PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Slice Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan comes to the cage accompanied by Flight of the Valkyries. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bryan
vs
Slice Jr

179 cm
28
203 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

175 cm
29
202 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Kimbo Slice Jr!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryan cracks the inside of Slice Jr's front leg.
Slice Jr throws a body punch but Bryan moves out of range.
Slice Jr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bryan on the side of the head.

It looks like Daniel Bryan has been cut.
Slice Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Bryan tries for a takedown but Slice Jr circles away easily
and Slice Jr counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Slice Jr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bryan throws out a loose jab but Slice Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slice Jr takes a swing at Bryan's ribcage but misses.
Slice Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Slice Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
Slice Jr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Bryan is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bryan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Slice Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Oh Bryan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Slice Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Bryan seems to have got his legs back now.
Slice Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bryan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Slice Jr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Slice Jr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bryan misses with a body punch
and Slice Jr counters with an inside leg kick.
Slice Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice Jr jabs Bryan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bryan 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.
Bryan misses with a few strikes there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Slice Jr.
Slice Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Bryan dodges the punch combination from Slice Jr.
Slice Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bryan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bryan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Slice Jr's sensitive parts.
Slice Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bryan.
Bryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Slice Jr throws a shot to the body.
Slice Jr throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Slice Jr lands a jab.

Daniel Bryan's cut is getting worse.
Slice Jr scores with a hook to the body. Bryan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bryan dives in and scores a takedown into Slice Jr's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan is working Slice Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Slice Jr managing to control the position.
Bryan prevents Slice Jr from getting back to his feet.
Slice Jr has Bryan pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bryan is controlling him.
Bryan distracts Slice Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Slice Jr is trying to control the position but Bryan postures up.
Slice Jr pulls Bryan in to control the position.
Slice Jr has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bryan has passed into side control.
Slice Jr tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bryan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Slice Jr is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Slice Jr is trying to get back to half guard.
Bryan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bryan is chipping away with strikes.
Slice Jr sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimbo Slice Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Bryan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Slice Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No joy there for Slice Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Slice Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bryan.
Slice Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Slice Jr.
Slice Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bryan tries to clinch up but Slice Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Bryan lands a really nice looking cross but Slice Jr seems unphased.

Slice Jr is rocked!
Bryan lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Slice Jr head around and knocks him out cold! Bryan hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daniel Bryan!
Post fight, Daniel Bryan stared into the camera and said 'YES! YES! YES!'.