.
Sharp cracks Roxton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sharp with good strikes from the mount here!
Roxton is in a horrible position here. Sharp smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Sharp moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Roxton has worked his arm free - good work by Roxton!
Sharp postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sharp grinds an elbow into Roxton's temple.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Sharp swings around for an armbar but Roxton sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Sharp's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sharp landing strikes from the mount.
Sharp breaks from Roxton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sharp landing strikes from the mount and Roxton is in trouble!
Roxton is in a horrible position here. Sharp smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sharp punching from mount but Roxton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sharp trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Sharp with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roxton is looking to improve his position but Sharp isn't that keen on the idea.
Roxton gets back to half guard.
Sharp wants to take a breather but Roxton is having none of it.
Roxton wants to get back to full guard.

Sharp is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roxton wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daryl Sharp dominated that round.
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!

Sharp moves out of range of the leg kick from Roxton.
Sharp misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sharp looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sharp throws the left hand but Roxton avoids the punch easily.
Roxton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharp.
Sharp slips under a jab from Roxton.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Roxton as he avoids it easily.
Roxton defending well as Sharp loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown by Sharp or perhaps it was just good defense by Roxton which made him look bad.
Mitch Roxton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daryl Sharp.
Roxton throws a body kick that misses.
Sharp connects with a leg kick. Roxton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sharp has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sharp throws a hook to the side of Roxton's head but Roxton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Daryl Sharp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roxton looks to throw the jab but Sharp is out of range.
Sharp thows a leg kick but Roxton checks it
and Roxton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roxton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Roxton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Roxton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sharp.
Roxton lunges at Sharp with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sharp's hand.
Roxton throws a hook to the side of Sharp's head but Sharp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roxton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sharp misses with a low kick.
Sharp moves out of range of the leg kick from Roxton.
Roxton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roxton.
Sharp tries to work over Roxton's front leg with a kick but Roxton checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Roxton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sharp checks a low kick from Roxton.
Sharp wants to land a leg kick but Roxton is out of range.
Good work by Roxton as he checks the leg kick.

Sharp fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Roxton to the ground. Sharp is now in Roxton's 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!
Sharp looking to sit in guard and control but Roxton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Roxton advances position into side control!
Sharp tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sharp throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Roxton to regain full guard.
Sharp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sharp throws a big elbow that misses.
Sharp is working Roxton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sharp landing some decent shots from guard.
Sharp is in close to Roxton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roxton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roxton keeping moving, preventing Sharp from controlling successfully.
Sharp might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Roxton kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sharp trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Roxton manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Sharp looking to control.
Roxton throwing strikes but missing.
Roxton sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Roxton wants to control from the top but Sharp keeps moving.
Sharp looking to control but Roxton passes into half guard.
Sharp is staying active underneath Roxton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sharp is looking for a sweep. Roxton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Roxton wants to pass to mount but Sharp is defending the position.
Sharp tries to get to full guard but Roxton has control of the leg.
Roxton trying to control from half guard but Sharp is working away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sharp slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sharp looking for a sweep. Not yet Sharp, not yet.

Sharp looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sharp is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Roxton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mitch Roxton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Sharp is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Roxton is aware though and is defending well.

Sharp is looking for a triangle but Roxton pushes his legs off easily.

Sharp looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Roxton has picked Sharp up and slammed him! Sharp can't keep hold of the triangle and Roxton manages to pass to side control!
Sharp is breathing heavily.
Roxton working away.
Sharp manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Roxton is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sharp trying to hold on to Roxton's head to control him but Roxton postures up.
Roxton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sharp does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Daryl Sharp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Roxton wants to free his trapped foot but Sharp is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sharp wants to control but Roxton is keeping busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A jab from Roxton misses.
Roxton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Sharp looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roxton trying to keep a closed guard but Sharp is proving a slippery customer.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sharp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sharp controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sharp trying to control the position from guard on top but Roxton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Daryl Sharp.
Sharp steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roxton.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daryl Sharp comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sharp 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Daryl Sharp!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Daryl Sharp!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Daryl Sharp!

Daryl Sharp wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Daryl Sharp made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.