PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pearl Whites (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whites comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. Daniels comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kung Fu Fighting kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pearl Whites looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Whites
vs
Daniels

185 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

189 cm
25
214 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pearl Whites!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raymond Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels misses with a double jab.
Daniels keeps Whites at a distance using the push kick.

Whites feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Whites wants to control from the top but Daniels keeps moving.
Daniels preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Whites stops Daniels from standing up.
Daniels is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Whites 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.
Whites trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whites stops Daniels from standing up.

Whites is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whites is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Daniels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daniels lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Pearl Whites has been cut.
Daniels throws a head kick but Whites moves out of range.
Raymond Daniels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whites has a takedown stuffed.
A slow jab from Daniels misses its intended target.

Whites has Daniels up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whites gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Whites trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Whites loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Whites stops Daniels from standing up.
Whites connects with a couple of short punches.
Whites throwing strikes from guard but Daniels blocks nicely.
Daniels utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Daniels is looking to stand back up but Whites counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Daniels.
Ground and pound from Whites.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Whites scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Whites.
Daniels is looking to escape.

Whites is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Daniels doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Whites.
Daniels tries to kick Whites off but Whites keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Whites lands with a punch from half guard.
Daniels on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Whites is working for a kimura but Daniels is defending it quite comfortably.

Whites seems to be looking for submissions.
Ground and pound from Whites.

Whites in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Daniels tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Whites!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pearl Whites!