PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Van Daly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Buhler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Daly
vs
Buhler

178 cm
18
157 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
156 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudy Van Daly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Buhler!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Buhler lands but Van Daly takes it in his stride.
Van Daly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Buhler momentarily.

Van Daly clinches up against the cage.
Buhler being controlled against the cage.
Van Daly leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Van Daly for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Van Daly lands with a light punch inside.
Van Daly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Van Daly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buhler trying to stall but Van Daly improves his position.
Van Daly scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Daly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Van Daly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Daly misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Daly scores with a hook to the body.
Van Daly definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Buhler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Daly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Daly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Daly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Daly misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Daly.
Van Daly lands with a light punch inside.
Van Daly digs a right hand into Buhler's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Buhler's gas tank.
Buhler misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van Daly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buhlers head.
Buhler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Van Daly pushes Buhler back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Van Daly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buhler backwards.
Van Daly lands a shot to the body.
Van Daly is stalling here.
Van Daly scores with a hook to the body.
Van Daly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Daly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Van Daly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Van Daly has managed to clinch.
Van Daly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Van Daly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buhler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Daly smiles and moves away.
Van Daly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Buhler's hands.
Van Daly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Buhler lands a front kick.
Van Daly lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Buhler backs up against the cage.
Van Daly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Daly lands a glancing blow to the side of Buhler's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buhler misses with a kick to the body.
Van Daly misses with a wild body shot.
Buhler takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Buhler throws a body kick that misses.
Van Daly lands the left hand.
A head kick misses from Buhler.
Buhler misses with a body kick.
Van Daly lands a head shot.
Rudy Van Daly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Van Daly gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Van Daly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good shot there by Van Daly.
Van Daly lands a right hook to the body.
Buhler avoids the body shot from Van Daly.
A punch combination from Van Daly misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Buhler.
Both fighters circling a little - Buhler finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Van Daly moves out of range of the body kick from Buhler.
Van Daly moves out of range as Buhler throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buhler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Van Daly sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Buhler misses with a left hand
and Buhler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Daly throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Daly punishes Buhler's body with a nice straight punch.
Buhler misses the shot to the body.
Buhler throws the kick towards the body but Van Daly avoids it.
Van Daly slips a jab from Buhler.
Van Daly looks to land a combination. Buhler sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Buhler throws a head kick that misses.

Van Daly moves into range and clinches up with Buhler.
Van Daly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Buhler or not.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Daly misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Van Daly.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Daly.
Van Daly lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Van Daly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Buhler scores with a push kick.
Rudy Van Daly is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Daly lands an overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buhler. Van Daly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Daly digs a good body shot into Buhler's ribs.

Van Daly clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Van Daly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buhler jumps guard but Van Daly turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nice body punch from Van Daly - that landed with a thud.
Van Daly pushes Buhler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buhler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Daly smiles and moves away.

Van Daly has Buhler up against the cage in a clinch.
Buhler takes a shot to the head.
Van Daly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Daly lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buhler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Buhler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Van Daly prevents it.
Rudy Van Daly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Buhler.
Buhler fails to pull guard.
Buhler has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Van Daly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Van Daly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Van Daly.
Van Daly lands a body shot.
Buhler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Daly managing to block the knees to the body from Buhler.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Daly.
Van Daly avoiding damage as Buhler throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Van Daly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buhler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Daly avoids it.
Rudy Van Daly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Daly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Van Daly lands with a left to the head.
Van Daly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buhler backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Van Daly.
Buhler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Daly lands a body shot.
Van Daly working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Van Daly manages to break the clinch.
Buhler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Van Daly scores with the left hand. Buhler knows he should have avoided that one.

Van Daly rushes Buhler and presses him up against the cage.
Van Daly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Daly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buhler wants to break free but Van Daly has control.
Van Daly is working Buhler over against the cage.
Van Daly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Van Daly stalling the fight.
Van Daly gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Buhler jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Daly walks away with a smile on his face. Buhler gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Buhler throws a leg kick but Van Daly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab from Van Daly.
Van Daly digs a good body shot into Buhler's ribs.
Van Daly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Buhler on the side of the head.
Van Daly lands a nice shot that snaps Buhler's head back.
Van Daly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buhler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab, jab by Van Daly - just one landing.

Buhler is rocked!
Van Daly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Buhler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Daly to score with a decent uppercut.
Buhler is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Daly finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buhler misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buhler looks up at the clock. Bad move! Van Daly lands a right hand from hell, dropping Buhler. Van Daly pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rudy Van Daly!
Rudy Van Daly tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.