PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wade Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chazz Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen The Tanks go Marching Through as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Daniels
vs
Jones

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wade Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chazz Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Daniels tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.

Daniels looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Daniels stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Daniels bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daniels fails in his attempt to clinch.

Daniels scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.

Daniels stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daniels.

Daniels rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Daniels tries for a takedown. No joy.
Daniels keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniels keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Daniels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daniels dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Daniels feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, Daniels changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Daniels gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Daniels scores a takedown into full mount!
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daniels. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Daniels content just to control the position here.

Daniels has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Daniels won't let Jones get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels content just to control the position here.
Jones is trying to stand.
Daniels misses with a head shot.
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jones is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws some wild stikes that Jones manages to avoid easily.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels raining down shots from the mount!
Jones's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Daniels looking to control and managing it successfully.
Daniels throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Daniels controlling his opponent.
Daniels lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Daniels throws some wild stikes that Jones manages to avoid easily.
Daniels thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jones's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Daniels content just to control the position here.
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.
Daniels scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Daniels dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Wade Daniels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daniels wants to slow Jones down by chopping away at his legs.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daniels.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Daniels jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jones manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet.
Daniels in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Daniels decides to stand back up. Daniels steps back and let's Jones get back to his feet.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Daniels darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Daniels works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Daniels.
Jones is trying to buck Daniels off.

Daniels stands up and beckons Jones to his feet.
Daniels throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Chazz Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to bum rush Daniels with a series of wild strikes but Daniels uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.

Daniels scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jones pushes Daniels off looking to stand but Daniels dives back in and keeps control.
Daniels frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Daniels has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Daniels has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Daniels takes Jones's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Jones is in trouble.
Daniels lands a shot to the body.

Jones is rocked!
Good control from Daniels.
Daniels seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jones for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Jones has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Daniels.
Jones is trying to stand back up.
Daniels keeps control of the position easily here as Jones tries to buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Daniels is cranking Jones's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Jones! He's tightened the choke and Jones is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wade Daniels!