PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luco Zade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zade
vs
Daley

177 cm
23
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
171 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luco Zade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Daley!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zade scores with a shot to the body.
Daley doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Zade counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Daley!
Zade landing strikes from the mount.
Zade lands a big elbow.
Zade unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daley throwing hammer fists to the chest of Zade. What's that going to do exactly?
Daley gets back to half guard.
Daley looks gassed!
Zade perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Daley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zade. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Daley on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zade works his foot free and advances to mount.
Zade 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.
Zade controlling his opponent.

Zade is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Daley is surviving well by controlling Zade's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zade controlling from the full mount.
Daley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Daley is trying to escape the mount.
Zade with shots to the head and body - Daley looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zade lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Daley hang on?
Zade with shots to the head and body - Daley looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zade lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Daley hang on?
Zade punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zade is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Daley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zade lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Zade.
Daley is working to get back to half guard.
Zade tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Zade.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Zade tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zade lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zade sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Zade blocks Daley's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zade looking to finish Daley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Daley!
Zade putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zade sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zade cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zade unloading with bombs!
Zade lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Daley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zade landing punches.
Daley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zade landing punches.

Zade is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Daley to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Daley shrugs it off.
Zade scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Zade looking to finish Daley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Daley!
Daley throwing hammer fists to the chest of Zade. What's that going to do exactly?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zade controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zade dominating with strikes here.
Zade unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luco Zade dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zade scores with a jab. Daley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Daley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Zade counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Zade.
Daley wants to improve his position but instead Zade has moved into half guard.
Zade is nestled in close to Daley, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zade is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daley can do to turn this around?

Zade escapes and gets back to his feet.
Zade lands a jab to Daley's midsection.
Zade lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zade lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Zade scores a takedown into full mount!
Zade with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zade putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zade working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Daley throwing hammer fists to the chest of Zade. What's that going to do exactly?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zade putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daley can't escape the position.

Zade is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Daley is surviving well by controlling Zade's body position as best he can.
Daley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zade cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zade can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Daley is looking to escape.
Daley is looking to get to half guard.
Zade cracks Daley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zade is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Daley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Daley swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daley is in a horrible position here. Zade smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Daley is trying desperately to improve position.
Zade lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The referee warns Daley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Zade content just to control the position here.
Zade dominating with strikes here.
Zade trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zade lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zade trying to control but Daley is having none of it.
Zade blocks Daley's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Zade controlling the position easily from mount.
Zade landing strikes from the mount and Daley is in trouble!
Zade with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Zade.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zade with the ground and pound from mount.
Zade lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Daley sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Daley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Zade blocks the strikes from Daley.
Daley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zade scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zade drops an elbow to the side of Daley's head.
Nice strikes from Zade there.
Zade takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Daley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Zade blocks the strikes from Daley.
Zade is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Daley!
Zade punishing his opponent with strikes.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luco Zade dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Daley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zade to score with a decent uppercut.
Daley misses with a takedown attempt

and Zade counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Daley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zade scores with a couple of nice shots.
Daley punching from the bottom.
Daley missing with punches from the bottom.
Zade looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Daley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zade is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Daley strikes from the bottom but Zade passes into mount!
Zade cracks Daley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zade looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daley is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zade cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Daley is bucking up trying to escape but Zade cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Zade in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Daley is trying to escape the mount.
Zade lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Daley hang on?
Zade has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Daley's face.
Daley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Zade raining down hammerfists from mount.
Zade putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zade controlling from mount.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Zade controlling the pace for now.

Zade looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Daley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Zade working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Daley is trying desperately to improve position.

Zade is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Zade!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Luco Zade!