PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denton Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Beefheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daley
vs
Beefheart

190 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
27
223 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Denton Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Captain Beefheart!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beefheart slips a straight right by Daley.
Daley throws a hook but Beefheart blocks it.
Daley misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Daley.
Daley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beefheart.
Beefheart swings for the body but Daley moves out of range.
Daley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beefheart.
An inside leg kick lands from Beefheart.
Beefheart throws a leg kick that misses.
Beefheart throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Daley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beefheart moves away.
Beefheart scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beefheart.
Beefheart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daley lands a nice shot that snaps Beefheart's head back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beefheart. That's going to slow Daley down.
Daley looks to score with a jab to the body but Beefheart is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beefheart. That's going to slow Daley down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefheart looks to clinch
and Daley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Beefheart moves into range and clinches up with Daley.
Daley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Beefheart is keeping busy.
Beefheart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daley.
Daley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beefheart trying to land knees to the body.
Daley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beefheart lands an uppercut.
Daley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daley managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.

Daley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beefheart walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Daley blocks the body kick.
Beefheart goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daley misses the shot to the body.
Daley throws a body punch but Beefheart moves out of range.
Beefheart moves in looking to clinch but Daley pushes him off.
Captain Beefheart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beefheart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daley.
Beefheart with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Daley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beefheart connects with a body shot.
Beefheart punishes Daley's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beefheart. Daley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beefheart fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Daley is out of range.
Daley throws a good cross that connects.
Beefheart takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Daley looks to throw the jab but Beefheart is out of range.
Beefheart is looking to slow Daley down with leg kicks.
Beefheart stuns Daley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beefheart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beefheart misses with a body shot.
Beefheart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daley throws an off balance right hand
and Beefheart counters with a right hand to the body.
Daley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beefheart connects with an inside leg kick.
Beefheart misses with a body shot.
Daley swings for the body but Beefheart moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Beefheart.
Beefheart throws a predictable looking body shot
and Daley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beefheart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beefheart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daley was well out of range. Poor timing from Beefheart.
Beefheart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Daley as he checks the leg kick.
Daley defending well as Beefheart loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daley. Beefheart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beefheart lands with a cross.
Daley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beefheart was well out of range. Poor timing from Daley.
A shot to the liver by Beefheart. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beefheart lands with a good body shot.
Daley throws a body punch but Beefheart moves out of range.
Beefheart slips under a jab from Daley.
Daley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beefheart throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Beefheart lands a slapping body shot.
Beefheart looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daley throws a jab but it's blocked by Beefheart.
A jab from Beefheart misses.
Beefheart fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Captain Beefheart dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Daley misses with a right hand
and Beefheart counters with an inside leg kick.
Beefheart tries to bum rush Daley with a series of wild strikes but Daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beefheart thows a body shot but no joy.
Daley misses with a left hand
and Beefheart counters with an inside leg kick.
Daley scores with a nice right hand.
Beefheart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beefheart is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Daley rather than just go for the knockout.
Daley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beefheart.
Daley misses with a straight left.

Beefheart darts in and clinches Daley up against the cage.
Daley lands a left hand.
Beefheart controlling the action here for a moment.
Daley tries to stall but Beefheart uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Daley wants to break the clinch but can't.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Daley takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Denton Daley has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Daley breaks the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Beefheart in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Daley missing with a left hand there. Beefheart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daley throws a looping overhand right but Beefheart ducks down to avoid it.
Beefheart lands with a thumping leg kick.
Daley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Daley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Beefheart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beefheart doesn't manage to clinch there - Daley circles away.
Daley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beefheart feints a jab promting Daley to slip. Beefheart then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Daley slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Daley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beefheart lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beefheart misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley misses with a looping right.
Beefheart throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Daley as he connects with a hook.
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!
Beefheart throws a combination. Daley tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Some wild striking there from Daley.
Beefheart bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Beefheart tests Daley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Daley takes a swing at Beefheart's ribcage but misses.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beefheart scores with a shot to the body.
Daley throws a lazy uppercut
and Beefheart counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart scores with a nice strike.

Beefheart moves into range and clinches up with Daley.
Beefheart lands a hook that snaps the head of Daley backwards.
Daley is looking to control Beefheart's arms but Beefheart gets an underhook and turns him. Now Daley has his back to the cage.
Daley wants to break free but Beefheart has control.
Nice elbow from Beefheart.
Daley blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beefheart throws an elbow but misses.
Daley avoids the elbow strike from Beefheart, against the cage.
Daley managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.
Daley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short right from Beefheart.
Daley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beefheart blocking some punches.
Daley struggles to land a body shot inside as Beefheart controls his hands.
Daley is trying to break the clinch but Beefheart is controlling him.
Beefheart lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daley tries to circle away but Beefheart has him pinned against the cage.
A short left from Beefheart.

Denton Daley's cut is getting worse.
Beefheart comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Beefheart throws a knee to the head but misses.

Daley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beefheart circles away quickly and effectively.
Beefheart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daley was well out of range. Poor timing from Beefheart.

Beefheart clinches up against the cage.
Daley tries to break the clinch but Beefheart is controlling the position.
Beefheart lands an uppercut.
Beefheart lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Daley has had enough of the clinch but Beefheart keeps him there for the moment.
Daley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daley lands a left hand.
Beefheart pushes off an throws an elbow but Daley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beefheart throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beefheart misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Captain Beefheart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Denton Daley's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Daley looks to throw the jab but Beefheart is out of range.
Daley just misses with a punch to the body.
Beefheart throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Daley missing with a left hand there. Beefheart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beefheart lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Daley at a distance.
Captain Beefheart seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daley missing with a left hand there. Beefheart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beefheart thows a body shot but no joy.
Daley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beefheart.
Beefheart blocks a jab.
Daley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beefheart moves out of range of the strikes.
Daley misses with a looping left.
Beefheart moves in looking to clinch but Daley pushes him off.
Daley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beefheart.
Beefheart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daley manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley misses the shot to the body.
Beefheart on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beefheart misses with a straight left.
Beefheart scores with a shot to the body.

Beefheart darts in and clinches Daley up against the cage.
Beefheart stalling the fight.
Beefheart lands an elbow that stopped Daley in his tracks for a moment.
Beefheart misses with a punch to the body.
Daley takes an elbow to the temple.
Daley blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beefheart just misses with a elbow thrown towards Daley's brow.

Daley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beefheart moves out of range of the strikes.
Beefheart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Daley.
Beefheart misses with a low kick.
Denton Daley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart throws a predictable looking body shot
and Daley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beefheart thinking.
Daley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beefheart at a distance.
Beefheart slips under a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daley thows a body shot but no joy.
Daley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beefheart.
Daley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beefheart throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daley misses with a wild body shot.
Daley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beefheart misses the body punch
and Daley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Beefheart closes the distance and clinches.
Daley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beefheart looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Daley manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart throws a leg kick which misses Daley's front leg but catches the back leg as Daley tries to avoid it.
Beefheart scores with a body shot.
Daley avoids the body shot from Beefheart.
Daley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Daley avoids the body shot from Beefheart.
Beefheart throws a body punch but Daley moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Daley misses the target.
Daley checks the leg kick.
Beefheart fails in his attempt to clinch.
Captain Beefheart is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beefheart scores with a nice head shot.
Beefheart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daley.
Daley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beefheart can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Beefheart!
Daley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Daley throws a right hand that misses
and Beefheart counters with a right hand to the body.
Beefheart moves out of range of the strikes.
Beefheart throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daley avoids the head kick by Beefheart.
Beefheart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Daley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beefheart.
Daley throws the left hand but Beefheart avoids the punch easily.
Daley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Daley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beefheart moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beefheart. Daley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beefheart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Daley.
Beefheart with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Captain Beefheart.
Well Beefheart has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Captain Beefheart!
An out of breath Captain Beefheart thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.