PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duan Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Knott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Craig Knott was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Daniels
vs
Knott

190 cm
18
262 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Duan Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Craig Knott!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Knott is defended easily by Daniels.
Knott fails with a takedown attempt.
Knott throws a head kick that misses.
Knott tries to clinch up.
Daniels throws a head kick that misses.
Knott shapes to counter with a head kick.
Daniels moves out of range of the leg kick from Knott.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniels swats away the attempt to clinch by Knott.
Knott tries to close the distance and clinch but Daniels swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Knott enables Daniels to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Knott manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Knott looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Daniels puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knott actively working from the bottom here.
Knott looks winded!
Knott trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
Daniels's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels breaks from Knott's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daniels with shots to the head and body - Knott looks very uncomfortable down there.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels breaks from Knott's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daniels pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels cracks Knott with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Knott?

It looks like Craig Knott has been cut.
Daniels with a couple of short strikes.
Daniels content just to control the position here.
The referee warns Knott that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daniels fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Daniels has isolated one of Knott's arms. Knott looking to fight him off but Daniels twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Duan Daniels!
An out of breath Duan Daniels thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.