PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren McCarty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ren Hitogoroshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hitogoroshi's choice of entrance music: Crooked by Bassbin Twins. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

McCarty
vs
Hitogoroshi

185 cm
19
219 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
212 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren McCarty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ren Hitogoroshi!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Hemmingworth and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarty misses with a looping left.
Hitogoroshi looks to land a combination but McCarty avoids it well.
Hitogoroshi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hitogoroshi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCarty.
Good shot there by McCarty.
Hitogoroshi misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Hitogoroshi misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarty takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McCarty moves out of range as Hitogoroshi strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from McCarty misses the target.
McCarty lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hitogoroshi throws a hook but McCarty blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hitogoroshi.
Nice shot by McCarty.
Hitogoroshi throws a jab when McCarty was well out of range.
Hitogoroshi's coach down at Fokai Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hitogoroshi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from McCarty.
McCarty lands with a good body shot.
A lazy left from Hitogoroshi finds it's target.
McCarty avoids a punch combination nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by McCarty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitogoroshi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hitogoroshi misses with a shot to the body
letting McCarty counter with a right hand.
Nice body punch from McCarty.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCarty lands a leg kick that knocks Hitogoroshi off balance momentarily.
McCarty displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hitogoroshi throws out the jab.
Hitogoroshi lands a two punch combo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hitogoroshi, as that shot connected.
McCarty is looking to slow Hitogoroshi down with leg kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McCarty, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by McCarty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McCarty loads up on a big right hand but Hitogoroshi slips the punch.
Hitogoroshi misses with a hook.
McCarty is looking to counter punch.
McCarty throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hitogoroshi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hitogoroshi misses with a body shot.
Hitogoroshi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McCarty fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hitogoroshi.
Hitogoroshi looks to score with a jab to the body but McCarty is just out of range.
Hitogoroshi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitogoroshi misses with a lunging right hand
and McCarty counters with a stiff right hand.
McCarty throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hitogoroshi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
McCarty seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hitogoroshi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McCarty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCarty blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCarty scores with a hook to the body. Hitogoroshi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hitogoroshi checks a leg kick.
Hitogoroshi swings for the body but McCarty moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hitogoroshi. Those never looked like landing.
McCarty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hitogoroshi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Darren McCarty will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hitogoroshi fails to land with a series of punches.
McCarty scores with a sloppy right hand. Hitogoroshi should have avoided that one.
Jab by McCarty.
McCarty thumps Hitogoroshi with a low kick.
Hitogoroshi takes one to the chin there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hitogoroshi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McCarty has got the better of the exchanges.
McCarty avoids the body shot from Hitogoroshi.
A slow jab from Hitogoroshi misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hitogoroshi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hitogoroshi throws a hook to the side of McCarty's head but McCarty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hitogoroshi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarty cracks Hitogoroshi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
McCarty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hitogoroshi.
Hitogoroshi tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McCarty takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hitogoroshi moves away from the strike by McCarty.
McCarty throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hitogoroshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCarty moves away.
Hitogoroshi throws a sloppy body shot
and McCarty counters with a good, hard body kick but Hitogoroshi shrugs it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by McCarty.
Hitogoroshi swings for the body but McCarty moves out of range.
McCarty throwing a counter right hand but Hitogoroshi manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitogoroshi misses the shot to the body.
McCarty misses with a wild body shot.
McCarty lands a leg kick that knocks Hitogoroshi off balance momentarily.
Hitogoroshi blocks a leg kick.
Hitogoroshi tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A chopping leg kick lands by McCarty.
Hitogoroshi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
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!
Hitogoroshi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McCarty.
Hitogoroshi misses with a double jab
and McCarty counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarty is looking to score with low kicks.
Hitogoroshi throws a predictable looking body shot
and McCarty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hitogoroshi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCarty explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hitogoroshi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCarty.
Hitogoroshi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Hitogoroshi has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCarty lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hitogoroshi is breathing heavily.
Hitogoroshi throws a head punch that misses.
You can see that Hitogoroshi has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A short left from McCarty.
McCarty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McCarty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hitogoroshi can do to turn this around?
Hitogoroshi tries to stall but McCarty uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Hitogoroshi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hitogoroshi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCarty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitogoroshi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hitogoroshi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCarty.
McCarty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCarty misses with a body shot.
Hitogoroshi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McCarty.
Hitogoroshi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCarty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCarty. Hitogoroshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hitogoroshi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren McCarty dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

McCarty lands a jab to the head.
Darren McCarty is winning the standup battle so far.
McCarty just misses with a punch to the body.
Hitogoroshi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hitogoroshi looks to score with a jab to the body but McCarty is just out of range.
A big right from Hitogoroshi misses.
McCarty lands a big head kick that sends Hitogoroshi to the canvas! McCarty follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darren McCarty!
Darren McCarty seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Ren Hitogoroshi spoke after the fight, saying 'A Yakuza should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's. Tonight was not my night, but as I am still breathing, my opponents should be aware that their lives are still in danger.'.