PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darren Lamb (ranked 463 p4p, 61 weight class) and Ephram Urani (ranked 714 p4p, 85 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lamb
vs
Urani

175 cm
37
160 lbs
30 - 17 - 0

165 cm
26
150 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Lamb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ephram Urani!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urani takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lamb misses with an uppercut.
Lamb misses the jab.
Urani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Urani lands a jab.

It looks like Darren Lamb has been cut.
Lamb cracks Urani with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lamb lands a body shot.
Lamb misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Urani misses.
Ephram Urani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamb lands with a slapping head kick.
Urani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Urani looks to land a left hand but Lamb moved out of range nicely.
Urani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lamb's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lamb duly obliges.
Urani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Urani walks into a jab.
Urani lands with a straight right. Lamb didn't see that one coming.
Lamb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Urani circles away quickly and effectively.
Urani misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamb just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urani.
Urani connects with a right hand. Lamb shakes it off.
Lamb cracks Urani with an open hand slap.
Lamb scores with the left hand. Urani knows he should have avoided that one.
Lamb will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Urani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Urani does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Lamb.
Lamb 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.
Lamb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Urani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Urani thinks about the counter body kick.
Lamb misses with a straight right.
Lamb scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Urani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Urani lands a front kick.
Urani throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Urani connects with a body shot that sends Lamb's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamb has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Urani.
Lamb is breathing heavily.
Urani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Urani.
Urani misses with an uppercut.
Urani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick from Urani.
Urani looks to score with a jab to the body but Lamb is just out of range.
Lamb takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Urani takes a swing at Lamb's ribcage but misses.
Ephram Urani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lamb takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lamb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Urani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lamb avoids the head kick by Urani.
Urani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lamb.
Lamb loads up on a big right hand but Urani slips the punch.
Lamb scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urani blocks a jab.
Urani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lamb checks a leg kick.
Lamb on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Urani. Urani obviously looking to wear him down.
Lamb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urani.
Urani jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lamb tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lamb tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice takedown defense from Urani. No joy for Lamb on that attempt.
Urani throws a good cross that connects.
Urani takes a swing at Lamb's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Urani.
Lamb takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
A punch lands to the side of Lamb 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Urani lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urani wants to land a leg kick but Lamb is out of range.
Urani fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lamb.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamb scores with a jab to the head.
Lamb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urani delivers a nice body kick.
Lamb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Urani.
Urani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Urani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Urani.
Lamb walks into a straight right hand from Urani.

Lamb is rocked!
Lamb throws a hook but Urani avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Urani! But no joy.
Lamb is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Urani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lamb tests Urani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Urani thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Lamb was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamb misses with a body kick.
Lamb fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Urani on the side of the head.
Lamb takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Lamb is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Urani darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Lamb's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Urani before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ephram Urani!
Ephram Urani decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Darren Lamb had this to say: 'Baaaaaa... Baaaaaa... Baaaaa... Shit, someone backstage put acid in my drink. I thought I was a lamb.'.