PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manu Speziale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manu Speziale will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Daniels
vs
Speziale

173 cm
25
184 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

200 cm
23
181 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cedric Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manu Speziale!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speziale moves away from the strike by Daniels.
Daniels throws a leg kick but Speziale checks it.
Daniels fails to land with a series of punches.
Daniels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Speziale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Daniels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speziale.
Speziale misses with a hook
and Daniels counters with a thumping low kick.
Daniels walks into a jab.
Daniels takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Speziale blocks a head kick by Daniels.
A big left from Daniels misses.
Daniels gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Speziale counters with a stiff right hand.
Daniels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speziale.
Daniels throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Speziale counters with a stiff right hand.
Daniels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Speziale lands an overhand right.
Speziale misses with an uppercut.
Speziale throws a series of punches but Daniels avoids them all with ease.
Daniels lands with a kick to the temple. Speziale shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A left lands for Daniels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels fails to land with a series of punches.
Speziale throws a sloppy head kick
and Daniels counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Speziale is looking to slow Daniels down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Daniels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Speziale smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Daniels. Speziale shrugs it off though.
Manu Speziale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels throws out a loose jab but Speziale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Speziale.
Speziale has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice defenses there by Speziale.
Speziale cracks Daniels with a good jab.
Speziale darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Daniels slips a jab and a cross from Speziale.
Daniels ducks under a wild hook from Speziale.
Daniels rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Speziale counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Speziale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daniels misses the jab.
Daniels scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Daniels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daniels takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Daniels misses the body punch
and Speziale counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Speziale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daniels takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Speziale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Speziale 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.
Speziale throws a nice looking combination but Daniels bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daniels scores with a decent looking hook.
Daniels on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Daniels misses.
Speziale lands a jab to the head.
Daniels throws a lazy uppercut
and Speziale counters with a stiff right hand.
Speziale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Speziale misses with a double jab
enabling Daniels to counter with a crisp jab.
Daniels displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Speziale throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels looks to throw the jab but Speziale is out of range.
Speziale scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Daniels ducks under a wild hook from Speziale.
Daniels lands with a straight right. Speziale didn't see that one coming.
Speziale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Speziale connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Speziale jabs Daniels right on the nose. Daniels blinks but takes it well.
Daniels slips a jab from Speziale.
Daniels throws a hook to the side of Speziale's head but Speziale sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Daniels rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Speziale counters with a nice kick to the body.
Daniels throws an overhand right that lands on Speziale's shoulder, as Speziale tries to avoid the shot.
Daniels throws a right hand that misses
and Speziale counters with a body kick that stops Daniels in his tracks momentarily.
Daniels is breathing heavily.
Daniels takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Daniels takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Daniels cracks Speziale with an open hand slap.
Daniels lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Speziale circles away quickly and effectively.
Speziale plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Daniels digs a good hook to Speziale's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws a hook but Speziale avoids it easily.
Speziale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Speziale slips a straight right by Daniels.
Daniels throws a jab when Speziale was well out of range.
Speziale is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Speziale moves out of range of the strikes.
Daniels doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daniels throws a sloppy body shot
and Speziale makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Daniels really felt that one!
Speziale throws out a loose jab but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speziale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daniels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Speziale lands an impressive looking overhand right. Daniels doesn't seem phased though.
Speziale cracks Daniels with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speziale plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Daniels connects with a nice looking jab.
Daniels misses with a left hand
and Speziale makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Speziale staying out of range there.
Speziale cracks Daniels with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manu Speziale dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Speziale misses with a hook.
Speziale is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Daniels looks to throw the jab but Speziale is out of range.
Daniels connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Speziale's hands.
Nice shot lands for Speziale.
Speziale waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Daniels.
Speziale takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Speziale walks forward, straight into a front kick from Daniels.
Daniels throws a poor cross that misses
and Speziale counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Daniels checks a leg kick.
Speziale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Speziale swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Daniels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Speziale.
Speziale throws out a loose jab but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speziale misses with a double jab
and Daniels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Daniels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Speziale works Daniels's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Speziale.
Daniels looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Speziale lands with a kick to the temple. Daniels shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Speziale takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Daniels misses with a hook
and Speziale counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Speziale misses the target.
Daniels takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Speziale checks a low kick from Daniels.
Daniels throws a hook but Speziale avoids it easily.
Daniels loads up on a big right hand but Speziale slips the punch.
Speziale avoids the body shot from Daniels.
Speziale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speziale misses with a looping left.
Speziale connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Speziale paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Daniels slips under a jab from Speziale.
A big right from Daniels misses.
Daniels works Speziale's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speziale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daniels circles away quickly and effectively.
Speziale blocks a jab.
Speziale misses with a hook.
Speziale scores with a shot to the body.
Daniels misses with an uppercut.
Speziale swings away with a body shot that misses
and Daniels counters with a straight right hand.
Daniels takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speziale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Daniels lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Speziale throws a jab but it's blocked by Daniels.
Daniels cracks a nice hook into Speziale's ribs.
Daniels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Daniels connects with the punch.
Daniels swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speziale throws a right hand that misses
and Daniels counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Speziale misses with a double jab.
Speziale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws a predictable looking body shot
and Speziale counters with a stiff right hand.
Daniels misses with a low kick.
Daniels throws a front kick aimed at Speziale's knee but Speziale avoids it well.
Daniels takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Speziale 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.
Daniels moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Speziale.
A big right from Daniels misses.
A combination from Daniels does no damage.
Daniels dodges the punch combination from Speziale.
Speziale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daniels moves away.
Daniels swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speziale cracks Daniels with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Speziale misses with a left hand
and Daniels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Speziale misses with a combination
and Daniels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speziale cracks the inside of Daniels's front leg.
Daniels throws out a leg kick but Speziale moves out of range and Daniels only half commits.
Speziale misses with a body shot.
Daniels's jab looks to have found its range, popping Speziale under the eye.
Speziale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniels throws a body punch but Speziale moves out of range.
Speziale takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A low kick from Daniels is predictable there
letting Speziale counter with a right hand.
Daniels fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Speziale misses with a head kick.
Daniels wants to land a leg kick but Speziale is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Speziale. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daniels lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Speziale at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Speziale throws an off balance right hand
and Daniels counters with a left to the body.
Speziale is breathing heavily.
Daniels on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Daniels misses with a body punch
and Speziale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cedric Daniels will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Speziale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Speziale misses with a head kick.
Speziale throws a right hand that Daniels ducks under and follows up with a left that Daniels also avoids with ease.
Daniels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speziale.
A shot to the body from Daniels misses
and Speziale counters with a three punch combo that has Daniels backing up. Daniels nods at Speziale to acknowledge the strikes.
Manu Speziale seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Speziale needs to keep his hands up - Daniels had a free shot at his head there.
Speziale scores with a jab to the body.
Daniels misses with a double jab
and Speziale counters with a nice body shot.
Daniels throws a body punch but Speziale moves out of range.
Speziale fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Speziale!
Daniels looks to land a right hand but Speziale moved out of range.
Daniels misses with a lunging right hand
and Speziale counters with a straight right hand.
Speziale misses the jab.
Daniels misses with an uppercut
and Speziale counters with a nice uppercut.
Speziale ducks right into an uppercut from Daniels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Daniels misses.
Daniels scores with the left hand. Speziale knows he should have avoided that one.
Speziale throws a jab when Daniels was well out of range.
Daniels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Daniels misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniels avoids the head kick by Speziale.
Daniels misses with a wild body shot.
Speziale connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Daniels fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Speziale checks it well.
Daniels thows a body shot but no joy.
Daniels walks into a straight right hand from Speziale.
Daniels jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Daniels is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Speziale.
Daniels takes one to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Daniels.
Speziale scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speziale staying out of range there.
Speziale loads up on a big right hand but Daniels slips the punch.
A jab from Speziale does it's job there.
Speziale throws a lazy right hand but Daniels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Speziale moves out of range of the leg kick from Daniels.
Daniels throws an off balance right hand
and Speziale counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Daniels looks to land a right hand but Speziale moved out of range.
Speziale misses with a looping left.
Daniels misses with an uppercut
and Speziale counters with a stiff right hand.
Daniels takes a swing at Speziale's ribcage but misses.
Speziale slips under a jab from Daniels.
Speziale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Speziale swinging wildly here.
Daniels scores with a jab to the body.
Daniels lunges at Speziale with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Speziale's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Speziale throws a head kick but Daniels moves out of range.
Daniels displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Speziale throws out the jab.
Daniels throws a lazy body kick
and Speziale counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Daniels thinking.
Daniels feints and then cracks Speziale's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Speziale down.
Speziale's corner calls for a 1-2. Speziale obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Daniels tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speziale looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daniels misses with an uppercut
enabling Speziale to counter with a crisp jab.
Daniels misses with an uppercut
and Speziale counters with a low kick, right behind Daniels 's knee.
Speziale changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Daniels misses.
Speziale dodges the punch combination from Daniels.
Speziale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speziale moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Daniels lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Speziale has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Speziale and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Daniels misses with a lunging right hand
and Speziale counters with a good, hard body kick but Daniels shrugs it off.
Speziale throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Speziale scores with a nice head shot.
Daniels lands with a nice body punch.
Speziale throws a lazy right hand but Daniels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Speziale lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Daniels defending well as Speziale loads up on a big left hand.
Daniels scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels misses the shot to the body.
Daniels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Speziale.
Speziale scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from Daniels misses
letting Speziale counter with a right hand.
Speziale lands a jab to the nose.
Speziale on the wrong end of a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manu Speziale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Speziale has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manu Speziale!