PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Darko (ranked 250 p4p, 38 weight class) and Min-Sik Song (ranked 525 p4p, 68 weight class). Darko comes to the cage accompanied by Ominous Drumming. Song has chosen nkoha - Akatsuki as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Darko
vs
Song

178 cm
27
176 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

182 cm
27
176 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Blue Moon

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Min-Sik Song!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko tries to land a leg kick but Song saw it coming and moves away.
Song misses the shot to the body.
Darko moves out of range of the leg kick from Song.
Song takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Darko throws a looping overhand right but Song ducks down to avoid it.
Darko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Song.
Song scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darko doesn't seem bothered though.
Song looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Darko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Song moves away.
Darko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darko is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Darko misses with a body kick.
Song feints a counter leg kick.
Song lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song misses the jab.
Song throws a body kick that misses.
Song looks to throw the jab but Darko is out of range.
Song avoids the body shot from Darko.
It seemed like Song was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Darko throws a hook but Song avoids it easily.
Song takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Song throws a solid leg kick but Darko takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Song.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Song swings for the body but Darko moves out of range.
Darko has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Darko slips under a jab.
Song lands a nice looking body shot.
Darko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Darko misses.
Song fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Song swings away with a body shot that misses
and Darko counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Min-Sik Song has been cut.
Song closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slow jab from Song misses its intended target.
Min-Sik Song seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darko scores with a push kick.
Song is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Darko rather than just go for the knockout.
Song on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Darko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Song sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darko throws a low kick but Song avoids it.
Song dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darko. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darko misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Darko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Song.
Darko is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Song.
Darko avoids the body shot from Song.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Song throws a body punch but Darko moves out of range.
Darko checks a low kick from Song.
Nice uppercut there from Darko.
Darko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Song scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Darko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Song - that will leave a mark!
Darko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Song.
A leg kick checked by Song.
Song smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Darko lands a nice shot that snaps Song's head back.
Song misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Song.
Darko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song slips a jab from Darko.
Song lands with a shot to the body.
Darko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Song connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Song connects with the punch.
Darko tried to score with a low kick but Song checks it.
Song misses with a wild body shot.
Song throws a body punch but Darko moves out of range.
Darko connects with a body shot that sends Song's belly button to the back.
Darko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darko takes one to the side of the head.
Darko lands with a shot to the body.
Song connects with an inside leg kick.
Song shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Song misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Song misses.
Darko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darko throws a wild body kick that Song sees coming a mile off.
Darko throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Song keeps Darko at a distance using the push kick.
Song moves forwards but Darko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Song. Darko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko misses with a head kick.
Darko scores with a spinning back kick!
Song dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darko. That did some damage!
Song moves out of range of the strikes.
Song fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darko.
Darko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Darko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Darko checks a leg kick.
Darko walks into a stiff left hand from Song.
Song connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Song circles away from the clinch attempt.
Song is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Darko with a body shot.
Song moves out of range as Darko strikes.
Song thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Darko if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Song. Darko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Song moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Darko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Darko does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Min-Sik Song will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Min-Sik Song's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Darko slips under a jab from Song.
Song moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Darko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheers as Darko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Song doesn't seem phased though.
Darko is looking to land body kicks.
Song appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Song shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Song attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jab by Song.
Song throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Song connects with a solid leg kick.
Darko scores with a punch to the head.
Darko lands a nice looking kick to the body. Song takes a step back to recover.
Song will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Min-Sik Song seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Song throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Song throws out a leg kick but Darko moves out of range and Song only half commits.
Darko is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Song throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Song throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darko sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Song swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Song lands a nice hook to Darko's body. Darko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Song avoids the body shot from Darko.
Darko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Song avoids the body shot from Darko.
Song throws a body punch but Darko moves out of range.
Song lands with a cross.
Song ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Song doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Song ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Song is able to avoid easily.
Song connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Song takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
Darko swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Song looks to score with a jab to the body but Darko is just out of range.
Darko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Darko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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!
Song doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Darko throws a chopping leg kick but Song manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Song throws a jab when Darko was well out of range.
Darko misses with a straight right.
Darko throws a chopping leg kick but Song manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Song explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Darko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Song.
Song throws an overhand right that lands on Darko's shoulder, as Darko tries to avoid the shot.
Song misses with a low kick.
Darko moves out of range of the strikes.
Darko feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Darko is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Song throws a right hand that Darko ducks under and follows up with a left that Darko also avoids with ease.
Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darko was well out of range. Poor timing from Song.
A slow jab from Darko misses its intended target.
Song scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Darko there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Darko might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Darko swings widly with a right hand
and Song counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Song keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Song looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Song's head backwards.
Darko will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko throws a head kick but Song moves out of range.
Song throws a lazy right hand but Darko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Song checks a leg kick nicely.
Darko misses with a body shot.
Song is looking to score with low kicks.
Darko checks the leg kick.
The fighters circling - Song throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darko fires out a quick counter leg kick but Song just manages to avoid it.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Song.
Darko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Song misses with a looping right.
A counter left hand to the body from Darko misses its target.
Darko slips under a jab from Song.
Song throws a chopping leg kick but Darko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Darko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Song moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Song darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Song moved out of range nicely.
Song uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darko.
Darko steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Song. That one must have hurt.
Song throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Song has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
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!
Darko misses with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Song.
Darko lands with a cross.
Song moves away from the strike by Darko.
Darko misses with a body kick.
Song's corner calls for a 1-2. Song obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Song misses with a wild body shot.
Darko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Song throws out a powerful jab.
Song thumps Darko with a low kick.
Song takes one on the button.
Darko throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice body punch from Darko.
Darko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Song.
Darko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Song is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Darko with a body shot.
Song fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darko.
Song throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Darko blocks a low kick nicely.
Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darko was well out of range. Poor timing from Song.
Darko blocks a leg kick.
Darko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Song throws out the jab.
It looked like Darko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
An inside leg kick lands from Darko.
Darko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Song finds it's way round the side to connect with Darko's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Song.
Song throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Darko tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darko's sensitive parts.
Darko throws a body punch but Song moves out of range.
Song bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Song throws a jab when Darko was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Darko.
Darko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Song.
Darko throwing a counter right hand but Song manages to avoid it.
Darko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Song sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Song throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Song lands with a right hand.
Song throws a hook to the side of Darko's head but Darko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darko throws a right hand that misses
and Song counters with an outside leg kick.
Darko throws a leg kick which misses Song's front leg but catches the back leg as Song tries to avoid it.
Song misses with a straight right.
Darko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Song under the eye.
Song misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darko.
Song throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darko. Song does a little dance to reset his feet.
Song misses with a body shot.
Darko throws a quick counter kick to the body but Song avoids it.
Song throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Darko was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Song.
Vlad Darko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darko scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Darko misses its intended target.
Darko throws a jab when Song was well out of range.
Darko thuds a left hand into Song's body.
Song shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big left from Darko misses.
Darko throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Darko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Song.
Song connects with a crisp jab.
Song misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Song has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darko.
Song swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good work by Darko as he checks the leg kick.
Darko half committed to a counter leg kick.
Song throws a shot to the body.
Darko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Song fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Song steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
A chopping leg kick lands by Song.
Darko throws a hook but Song blocks it.
Song walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Darko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Song tried to score with a low kick but Darko checks it.
Song on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Song.
Song throws a lazy uppercut
and Darko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Song waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darko.
Song misses with a body punch
letting Darko counter with a right hand.
Song scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Song misses.
Nice jab there from Song.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darko scores with a nice right hand.
Nice cross by Song.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Song.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Song.
Darko throws a lazy right hand but Song sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Song.
Song lands with a thumping leg kick.
Song looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Song misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Darko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Song moves away from the strike by Darko.
Darko throws a series of punches but Song moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Song. Beautiful body shot.
Song throws a front kick that sends Darko stumbling back into the cage.
Darko looks to throw the jab but Song is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darko blocks a low kick nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darko.
Song lands a really nice looking cross but Darko seems unphased.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Min-Sik Song.
Well Song 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Min-Sik Song!
A less than humble Min-Sik Song misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.