PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazumi Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class).

Mishima
vs
Daniels

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of , fighting out of , Kazumi Mishima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of , fighting out of , Dan Daniels!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mishima takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Kazumi Mishima has been cut.
A jab from Daniels misses.
Mishima takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mishima throws a sloppy head kick and Daniels moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Daniels was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Daniels misses.
Mishima throws a body kick that misses.
Mishima slips a straight right by Daniels.
Daniels lands a slapping body shot.
Daniels misses with a hook.
Daniels throws a jab when Mishima was well out of range.
Daniels scores with the left hand. Mishima knows he should have avoided that one.
Daniels swinging wildly here.
Mishima looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

Daniels tries to keep at a distance but Mishima has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daniels prevents a body shot from Mishima.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daniels gets through Mishima's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Daniels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mishima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Mishima scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mishima keeps control of Daniels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mishima is stalling here.
Daniels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mishima manages to break the clinch.
Daniels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mishima manages to avoid it.
Daniels scores with a shot to the body.
Mishima ducks under a wild hook from Daniels.
Daniels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels cracks a nice hook into Mishima's ribs.
Daniels jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mishima looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dan Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels misses with a right hand

and Mishima counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A left hand lands to the body for Daniels.
Daniels is trying to break free.
Mishima tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daniels's elbow.
Mishima content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mishima keeps control of Daniels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniels lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mishima backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A frustrated look appears on Daniels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daniels tries to break free but Mishima pushes him back against the cage.

Daniels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Daniels scores with a nice strike.
Mishima moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Mishima! Daniels dives in looking to finish! Mishima is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Daniels!
During a confident post fight interview, Dan Daniels thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.