PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Berry Fulcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Darglio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darglio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Black Keys "Funk #49". Red Darglio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fulcher
vs
Darglio

190 cm
32
220 lbs
31 - 29 - 0

186 cm
36
270 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Berry Fulcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Red Darglio!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fulcher wants to clinch up but Darglio keeps it at a distance.
Darglio slips under a jab from Fulcher.
Darglio sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Fulcher gets a clinch.
Darglio digs a right hand into Fulcher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fulcher's gas tank.
Fulcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darglio avoids it.
Darglio is leaning against Fulcher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fulcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darglio avoids it.
Fulcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darglio.
Our sources have told us that Fulcher has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Fulcher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darglio blocks it with crossed arms.
Fulcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Darglio avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darglio blocks an elbow strike from Fulcher.
Fulcher trying to land knees to the body.
Fulcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darglio avoids it.
Darglio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Darglio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fulcher letting Darglio take a breather here.
Fulcher throws an elbow but it misses.
Darglio dodges an elbow strike from Fulcher.
Fulcher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fulcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darglio dodges an elbow strike from Fulcher.

Darglio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fulcher misses with an uppercut
and Darglio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Berry Fulcher has been cut.
Fulcher misses the shot to the body.
Fulcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Darglio looks for the body kick but Fulcher saw that one coming.
Darglio misses with a right hand
and Fulcher counters with a nice uppercut.
Fulcher throws a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darglio takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fulcher throws a low kick but Darglio avoids it.
Fulcher throws a jab when Darglio was well out of range.
Fulcher throws a hook but Darglio blocks it.
Darglio misses with a body shot.

Darglio catches Fulcher napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Fulcher to the canvas!

Fulcher is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darglio slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Oh Fulcher is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darglio has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Darglio controlling his opponent.
Darglio looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Fulcher covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Red Darglio!
Our winner, Red Darglio, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.