PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cheick Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kongo
vs
Daniels

193 cm
37
240 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

198 cm
26
257 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

LOD: Affordable Quality

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 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cheick Kongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels scores with a leg kick.

Daniels rushes Kongo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Daniels.
Kongo has Daniels pushed against the ropes.
Daniels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Daniels lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kongo backwards.
Daniels misses with an elbow strike.
Daniels goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.

It looks like Cheick Kongo has been cut.
Daniels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kongo.
Daniels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daniels scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kongo trying to stall but Daniels improves his position.
Kongo takes an elbow to the temple.
Kongo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daniels blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kongo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes.
Daniels is leaning against Kongo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Kongo in his tracks for a moment.

Kongo breaks from the clinch.
Daniels checks the leg kick.
Daniels slips a straight right by Kongo.
Daniels is looking to slow Kongo down with leg kicks.
Daniels moves out of range of the body kick.
Daniels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kongo's sensitive parts.
Daniels tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kongo gets tackled into the ropes by Daniels. Daniels maintains the clinch.
Daniels using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kongo tries to work over Daniels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daniels lands a right hand.
Kongo is looking to control Daniels's arms but Daniels gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kongo has his back to the ropes.
Daniels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kongo is defending well for now.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Daniels creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a nice knee to the body.
Daniels lands an elbow just above Kongo 's eye.
Kongo takes an elbow to the temple.
Daniels throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kongo pushes Daniels back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kongo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kongo's efforts to push away.
Daniels with a knee to the head.
Kongo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kongo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kongo tries to throw a body punch but Daniels avoids it by throwing Kongo back against the ropes.
Daniels scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kongo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daniels blocks an uppercut.
Kongo tries to throw a body punch but Daniels avoids it by throwing Kongo back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Daniels gets through Kongo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Daniels working Kongo over with knees to the body.
Kongo is breathing heavily.
Daniels gets through Kongo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Daniels gets through Kongo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daniels.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Kongo in his tracks for a moment.
Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kongo's defenses.

Cheick Kongo's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.
Daniels working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Kongo is rocked!
Daniels lands a shot to the body.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Kongo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Cheick Kongo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Daniels lands an elbow inside.
Daniels cracks Kongo on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Kongo crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). John Daniels!
A very excited looking John Daniels made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.