PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lee Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lindros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniels comes to the cage accompanied by Kid Rock - Bawitdaba . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lee Daniels
vs
Lindros

179 cm
30
204 lbs
26 - 7 - 1

189 cm
37
212 lbs
35 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Lee Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels misses with an uppercut. Lindros saw that one coming.
Daniels misses with a looping right.
Lindros moves out of range of the strikes.
Lindros blocks a jab.
Bobby Lee Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels swings for the body but Lindros moves out of range.
Daniels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lindros sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lindros moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Bobby Lee Daniels has been cut.
Daniels scores with a nice body kick.
Lindros throws a series of punches but Daniels moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Daniels.
We've been hearing reports that Daniels has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lindros has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lindros there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindros throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lindros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Daniels has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Daniels takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lindros bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lindros throws out a leg kick but Daniels moves out of range and Lindros only half commits.
Lindros throws a series of punches but Daniels avoids them all with ease.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lindros.
Lindros lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels throws a body punch but Lindros moves out of range.
Daniels throws a shot to the body.
Daniels misses the jab.
Daniels misses with a body shot.
Lindros scores with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Lindros misses its intended target.
A good leg kick by Lindros.
Daniels scores with a shot to the body.
Daniels goes for a double leg but Lindros avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Lindros continues to drive forward.

Lindros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lindros throws a series of punches but Daniels avoids them all with ease.
Daniels wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daniels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Daniels motions for Lindros to come forward. Daniels throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lindros checks a low kick from Daniels.
Lindros scores with a nice right hand.
A low kick from Daniels is predictable there
and Lindros counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lindros.
Lindros blocks the body kick.
A head kick misses from Lindros.
Daniels is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lindros's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lindros chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daniels can pounce on him.
Lindros has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Good shot there by Lindros.
Daniels lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lindros jabs Daniels right on the nose. Daniels blinks but takes it well.
Lindros keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lindros scoring well with a low kick there.
Lindros has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Some bone on bone action there as Lindros checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lindros loads up on a big right hand but Daniels slips the punch.
Daniels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daniels scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lindros throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniels scores with a sloppy right hand. Lindros should have avoided that one.
Daniels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindros throws a jab when Daniels was well out of range.
Daniels has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lindros.
A combination from Daniels does no damage.
Daniels dips to his left and cracks Lindros with an uppercut!
Daniels throws an overhand right that lands on Lindros's shoulder, as Lindros tries to avoid the shot.
Daniels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindros lands with a straight right. Daniels didn't see that one coming.
Daniels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice defenses there by Lindros.
Lindros misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lindros takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lindros.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels tries a low kick but Lindros avoids it.
Lindros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daniels moves away.
Lindros attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Daniels lands a jab to Lindros's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindros cracks Daniels with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lindros.
Daniels throws out a loose jab but Lindros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lindros misses with an uppercut. Daniels saw that one coming.
Lindros cracks the inside of Daniels's front leg.
Lindros is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Daniels had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Lindros throws a one two combo.
Lindros cracks Daniels with an open hand slap.
Lindros throws a right and a left that Daniels avoids nicely.
Daniels takes a swing at Lindros's ribcage but misses.
Daniels keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Daniels throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Daniels loses concentration momentarily and Lindros pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Daniels crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Lindros finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Eric Lindros!
In his post fight interview, Eric Lindros started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.