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Lot of Steam on this middleweight matchup it is now upon us Darren till drus ready Darren ready fight over and drus dup c d is in the green Darren till out of that Pat The cpaw Stance is in white here we Go kills right away on the pressure draus said to tell you Joe that if we start seeing his mouth open that’s just how he breathes he said my nose doesn’t work too good so I try to keep my mouth open to breathe look at this

Take down by C he said he was going to show that he said the last time he tried that lateral drop and he pulled the guy on top of him it was not indicative of what he can do in the grappling so clearly part of the early

Strategy dupe taking the fight to the ground trying to make these ground strikes count bad position for Darren till right away dup’s got that left leg in tying him up this is terrible for Darren till and he’s eating left hands he’s talking to Mark Smith yeah saying he’s okay but

He’s got to do more he’s getting hammered dupi has the right arm that’s why he’s having trouble getting up but till keeps going back down to the ground I don’t know if he’s trying not to get KN but right now he needs to explo up if he wants a chance cuz Mark Smith’s

Getting very close to stopping perhaps a little bit too close for my liking I don’t think he should be ready to stop it yet though John Till wasting energy trying to give him the thumbs up doesn’t appear as though a lot of these strikes have gotten home

Cleanly but why does he keep putting the right knee [Applause] down yeah Darren until it appears that he’s just being patient and looking for the right opportunity to get back up to his feet but this is not a good position for him at all no and he’s not offering

Much resistance he’s got a hand fight right he’s trying to get up without hand fighting and draus is just hitting him with hammers here this is at the very least Darren till is getting compromised by these big shots now these left hands are getting through with some Force I

Mean saying he’s good he’s got to stop talking to Mark Smith and get out of this position well he can’t clear his right he can’t clear his right hand well draas did a great job of tying that up and now he’s with [Applause] right dupy just all over Darren till

Till’s blocking a lot of these though Joe but why is till so patient he needs to try to skirt his back along the side of the Octagon to try and change a position as Dr goes right back to a single Leg oh dup C on top of them Darren Tils terrible place now he’s almost got the body triangle in still wrestling he’s got it locked now he’s got the body triangle in from the back this is terrible for Darren H and they’re controlling that left wrist as well but

The amount of blows that Darren H is absorbing I mean even if he gets out of this position he’s going to be compromised he’s eaten dozens of clean punches oh now dup’s getting a D’s under the neck Darren till is really in a bad place here he’s got his chin down du

Would be better serve to just punch because Mark Smith seems like he’s about ready to stop this fight from punching dupac C might have worn his arms out for punching Darren ta’s in a terrible position here and that left eye is nearly swollen shut yeah I mean he’s been beaten and battered

Already under 90 seconds now and hasn’t gotten anything off yet all dupy on his back with the body triangle huge round for dup so far nine career wins by submission for dup coming in look at the strike count 60 shots landed by dup zero for Darren till I mean that’s crazy but

Joe look at this by engaging the grappling dupz now started to it it this will allow Darren to take less damage in the punching he should have continued to let him get to his knees to just drive those lefts that he was Landing before he could have stopped him but the Way’s

Switching is oh oh look at this Darren Ta on top wor out Darren Tail’s got a headlock he’s got a g te oh he lost it in a scramble back to their feet crowd going bananas as till Rises 30 seconds to go in the round left hand landed by till

Looked like maybe even an elbow got home nice jab by dupy settles things for a moment Big Shots by Darren oh Darren till Dy forced to scramble late in round one another late Tak down for drus dupi what a start so I know it was sort of a weird

Visual seeing Darren till imploring the referee Mark Smith to not stop the fight but I almost feel like he felt forced to verbally engage because he was fear that Mark Smith might stop the fight prematurely round two is upon us dupy in green till and white dupy looked very

Tired in between rounds I know he said that this is how he breeds the one thing about Drake is though he will fight you man you start trying to engage with him like this and try to make it a barn burner he’ll throw his hands and he’ll throw everything

With absolute power to try to finish you as till starting to press now nasty swelling in the the left eye of Darren till we’re seeing it here he’s definitely going to have a hard time seeing out of that left eye dup’s body language though leaving a

Little bit to be desired I me he really emptied the gas tank here he’s got to recover I mean you see this the slowness to the punches think about how many shots he threw in that round how much grappling he did well Draco said that is

Just how he breeds but I mean he does look tired but he really tried to stop Darren till in that round oh got Pok all right hey just be careful watch fingers you good said he’s fine yeah could have taken a little breather there instead fights On so he must feel pretty good I think he’s just a warrior I mean because he is very tired here you can see it in his movements his footsteps everything oh oh my goodness till snipe dupi on the way in that was a nice elbow in [Applause]

There but Darren till looks nice and loose on the outside oh beautiful desperation shot but dupy gets him down but Darren separating the hands Till’s going to the wizard there now he’s got to try to clear the hips to face dupi but dup is is so strong oh beautiful job of the butterfly

Darren till but till stops there yes he he had to keep going there you can’t stop he’s fighting the hands to try to stand back up and he’s up knee by dupy but not much on it till Shucks him off under three minutes here in round [Applause] Two till switching up his footwork here Darren tail has a beautiful straight left hand and that was what his Corner was calling for in between rounds they say set him up for that left straight pretty wild pace through a round and a half we’ll see who can

Sustain well dupy’s got to recover cuz Darren looks much the fresher fighter here oh till starting to pick him apart and this where dupy’s got to be careful he doesn’t do that Blitz yep he can’t get desperate he said I cannot get desperate even when things start to go a

Little sideways I’ve got to stay Within Myself Darren’s just set up I mean he’s lining him up for that left hand and draus is just standing still T should go to the body do he’s head hunting right now because dup’s bringing his hands way high she throw that straight left to the

Body you hear the corner caller for it now elbow Over the Top by Darren really labored movements from dupi but he gets it anyway Darren made a real mistake there oh he’s going to switch him now if draus draus has got to let his hands go till has fought a fantastic

Round Darren it looked like he wined in pain there for a second yeah when he went back over that maybe his knee yeah he’s had a lot of knee issues left knee got caught behind him for a moment draus is about to give up position if he tries this guo tee he’s

Going to lose his position Tilla start to get the feet on the hips and try to push him away man D plus just trying to P dup C looking for a foot lock Darren trying to roll out of [Applause] it wow round three forth coming right here you see Darren till

Right hand with a left straight right behind it and he landed a number of these this round in a beautiful knee right up the middle knowing that dup C was going to try to level change problem with till here in dup gets takedown is he’s not taking his legs back he’s

Trying to go into dup let he’s got to scroll away from him all right third and final round seemingly anybody’s fight yeah this very well could be one and one but then you have to think about that first round was that a 108 round yeah oh yeah dra has did a really good

Job of finishing that round getting that taked down and trying to change momentum a little bit it’ll be on till now to set the pace in the third round and get started in the way that he started round number two he fought a beautiful four minutes but then almost seem to accept

Being on his back when draus was able to take him down do you think a 108 would be warranted for that first round I do till did have moments in the end but I mean he got beat up really bad to the point that the official tried to stop

The fight which I don’t agree with but he was stepping in as if the fight was close to be an ended the 3DS dominance duration damage not enough for me in that first round yeah I I mean I would not be mad if it’s 108

But I wouldn’t be upset if they went 10 nine but all those things you just listed Johnny had every one of them he [Applause] Did D plus he Prides himself on his heart having a dig deep here tonight good body attack from dupi dup is a very tough guy good left hand over the top woo look at that [Applause] Jab he caught that one low all right are you good hey just watch the cup all right are you good to fight Yeah all right Tom Man fight watch the cop drinkers all right back underway just over three minutes to go Till’s got to pick the pace up yep like that because Drake is landed a couple nice shots to start this round seems as though he’s gotten some respect back in the stand up

From Darren till seeing things well defensively here late in the fight oh beautiful [Applause] jab good counter left the left hand over the top and that’s what Drake has talked about right Joe not rushing and when he doesn’t Rush he’s he’s landing and so is till though Till’s

Just kind of poking at him with that Jab oh oh and a big right hand greets till when he gets to the floor that’s a huge moment for dupy there he just that Drake is dup for on the UFC and coming to the top 10 next week

Wow and that’s a tough loss with Darren till right there well the ground proven to be the Kryptonite for Darren till tonight was unable to thwart a single takedown attempt to dup C and once it’s official it’ll be his 10th career win by submission and here’s the final taked

Down let’s take a look at it here not much resistance and goes slides right in the mount lands a couple of good shots Darren turns over and gives his back dupy goes right under the chin secures the tap dupc did this in round one Darren was able to defend it not in round

Three nice to see those guys bury the hatchet so to speak dupi really seemed like he was trying to occupy some space inside the head of Darren till this week but he gets it done just as he expected to and the winning streak is extended to six for the former two division EFC

Champion draus dupi now a budding UFC middleweight Contender to make it official here’s Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen referee Mark Smith is called a stop to this contest at 2 minutes 43 seconds of round number three declaring the winner by submission due to a rear neck and choke drus still KN d