PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Love Bug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bug might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Big Ballin with My Homies. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bug
vs
Daniels

199 cm
26
275 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

198 cm
24
257 lbs
9 - 1 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Love Bug!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Bug misses.
Daniels lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daniels delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Daniels.
Bug clobbers Daniels with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bug tried to score with a low kick but Daniels checks it.
Love Bug seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Daniels.
A slapping leg kick lands for Daniels.
A low kick from Bug is predictable there

and Daniels counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Daniels.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bug is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes.
Bug fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bug lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
Daniels landing knees to the head.

It looks like Love Bug has been cut.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Daniels throws an elbow but misses.

Bug escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bug feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Danielss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels feints and then cracks Bug's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bug down.
A clash of legs there as Bug blocks the low kick.
Daniels takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Daniels lands a nice looking body kick.
Bug throws a low kick but it's checked well by Daniels.
Daniels throws a solid leg kick but Bug takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Daniels.
Daniels looks to land a body kick but Bug moved away.
Bug swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Daniels blocks the low kick.
Bug looks to land a left hand but Daniels moved out of range nicely.
Daniels throws a front kick that sends Bug stumbling back into the ropes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daniels.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bug chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daniels can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bug throws a jab when Daniels was well out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daniels.
Daniels checks a leg kick nicely.
Daniels tries to clinch up
and Bug makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Daniels scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Daniels tries to clinch up but Bug circles away and keeps his distance.
Bug throws a poor cross that misses

and Daniels counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bug swings wildly with an uppercut but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daniels blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Bug in his tracks for a moment.
Daniels lands a good knee to the midsection. Bug won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bug has a couple of punches blocked by Daniels.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bug works on Daniels's body with a couple of short punches.
Bug doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daniels pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bug swings wildly with an uppercut but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Daniels.
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Bug is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daniels.
Daniels misses with an elbow over the top.
Daniels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bug is defending well for now.
Bug lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bug avoiding damage as Daniels throws knees to the body.
Bug lands a hook that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels missing with knees to the body.
Daniels lands an elbow inside that Bug shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from Bug.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.

Love Bug's cut is getting worse.
A shot in the inside from Bug.
Daniels misses with a knee to the head.
Bug misses with a punch on the inside.
Bug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Bug.
Daniels looks winded!
Bug tries a body shot but Daniels blocks it.
Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bug's defenses.

Love Bug's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bug swings wildly with an uppercut but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bug tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the ropes.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Daniels will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Love Bug's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bug throws a jab but it's blocked by Daniels.
Bug throws a hook but Daniels blocks it.
John Daniels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bug throws a head kick that misses.
Daniels ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A chopping leg kick lands by Daniels.
A good leg kick by Daniels.
Bug rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Daniels counters by moving into the clinch.
Daniels prevents Bug from breaking the clinch.
Bug has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Bug breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Daniels.
A good leg kick by Daniels.
Bug connects with a solid leg kick.
Daniels feints and then cracks Bug's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bug down.
Bug is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bug cracks Daniels with an open hand slap.
Bug misses the jab.
Daniels scores with a spinning back kick!
Daniels moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Daniels misses with the body kick
letting Bug counter with a right hand.
Daniels cracks the inside of Bug's front leg.
Daniels is looking to chop away at Bug's legs.
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!
Bug tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Daniels is able to avoid easily.
Daniels misses with a head kick.
Bug throws a hook but Daniels avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Daniels.
A bone on bone clash there as Daniels blocks the leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Daniels.
Bug lands a nice leg kick that just misses Daniels's sensitive parts.
John Daniels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Bug.
Daniels lands with an uppercut that bounces Bug off the ropes and back into range.
Bug looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bug.
Daniels feints and then cracks Bug's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bug down.
Bug cracks Daniels with an open hand slap.

It looks like John Daniels has been cut.
Daniels turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Daniels
and Bug counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bug tries a head kick but it misses.
Bug thows a leg kick but Daniels checks it

and Daniels counters by moving into the clinch.
Bug working aggressively here.
Bug fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bug misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bug tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the ropes.
Bug tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bug goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Bug blocks with his arms.
Bug tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daniels's elbow.
Daniels prevents Bug from breaking the clinch.
Daniels creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Daniels throws an elbow but it misses.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws an elbow that misses.
Daniels tries to land knees in the clinch but Bug avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Love Bug's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Daniels!
Our winner, John Daniels, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.