PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Daigle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Terell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daigle comes to the cage accompanied by Molesta Ewenement - Wszystko wporzo. The crowd seem to be enjoying Terell's choice of entrance music: Let's Go-Lil Jon ft. Trick Daddy and Twista. Mason Terell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daigle
vs
Terell

199 cm
34
259 lbs
23 - 15 - 1

192 cm
35
223 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Daigle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mason Terell!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Daigle.
Terell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daigle jabs at Terell's body.
Daigle moves out of range of the strikes.
Daigle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Daigle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Terell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daigle moves away.
Terell cracks Daigle with an open hand slap.
Some bone on bone action there as Terell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Terell throws a looping overhand right but Daigle ducks down to avoid it.
Daigle looks to throw the jab but Terell is out of range.
Terell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Terell misses with a body punch
and Daigle counters with a good low kick that Terell was not able to check.
Daigle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Terell throws a jab when Daigle was well out of range.
Daigle wants to slow Terell down by chopping away at his legs.
Daigle tried to score with a low kick but Terell checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daigle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terell.
Daigle blocks a jab.
Nice shot by Terell.
Daigle is looking to clinch but Terell is avoiding it.
Terell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daigle.
Daigle motions for Terell to come forward. Daigle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Terell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Daigle delivers a nice body kick.
Mason Terell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Terell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Terell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daigle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daigle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Luke Daigle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Daigle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daigle throws a wild body kick that Terell sees coming a mile off.
Daigle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Terell.
Daigle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Terell's sensitive parts.
Terell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Daigle has time to react.
Daigle throws a body kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Daigle misses.
A slow jab from Terell misses its intended target.
Terell throws a right hand that misses
enabling Daigle to counter with a crisp jab.
Terell shoots in and drives through. Daigle sprawls well.
Terell swings away with a body shot that misses
and Daigle counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Terell missing with a left hand there. Daigle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daigle tries to land a front kick but Terell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Daigle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Daigle scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terell misses with a hook.
Daigle avoids the body shot from Terell.
Terell blocks a leg kick.
Terell lands a head shot.
Terell throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Daigle's waist but Daigle gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Terell off to one side.
Daigle throws the kick towards the body but Terell avoids it.
Daigle misses with a low kick as Terell jumps back.
Terell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Daigle had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Daigle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daigle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daigle wants it to stay on the feet.
Luke Daigle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mason Terell.
Terell throws a hook to the side of Daigle's head but Daigle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Daigle throws a low kick but Terell moves out of range easily.
Terell moves out of range of the leg kick from Daigle.
Daigle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Terell throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daigle looks to score with a jab to the body but Terell is just out of range.
Terell works the jab nicely.
Terell misses with a looping right.
Terell misses with a hook
and Daigle counters with a thumping low kick.
Terell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Terell defending well as Daigle loads up on a big left hand.
Terell just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Terell.
Terell takes one to the chin there.
Daigle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Daigle misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Daigle moves into the clinch.
Daigle prevents a body shot from Terell.
A short right from Terell on the inside.
Terell misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luke Daigle will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Terell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Daigle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Daigle!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Terell checks a leg kick.
Daigle throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Terell misses.
Terell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terell misses with a takedown attempt - Daigle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Daigle.
Daigle avoids the body shot from Terell.
Terell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daigle moves away.
Terell moves out of range of the body kick.
Terell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daigle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Daigle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Daigle thuds his shin into the meat of Terell's side.
A slapping body kick lands there for Daigle.
Terell is breathing heavily.
Terell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Daigle.
Daigle misses with a low kick.
Daigle cracks Terell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Terell checks a leg kick.
Daigle scores with a nice right hand.
Daigle connects with a looping right hand.
Terell scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Daigle does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daigle. Terell does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daigle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Terell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daigle tries to clinch up.
Daigle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Daigle takes one on the button.
Daigle avoids the body shot from Terell.
Daigle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Daigle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Terell throws a looping overhand right but Daigle ducks down to avoid it.
Terell connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Daigle.
An inside leg kick lands from Daigle.
Terell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Daigle throws a body kick that misses.
Terell swings for the body but Daigle moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daigle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Terell at a distance.
Daigle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Daigle moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Terell fails to land.

Terell drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Terell is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Daigle trying to stand up but can't free himself from Terell's guard.

Terell isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Daigle stacks Terell on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Daigle!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Terell is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terell is not content to let Daigle control the position.
Terell gets back to half guard.
Terell tries to get to full guard but Daigle has control of the leg.

Terell looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
It looks like Daigle is going to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Daigle dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Daigle misses with a head kick.
Terell thows a body shot but no joy.
Terell throws a big shot that misses.
Daigle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Daigle cracks the inside of Terell's front leg.
Daigle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daigle lands with a good body shot.
Daigle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Terell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Terell misses with an uppercut
and Daigle counters with a nice uppercut.
Daigle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Daigle doesn't manage to clinch there - Terell circles away.
Daigle's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Terell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Daigle scrambles back to his feet.
Daigle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Terell throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daigle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Terell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Daigle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daigle throws a nice head kick!
Terell blocks the body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Terell.
Luke Daigle is winning the standup battle so far.
Terell checks a leg kick nicely.
Terell connects with a crisp jab.
Mason Terell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daigle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daigle lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Mason Terell has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terell misses the jab.
Terell ducks under a wild hook from Daigle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Daigle.
Daigle is looking to land body kicks.
Daigle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Terell.
Daigle tries to close the distance and clinch but Terell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Terell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Terell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Terell avoids a kick to the body.
Terell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daigle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Daigle pushes Terell away with a front kick.

Daigle moves into the clinch successfully.
Daigle lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Daigle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Terell backwards.
Daigle lands a right hand.
Daigle lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daigle wants to stall.
Daigle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daigle pushes Terell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Daigle holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Daigle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Terell is trying to break the clinch but Daigle is controlling him.
Daigle lands with a light punch inside.

Terell is rocked!
Daigle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terell is still on wobbly legs! Can Daigle finish him?
Daigle blocks an uppercut.
Daigle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Terell swings wildly with an uppercut but Daigle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Terell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daigle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Terell seems to have recovered his senses.
Terell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Terell manages to pull guard.
Daigle is looking to stand up but Terell won't let him.

Terell working for submissions but it's allowed Daigle to get to half guard.
Terell tries to roll over but Daigle keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Daigle in particular looking to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Terell looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Daigle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daigle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Daigle!
Luke Daigle managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hellbent , into his post fight interview.