PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincenzo Calliente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Calliente
vs
Daley

179 cm
24
172 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

188 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincenzo Calliente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Daley!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Calliente is out of range and Daley settles back down.
Daley throws a right and a left that Calliente avoids nicely.

Calliente drives through and clinches with Daley against the cage.
Daley trying to stall but Calliente improves his position.
Daley wants to get back to striking at distance but Calliente won't allow it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Daley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Calliente fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Daley avoids it really well and circles away.

Daley tries to keep at a distance but Calliente has taken the fight into the clinch.

Calliente's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Calliente misses with a series of wild punches.
Daley tries to clinch up.

Calliente clinches.
Calliente is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Daley pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The referee calls for Daley to work.
Daley gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Calliente.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincenzo Calliente. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Calliente jumps into guard, dragging Daley to the mat.
Daley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Daley has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Calliente is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley wants to stand and escape but instead Calliente has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Calliente slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Daley is not content to let Calliente control the position.
Daley is trying to buck Calliente off.
Calliente advances to mount.
Calliente fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calliente pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Calliente lands a big elbow.
Daley wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Calliente lands a heavy elbow.
Daley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Daley is rocked!
Daley is trying to stand.
Daley is still in real trouble! Can Calliente finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daley looks gassed!
Calliente working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calliente lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Calliente has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big strike lands for Calliente! That's really hurt Daley and he's turned his back - Calliente keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Calliente Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincenzo Calliente!