PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darren Elkins (ranked 3300 p4p, 4484 weight class) and Boele Paisley (ranked 362 p4p, 0 weight class). Elkins comes into the arena with Central Cee - Loading blaring out of the sound system. Boele Paisley has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Darren Elkins's chin.

Elkins
vs
Paisley

170 cm
25
164
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Elkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boele Paisley!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paisley fakes the leg kick and cracks Elkins in the body.
Paisley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Paisley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Paisley takes a jab right on the kisser.
Paisley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Paisley scoring well with a low kick there.
Paisley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Elkins.
Paisley lands a leg kick that knocks Elkins off balance momentarily.
Paisley scores with a push kick.
Paisley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paisley lands a nice looking body kick.
Boele Paisley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paisley thumps Elkins with a low kick.
Paisley is looking to chop away at Elkins's legs.
Elkins is looking to counter the offense by Paisley and move into the clinch.
Elkins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Elkins on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Elkins moves into the clinch successfully.
Elkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paisley connects with a knee to the head.
Paisley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paisley tries to land a knee to the head but Elkins blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elkins managing to block the knees to the body from Paisley.
Elkins avoiding damage as Paisley throws knees to the body.
Elkins avoiding damage as Paisley throws knees to the body.
Paisley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elkins.

Elkins jumps guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Elkins is on top in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elkins controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Paisley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Elkins.
Elkins seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elkins is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Elkins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Elkins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paisley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Elkins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Elkins postures up and lands a big shot to Paisley's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Elkins drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Elkins jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Elkins throwing strikes from guard but Paisley blocks nicely.
Elkins controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Elkins is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Elkins is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Elkins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Paisley's head.
Elkins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Elkins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Elkins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Elkins drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Elkins as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Paisley screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Elkins! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Darren Elkins!
Darren Elkins tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.