PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hamish Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeShawn Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: Eazy e- real mother fuckin gs. Hamish Darrow could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to DeShawn Johnson's chin.

Darrow
vs
Johnson

176 cm
27
160 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

183 cm
28
177 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamish Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, DeShawn Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like DeShawn Johnson has been cut.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Darrow is out of range.
Johnson misses with a body shot
and Darrow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darrow connects with a high kick.
Darrow misses with a wild body shot.
Darrow looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darrow avoids a punch combination nicely.

Darrow rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Darrow is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson digs a right hand into Darrow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darrow's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Darrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrow cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darrow finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Darrow off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Hamish Darrow has been cut.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darrow lands with a good body shot.
Darrow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Johnson drops Darrow with a beautiful combination! Darrow stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Johnson is looking for the KO!

Darrow is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darrow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oh Darrow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darrow looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson lands a nice hook to Darrow's body. Darrow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Darrow is breathing heavily.
Darrow avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Darrow seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson checks a low kick from Darrow.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darrow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darrow motions for Johnson to come forward. Darrow throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Darrow is just out of range.
Darrow takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Darrow swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Darrow slips a jab from Johnson.
Johnson throws a hook but Darrow blocks it.
Johnson lunges at Darrow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Darrow's hand.
Darrow throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Hamish Darrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darrow throws out the jab.
Johnson throws a jab when Darrow was well out of range.
Darrow slips under a jab from Johnson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darrow.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darrow.
Johnson throws the left hand but Darrow avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Darrow.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Darrow is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Johnson throws a jab when Darrow was well out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Darrow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnson with a nice cross.
Darrow looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson cracks Darrow with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). DeShawn Johnson!
DeShawn Johnson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.