PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artie Lange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and I.P. Daily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). P. Daily. Lange comes to the cage accompanied by Fire - Bruce Springsteen. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lange
vs
Daily

182 cm
29
199 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

195 cm
27
202 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

KAISER

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 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Artie Lange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, I.P. Daily!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daily pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lange scores with a hook to the body. Daily takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lange misses with an uppercut
and Daily connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lange fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Daily tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lange swings for the body but Daily moves out of range.
Lange tries a low kick but Daily avoids it.
Daily throws a jab but it's blocked by Lange.
Daily throws a head kick that misses.
Daily connects with a solid leg kick.
Lange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lange takes a swing at Daily's ribcage but misses.
Daily ducks under a wild hook from Lange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daily throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lange ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lange scores with a body shot.
Artie Lange seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daily misses with a straight left.
Daily scores with a sloppy right hand. Lange should have avoided that one.
Lange ducks under a wild hook from Daily.
A jab from Lange misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daily connects with a body shot.
Daily misses the shot to the body.
Lange works Daily's body with a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Lange.
Daily fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lange is out of range.
Lange scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daily looks to land a right hand but Lange moved out of range.
Lange's jab looks to have found its range, popping Daily under the eye.
Lange misses with a body shot.
Lange connects with a right hand. Daily shakes it off.
Lange misses with a wild body shot.
Lange lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daily circles away quickly and effectively.
Lange looks to score with a jab to the body but Daily is just out of range.
Lange connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daily throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lange sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lange scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Daily throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lange swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Daily to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Daily.
Daily scores with a sloppy right hand. Lange should have avoided that one.
Daily throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Daily blocks a head kick by Lange.
Lange misses the shot to the body.
Daily slips under a jab.
Lange throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lange lands a glancing blow to the side of Daily's head.
Lange fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daily punishes Lange's body with a nice straight punch.
Lange misses with a left hand
and Lange takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Lange misses.
Daily throws a leg kick but Lange sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daily moves away.
A big left from Lange misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lange fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Daily has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lange thows a body shot but no joy.
Daily connects with a crisp jab.
Daily tries a head kick but it misses.
Lange needs to keep his hands up - Daily had a free shot at his head there.
Daily throws out a loose jab but Lange uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lange ducks under a wild hook from Daily.
Daily shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Daily throws a head kick that misses.
Lange throws a body punch but Daily moves out of range.
Lange scores with a shot to the body.
Daily throws a shot from downtown. Lange moves away and avoids it.
Daily throws a jab but it's blocked by Lange.
Lange thows a leg kick but Daily checks it
and Daily counters with an outside leg kick.
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!
Lange thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Lange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lange dips to his left and cracks Daily with an uppercut!
Lange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lange is looking to wear down Daily with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lange connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lange ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lange wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Daily misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daily misses with a hook. Lange ducked under it nicely.
Lange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daily.
Daily keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lange uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lange. Daily does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lange misses the shot to the body.
Daily takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lange misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Daily counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daily avoids the head kick by Lange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Daily throws a body kick that misses
and Lange counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lange misses with a body punch
and Daily counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lange misses with a hook. Daily ducked under it nicely.
Lange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daily was well out of range. Poor timing from Lange.
Lange bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Daily ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Daily connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lange lands a right hook to the body.
Lange throws a low kick but Daily avoids it.
Lange uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daily was well out of range. Poor timing from Lange.
Daily fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daily scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daily goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Daily takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lange connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lange throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daily sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Daily scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Daily lands the left hand.
Lange throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Daily counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Daily connects with a right that clearly hurt Lange. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Daily proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Lange collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). I.P. Daily!
I.P. Daily managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Ace of Spades Clothing, into his post fight interview.