PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitkhun Chakraborti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chakraborti has chosen Marilyn manson - The fight song as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Daniels
vs
Chakraborti

198 cm
26
257 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

200 cm
30
260 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mitkhun Chakraborti!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Chakraborti.
A clash of legs there as Chakraborti blocks the low kick.
Chakraborti throws a shot from downtown. Daniels moves away and avoids it.
Chakraborti takes one to the chin there.
Chakraborti tries to bum rush Daniels with a series of wild strikes but Daniels uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daniels bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chakraborti's head.

Chakraborti gets tackled into the ropes by Daniels. Daniels maintains the clinch.
Daniels putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chakraborti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Daniels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chakraborti is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.
Chakraborti trying to control the position but instead, Daniels has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chakraborti into the ropes.
Chakraborti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes.
Chakraborti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chakraborti can't break the clinch.
Daniels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Mitkhun Chakraborti has been cut.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chakraborti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chakraborti is trying to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling him.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Chakraborti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
Daniels working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.
Daniels works on Chakraborti's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chakraborti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniels blocks it with crossed arms.
Chakraborti is trying to break free.
Daniels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right handed body shot lands from Daniels.
Daniels lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Daniels lands a nice knee to the body.
Chakraborti looks winded!
Daniels working Chakraborti over with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Daniels.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.
Chakraborti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels has Chakraborti pressed against the ropes, preventing Chakraborti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daniels crunches a lovely knee into Chakraborti's ribcage.
Daniels lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Daniels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daniels lands an elbow just above Chakraborti 's eye.
Daniels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chakraborti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Daniels working Chakraborti over with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chakraborti working Daniels over with knees to the body.
Daniels avoids the elbow strike from Chakraborti, against the ropes.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chakraborti tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Our sources have told us that Daniels has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chakraborti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Daniels prevents a body shot from Chakraborti.
Daniels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Chakraborti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chakraborti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes.
A short left from Daniels.
A hook to the body from Daniels.
Daniels lands a nice elbow.
Chakraborti misses with a knee strike.
Daniels lands an elbow inside that Chakraborti shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Daniels - that landed with a thud.
Chakraborti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniels blocks it with crossed arms.
Chakraborti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chakraborti working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chakraborti breaks from the clinch.

Daniels darts in and clinches Chakraborti up against the ropes.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Chakraborti in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Daniels.
Chakraborti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daniels lands a right hand.
Daniels lands an elbow inside that Chakraborti shrugs off.
A short right from Daniels on the inside.
Chakraborti is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes.
Daniels lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chakraborti backwards.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chakraborti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chakraborti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chakraborti takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Chakraborti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chakraborti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chakraborti's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Daniels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitkhun Chakraborti's cut.
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.

Chakraborti throws a right and a left that Daniels avoids nicely.
Daniels connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chakraborti trying to control the position but instead, Daniels has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chakraborti into the ropes.
Daniels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Mitkhun Chakraborti's cut even more.
Chakraborti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chakraborti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daniels has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chakraborti misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daniels.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Daniels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chakraborti can do to turn this around?
Chakraborti leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chakraborti is breathing heavily.
Daniels working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Daniels.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.
Daniels pushes Chakraborti back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chakraborti is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Daniels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.

Chakraborti is rocked!

The cut above Mitkhun Chakraborti's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Chakraborti crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Chakraborti is still on wobbly legs! Can Daniels finish him?
Daniels lands with a nice body kick.
Daniels with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chakraborti seems to have recovered his senses.
Daniels connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chakraborti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Daniels lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daniels looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Daniels thows a body shot but no joy.
Daniels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
John Daniels is winning the standup battle so far.

Daniels clinches with his opponent.
Chakraborti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Daniels.
Daniels lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Daniels as the two fighters clinch.
Daniels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daniels gets through Chakraborti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Daniels.
Chakraborti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is working Chakraborti over against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daniels.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Chakraborti in his tracks for a moment.
Daniels stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Daniels.
Daniels breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Chakraborti with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Chakraborti looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Chakraborti get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Daniels!
A very excited looking John Daniels made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.