PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scruff Mcdaniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bader is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bodies by Drowning pool. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mcdaniels
vs
Bader

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scruff Mcdaniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Bader!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdaniels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Bader looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mcdaniels!
Mcdaniels is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bader tries to control but Mcdaniels wriggling away.
Mcdaniels is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bader landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader trying to control but Mcdaniels is having none of it.
Bader misses with a head shot.
Bader cracks Mcdaniels with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bader trying to control but Mcdaniels is having none of it.
Bader with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Bader.
Bader throwing strikes but Mcdaniels uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Mcdaniels is staying active underneath Bader, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bader not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mcdaniels defending well though.
Bader trying to control the action but Mcdaniels is working from the bottom.
Bader passes to side control.
Mcdaniels is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bader asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Mcdaniels knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bader on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bader in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bader looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bader moves out of range as Mcdaniels throws a body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bader.
Mcdaniels scores with a sloppy right hand. Bader should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryan Bader will probably get the nod.
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.

Mcdaniels falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bader counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mcdaniels!

It looks like Ryan Bader has been cut.
Bader looking to control but Mcdaniels is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Bader.
Bader punching from mount but Mcdaniels doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bader punching from mount but Mcdaniels doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bader lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdaniels is trying to stand up.
Mcdaniels is squirming around, avoiding Bader's attempts to control the action.
Bader wants to control the action but instead Mcdaniels gets a body lock and reverses into Bader's guard! Nice work!
Bader is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bader is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bader has a closed guard, preventing Mcdaniels from standing up.

Mcdaniels gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bader misses with the combination.
Scruff Mcdaniels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bader takes one on the button.
Bader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mcdaniels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcdaniels lands a jab-cross combination.
Bader dodges the punch combination from Mcdaniels.
Mcdaniels listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mcdaniels lands a nice hook to Bader's body. Bader takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left and a right from Mcdaniels both land. Nice combination.

Bader is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdaniels lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Bader falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Scruff Mcdaniels!