PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kristofer Rabulan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rabulan
vs
Danielson

151 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
20
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

[MMABR] WIN Nutritional
[MMABR] WIN Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kristofer Rabulan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ted Danielson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabulan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Kristofer Rabulan has been cut.
Danielson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rabulan throws out the jab.
Rabulan looks to land a left hand but Danielson moved out of range nicely.
Rabulan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Danielson on the side of the head.
Danielson ducks under a wild hook from Rabulan.

Rabulan clinches.

Danielson breaks the clinch.
Rabulan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rabulan, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danielson throws a jab when Rabulan was well out of range.
Danielson staying out of range there.
Rabulan doesn't manage to clinch there - Danielson circles away.
Rabulan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rabulan defending well as Danielson loads up on a big left hand.
Danielson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rabulan slips a straight right by Danielson.
Danielson throws a leg kick that misses.
Rabulan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Danielson.
Danielson fails to land with a series of punches.
Danielson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rabulan on the side of the head.
Rabulan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Danielson scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Rabulan misses its intended target.
Danielson scores with a nice right hand.
Danielson ducks under a wild hook from Rabulan.
Rabulan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rabulan defending well as Danielson loads up on a big left hand.
Danielson swinging wildly here.
Rabulan slips under a jab from Danielson.
Rabulan misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rabulan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danielson misses with an uppercut. Rabulan saw that one coming.
Danielson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danielson looks to land a left hand but Rabulan moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Danielson does it's job there.
Nice jab there from Danielson.
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!
Rabulan scores with a jab to the body.
Danielson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rabulan circles away quickly and effectively.
Rabulan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabulan wants to clinch.
Rabulan wants to clinch.
Rabulan misses with a hook. Danielson ducked under it nicely.
Danielson throws a shot from downtown. Rabulan moves away and avoids it.
Danielson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rabulan tries to clinch there but Danielson circles away.
Danielson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The fighters circling - Rabulan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ted Danielson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danielson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Kristofer Rabulan's cut is getting worse.
Rabulan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danielson cracks Rabulan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Danielson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rabulan misses with a straight right.
Rabulan looks to land a right hand but Danielson moved out of range.
Rabulan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danielson moves away.
Danielson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Danielson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danielson throws a body punch but Rabulan moves out of range.
Donk. Danielson catches Rabulan right on the button with a cross.
Danielson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Rabulan darts in and clinches Danielson up against the ropes.
Rabulan trying to control the position but instead, Danielson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rabulan into the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Rabulan is working Danielson over against the ropes.
Danielson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rabulan working aggressively here.
Rabulan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Danielson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Danielson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rabulan is keeping busy.
A short right from Danielson on the inside.

Kristofer Rabulan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Danielson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Danielson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rabulan lands with a left to the head.
Danielson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Danielson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rabulan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Danielson's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danielson throws a looping overhand right but Rabulan ducks down to avoid it.
Danielson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rabulan manages to avoid it.
Danielson throws a right hand that Rabulan ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabulan also avoids with ease.
Danielson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rabulan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danielson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rabulan to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danielson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Danielson looks gassed!
Rabulan tries to clinch up but Danielson circles away and keeps his distance.
Rabulan misses the shot to the body.
Rabulan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danielson manages to avoid it.

Rabulan moves into range and clinches up with Danielson.
Rabulan misses with some punches.
Danielson lands a body shot.
Danielson pushes Rabulan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rabulan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rabulan controlling the action here for a moment.
Rabulan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rabulan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Danielson is trying to stall.
Danielson misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rabulan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rabulan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Danielson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rabulan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Danielson's efforts to push away.
Danielson lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Danielson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rabulan can't find room to land a body shot as Danielson controls the action.
Rabulan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Danielson wants to stall.
Danielson gets through Rabulan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danielson blocking some punches.
Danielson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rabulan misses with some punches.
Danielson lands a body shot.
Rabulan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danielson tries to break free but Rabulan pushes him back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danielson.
Rabulan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Danielson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rabulan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Rabulan.
Nice body punch from Danielson.
Danielson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Danielson breaks from the clinch.
Rabulan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danielson.
Danielson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabulan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Danielson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rabulan misses with a punch on the inside.
Rabulan can't find room to land a body shot as Danielson controls the action.
Danielson blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rabulan throws a head punch that misses.
Rabulan tries to throw a body punch but Danielson avoids it by throwing Rabulan back against the cage.
Rabulan throws a punch but it's blocked by Danielson.
Danielson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rabulan looking to stall.
Rabulan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danielson blocks a body shot from Rabulan.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Danielson.
Rabulan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danielson lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Danielson.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Danielson stalling the fight.
Danielson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A frustrated look appears on Danielson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rabulan throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Danielson.
Danielson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Danielson stalling against the ropes.
Danielson blocks an uppercut.
Rabulan throws a punch but it's blocked by Danielson.
Rabulan working aggressively here.
Rabulan working aggressively here.
Rabulan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Danielson tries to circle away but Rabulan has him pinned against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Danielson.

Jeez, Kristofer Rabulan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rabulan is looking to control Danielson's arms but Danielson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rabulan has his back to the ropes.
Rabulan tries a body shot but Danielson blocks it.
Danielson lands an uppercut.

Danielson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danielson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rabulan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Danielson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rabulan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kristofer Rabulan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ted Danielson!