PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Daniels (ranked 5226 p4p, 643 weight class) and Casper Puffernickel (ranked 9728 p4p, 871 weight class). Puffernickel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Underdog - Frank Fields kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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 Casper Puffernickel was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Daniels
vs
Puffernickel

182 cm
26
182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Casper Puffernickel!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daniels looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Daniels not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Puffernickel has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daniels is taking a breather. Puffernickel says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Puffernickel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Daniels.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice strikes from Daniels there.
Daniels looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Puffernickel has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daniels not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Daniels passes to full mount!
Daniels lands with some strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daniels cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Puffernickel is rocked!
Daniels postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Puffernickel in real trouble here! The ref calls for Puffernickel to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Daniels!
Casper Puffernickel spoke after the fight, saying 'Today was not my day but tomorrow will be a diffrent story '.