PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Klyzneir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benji Danilison (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.

Klyzneir
vs
Danilison

180 cm
20
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Klyzneir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benji Danilison!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Klyzneir fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Danilison, pushing him back against the cage.
Klyzneir trying to land knees to the body.
Danilison has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Klyzneir is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Klyzneir misses with a knee strike.
Danilison wants a takedown.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Klyzneir takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Danilison avoids the elbow strike from Klyzneir, against the cage.
Klyzneir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Klyzneir lands a nice knee to the body.
Danilison can't get the takedown.
John Klyzneir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benji Danilison.
Danilison managing to block the knees to the body from Klyzneir.
Danilison is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Klyzneir pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Klyzneir looking to throw knees to the head but Danilison is blocking nicely.
Klyzneir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Danilison stalling in the clinch.
Klyzneir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Danilison wants to take the fight to the mat but Klyzneir manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klyzneir is trying to stall.
Klyzneir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Danilison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klyzneir.
Klyzneir landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Klyzneir scores with a knee to the head.
Klyzneir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klyzneir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Klyzneir is breathing heavily.
Klyzneir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Klyzneir tries to land knees in the clinch but Danilison avoids the damage to the body.
Klyzneir looking to throw knees to the head but Danilison is blocking nicely.
Danilison missing with knees to the body.
Klyzneir prevents a takedown attempt there.
Danilison managing to block the knees to the body from Klyzneir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klyzneir stalling in the clinch but Danilison improves position.
Klyzneir misses with a knee to the head.
Danilison will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Klyzneir up against the cage.

Danilison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John Klyzneir is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klyzneir tries to clinch up

and Danilison counters with a single leg into guard. Klyzneir didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danilison controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klyzneir has momentary wrist control but Danilison slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Danilison's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Danilison is looking to work some ground and pound but Klyzneir has wrist control.
Danilison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Danilison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Danilison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klyzneir's head.
Danilison works over Klyzneir with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danilison cracks Klyzneir with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Danilison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danilison lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Klyzneir down.
Danilison landing strikes.
Klyzneir takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Klyzneir taking a bit of punishment here - Danilison scoring with strikes.
Klyzneir really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danilison is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Danilison's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benji Danilison dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A solid body kick from Danilison.
Klyzneir throws a hook but Danilison avoids it easily.
Klyzneir tries to clinch but Danilison moves out of range.
Klyzneir moves out of range of the body kick.
Klyzneir misses with a looping left.
Danilison scores with a punch to the head.
Klyzneir misses with a series of wild punches.
Danilison ducks under a wild hook from Klyzneir.
Klyzneir closes the distance but Danilison moves to the side

and Danilison decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Klyzneir's guard.
Danilison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Danilison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danilison throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilison seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Danilison is pushing down on Klyzneir's leg trying to pass to half guard. Klyzneir is fighting to maintain full guard but Danilison has managed to sneak the leg through.
Danilison performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Danilison has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Klyzneir defend it? Danilison steps over the head and cranks it - Klyzneir is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Danilison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Benji Danilison!
A victorious Benji Danilison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.