PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Logan McDaniel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Vector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vector has chosen Hollywood Undead-Undead as his entrance music. 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.

McDaniel
vs
Vector

185 cm
24
193 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
37
201 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Logan McDaniel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinnie Vector!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDaniel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from McDaniel misses.
Vector tries a low kick but McDaniel avoids it.
McDaniel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vector connects with a jab.
McDaniel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Vector cracks the inside of McDaniel's front leg.
Vector avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vinnie Vector seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDaniel throws a series of punches but Vector avoids them all with ease.
Vector has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McDaniel throws a lazy uppercut
and Vector counters with a nice leg kick.
McDaniel misses the body punch
and McDaniel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Logan McDaniel has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vector with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McDaniel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vector.

Vector takes the fight into the clinch.
McDaniel wants to break free but Vector has control.
Vector softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vector tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDaniel wants to stall.
McDaniel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vector looking to throw knees to the head but McDaniel is blocking nicely.
Vector using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDaniel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDaniel working hard to break the clinch.
McDaniel is trying to maintain a safe position but Vector gets an underhook and turns McDaniel into the ropes.
Vector stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDaniel blocks it with crossed arms.
Vector lands a hook that snaps the head of McDaniel backwards.
Vector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vector lands a good knee to the midsection. McDaniel won't want to take too many of those.
Still in the clinch, Vector scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vector lands a shoulder strike.
Vector dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
McDaniel tries to throw a body punch but Vector avoids it by throwing McDaniel back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vector tries a knee to the head but McDaniel blocks it.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vector throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vector lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vector stalling in the clinch but McDaniel improves position.
Vector throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Vector.
Vector lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McDaniel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McDaniels head.
McDaniel blocks the elbow strike.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDaniel blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vector pushes off an throws an elbow but McDaniel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

McDaniel breaks from the clinch.

Vector gets a clinch.
Vector prevents McDaniel from breaking the clinch.
Vector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Vector dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Logan McDaniel's cut.
That's time! McDaniel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

McDaniel connects with a nice looking jab.
McDaniel checks a leg kick.
McDaniel throws a series of punches but Vector avoids them all with ease.
Vector throws out a leg kick but McDaniel moves out of range and Vector only half commits.
Vector connects with an inside leg kick.
Vector throws a low kick but McDaniel avoids it.
McDaniel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vector keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McDaniel.
McDaniel lands with a hook. Vector tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McDaniel with a hook.
McDaniel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McDaniel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vector connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vector moves into the clinch.
Vector gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vector blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vector lands a right hand.
McDaniel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vector's elbow.
Vector blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDaniel takes an elbow to the temple.
Vector has McDaniel pressed against the ropes, preventing McDaniel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vector using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDaniel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDaniel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McDaniel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vector avoids it.
Vector looking to throw knees to the head but McDaniel is blocking nicely.
Vector connects with a knee to the head.
Vector tries a knee to the head but McDaniel blocks it.
McDaniel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
A shot in the inside from Vector.

Logan McDaniel's cut is getting worse.
McDaniel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McDaniel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDaniel misses with a punch to the body.
Vector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McDaniels head.
McDaniel working hard to break the clinch.
Vector lands a hook that snaps the head of McDaniel backwards.
Vector with a knee to the head.
McDaniel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vector lands with a right to the head.
Vector works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McDaniel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vector has him pressed against the ropes.
Vector is pushing McDaniel up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vector connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Vector escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDaniel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vector.
Vector jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Vector showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Logan McDaniel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vector misses with a low kick.
Vector misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vector attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vector avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McDaniel checks a leg kick.
Vector throws a front kick aimed at McDaniel's knee but McDaniel avoids it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vector, right into the meat.
Vector thumps McDaniel with a low kick.
Vector looks to land a left hand but McDaniel moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from McDaniel misses its intended target.
McDaniel missing with a left hand there. Vector was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vector misses with a straight left.
McDaniel walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vector throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vector throws a hook but McDaniel blocks it.
Vector scores with a nice body kick.
McDaniel throws a looping overhand right but Vector ducks down to avoid it.
McDaniel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vector tries to land a front kick but McDaniel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vinnie Vector seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vector cracks the inside of McDaniel's front leg.
McDaniel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vector feints and then cracks McDaniel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McDaniel down.
Vector misses with a low kick.
McDaniel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vector.
A telegraphed right hand from McDaniel misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vector misses with a hook. McDaniel ducked under it nicely.
Vector throws a leg kick that misses.
Vector misses with a low kick.

Vector takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vector looking to throw knees to the head but McDaniel is blocking nicely.
McDaniel takes a knee right on the jaw!
McDaniel swings wildly with an uppercut but Vector uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDaniel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McDaniel lands an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDaniel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vector lands a knee to the head.
McDaniel looking to slow down the pace here.
McDaniel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Vector really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Logan McDaniel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McDaniel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McDaniel blocks a low kick nicely.
Vector thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vector throws a leg kick but McDaniel checks it.

Vector clinches up against the ropes.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDaniel blocks it with crossed arms.
Vector connects with a nasty looking knee right to McDaniel's face.
Vector blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting on Vector's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Vector lands a left hand.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McDaniel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDaniel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vector using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDaniel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDaniel stalling in the clinch but Vector improves position.
Vinnie Vector seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McDaniel tries a knee to the head but Vector blocks it.
McDaniel misses with a punch on the inside.
McDaniel tries to circle away but Vector has him pinned against the ropes.
Vector looking to stall.
McDaniel is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
McDaniel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Vector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by McDaniel.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but McDaniel blocks with his arms.
Vector manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vector tries a knee to the head but McDaniel blocks it.
Vector using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDaniel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Vector on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McDaniel.

It looks like Vinnie Vector has been cut.
Vector is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
McDaniel is looking to control Vector's arms but Vector gets an underhook and turns him. Now McDaniel has his back to the ropes.
Vector tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
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!

McDaniel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McDaniel looks for the body kick but Vector saw that one coming.
Vector attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McDaniel throws a right and a left that Vector avoids nicely.
McDaniel blocks a leg kick.
Vector throws out a leg kick but McDaniel moves out of range and Vector only half commits.
McDaniel throws a hook but Vector blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDaniel slips under a jab from Vector.
Logan McDaniel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A leg kick checked by McDaniel.
Vector slips a jab and a cross from McDaniel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Vinnie Vector will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Vector keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vector. That's going to slow McDaniel down.
McDaniel throws a shot from downtown. Vector moves away and avoids it.
McDaniel keeps the fight on the outside.
Vector finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McDaniel moves out of range of the leg kick from Vector.
Vector with a nice cross.
Vector misses with a low kick as McDaniel jumps back.
Vector blocks a jab.
McDaniel checks a leg kick nicely.
Vector looks for the body kick but McDaniel saw that one coming.
Vector misses with a low kick.
McDaniel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vector.
Vinnie Vector is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDaniel throws a right and a left that both miss.

Vector has managed to clinch.
McDaniel misses with a knee to the head.

Vector breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McDaniel misses with a wild combination.
McDaniel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick misses from Vector.
Vector ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vector throws a quick inside leg kick.
Logan McDaniel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McDaniel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vector takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDaniel moves forwards but Vector connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vector throws out a leg kick but McDaniel moves out of range and Vector only half commits.
Vector tries to land a leg kick but McDaniel saw it coming and moves away.
McDaniel throws a hook but Vector blocks it.
Vector throws a body punch but McDaniel moves out of range.
McDaniel throws out a loose jab but Vector uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDaniel misses with a looping right.
McDaniel looks to score with a jab to the body but Vector is just out of range.
Vector fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McDaniel.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vector throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vector misses with a low kick.
McDaniel takes a swing at Vector's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinnie Vector comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vector 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 45:50
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinnie Vector!
After winning the bout, Vinnie Vector thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.