PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hughtavious Mingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denton Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daley has chosen Heathens- Twenty One Pilots as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mingo
vs
Daley

193 cm
28
215 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

190 cm
35
200 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hughtavious Mingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denton Daley!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mingo throws a head kick that misses
and Daley counters with a stiff right hand.
Mingo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Denton Daley has been cut.
Mingo wants to slow Daley down by chopping away at his legs.
Daley now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mingo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mingo throws a lazy head kick
enabling Daley to counter with a crisp jab.
Mingo throws a shot from downtown. Daley moves away and avoids it.
Mingo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daley moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Daley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley slips a jab and a cross from Mingo.
Mingo connects with a nice looking jab.
Mingo shoots in but Daley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Daley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mingo.
Hughtavious Mingo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mingo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mingo throws a body shot but no joy.
Daley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mingo loads up on a big right hand but Daley slips the punch.
Daley slaps away a takedown attempt from Mingo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mingo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Daley. Daley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mingo scores with a hook to the body. Daley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Daley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Daley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mingo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mingo's hands.
Mingo misses with a looping left.
Mingo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Daley's waist but Daley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mingo off to one side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Daley! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hughtavious Mingo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mingo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Daley looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Daley bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mingo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mingo throws a lazy body kick
and Daley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Denton Daley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mingo misses with a straight left.
Mingo misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Daley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Daley misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mingo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Daley momentarily.
Mingo misses with a straight left.
A nice side step and Daley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mingo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mingo moves forwards but Daley connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Mingo is rocked!
Nice jab there from Mingo.
Mingo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mingo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mingo looks to land a combination but Daley avoids it well.
Mingo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mingo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mingo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mingo misses with a right hand
and Daley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Mingo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mingo dives in and grabs Daley's left leg, looking for a takedown. Daley pushes down on Mingo's head and hops out.
Mingo lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mingo misses with a hook. Daley ducked under it nicely.
Mingo circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Daley. Mingo falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Daley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Denton Daley!
A very excited looking Denton Daley rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.