PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pete Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuck Wex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Daniels
vs
Wex

185 cm
18
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tuck Wex!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wex throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daniels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wex throws a hook but Daniels blocks it.
Daniels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wex.
Wex misses with a looping left.
Wex lands a nice looking body shot.
Wex bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daniels's head.
Wex scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Daniels avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wex stuffs the takedown attempt from Daniels. Daniels gets slowly back to his feet.
Daniels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Daniels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Daniels looks for a takedown but Wex sprawls well.
Wex looks to land a right hand but Daniels moved out of range.
Wex punishes Daniels's body with a nice straight punch.
Daniels closes the distance and clinches up with Wex, looking for a takedown. Daniels pushes Wex against the cage but Wex circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pete Daniels. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wex throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daniels.
Wex moves away from the strike by Daniels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wex scores with a nice head shot.
Wex throws a body punch but Daniels moves out of range.
Wex just misses with a punch to the body.
Daniels shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Decent striking displayed by Wex there.
Wex fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Daniels looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wex looks to score with a jab to the body but Daniels is just out of range.
Daniels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wex.
Wex misses with a wild body shot.
Wex throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Wex does no damage.
Wex misses with a double jab.
Nice cross by Wex.
Wex stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wex looks to throw the jab but Daniels is out of range.
Daniels walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wex throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daniels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wex throws a body punch but Daniels moves out of range.
Tuck Wex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Daniels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wex moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wex looks to throw the jab but Daniels is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Wex.
Daniels defending well as Wex loads up on a big left hand.
Daniels misses with a takedown attempt - Wex sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wex.
Daniels ducks under a wild hook from Wex.
Wex dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wex throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daniels.
The crowd cheers as Wex lands an impressive looking overhand right. Daniels doesn't seem phased though.
Daniels shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wex defends it nicely.
Wex misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws the left hand but Wex avoids the punch easily.
Wex ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daniels moves away.

Wex scores with a takedown into Daniels's guard.
Wex stays in close to Daniels's body and controls the position.
Wex throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Daniels works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wex trying to control but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Daniels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wex.
Wex really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daniels. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Daniels is trying to keep Wex in close.
Wex throwing strikes from guard but Daniels blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wex trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wex is looking to stand up but Daniels won't let him.

Daniels has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wex can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wex throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wex with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wex throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wex wants to control from the top but Daniels keeps moving.
Wex postures up in Daniels's guard and throws a big left but Daniels blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuck Wex dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Daniels slips under a jab from Wex.
Daniels shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wex as he jumps to the side.
Wex looks to land a left hand but Daniels moved out of range nicely.
Wex throws a right hand that Daniels ducks under and follows up with a left that Daniels also avoids with ease.
Wex misses with an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Daniels moves out of range of the strikes.
Wex lands with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Wex. Those never looked like landing.
Wex connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wex misses with an uppercut. Daniels saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Daniels misses.
Wex scores with a jab to the jaw.
Daniels walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wex connects with a looping right hand.
Wex fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wex throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice shot lands for Wex.
Daniels fails with a takedown attempt.
Daniels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wex.
Daniels is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wex.
Wex misses with a wild body shot.
Daniels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wex but Wex pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pete Daniels. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wex swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daniels moves out of range as Wex strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Wex.
Wex missing with a left hand there. Daniels was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wex throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daniels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Daniels fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wex throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daniels.
Wex throws a shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Wex as Daniels shoots in.
Wex looks to land a combination but Daniels avoids it well.
Daniels shoots in but no luck this time.
A right-left combo lands from Wex.
Wex shoots and misses

and Daniels counters with a shoot takedown. Wex fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Daniels postures up.
Daniels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wex swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Daniels drops back looking for a leg! Wex is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wex manages to kick Daniels off! Daniels jumps back into Wex's guard.
Daniels with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels trying to control but Wex is working from the bottom.
Daniels is in close to Wex's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Daniels wants to control from the top but Wex keeps moving.
Daniels postures up in Wex's guard and throws a big left but Wex blocks it.
Wex tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Daniels trying to control but Wex is working from the bottom.
Daniels throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wex controls Daniels momentarily but Daniels frees himself.
Daniels stands and throws Wex's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wex is trying to get back to half guard.
Daniels 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.
Daniels working the ground and pound.
Daniels is working Wex over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wex is not content to let Daniels control the position.
Wex taking a bit of punishment here - Daniels scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pete Daniels will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Wex darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Daniels ducks under a wild hook from Wex.
Wex will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wex gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Daniels counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wex wants to control but Daniels is keeping busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wex can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wex is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Daniels is keen to just control but Wex is a slippery customer.
Daniels prevents Wex from standing back up.
Wex is refusing to be controlled, as Daniels sits in half guard.
Wex is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Daniels wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wex keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Pete Daniels.
Wex defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Daniels.
Wex misses with a takedown

and Daniels counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Wex's guard now.
Daniels wants to pass the guard but Wex is keeping the position.
Daniels throwing strikes from guard but Wex blocks nicely.
Wex tries to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but Wex is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniels postures up in Wex's guard and throws a big left but Wex blocks it.
Daniels wants to control from the top but Wex keeps moving.
Wex utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Daniels slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but Wex is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pete Daniels has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nice defenses there by Daniels.
Wex connects with a looping right hand.
Daniels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Wex enables Daniels to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Wex manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Daniels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wex works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wex is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Daniels working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wex will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Daniels sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wex's guard.
Daniels looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Daniels is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wex has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is looking to advance position but Wex won't allow it.
Daniels wants to take a breather but Wex is having none of it.
Wex controlling the position well.
Daniels wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wex keeps working.
Wex has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Daniels is working away from the top position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Daniels showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Daniels 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Pete Daniels!