PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Joshua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Lecter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua comes to the cage accompanied by Parklife- Blur. Daniel Joshua has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Joshua
vs
Lecter

183 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

171 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

On Tap (160Q & Laundry)

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Joshua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannibal Lecter!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joshua throws a head kick but Lecter moves out of range.
Lecter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Joshua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lecter.
Joshua slips a straight right by Lecter.
A big right from Lecter misses.
Joshua lands a really nice looking cross but Lecter seems unphased.
Joshua throws a lazy body kick
and Lecter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Daniel Joshua has been cut.
Lecter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lecter throws a lazy right hand but Joshua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body kick there by Joshua.
Joshua scores with a push kick.
Hannibal Lecter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lecter tries to keep at a distance but Joshua has taken the fight into the clinch.
Joshua misses with a punch to the body.
Lecter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Joshua scores with a shot to the side of Lecter's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lecter's efforts to push away.
Lecter throws a punch but it's blocked by Joshua.
A short left from Joshua.
Joshua slows down the pace here.
Joshua blocks an uppercut.
Joshua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lecter taking a breather.
Lecter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joshua content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Joshua blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lecter is looking to control Joshua's arms but Joshua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lecter has his back to the cage.
Lecter throws a head punch that misses.
Joshua is pushing Lecter up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Joshua takes a shot to the head.
Joshua scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecter takes a shot to the head.
Joshua keeps control of Lecter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Joshua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lecter is trying to break the clinch but Joshua is controlling him.
Lecter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joshua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lecters head.
Joshua lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lecter backwards.
Lecter is trying to push Joshua away but Joshua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Joshua lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lecter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lecter throws an elbow that misses.
Lecter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lecter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Joshua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lecter misses with the head strike.
Joshua has Lecter pressed against the cage, preventing Lecter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joshua.
Lecter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lecter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Joshua seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lecter can turn it around.
Lecter is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Joshua trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Joshua.
Lecter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joshua'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.
Joshua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joshua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lecter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lecter looks winded!
Joshua lands a body shot in the clinch.

Joshua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joshua throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joshua. Lecter shrugs it off though.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joshua. Lecter shrugs it off though.
Joshua scores with a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Joshua.
Joshua thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lecter if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Joshua has Lecter up against the cage in a clinch.
Joshua lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecter prevents a body shot from Joshua.
Joshua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joshua stalls.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joshua.
Joshua tries to work over Lecter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joshua lands with a right to the head.

Lecter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joshua. Lecter shrugs it off though.
Joshua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lecter throws a hook but Joshua blocks it.
We've been told by Joshua's head coaches at Casino that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Joshua lands with a good body shot.
Lecter throws a shot from downtown. Joshua moves away and avoids it.
Joshua scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lecter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Joshua - the referee stops the clock and Lecter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Joshua. Lecter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Joshua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Joshua's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Joshua works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Joshua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joshua moves out of range of the strikes.
Lecter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joshua's head backwards.
Lecter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Joshua. That one must have hurt.
Joshua bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lecter tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Joshua gets a clinch.
Joshua gets through Lecter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joshua scores with a shoulder strike.
Joshua tries to work over Lecter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lecter is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joshua scores with a shoulder strike.
Lecter misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Joshua.
Joshua lands with a right to the head.
Joshua stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Joshua presses Lecter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joshua.
Joshua digs a right hand underneath Lecter's ribcage. Lecter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joshua lands a body punch.
Joshua misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Joshua.
Nice body punch from Joshua - that landed with a thud.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joshua.
Joshua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lecter can do to turn this around?
A bit of stalling here from Joshua.
Joshua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joshua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Joshua.
Lecter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Joshua.
Joshua lands a body shot in the clinch.
Joshua lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joshua lands a good knee to the midsection. Lecter won't want to take too many of those.
Daniel Joshua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Joshua landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshua misses with a hook to the ribs.

Lecter manages to break the clinch.
Lecter thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Joshua. That one must have hurt.
Joshua keeps Lecter at a distance using the push kick.
Lecter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Joshua lands a big head kick that sends Lecter tumbling to the mat! Joshua takes a step backwards and waves Lecter back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lecter is rocked!

Lecter closes the distance and pushes Joshua back into the cage.
Lecter is still on wobbly legs! Can Joshua finish him?
Joshua scores with a hook to the body.
Joshua digs a right hand underneath Lecter's ribcage. Lecter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joshua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lecter seems to have recovered his senses.
Joshua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joshua lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Joshua to work.
Joshua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joshua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lecter.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Joshua.
A short uppercut from Joshua.
A short left from Joshua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshua blocking some punches.
Joshua tries to work over Lecter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joshua effectively controlling the action here.
Lecter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lecter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joshua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Joshua - that landed with a thud.
Joshua works on Lecter's body with a couple of short punches.
Joshua cracks Lecter with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Joshua.
Joshua pushes off an throws an elbow but Lecter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Joshua tries to work over Lecter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Joshua.
Joshua is working Lecter over against the cage.
Joshua scores with a shoulder strike.
Joshua stalling the fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Joshua.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Joshua.
Joshua is stalling here.
Joshua scores with a shot to the side of Lecter's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joshua lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Joshua.
Joshua gets through Lecter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joshua lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lecter backwards.
Lecter pushes off an throws an elbow but Joshua leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Joshua lands a right hand.
Joshua lands a hook that snaps the head of Lecter backwards.
Joshua lands a hook that snaps the head of Lecter backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joshua.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Joshua.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Joshua.
Joshua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lecter backwards.
Joshua gets through Lecter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joshua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lecters head.
Lecter missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Joshua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Joshua's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Joshua rushes Lecter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Joshua blocks a body shot from Lecter.
Joshua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lecter is looking to control Joshua's arms but Joshua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lecter has his back to the cage.
Joshua is working Lecter over against the cage.
Joshua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lecter avoids it.
Joshua avoiding damage as Lecter throws knees to the body.
Joshua digs a right hand underneath Lecter's ribcage. Lecter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joshua lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Joshua.
Joshua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Joshua pushes Lecter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Joshua stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshua tries to throw a body punch but Lecter avoids it by throwing Joshua back against the cage.
Joshua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joshua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lecter.
Joshua lands with a light punch inside.
A short body shot lands from Joshua as the two fighters clinch.
Lecter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Joshua.
A short right from Joshua on the inside.
Joshua lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joshua.
Joshua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lecter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A shot in the inside from Joshua.

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

Joshua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Joshua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joshua works on Lecter's body with a couple of short punches.

Joshua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joshua lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circle, before Joshua throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Lecter's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Joshua lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Daniel Joshua!
An out of breath Daniel Joshua thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Hannibal Lecter was interviewed post fight and said 'i think he put his finger up my bum'.