PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Dagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Lizogub (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Dagger is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Dagger
vs
Lizogub

180 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
19
144 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Dagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Lizogub!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lizogub tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lizogub throws a sloppy head kick and Dagger moves out of range easily.
Lizogub tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Dagger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dagger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lizogub is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dagger connects with a decent elbow.
Dagger in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lizogub is being controlled here.
Dagger landing a few strikes.
Dagger landing strikes.
Dagger 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.
Lizogub takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dagger wants to control but Lizogub is keeping him busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dagger takes a little break here. Lizogub wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Lizogub takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lizogub can't do much from the bottom here.
Dagger taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dagger scoring with punches from side control.
Lizogub is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Lizogub trying to remain calm as Dagger controls from the top position.
Dagger working the head and body with strikes.
Lizogub really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dagger. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lizogub struggling a bit here.
Lizogub is not content to let Dagger control the position.
Lizogub is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Dagger has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Dagger working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dagger staying calm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dagger lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dagger working the ground and pound from side control.
Dagger cracks Lizogub with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dagger slows the pace down.
Dagger scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lizogub is trying to control Dagger's posture but Dagger avoids it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Dagger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lizogub keeps working.
Lizogub being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lizogub is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dagger connects with a decent elbow.
Dagger taking a breather here.
Dagger working the body and head with strikes.
Dagger cracks Lizogub with a big elbow.
Dagger will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dagger working the ground and pound.
Lizogub is not content to let Dagger control the position.
Dagger in side control lands a decent elbow.
Lizogub takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A lull in the action here as Dagger stalls from top position.
Dagger cracks Lizogub with a big right hand but Lizogub just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dagger is putting a hurting on Lizogub here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dagger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lizogub keeps working.
Dagger working the ground and pound.
Dagger cracks Lizogub with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Lizogub is rocked!
Dagger working the ground and pound from side control.
Lizogub is still in real trouble! Can Dagger finish him?
Dagger controlling the position.
Dagger cracks Lizogub with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dagger scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dagger scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Lizogub is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Dagger can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Dagger!
Danny Dagger thanked the fans post fight for their support.