PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darren Till (ranked 4748 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alec John Such (ranked 5965 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren Till has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Till
vs
John Such

183 cm
24
181 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Till !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alec John Such!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Till tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Till circles away from the clinch attempt.

Such drives through with a takedown into guard.

Till manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Such looking for a takedown.

Till breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Such fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Till sprawls well initially but Such persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Such thows a huge punch but Till dodges it nicely.
Such keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Till is looking to escape.

Such stands up and beckons Till to join him on the feet.
Such tries to clinch there but Till circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Till . No joy for Such on that attempt.
Till is looking to counter punch.

Till gets the takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Till working the head with strikes.
Till scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Such to see if he's OK.
Such dodges the ground and pound from Till .
Such pushes Till away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Till gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Such is looking for a sweep.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Such can do anything to dispel that myth.
Such taking punishment in the form of punches.
Till landing strikes.
Till working the head and body with strikes.
Such is looking to regain half guard here but Till keeps moving and retains side control.
Till landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Till tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Till has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Till is putting a hurting on Such here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Such pushes Till away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Till gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Till wants to lay and pray for a moment but Such keeps working.
Till cracks Such with a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Till trying to control the position but Such is working away.
Such can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Till throws an elbow but Such slips to the side and avoids it well.
Till looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Till throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Such is not content to let Till control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Such is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Such's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Till throws an elbow but Such slips to the side and avoids it well.
Till is putting a hurting on Such here, landing some big shots from side control.
Till looks up at the clock and then as Such takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Till smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Till looks up at the clock and then as Such takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Till smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Till working the body and head with strikes.

Such is rocked!
Till in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Such is still in real trouble! Can Till finish him?
Such is looking for a sweep.
Such seems to have recovered his senses.
Such is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Such keeps trying to improve his position.
Till scores with punches from side control.
Till scores with punches from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Till .
Till scoring with punches from side control.
Till scoring with punches and elbows.
Till trying to control the action but Such is working from the bottom.
Such is trying to work for a sweep but Till has mounted him!
Till prevents Such from getting the reversal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Till content just to control the position here.
Such really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Till dominated that round.
That's time! Till 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Till thows a left - swing and a miss!

Such closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Till explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Till is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Such can do to turn this around?
Such keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Till .
Such changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Till feints a jab promting Such to slip. Till then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Such slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Till closes the distance and clinches.
Till swings wildly with an uppercut but Such uses good head movement to avoid it.
Till goes for a takedown in the clinch but Such prevents it.
Such jumps guard but Till stands there with Such around his waist. Such gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Till misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Till looking for a takedown.
Till makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Such wants to break free but Till has control.
Such is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Till stalling in the clinch but Such improves position.
Till has a couple of punches blocked by Such.
Till prevents a takedown attempt there.

Such is fighting off a takedown attempt but Till is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Such to the mat. Such regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Till is looking to work some ground and pound but Such has wrist control.
Such trying to keep a closed guard but Till is proving a slippery customer.
Darren Till overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Till is looking to work some ground and pound but Such has wrist control.
Till wants to control from the top but Such keeps moving.
Such really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Till . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till scoring with punches to the head and body.
Till is in close to Such's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Till scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Till lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Such escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Till gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Till connects with a couple of short punches.
Such is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Till is controlling him.
Till tries to free his leg and advance position but Such is retaining full guard.
Such working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Till .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Such is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Such keeping moving, preventing Till from controlling successfully.
Till throws a big right hand that misses.
Such controls Till momentarily but Till frees himself.
Till is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Such showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Till .
Such lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Till backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Till . Such does a little dance to reset his feet.
Till throws a poor cross that misses
and Such counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Such is looking to clinch but Till is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Such.
Darren Till has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alec John Such.
Such slips under a jab from Till .
Such connects with a single shot there.
Such slips a straight right by Till .
Such tries to clinch up.
Till throws a right hand that misses
and Such counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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!

Till gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Till has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Such off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Till dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Till misses with a wild body shot.
Till throws a hook but Such blocks it.
Such lands a nice shot to the body.
Such blocks a jab.

Such drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Till trying to control the position here.
Till 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Such trying to control but Till is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Such is fighting to break Till 's control of his arms but Till is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Such is looking to pass into half guard but Till pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Till is in guard.

Such working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Till .
Such keeping moving, preventing Till from controlling successfully.
Such controls Till momentarily but Till frees himself.

That's two 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.
Till lands a couple of elbows.
Such trying to control the position.
Such looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Till lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Such is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Till is controlling him.
Such looking for a sweep. Not yet Such, not yet.
Such takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Till scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Till won't allow Such to sweep him here.
Till working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Till wants to control from the top but Such keeps moving.
Till connects with a couple of short punches.
Till chips away with some ground and pound.

Till avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Such working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Till .
Till lands a couple of digs.
Till lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Till landing some decent shots from guard.
Till postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Till throws a big elbow that misses.
Till is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Such controls Till momentarily but Till frees himself.
Till preventing the sweep.
Such working a defensive guard but Till passes into half guard.
Till prevents Such from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Till there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Till scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Such has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Till is working away from the top position though.
Alec John Such has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Darren Till is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Till seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Till showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Till has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darren Till !