PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Acton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Briscoe Daniel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Briscoe Daniel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Acton
vs
Daniel

190 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Acton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Briscoe Daniel!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acton misses with a body shot.
Daniel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Daniel avoids the body shot from Acton.
Daniel looks to land a right hand but Acton moved out of range.
Daniel lands a nice looking body shot.

Daniel clinches up with Acton and pushes him back against the cage.
Acton tries to throw a body punch but Daniel avoids it by throwing Acton back against the cage.
Daniel lands a right hand.
Daniel scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Acton as the two fighters clinch.
Daniel keeps control of Acton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniel misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Daniel.
A shot in the inside from Daniel.
Daniel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Daniel.

It looks like Michael Acton has been cut.
Acton pushes Daniel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Daniel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Daniel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
Daniel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
Acton takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Daniel.
Daniel has Acton pushed against the cage.
Daniel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Daniel has Acton pressed against the cage, preventing Acton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Acton has had enough of the clinch but Daniel keeps him there for the moment.
Daniel digs a right hand underneath Acton's ribcage. Acton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Daniel lands a left hand.
Acton lands with a right to the head.
Acton tries to break free but Daniel pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Acton.
A right hand to the body from Daniel.
Daniel lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniel lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniel lands a hook that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Daniel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Daniel pushes Acton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Daniel.
Daniel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Daniel scores with a hook to the body.
Acton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Daniel lands a shoulder strike.
Daniel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Daniel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daniel leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daniel.
A short uppercut from Daniel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniel is leaning against Acton and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Daniel struggles to land a body shot inside as Acton controls his hands.
Daniel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Acton or not.
Acton is breathing heavily.
Daniel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Acton lands a nice shot to the body.
Daniel pushes Acton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Daniel.
Acton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Daniel keeps control of Acton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Acton stalling against the cage.
Acton takes a shot to the head.
Daniel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Acton wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short body shot lands from Daniel as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Daniel.
Acton wants to break free but Daniel has control.
Nice body punch from Daniel - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Daniel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daniel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Daniel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Daniel lands with a left to the head.
Daniel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daniel effectively controlling the action here.
Daniel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Acton trying to stall but Daniel improves his position.
Daniel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Briscoe Daniel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Acton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Acton forces Daniel back against the cage and clinches.
Daniel lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Daniel.
Still in the clinch, Daniel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daniel lands with a light punch inside.

Acton is rocked!
Daniel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Daniel leaning against his opponent.
Acton misses with some punches.
Daniel lands with a short shot to the head.
Briscoe Daniel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Daniel lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Acton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Acton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Acton seems to have got his legs back now.
Daniel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Acton wants to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Daniel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Daniel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
Still in the clinch, Daniel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daniel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Daniel.
A short right from Daniel on the inside.
Acton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Daniel.
Daniel works on Acton's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Acton takes a shot to the head.
Daniel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Acton tries to circle away but Daniel has him pinned against the cage.
Daniel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Daniel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Acton's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniel scores with a shoulder strike.
Acton can't break the clinch.
Daniel stalling.
Daniel lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daniel lands with a right to the head.
Daniel lands a body punch.
Acton taking a breather.
Daniel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Daniel.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Acton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Daniel - that landed with a thud.

Acton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Daniel punishes Acton's body with a nice straight punch.
Daniel works Acton's body with a nice hook.
Daniel scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniel lands with a good body shot.

Acton rushes Daniel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Daniel on the inside.
Daniel lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Daniel.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Daniel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Daniel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daniel scores with a shot to the side of Acton's head.
Acton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Acton tries to break free but Daniel pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Daniel.
Daniel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Acton takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Daniel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
Daniel lands a shot to the body.
Daniel stalling.
Acton throws a head punch that misses.
Daniel lands with a light punch inside.
Daniel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Acton backwards.
Daniel lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Daniel - that landed with a thud.
Daniel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Daniel cracks Acton with a nice body shot.
Daniel is working Acton over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Daniel scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Briscoe Daniel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Acton'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. This is the final round!

Acton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Michael Acton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Acton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Daniel, pushing him back against the cage.
Daniel lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Daniel.
Acton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Daniel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daniel lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Daniel.
Daniel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daniel throws a big uppercut that drops Acton! More strikes from Daniel and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Acton lies dazed against the cage as Daniel celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Briscoe Daniel!