PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dave Daugherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcell Ozuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ozuna is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: ASAP Rocky - Wild For The Night. Marcell Ozuna struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dave Daugherty had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Daugherty
vs
Ozuna

177 cm
20
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
170 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dave Daugherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcell Ozuna!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Ozuna with that takedown attempt.
Ozuna fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ozuna looks to land a left hand but Daugherty moved out of range nicely.
Ozuna dives in and grabs Daugherty's left leg, looking for a takedown. Daugherty pushes down on Ozuna's head and hops out.
Dave Daugherty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcell Ozuna.
Ozuna shoots for a double leg takedown but Daugherty sprawls well. He's pushed Ozuna's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ozuna dips to his left and cracks Daugherty with an uppercut!
A jab lands there for Daugherty.
A decent looking cross lands there for Daugherty.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ozuna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Daugherty.
Daugherty quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ozuna throws a nice looking combination but Daugherty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've been told by Daugherty's head coaches at Wrecking Crew Elite MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Ozuna as he connects with a hook.
Marcell Ozuna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ozuna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daugherty misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Daugherty. That snapped Ozuna's head back.
Ozuna tries for a takedown but Daugherty circles away easily
and Daugherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daugherty displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ozuna.
It looked like Daugherty was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ozuna.
No luck for Ozuna with that takedown attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Daugherty. That snapped Ozuna's head back.
Ozuna takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ozuna fails with a takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Daugherty misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozuna goes for a double leg but Daugherty avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Daugherty continues to drive forward.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ozuna.
A little feinted left hand from Daugherty on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Daugherty throws the left hand but Ozuna avoids the punch easily.
Ozuna dives in for a single leg takedown but Daugherty sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ozuna looks to land a left hand but Daugherty moved out of range nicely.
Ozuna shoots in for a takedown but Daugherty shows good takedown defense.
Ozuna throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daugherty keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An attempted straight right counter from Daugherty misses the target.
Ozuna misses with a takedown
and Daugherty counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ozuna looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozuna doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Daugherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Ozuna shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Daugherty counters with a nice uppercut.
Daugherty looks to throw the jab but Ozuna is out of range.
Ozuna walks into a left hand.

Ozuna is rocked!
Ozuna falls off balance throwing a combination
and Daugherty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ozuna is still on wobbly legs! Can Daugherty finish him?
Daugherty drops Ozuna with a big left hand! Ozuna is injured, injured bad! Daugherty jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Daugherty!
A very excited looking Dave Daugherty 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.
Marcell Ozuna spoke after the fight, saying 'Wow, What the fuck just happen!?'.