PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Daniels (ranked 565 p4p, 2221 weight class) and DeVon Hampton (ranked 84 p4p, 297 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daniels
vs
Hampton

190 cm
27
216
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
205
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clayton Daniels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeVon Hampton!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daniels darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hampton is refusing to be controlled, as Daniels sits in half guard.
Hampton wants to get back to full guard.
Hampton manages to get to full guard.
Daniels scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniels distracts Hampton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hampton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Daniels seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Hampton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Daniels is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels punching from the bottom - just letting Hampton know he's still in a fight.
Daniels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hampton.
Hampton preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Daniels is on top in guard.

The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hampton is on top in guard.

Hampton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hampton scoring with some ground and pound.
Hampton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hampton throws a big elbow that misses.
Hampton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hampton stands up over Daniels, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton stopping the sweep attempt from Daniels.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hampton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hampton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hampton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hampton postures up and lands a big shot to Daniels's brow.
Hampton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Daniels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Daniels is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hampton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hampton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hampton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hampton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Daniels wants to sweep but no luck.
Hampton tries to free his leg and advance position but Daniels is retaining full guard.
Hampton passes into half guard.
Hampton thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daniels's head.
Daniels is in trouble now - Hampton has advanced to mount!
Hampton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Daniels regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels trying to hold on to Hampton's head to control him but Hampton postures up.
Hampton slips a nice elbow through Daniels's hands, connecting with Daniels's forehead.
Daniels punching from the bottom.
Hampton lands with a punch from half guard.
Daniels is looking to improve his position.
Hampton works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hampton with the ground and pound from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

DeVon Hampton dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Daniels closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hampton is looking for a sweep.
Hampton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hampton tries to buck Daniels off but Daniels is having none of it.

Daniels tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hampton regains half guard.
Hampton holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Daniels is pressing down on Hampton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hampton is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hampton moves into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hampton is on top in guard.

Hampton working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton is working Daniels over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hampton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Daniels manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hampton manages to get himself to full guard.

Daniels looking to pass the guard.
Daniels pushing down on Hampton's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hampton regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hampton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hampton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hampton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daniels's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Daniels's head.
Hampton slips nicely into half guard.
Hampton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Daniels has hold of Hampton's hands but Hampton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daniels keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hampton.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hampton lands a nice short elbow.
Hampton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hampton thows a huge punch but Daniels dodges it nicely.
Daniels on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is looking for a sweep. Hampton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hampton is thwarting Daniels's attempts to control the position.
Hampton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Daniels is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hampton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hampton works his way into side control.
Hampton working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hampton landing a few strikes.
Hampton working the body and head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hampton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Daniels gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hampton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Daniels is rocked!
Daniels is trying desperately to improve position.
Hampton looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Daniels covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeVon Hampton!
DeVon Hampton is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, DeVon Hampton thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.