PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samson Dandrakulo (ranked 1056 p4p, 2466 weight class) and Danny Chase (ranked 153 p4p, 312 weight class). Chase has chosen Ambitionz Az a Ridah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Dandrakulo
vs
Chase

190 cm
23
210
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
205
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

30th Century Beer Store

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samson Dandrakulo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Chase!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dandrakulo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chase.
Chase lands the left hand.
Chase looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chase throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dandrakulo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Chase tries to keep at a distance but Dandrakulo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dandrakulo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dandrakulo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dandrakulo misses with a body punch.
Dandrakulo misses with a punch to the body.
Dandrakulo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dandrakulo working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dandrakulo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dandrakulo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chase scores with a hook to the body. Dandrakulo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chase misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chase throws out a loose jab but Dandrakulo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chase. Dandrakulo does a little dance to reset his feet.

Dandrakulo clinches.
Dandrakulo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Dandrakulo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dandrakulo tries to clinch up but Chase circles away and keeps his distance.
Chase looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chase throws a looping overhand right but Dandrakulo ducks down to avoid it.
Dandrakulo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Chase misses with an uppercut
letting Dandrakulo counter with a right hand.
Dandrakulo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chase swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chase on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dandrakulo. Dandrakulo obviously looking to wear him down.
Dandrakulo takes one to the side of the head.
Chase uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo moves out of range of the strikes.
Dandrakulo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chase.
Chase throws a right hand that misses
and Dandrakulo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chase has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dandrakulo finds it's way round the side to connect with Chase's head.
Nice straight punches there by Chase. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chase.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dandrakulo throws a body shot but no joy.
Dandrakulo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chase looks to land a left hand but Dandrakulo moved out of range nicely.
Dandrakulo tests Chase's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body punch from Chase.
Chase jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dandrakulo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chase in his tracks.
Chase throws a lazy right hand but Dandrakulo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dandrakulo takes one to the side of the head.
Chase looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dandrakulo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chase paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chase takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chase connects with a right hand. Dandrakulo shakes it off.
Chase misses with an uppercut. Dandrakulo saw that one coming.
Chase on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Chase.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chase takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chase misses with a looping left.
And Dandrakulo counters with a quick kick to the body but Chase blocks it.
It looks like Dandrakulo has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Dandrakulo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chase tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chase misses with a straight left.
Dandrakulo slips under a jab.
Dandrakulo is looking to counter with head kicks.
Chase throws a lazy uppercut
and Chase takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dandrakulo throws a body shot but no joy.
Chase connects with a jab.
Dandrakulo misses with a two punch combination.
Chase takes one on the button.
Chase ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chase waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dandrakulo.

Dandrakulo moves into the clinch successfully.
Dandrakulo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chase has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chase working hard to break the clinch.
Dandrakulo working aggressively here.
Dandrakulo tries to throw a body punch but Chase avoids it by throwing Dandrakulo back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Dandrakulo.
Chase blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Dandrakulo.
Still in the clinch, Dandrakulo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dandrakulo tries to throw a body punch but Chase avoids it by throwing Dandrakulo back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dandrakulo fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dandrakulo breaks from the clinch.
Dandrakulo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A jab from Chase misses.
Chase takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dandrakulo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chase throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Dandrakulo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Chase takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Chase is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo throws a body punch but Chase moves out of range.
Dandrakulo tries a head kick but it misses.
Dandrakulo tries a head kick but it misses.
Chase keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dandrakulo.
Chase takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dandrakulo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chase.
Chase throws out a counter right but Dandrakulo avoids it with no problem.
Chase jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dandrakulo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Chase misses the target.
Dandrakulo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dandrakulo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chase moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dandrakulo misses with a looping left.
A shot to the body from Dandrakulo misses
and Chase counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chase throws an overhand right that lands on Dandrakulo's shoulder, as Dandrakulo tries to avoid the shot.
Chase throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dandrakulo's head.
Dandrakulo wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo slips under a jab.
A quick step to the side and Dandrakulo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dandrakulo moves out of range of the strikes.
Chase throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dandrakulo throws a series of punches but Chase moves out of range.
Dandrakulo throws a leg kick
and Dandrakulo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dandrakulo just misses with a punch to the body.
Dandrakulo loads up on a big right hand but Chase slips the punch.
Chase checks a leg kick nicely.
Dandrakulo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Chase if he has to take too many more of those.
Dandrakulo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Dandrakulo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase misses with a hook. Dandrakulo ducked under it nicely.
Dandrakulo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dandrakulo tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chase tries a head kick but it misses.
Dandrakulo connects with an inside leg kick.
Chase gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dandrakulo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chase in his tracks.

Chase is rocked!
Dandrakulo throws a sloppy head kick and Chase moves out of range easily.
Chase is still on wobbly legs! Can Dandrakulo finish him?
Dandrakulo throws out a loose jab but Chase uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dandrakulo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chases jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dandrakulo is looking to clinch.

Dandrakulo moves into the clinch successfully.
Good body shot from Dandrakulo.
Chase seems to have recovered his senses.
Dandrakulo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dandrakulo lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dandrakulo working aggressively here.
Samson Dandrakulo has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Dandrakulo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chase punishes Dandrakulo's body with a nice straight punch.
Dandrakulo defending well as Chase loads up on a big left hand.
Dandrakulo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chase appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chase misses with a hook. Dandrakulo ducked under it nicely.
Dandrakulo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chase.
Dandrakulo throws a quick counter head kick but Chase was just out of range.
Dandrakulo lands a nice shot to the body.
Chase throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dandrakulo on the side of the head.
Chase tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chase jabs at Dandrakulo's body.
Some wild striking there from Dandrakulo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dandrakulo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chase throws a lazy uppercut
and Dandrakulo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chase in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dandrakulo defending well as Chase loads up on a big left hand.
Chase throws a hook but Dandrakulo blocks it.
Dandrakulo staying out of range there.
Chase connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dandrakulo. Dandrakulo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dandrakulo motions for Chase to come forward. Dandrakulo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dandrakulo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chase throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Chase.
Dandrakulo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chase throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dandrakulo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chase misses the body punch
and Dandrakulo counters with an inside leg kick.
Chase has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo lands with a shot to the body.

Dandrakulo lands a big right hand that sends Chase crashing to the mat! Dandrakulo stays standing though and waves Chase back to his feet!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Dandrakulo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dandrakulo throws a wild body kick that Chase sees coming a mile off.

It looks like Danny Chase has been cut.
Chase has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dandrakulo.
Chase throws the left hand but Dandrakulo avoids the punch easily.
Chase takes one to the chin there.
Chase throws a jab when Dandrakulo was well out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo connects with an inside leg kick.
Dandrakulo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chase looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chase throws a hook but Dandrakulo avoids it easily.
Dandrakulo scores with a decent looking hook.
Chase's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dandrakulo misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chase paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dandrakulo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chase might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Chase misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dandrakulo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Chase lands a lovely overhand right.
Chase throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dandrakulo tries to land a front kick but Chase steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dandrakulo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chase walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dandrakulo digs a good body shot into Chase's ribs.
Dandrakulo throws a right hand that misses
letting Chase counter with a right hand.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Dandrakulo! Chase is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samson Dandrakulo!
Samson Dandrakulo very nearly forgot to thank Conviction amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.