PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ervin Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood comes to the cage accompanied by Nobody gets out alive. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wood
vs
Daniels

193 cm
24
265 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

184 cm
23
276 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jon Wood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ervin Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniels.
Wood slips a straight right by Daniels.
Daniels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wood shoots in for a double leg but Daniels sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Daniels throws a nice looking combination but Wood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daniels tries a head kick but it misses.
Wood moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Jon Wood has been cut.
Daniels throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood connects with a single shot there.

Wood scores with a takedown into Daniels's guard.
Daniels wants to sweep here but Wood controlling him for the moment.
Daniels is pulling down on Wood's head to control his posture.
Wood wants to control from the top but Daniels keeps moving.
Wood trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Daniels has his hands on Wood's head, controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wood preventing the sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daniels misses with a head kick.
Wood throws a combination that misses
enabling Daniels to counter with a crisp jab.

Wood has closed the distance and engaged Daniels in a clinch.
Wood throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Daniels.
Daniels blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood digs a right hand underneath Daniels's ribcage. Daniels let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood keeps control of Daniels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wood is working Daniels over against the cage.
Wood scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood digs a right hand underneath Daniels's ribcage. Daniels let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Daniels looks gassed!
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Daniels avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Daniels avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Daniels.
Daniels is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daniels has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood working aggressively here.
Wood keeps control of Daniels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
A shot in the inside from Wood.
Wood is trying to drag Daniels to the mat but Daniels just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daniels or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Daniels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
Wood pushes Daniels back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wood tries a body shot but Daniels blocks it.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Daniels avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Daniels is trying to break the clinch but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
Wood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Daniels pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Daniels is trying to break the clinch but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
Daniels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daniels is pressed up against the cage. Wood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Daniels down to the mat. Daniels avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Daniels moves out of range of the body kick from Wood.
Wood tries for a takedown but Daniels sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Wood clinches up with Daniels and pushes him back against the cage.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood is leaning against Daniels and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wood keeps control of Daniels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daniels's elbow.
Daniels tries to break the clinch but Wood is controlling the position.
Wood throws a head punch that misses.
Daniels blocks a body shot from Wood.
Daniels is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.

Daniels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daniels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniels scoring well with a low kick there.
Daniels throws a combination that misses
and Wood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wood dodges the punch combination from Daniels.
Daniels pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Daniels throws a right hand that Wood ducks under and follows up with a left that Wood also avoids with ease.
Daniels lands the left hand.

Jon Wood's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood misses with a low kick as Daniels jumps back.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wood throws a series of punches but Daniels avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
Wood misses with a looping right.
Daniels connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ervin Daniels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Wood's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wood throws out a loose jab but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daniels missing with a left hand there. Wood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daniels tries a head kick but it misses.
Wood slips a jab and a cross from Daniels.
Daniels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daniels looks to throw the jab but Wood is out of range.
Daniels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wood.
Wood with a nice cross.

Wood gets a takedown into half guard.
Wood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Daniels is not content to let Wood control the position.
Daniels wants to improve his position but Wood is controlling well.
Daniels is breathing heavily.
Wood winds up and cracks Daniels with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Daniels tries to get to full guard but Wood has control of the leg.
Wood throwing shots but Daniels is blocking nicely.
Wood seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Daniels can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Daniels is trying to maintain the position but Wood is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Daniels is trying to control but can't.
Wood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Daniels keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wood thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wood is thwarting Daniels's attempts to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wood throws a combination. Daniels tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Daniels.

Wood clinches up with Daniels and pushes him back against the cage.
Daniels manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Daniels avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Wood pushes Daniels back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood lands a shot to the body.
Wood pushes Daniels back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Daniels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Daniels.
Nice body punch from Wood - that landed with a thud.
Wood digs a right hand underneath Daniels's ribcage. Daniels let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Daniels is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A right hook to the body lands for Wood.
Still in the clinch, Wood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wood working aggressively here.
Daniels gets underhooks to prevent Wood's takedown attempt.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Daniels can't break the clinch.
Wood lands with a left to the head.
Daniels is stalling here.
Daniels is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
Daniels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jon Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wood wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Daniels.
Wood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Daniels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daniels.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daniels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daniels wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Daniels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Daniels blocks with his arms.
Daniels wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Daniels wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daniels can't break the clinch.
Daniels can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wood as Daniels tries to tie him up.
Daniels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Daniels pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Daniels blocks with his arms.
Daniels wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wood tries to work over Daniels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daniels blocks a body shot from Wood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Wood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Wood's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Daniels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Daniels throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wood shoots for a double leg takedown but Daniels sprawls well. He's pushed Wood's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Wood drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Daniels tries to buck Wood off but Wood is having none of it.
Daniels is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Daniels keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Daniels blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wood.
Wood seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Daniels does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels wants to control but Wood is keeping busy.
Daniels is looking to improve his position.
Wood looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Daniels with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Daniels trying to hold on to Wood's head to control him but Wood postures up.
Wood with the ground and pound but Daniels uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Daniels pulls Wood in close to prevent any damage.
Wood looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wood trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Daniels manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Daniels sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but Wood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniels won't allow Wood to sweep him here.
Wood is trying to control the position but Daniels postures up.
Wood has a closed guard, preventing Daniels from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Daniels misses with a double jab
letting Wood counter with a right hand.
Daniels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jon Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood misses with a wild combination.
Wood dodges the punch combination from Daniels.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but Daniels shows good takedown defense.
Daniels looks to land a combination but Wood avoids it well.
Ervin Daniels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wood scores with a head kick.
Daniels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Daniels misses.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Daniels throws a big shot that misses.

Wood decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Daniels blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wood.
Wood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wood looking to sit in guard and control but Daniels gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wood looking for a sweep. Not yet Wood, not yet.
Daniels slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wood throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Daniels stopping the sweep attempt from Wood.
Wood can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Daniels controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Wood clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Wood's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wood throws a combination that misses
and Daniels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Daniels connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wood momentarily.
Daniels moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Daniels.

Jon Wood's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daniels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniels looks to land a body kick but Wood moved away.
Daniels moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Daniels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daniels misses with a hook. Wood ducked under it nicely.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Daniels pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wood.
Daniels tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Daniels fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wood on the side of the head.

Jeez, Jon Wood's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ervin Daniels seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Wood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Daniels, pushing him back against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wood tries to work over Daniels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daniels has had enough of the clinch but Wood keeps him there for the moment.
Wood throws a head punch that misses.
Wood misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood tries for a takedown but Daniels manages to get underhooks.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood prevents Daniels from breaking the clinch.
Daniels is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Daniels is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
Daniels wants to break free but Wood has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daniels.
Daniels has had enough of the clinch but Wood keeps him there for the moment.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniels blocks it with crossed arms.

Daniels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
Daniels throws a hook but Wood blocks it.
Daniels lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels fails to land with a series of punches.
Wood swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Daniels counter with a right hand.
Wood takes one on the chin but seems OK.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jon Wood's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ervin Daniels!
Ervin Daniels is the new heavyweight champion!