PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Buff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Daniel (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.

Buff
vs
Daniel

178 cm
23
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Buff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Daniel!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buff fails with the takedown.
Daniel is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Buff moves out of range of the leg kick from Daniel.
Daniel throws a big shot that misses.
Buff tries a head kick but it misses.
Daniel cracks Buff with a good jab.
Daniel sizes up Buff with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Daniel with a hook.
Vince Daniel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Daniel.
Daniel slaps away a takedown attempt from Buff, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Daniel is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Daniel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Buff fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Buff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daniel throws a jab when Buff was well out of range.
Daniel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daniel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A punch combination from Daniel misses.
Buff misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buff staying out of range there.
Daniel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daniel misses with a straight left.
Buff fails with a takedown attempt.
Daniel lands with a hook. Buff tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Buff closes this distance looking for a takedown but Daniel circles away.
Daniel cracks Buff with a right hand to the side of the head.
Daniel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Daniel keeps the fight on the outside.
Daniel scores with a decent looking hook.
Daniel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buff avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Daniel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daniel works the jab nicely.
Daniel throws a leg kick which misses Buff's front leg but catches the back leg as Buff tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buff takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Daniel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buff tries a head kick but it misses.
Buff is breathing heavily.
Daniel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Buff's head.
Daniel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Daniel lands a nice looking body kick.
Daniel misses with a wild combination.
Buff checks a leg kick.
Daniel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Daniel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Buff fails with a takedown attempt.
Daniel misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Daniel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniel throws a series of punches but Buff moves out of range.
Daniel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daniel motions for Buff to come forward. Daniel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Buff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Buff with a poor takedown
and Daniel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Daniel lands a jab.
Buff on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Daniel. Daniel obviously looking to wear him down.
Daniel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Buff on the side of the head.
Daniel throws a leg kick but Buff sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Daniel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Daniel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Daniel is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Buff had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Daniel clobbers Buff with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch lands to the side of Buff 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Some bone on bone action there as Buff checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daniel!
Buff dodges the punch combination from Daniel.
Buff misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniel misses with a few strikes there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Daniel.
Vince Daniel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Daniel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Buff. Buff circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Daniel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A right-left combo lands from Daniel.
Daniel is working the combinations to good effect here.
Buff blocks the body kick.
Buff blocks a head kick by Daniel.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buff tries to move into range but Daniel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Buff looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Buff has a takedown stuffed.
Daniel tries a low kick but Buff avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Daniel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Buff tries to clinch there but Daniel circles away.
Buff closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Daniel misses with a head kick.
Daniel misses with a low kick.
Daniel throws a right hand that Buff ducks under and follows up with a left that Buff also avoids with ease.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Buff might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Daniel throws a push kick but Buff slaps the foot to one side.
Daniel throws a series of punches but Buff avoids them all with ease.
Buff walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice defenses there by Buff.
Daniel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Daniel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Buff.
Buff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daniel.
Daniel throws a right hand that Buff ducks under and follows up with a left that Buff also avoids with ease.
Daniel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Buff counters with a good, hard body kick but Daniel shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniel throws a sloppy head kick and Buff moves out of range easily.
Daniel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniel is breathing heavily.
Daniel throws a lazy right hand but Buff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Daniel misses with a two punch combination.
Buff shoots in for a double leg but Daniel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Buff lands a high kick!

Buff takes the fight into the clinch.
Daniel prevents the takedown attempt.

Buff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Buff moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Buff blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buff looks for a takedown but Daniel sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Buff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daniel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniel is looking to chop away at Buff's legs.
Daniel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Buff dodges the punch combination from Daniel.
Buff on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Buff dodges the punch combination from Daniel.
Buff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Daniel as he avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buff slips a jab and a cross from Daniel.
Daniel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daniel is looking to score with low kicks.
Daniel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Buffs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buff tries to score a power double leg takedown but Daniel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Buff somewhat.
Daniel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Daniel tries to bum rush Buff with a series of wild strikes but Buff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daniel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daniel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Daniel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daniel looks to land a body kick but Buff moved away.
Buff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Buff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Daniel throws a nice looking combination but Buff bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buff checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniel jabs Buff right on the nose. Buff blinks but takes it well.
Buff misses with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Buff 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Daniel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice cross by Daniel.
Daniel scores with a jab. Buff acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Daniel throws a right and a left that Buff avoids nicely.
Daniel lands with a straight right. Buff didn't see that one coming.
Daniel misses with a head kick.
Daniel throws a head kick that misses.
Tony Buff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Daniel keeps the fight on the outside.
Buff avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Daniel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Donk. Daniel catches Buff right on the button with a cross.
A low kick from Daniel misses

and Buff counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Daniel is trying to stand up here but Buff is controlling him well.

Buff is looking for a kimura but Daniel is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Buff to get the leverage.

Daniel kicks Buff off and gets back to his feet.
Daniel swats away the attempt to clinch by Buff.
Daniel throws a lazy uppercut
and Buff counters with a low kick, right behind Daniel 's knee.
Daniel wants to slow Buff down by chopping away at his legs.
Buff shoots in for a takedown but Daniel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Buff takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniel throws out a leg kick but Buff moves out of range and Daniel only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniel tries to bum rush Buff with a series of wild strikes but Buff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daniel connects with a looping right hand.
Daniel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Buff shoots in for a takedown but Daniel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Buff is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Buff blocks a low kick nicely.
Daniel misses with a few strikes there.
Buff takes one on the button.
Daniel throws a body kick that misses.
Daniel tries to land a leg kick but Buff saw it coming and moves away.
Daniel scores with a hook.
Daniel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Buff.
Daniel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Buff.
Daniel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buff checks a leg kick.
Daniel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Buff throws a head kick that misses.
Daniel scores with a jab.
Nice jab there from Daniel.
Nice cross by Daniel.
Buff walks into a left hand.
Daniel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Buff on the side of the head.
Buff dodges the punch combination from Daniel.
Daniel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head kick misses from Daniel.
Buff is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daniel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daniel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Daniel.
Daniel moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Buff checks a low kick from Daniel.
Daniel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Buff looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Daniel!
Daniel is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buff working Daniel over with strikes here.
Daniel wants to try and get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Daniel somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Tony Buff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vince Daniel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Daniel finds it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vince Daniel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Daniel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vince Daniel!
A less than humble Vince Daniel misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.