PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Darsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wren nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Darsh
vs
nelson

190 cm
22
275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stan Darsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, wren nelson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darsh doesn't manage to clinch there - nelson circles away.

nelson closes the distance and clinches.
nelson has had enough of the clinch but Darsh keeps him there for the moment.
Darsh lands a hook that snaps the head of nelson backwards.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but nelson blocks it.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Darsh.
nelson stalling in the clinch but Darsh improves position.
nelson is working for takedown but Darsh is calmly controlling the position for now.
Darsh misses with a knee strike.
Darsh lands a hook that snaps the head of nelson backwards.
Darsh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darsh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like wren nelson has been cut.
nelson looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Darsh.
Darsh looking to throw knees to the head but nelson is blocking nicely.
Darsh lands a hook that snaps the head of nelson backwards.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but nelson blocks it.
Darsh lands a damaging elbow.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but nelson blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Darsh scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darsh lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darsh lands a nice elbow.
Darsh misses with a knee to the head.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Darsh lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darsh connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darsh misses with a knee to the head.
Darsh pushes nelson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darsh misses with a knee to the head.
Darsh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Darsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darsh landing knees to the head.
Darsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Darsh lands a nice uppercut.
Darsh misses with a knee strike.
Darsh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Darsh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Darsh landing knees to the head.
nelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Darsh prevents it.
Darsh tries to land a knee to the head but nelson blocks with his arms.
Darsh lands an elbow inside.
Darsh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darsh looking to throw knees to the head but nelson is blocking nicely.
Darsh misses with a knee to the head.
Darsh lands a left hand that snaps the head of nelson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Darsh scores a nice knee to the body.
Darsh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Darsh looking to throw knees to the head but nelson is blocking nicely.

nelson has picked Darsh up - he's going for a ride! nelson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
nelson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Darsh is squirming around, avoiding nelson's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
nelson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Darsh because nelson loaded up on that one.
Darsh wants to get back to his feet.
Darsh can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
nelson looking to control but Darsh is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darsh defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from nelson.
Darsh tries to reverse the position but nelson maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Darsh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on wren nelson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Darsh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darsh wants to clinch but nelson slips to the side
and nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stan Darsh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darsh tries to clinch up but nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Darsh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Darsh gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Darsh lands a left hand.
Darsh landing knees to the head.
Darsh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darsh lands a nice uppercut.
Darsh connects with a knee to the head.
Darsh lands an elbow just above nelson 's eye.
Darsh lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt nelson or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darsh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of nelson backwards.
Darsh lands a knee to the body.
Darsh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Darsh lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up wren nelson's cut even more.
Darsh scores with a knee to the head.

Darsh lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and nelson goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Darsh in side control.

nelson is rocked!
nelson is breathing heavily.
nelson is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on nelson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
nelson tries to buck Darsh off but Darsh is having none of it.
nelson can't do much from the bottom here.
Darsh trying to control the action but nelson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Darsh is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because nelson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
nelson is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darsh trying to control the action but nelson is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Darsh clinches but nelson breaks the clinch

and nelson counters with a takedown into side control.
Darsh is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darsh is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, nelson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
nelson trying to control the action but Darsh is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darsh struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Darsh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on wren nelson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Darsh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Darsh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darsh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Darsh looks to clinch
and nelson counters with a stiff right hand.
nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Darsh.
Darsh doesn't manage to clinch there - nelson circles away.
Darsh darts in trying to clinch

so nelson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
nelson prevents Darsh from getting back to his feet.
nelson wants to stand but Darsh has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Darsh wants to sweep but no luck.
nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nelson wanted to stand there but Darsh had control of the position.
nelson wants to pass the guard but Darsh is keeping the position.
Darsh is looking to stand up but nelson isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
nelson tries to stand but Darsh is controlling from the bottom.
Darsh is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Darsh tries to clinch

and nelson counters by moving into the clinch.
Darsh lands a hook that snaps the head of nelson backwards.
Darsh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darsh lands a knee to the head.
Darsh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Darsh misses with a knee strike.
nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Darsh lands a nice shot to the body.
nelson takes a shot to the head.
Darsh lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stan Darsh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darsh scores with a shot to the side of nelson's head.
A short uppercut from Darsh.
Darsh lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Darsh - that landed with a thud.
Darsh lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Darsh lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Darsh.
nelson is trying to break free.
Darsh scores with a knee to the head.
Darsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but nelson blocks it.
Darsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Darsh.
nelson is working for takedown but Darsh is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nice elbow from Darsh.
Darsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
nelson is trying to break the clinch but Darsh has him pressed against the cage.
Darsh connects with a knee to the head.
Darsh tries to land a knee to the head but nelson blocks with his arms.
Darsh throws an elbow that misses.
Darsh connects with a knee to the head.
nelson has had enough of the clinch but Darsh keeps him there for the moment.
Darsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Darsh connects with a nasty looking knee right to nelson's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darsh lands a right hand that snaps the head of nelson backwards.
Darsh prevents nelson from breaking the clinch.
Darsh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
wren nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stan Darsh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice elbow from Darsh.
nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Darsh uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Darsh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Darsh, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Darsh!