PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braulio Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braulio Vieira looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Daniels
vs
Vieira

175 cm
24
167 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Malicious Intent Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henrik Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Braulio Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vieira gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Daniels might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Daniels throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Daniels loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vieira wants to stand but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Daniels working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vieira looks gassed!
Vieira keeping moving, preventing Daniels from controlling successfully.
Daniels scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Vieira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Daniels trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.
Daniels throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Daniels trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels controls from within his opponent's guard.
Daniels throwing strikes from guard but Vieira blocks nicely.
Daniels looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Daniels with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Daniels landing with the ground and pound.
Daniels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vieira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Daniels throwing strikes from guard but Vieira blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Daniels scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Daniels in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Daniels in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing Daniels from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels looking to pass the guard.
Daniels working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vieira's head.
Daniels sitting in guard here, content to control.
Daniels looking to pass the guard.
Daniels working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels works over Vieira with some ground and pound from guard.
Daniels's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Daniels prevents Vieira from getting back to his feet.
Daniels working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vieira's head.
Daniels with a nice head shot there.
Daniels landing some decent shots from guard.
Daniels's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Daniels postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing Daniels from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Henrik Daniels just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Daniels 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 scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Vieira that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Vieira that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daniels controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vieira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels is landing with some decent strikes but Vieira is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrik Daniels dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Daniels looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Vieira!
Daniels landing strikes from the mount and Vieira is in trouble!
Daniels lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Daniels unloading with bombs!

Vieira is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Daniels.
Vieira is still in real trouble! Can Daniels finish him?
Daniels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Daniels controlling his opponent.
Daniels lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Daniels looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Vieira covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henrik Daniels!