PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between nick daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucien Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smalls has chosen Kelis - Milkshake as his entrance music. nick daley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

daley
vs
Smalls

200 cm
20
219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
24
221 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, nick daley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucien Smalls!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
daley shoots in but no luck this time.
daley shoots in but no luck this time.
daley dodges the punch combination from Smalls.
Smalls throws a jab when daley was well out of range.
daley slips a jab and a cross from Smalls.
Smalls fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smalls lands with an overhand left.
Smalls closes the distance and lands a one-two.
nick daley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smalls misses with a straight right.
daley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smalls is fending him off so far but daley persists. Nope, Smalls circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nick daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smalls misses with a kick to the body.
Smalls tries a head kick but it misses.
Smalls pulls out of a head kick attempt.
daley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
daley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smalls swivels and escapes.
Smalls throws a combination but it was largely blocked by daley.
Smalls scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Smalls.
daley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smalls as he avoids it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smalls!
Smalls throws a combination but it was largely blocked by daley.
daley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for daley. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
daley is breathing heavily.
Smalls tries to bum rush daley with a series of wild strikes but daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalls pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
daley blocks a head kick by Smalls.
daley shoots in for a double leg but Smalls sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
daley takes one on the button.
Horrible takedown by daley or perhaps it was just good defense by Smalls which made him look bad.
Smalls with a jab.
Lucien Smalls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
daley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
daley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smalls fails to land with a series of punches.
daley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Smalls throws a combination but it was largely blocked by daley.
daley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Smalls fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt daley.
Smalls scores with a jab. daley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Crunch! Smalls slams his shin into daley's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smalls takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smalls fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smalls lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls throws a series of punches but daley avoids them all with ease.
Smalls pulls out of a head kick attempt.

daley scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

daley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

daley seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Smalls has recovered full guard.
Smalls keeping moving, preventing daley from controlling successfully.

daley drops back, looking for a kneebar! Smalls looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Smalls looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Smalls!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
daley tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Smalls presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Smalls wants to finish this one by submission but daley is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Smalls.
Smalls lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smalls with shots to the head and body - daley looks very uncomfortable down there.
daley is squirming around, avoiding Smalls's attempts to control the action.
Smalls working daley over with strikes here.
daley is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smalls cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Smalls connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smalls landing strikes from the mount.
daley regains half guard.

daley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smalls has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
daley taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smalls cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smalls connects with a bit shot that sees daley covering up! More strikes from Smalls and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Smalls is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucien Smalls!
Lucien Smalls is the new light heavyweight champion!