PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darren Till (ranked 3687 p4p, 381 weight class) and Micheal Old Man (ranked 24453 p4p, 0 weight class). Till comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Caroline. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Till
vs
Old Man

193 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Till!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Micheal Old Man!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Old Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Old Man looks to clinch
and Till counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Old Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Till paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Till is looking to clinch.
Old Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Till tries to clinch but Old Man moves out of range.
Old Man is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Old Man tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And Old Man tries to counter it with a takedown but Till pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Old Man throws a right hand that misses
enabling Till to counter with a crisp jab.
Till doesn't manage to clinch there - Old Man circles away.
Till is looking to clinch.
Till is looking to clinch but Old Man is avoiding it.
Old Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Till jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Till wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Till looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Old Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Old Man throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Old Man drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Old Man scoring with punches to the head and body.
Old Man postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Old Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Old Man with a nice head shot there.
Old Man scoring with some ground and pound.
Old Man landing some decent shots from guard.
Old Man chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Old Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Old Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Old Man scoring with some ground and pound.
Old Man is working Till over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Old Man lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Old Man has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Old Man content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Old Man working some strikes from top position.
Till is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Old Man's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Till is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Old Man dives into side control.
Old Man working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Old Man looks up at the clock and then as Till takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Old Man smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Old Man is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Old Man's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Old Man cracks Till with a big elbow.
Old Man creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Till is rocked!
Old Man cracks Till with a big right hand but Till just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Oh Till is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Old Man stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Till seems to have got his legs back now.
Old Man fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Till is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Till tries to clinch there but Old Man circles away.
Old Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Till swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Old Man shoots in and bounces Till off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Old Man stands up and waves to Till to follow him.
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!
Old Man takes a swing at Till's ribcage but misses.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up but Old Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Old Man throws a right hand that Till ducks under and follows up with a left that Till also avoids with ease.
It looked like Till wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Till tries to clinch but Old Man is having none of it.

Old Man scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Till tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Old Man lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micheal Old Man dominated that round.
That's time! Till's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Old Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Till swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Old Man closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Till to the mat! Till manages to get full guard.
Till knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Old Man on the ground.
Old Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Old Man works over Till with some ground and pound from guard.
Old Man lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Old Man landing some decent shots from guard.

Till wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Old Man throws a nice looking combination but Till bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Till tries to clinch there but Old Man circles away.
Till tries to clinch up but Old Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Till is looking to clinch but Old Man is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Old Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Till wants to clinch up but Old Man keeps it at a distance.
Till tries to clinch up.
Old Man with the counter takedown but Till avoids it easily.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Till keeps the fight on the outside.
Till keeps the fight on the outside.
Micheal Old Man seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Old Man throws a leg kick
and Till counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Old Man gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Till counters with a straight right hand.
Old Man throws a combination that misses
and Till cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Old Man has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Till tries to clinch but Old Man is having none of it.
Till is looking to clinch but Old Man is avoiding it.
Old Man feints the counter takedown.
Old Man shoots and misses
and Till cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Old Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Till fails with an attempt to clinch.
Till showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Old Man.
Till is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Till wants it to stay on the feet.
Old Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Old Man doesn't manage to clinch there - Till circles away.
Old Man closes the distance but Till moves to the side
and Till counters with a solid body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up but Old Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Old Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Old Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Till.
Micheal Old Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Old Man throws a body kick that misses.
Till tries to clinch but Old Man moves out of range.
Old Man tries to counter by closing the distance.
Till wants to clinch.
Till tries to clinch there but Old Man circles away.

Old Man gets a clinch.
Till lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Old Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
Till landing knees to the body.
Till lands a nice elbow.
Old Man is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Till is defending well.
Darren Till has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micheal Old Man.
Knees in the clinch landing for Till.
Till lands a damaging elbow.
Till lands a left hand that snaps the head of Old Man backwards.
A knee to the head by Till.

It looks like Micheal Old Man has been cut.
Till unloads a knee to the mid-section. Old Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Till lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Till creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Old Man's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Till lands a nice knee to the body.
Till landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Till obliges.
Till working Old Man over with knees to the body.
Till landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Till unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Old Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Till lands a good knee to the midsection. Old Man won't want to take too many of those.
Till landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Till lands a good knee to the midsection. Old Man won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Till.
Till lands a knee to the head.
Till crunches a lovely knee into Old Man's ribcage.
Till landing knees to the body.
Till crunches a lovely knee into Old Man's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Till dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Micheal Old Man's cut.
That's time! Till's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Till looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Old Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Till swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Till went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Old Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Old Man tries to clinch up
and Till counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
Old Man tries to counter with a clinch but Till shakes him off and moves away.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Old Man wants to clinch but Till slips to the side
and Till cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Old Man misses.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Old Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Old Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darren Till is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Old Man takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Till tries to clinch there but Old Man circles away.
Old Man throws a sloppy head kick
and Till counters with a series of strikes. Old Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Old Man tries to clinch but Till moves away
enabling Till to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Old Man pushes him off.
Old Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Till counters with a one-two to the body.
Till tries to clinch up.
Old Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Till manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
Till is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Till fails with an attempt to clinch.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Old Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Old Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
Till circles away from the clinch attempt.
Till looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Old Man looks for the body kick but Till saw that one coming.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Old Man is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Old Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Old Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Old Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Old Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Till wants to clinch up but Old Man keeps it at a distance.
Old Man tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Till wants to clinch.
Till tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Old Man counters with a shoot takedown. Till fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Old Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Till will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Old Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Old Man is looking to work some ground and pound but Till has wrist control.
Old Man is working Till over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Old Man working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Till's head.
Old Man lands a couple of digs.
Old Man cracks Till with a solid left hand.
Till has momentary wrist control but Old Man slips an elbow through the middle.
Old Man is working Till over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Micheal Old Man has got the better of the ground game so far.
Old Man postures up and lands a big shot to Till's brow.
Old Man scoring with punches to the head and body.
Old Man scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Old Man stands up over Till, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Old Man keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Till's head.

Old Man gets to his feet. Till looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Old Man misses with a low kick.
Old Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Old Man lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Old Man closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Till quickly recovers to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Old Man working over Till with some ground and pound. Till looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Till avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Old Man.
Till has hold of Old Man's hands but Old Man slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Micheal Old Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Old Man has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micheal Old Man!
In defeat, Darren Till stepped up to the mic, saying 'That was a good fight but he got the best of me well have to run it back sometime'.