PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nidhish Dhillon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dhillon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sweet Victory kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Danielson
vs
Dhillon

178 cm
25
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan Danielson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nidhish Dhillon!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhillon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danielson.
Dhillon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Danielson moves to clinch but Dhillon breaks away
and Dhillon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danielson wants to clinch
letting Dhillon counter with a right hand.
Danielson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danielson wants to clinch.
Danielson wants to clinch.
Danielson wants to clinch
and Dhillon counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dhillon scores with a jab to the body.
Danielson throws a push kick but Dhillon slaps the foot to one side.
Dhillon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danielson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dhillon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bryan Danielson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danielson tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danielson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dhillon cracks Danielson with a nice body shot.
Danielson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dhillon backwards.
Danielson can't find room to land a body shot as Dhillon controls the action.
Dhillon leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dhillon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Danielson'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.
Dhillon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danielson tries to land knees in the clinch but Dhillon avoids the damage to the body.
Danielson misses with some punches.

Danielson breaks the clinch.

Danielson darts in and clinches Dhillon up against the cage.

Danielson manages to break the clinch.
Dhillon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dhillon is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Danielson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dhillon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dhillon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
Dhillon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dhillon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Danielson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dhillon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dhillon misses with a series of wild punches.
Danielson tries to close the distance and clinch but Dhillon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dhillon doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhillon circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dhillon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dhillon punishes Danielson's body with a nice straight punch.
Danielson wants to clinch.
Dhillon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dhillon scores with a punch to the head.

Oooooh!!! Dhillon has knocked Danielson down with a huge combo! Dhillon steps away and waves a wobbly Danielson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Danielson is rocked!

It looks like Bryan Danielson 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!
Danielson tries to clinch
and Dhillon counters with a nice body shot.

Dhillon feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Danielson sprawling to the canvas! Danielson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Dhillon finish him?!
Oh Danielson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dhillon is pawing at Danielson, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Danielson's nose. Danielson is badly hurt! Dhillon pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Danielson tries desperately to hold on but Dhillon is relentless in his assault! As Danielson receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Dhillon away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nidhish Dhillon!
Nidhish Dhillon made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'The drinks are on me, you crazy kicking fuck!'.