PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lester Daugherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ejaz Niazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ejaz Niazy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lester Daugherty's chin.

Daugherty
vs
Niazy

217 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
132 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lester Daugherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ejaz Niazy!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daugherty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niazy was well out of range. Poor timing from Daugherty.
Niazy wants to counter with a clinch but Daugherty pushes him away.
Daugherty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niazy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daugherty moves away.
Niazy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Niazy slips a jab and a cross from Daugherty.
Daugherty scores with a push kick.
Niazy 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.
Daugherty throws a sloppy head kick and Niazy moves out of range easily.
Daugherty tries a head kick but it misses.
Niazy shoots in and drives through. Daugherty sprawls well.
Daugherty tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Niazy has managed to clinch.
Daugherty lands a hook that snaps the head of Niazy backwards.

Niazy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A leg kick checked by Niazy.

Niazy gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Niazy has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Daugherty uses from the top position.
Daugherty wants to stand but Niazy is controlling his posture from full guard.

Daugherty gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Niazy shoots in and drives through. Daugherty sprawls well.
It looked like Daugherty was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Niazy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Daugherty defends it nicely.
Lester Daugherty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ejaz Niazy.
Daugherty takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A shot to the body from Niazy misses
and Daugherty counters with a series of strikes. Niazy will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niazy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Daugherty feints a jab promting Niazy to slip. Daugherty then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Niazy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Daugherty tries a head kick but it misses.

Daugherty gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niazy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Daugherty to keep the fight standing.
Niazy wants to break free but Daugherty has control.

Daugherty's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daugherty throws a sloppy head kick

and Niazy counters with a shoot takedown. Daugherty fights it but they end up in guard.
Niazy looks winded!
Niazy throws a big elbow that misses.
Daugherty is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Daugherty is working for a submission of some sort.
Daugherty will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Niazy missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niazy wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Daugherty wants to stand but Niazy has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Daugherty perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Niazy has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Daugherty is on him like a limpet, forcing Niazy back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niazy is trying to pull guard but Daugherty has him pressed against the cage.
Niazy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Daugherty avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Niazy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daugherty avoids it.
Niazy lands a good knee to the midsection. Daugherty won't want to take too many of those.
Niazy tries to work over Daugherty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Daugherty breaks the clinch.
Daugherty on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Niazy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daugherty manages to avoid it.
Daugherty lands with a thumping leg kick.
Niazy shoots for a double leg takedown but Daugherty sprawls well. He's pushed Niazy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Daugherty scores with a head kick. Niazy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Daugherty feints a jab promting Niazy to slip. Daugherty then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Niazy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daugherty slaps away a takedown attempt from Niazy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lester Daugherty dominated that round.
That's time! Daugherty's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Daugherty throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Niazy shoots in looking for a takedown but Daugherty manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Niazy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Daugherty misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Niazy. Daugherty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daugherty lands a nice shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Daugherty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daugherty throws a head kick but Niazy moves out of range.

Niazy forces Daugherty back against the cage and clinches.
Niazy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Niazy jumps guard but Daugherty turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lester Daugherty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ejaz Niazy.

Daugherty manages to break the clinch.
Niazy is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Daugherty gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Niazy to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Niazy won't allow Daugherty to get back to his feet.
Daugherty trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Daugherty looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Daugherty is working an open guard so Niazy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Niazy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Daugherty is fending him off so far but Niazy persists. Nope, Daugherty circles away and we're back to standing.
Niazy throws a nice looking combination but Daugherty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niazy misses with a left hand
and Daugherty counters with a three punch combo that has Niazy backing up. Niazy nods at Daugherty to acknowledge the strikes.
Niazy blocks a head kick by Daugherty.
Niazy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Daugherty lands with a slapping head kick.
Niazy slips a jab and a cross from Daugherty.
Niazy feints a counter leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Niazy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daugherty has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Niazy throws a nice looking combination but Daugherty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daugherty went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Daugherty feints a jab promting Niazy to slip. Daugherty then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Niazy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Daugherty throws a sloppy head kick and Niazy moves out of range easily.
Niazy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daugherty really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Niazy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Daugherty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Niazy can do to turn this around?

Niazy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Daugherty is looking for a sweep. Niazy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Niazy is pressing down on Daugherty's thigh, looking to free his foot. Daugherty is holding on for now.
Niazy is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niazy wants to pass to mount but Daugherty is defending the position.
It looks like Niazy is going to stand back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Niazy prevents Daugherty from standing back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Niazy dives in and grabs Daugherty's left leg, looking for a takedown. Daugherty pushes down on Niazy's head and hops out.
Daugherty seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Niazy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Niazy shoots in looking for a takedown. Daugherty tries to sprawl out of it but Niazy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Daugherty manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lester Daugherty dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Niazy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Niazy slips a jab and a cross from Daugherty.
Daugherty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Niazy misses with a takedown attempt - Daugherty sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Niazy misses with a few strikes there.
Daugherty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niazy misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Niazy closes the distance and pushes Daugherty back into the cage.
Niazy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Daugherty's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Niazy thows a leg kick but Daugherty checks it
and Daugherty counters with a two punch combo.
Daugherty slaps away a takedown attempt from Niazy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lester Daugherty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ejaz Niazy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daugherty lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Daugherty throws a head kick that misses.
Niazy throws a solid leg kick but Daugherty takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Niazy.
Niazy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Danga de danga de dang - Daugherty scores with a four punch combination!
Niazy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Daugherty sprawls well. Daugherty wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Niazy gets slowly back to his feet.
Daugherty tries a head kick but it misses.
Niazy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lester Daugherty is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty scores with a head kick. Niazy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lester Daugherty is winning the standup battle so far.

Niazy moves into the clinch successfully.
Niazy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daugherty smiles and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daugherty stalks Niazy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Niazy's face. Niazy staggers backwards, shaken.
Daugherty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Niazy throws a low kick, looking for Daugherty's leg but Daugherty calmly moves out of range.
Niazy misses with an uppercut. Daugherty saw that one coming.
Niazy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Daugherty defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niazy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Niazy moves into the clinch.
Niazy tries a knee to the head but Daugherty blocks it.
Daugherty works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Niazy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Daugherty just stands there and leans against the cage.

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

Niazy closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Daugherty's guard.
Niazy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Daugherty is proving hard to escape from.
Daugherty is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Daugherty is working an open guard so Niazy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty throws a head kick that misses.
Daugherty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Daugherty is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Daugherty looks to land a combination but Niazy avoids it well.

Niazy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Niazy pulls guard successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niazy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Daugherty is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Niazy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daugherty gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lester Daugherty showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daugherty, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lester Daugherty!