PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Herbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbert has chosen Bodies as his entrance music. Rob Herbert has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daley
vs
Herbert

184 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
194 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

STEEL PENN NUTRITION - STEEL RESERVE 158+ ONLY$89
STEEL PENN NUTRITION - STEEL RESERVE 158+ ONLY$89

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Herbert!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Daley. That snapped Herbert's head back.
Daley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Herbert gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Daley.
Daley throws a series of punches but Herbert moves out of range.
Daley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Daley misses with a straight right.
Daley dodges the punch combination from Herbert.
Paul Daley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daley misses with a combination

and Herbert counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Herbert.

Herbert breaks the clinch.
Daley misses with a wild combination.

Herbert clinches with his opponent.
Herbert lands a hook that snaps the head of Daley backwards.
Daley has had enough of the clinch but Herbert keeps him there for the moment.
Daley is looking to break free of the clinch but Herbert has double underhooks.
Herbert tries to circle away but Daley has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herbert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Daley's efforts to push away.
Herbert throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Daleys head.
Daley is trying to break free.
Herbert cracks Daley with a nice body shot.
Daley tries to break the clinch but Herbert is controlling the position.
Daley tries to break free but Herbert pushes him back against the cage.
Daley tries to circle away but Herbert has him pinned against the cage.
Daley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daley working hard to break the clinch.

Herbert's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Herbert tries to bum rush Daley with a series of wild strikes but Daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daley fails to land with a series of punches.
Herbert avoids a punch combination nicely.
Herbert misses with a hook. Daley ducked under it nicely.
Herbert staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daley throws an overhand right that lands on Herbert's shoulder, as Herbert tries to avoid the shot.
Daley throws a series of strikes that have Herbert backpedaling.
Daley keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Daley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Daley throws out a loose jab but Herbert uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Herbert was well out of range. Poor timing from Daley.
Herbert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Daley counters with a three punch combo that has Herbert backing up. Herbert nods at Daley to acknowledge the strikes.
Daley throws a right and a left that Herbert avoids nicely.
Herbert throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Daley works Herbert's body with a nice hook.
Herbert looks gassed!
Daley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Herbert moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herbert takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Daley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Herbert looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Daley misses with a combination

and Herbert counters by clinching up.
Herbert lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Herbert on the inside.
Daley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Herbert has him pressed against the cage.

Daley breaks the clinch.
Daley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Herbert makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Daley misses with a wild combination.
Daley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Herbert moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Daley connects with a right hand. Herbert shakes it off.
Daley misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley misses with a two punch combination.
Daley tries to bum rush Herbert with a series of wild strikes but Herbert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Herbert counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Herbert.
Daley tries to break free but Herbert pushes him back against the cage.

Daley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daley cracks a nice hook into Herbert's ribs.
Daley misses with a two punch combination.
Daley tries to bum rush Herbert with a series of wild strikes but Herbert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Herbert is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Herbert blocks a jab.
Daley jabs at Herbert's body.
Daley scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Daley dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Daley misses with the combination.
Paul Daley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Herbert misses with a few strikes there.
Good exchange - Daley coming out on top.
Daley throws a nice looking combination but Herbert bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daley falls off balance throwing a combination

and Herbert counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Daley working hard to break the clinch.
Daley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daley tries to break free but Herbert pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herbert keeps control of Daley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Herbert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Daley's efforts to push away.
Daley wants to get back to striking at distance but Herbert won't allow it.

Herbert breaks from the clinch.
Daley misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley misses with a series of wild punches.
Daley needs to keep his hands up - Herbert had a free shot at his head there.
Daley misses with a wild body shot.
Herbert looks to land a left hand but Daley moved out of range nicely.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daley thows a body shot but no joy.
Daley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Herbert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Daley misses with a combination
and Herbert counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Herbert just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Daley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Daley.
Daley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Daley keeps the fight on the outside.
Daley throws a right hand that Herbert ducks under and follows up with a left that Herbert also avoids with ease.
Daley digs a good hook to Herbert's body.
Daley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daley fails to land with a series of punches.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Herbert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Herbert on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley lands with a shot to the body.
Daley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Herbert counters with a stiff right hand.
Daley lands with a good body shot.
Herbert uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daley.
Herbert is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daley.
Daley misses with a two punch combination.
Herbert uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daley.
Daley tries to bum rush Herbert with a series of wild strikes but Herbert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daley misses with a double jab.
Daley avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley connects with a single shot there.
Daley looks to land a combination but Herbert avoids it well.
Daley thows a body shot but no joy.
Daley is looking to wear down Herbert with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Daley lands with an uppercut that bounces Herbert off the cage and back into rage.
Daley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Herbert counters with a one-two to the body.
Herbert tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Daley misses with a few strikes there.
Daley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herbert manages to avoid it.
Daley looks to land a combination but Herbert avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rob Herbert will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Herbert avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Herbert avoids a punch combination nicely.
Herbert avoids a punch combination nicely.
Herbert takes one to the chin there.
Daley misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Herbert scores with a nice strike.
Daley lands a right hook to the body.
Herbert takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Herbert fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daley manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Paul Daley is winning the standup battle so far.
Herbert throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daley counters with a one-two to the body.
Herbert dodges the punch combination from Daley.
Herbert with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Daley to score with a decent uppercut.
Daley throws a series of punches but Herbert avoids them all with ease.
Daley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daley lands a head shot.
Daley throws a left and a right that both miss

and Herbert counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Herbert.
Daley has had enough of the clinch but Herbert keeps him there for the moment.

Daley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Daley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herbert manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herbert tries to close the distance and clinch but Daley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Herbert throws a looping overhand right but Daley ducks down to avoid it.
Daley throws a shot to the body.
Daley swinging wildly here.
Daley misses with a few strikes there.
Daley throws a right and a left that Herbert avoids nicely.
Daley lands a jab-cross combination.
Herbert has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daley misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herbert avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Daley slips under a jab.
Daley misses with a wild combination.
Daley lands a body shot.
Herbert takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Herbert fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daley misses with a double jab
and Herbert counters with a nice uppercut.
Herbert avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
No joy there for Daley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Herbert might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Daley misses with a series of wild punches.
Daley moves out of range as Herbert strikes.
Herbert throws a nice looking combination but Daley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Daley lunges at Herbert with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Herbert's hand.
Herbert pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Herbert slips a jab and a cross from Daley.
Herbert doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Daley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Daley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Daley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Daley!