PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isaiah Frost (ranked 1245 p4p, 2391 weight class) and DeMartin Daso (ranked 189 p4p, 326 weight class). DeMartin Daso will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Frost
vs
Daso

192 cm
21
250
7 - 1 - 0

204 cm
25
263
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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New Standard

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isaiah Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeMartin Daso!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frost fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Frost takes a swing at Daso's ribcage but misses.
Daso tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frost manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daso takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Daso instigates a clinch.
Daso's coach down at Hollywood Superstar MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Daso's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Frost takes an elbow to the temple.
Daso is stalling here.

Frost breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Daso tries a head kick but it misses.
Frost takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Daso shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Daso closes the distance and pushes Frost back into the cage.
I was talking to Frost's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frost can't break the clinch.
Frost is trying to break the clinch but Daso has him pressed against the cage.
Daso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Frost is trying to break free.
Daso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Frost's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daso lands an elbow inside that Frost shrugs off.
Frost takes an elbow to the forehead.
Daso digs a right hand into Frost's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Frost's gas tank.
Daso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frost avoids a wild elbow strike from Daso.
Frost prevents a body shot from Daso.
Frost avoids the elbow strike from Daso, against the cage.
Daso has Frost pressed against the cage, preventing Frost from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Frost wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daso has him pressed against the cage.
Daso throws an elbow that misses.
Frost avoids the elbow strike from Daso, against the cage.
Frost blocks an elbow strike from Daso.
Daso misses with a body punch.
Daso misses with a body punch.
Daso lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Frost wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daso lands an elbow inside that Frost shrugs off.
Frost looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frost is trying to push Daso away but Daso has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daso misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daso tries to throw a body punch but Frost avoids it by throwing Daso back against the cage.
Frost is looking to break free of the clinch but Daso has double underhooks.
Frost avoids a wild elbow strike from Daso.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Frost manages to break the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Daso lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Frost has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Frost and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Daso moves in looking to clinch but Frost pushes him off.
Frost avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frost steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Daso. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frost throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Frost just misses with a punch to the body.
Daso on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Frost jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Daso is looking to land body kicks.
Frost throws a hook to the side of Daso's head but Daso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost moves out of range as Daso throws a body kick.
Frost throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frost throws a jab when Daso was well out of range.
Daso just misses with a punch to the body.
Daso attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Daso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Daso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frost takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Frost swats away the attempt to clinch by Daso.
Daso pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daso wants to land a leg kick but Frost is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frost takes a swing at Daso's ribcage but misses.
Daso misses with a jab to the body
and Frost counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daso throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Daso throws a lazy right hand but Frost sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frost thows a left - swing and a miss!

Daso closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daso looking to stall.
Daso misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Frost's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daso throws an elbow that misses.

Frost escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Daso avoids the body shot from Frost.
Frost scores with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

DeMartin Daso dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Daso has managed to clinch.
Daso has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Daso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Frost avoids the elbow strike from Daso, against the cage.

Frost manages to break the clinch.
Daso throws an overhand right that lands on Frost's shoulder, as Frost tries to avoid the shot.
Daso fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Daso.
Frost moves out of range as Daso throws a body kick.
Daso throws a head kick that misses.
Daso just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Frost wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost throws a poor cross that misses
and Daso counters with a straight right hand.
Frost throws the left hand but Daso avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Frost.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daso. Frost does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daso is looking to land body kicks.
Daso is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Frost rather than just go for the knockout.
Daso tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Frost is able to avoid easily.

Daso clinches up with Frost and pushes him back against the cage.
Daso misses with a punch to the body.
Daso comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Daso throws an elbow but misses.
Daso looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Daso throws an elbow that misses.

Frost breaks from the clinch.
Daso staying out of range there.
Daso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Daso throws a body kick that misses
and Frost counters with a straight right hand.
Frost blocks a jab.
Daso thows a body kick. Frost tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daso explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Frost throws a jab but it's blocked by Daso.
Frost takes a swing at Daso's ribcage but misses.
Daso moves away from the strike by Frost.
Daso appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frost swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Isaiah Frost is winning the standup battle so far.
Daso lands with a slapping head kick.
Daso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frost was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Frost throws the left hand but Daso avoids the punch easily.
Frost takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
DeMartin Daso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daso ducks under a wild hook from Frost.
Frost cracks a nice hook into Daso's ribs.
Frost throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daso connects with a looping right hand.
Daso tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frost paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daso throws a leg kick
and Frost cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daso is looking to clinch but Frost is avoiding it.
Daso jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Daso lands a big head kick that sends Frost tumbling to the mat! Daso takes a step backwards and waves Frost back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Frost is rocked!
Frost throws a right hand that misses
and Daso counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). DeMartin Daso!
DeMartin Daso really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $120 3 160Q logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.