PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cappy Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradly Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradly Danielson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Christian
vs
Danielson

189 cm
33
180 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

180 cm
33
177 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Beaver Jooce!

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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cappy Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bradly Danielson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danielson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Christian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Danielson finds it's way round the side to connect with Christian's head.
Danielson throws a series of punches but Christian avoids them all with ease.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danielson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danielson scores with a hook.
Danielson throws the kick towards the body but Christian avoids it.
Danielson blocks a head kick by Christian.
Jab, jab by Danielson - just one landing.
Christian throws a series of punches but Danielson moves out of range.

Christian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Danielson, pushing him back against the cage.
Christian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Danielson avoids the elbow strike from Christian, against the cage.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees in the clinch landing for Christian.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danielson is looking to break free of the clinch but Christian has double underhooks.
Danielson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Christian smiles and moves away.
Danielson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Bradly Danielson has been cut.
Danielson punishes Christian's body with a nice straight punch.
Good exchange - Danielson coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Christian.
Danielson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Danielson lands a jab-cross combination.

Christian forces Danielson back against the cage and clinches.
Christian lands a nice elbow.
Danielson is trying to break the clinch but Christian is controlling him.
Danielson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Danielson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danielson tries to break free but Christian pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Christian.
Christian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Christian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Danielson has had enough of the clinch but Christian keeps him there for the moment.
Christian lands an elbow inside that Danielson shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danielson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christian has him pressed against the cage.
Christian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Christian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danielson avoids it.
Christian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Danielson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Danielson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danielson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Christian to keep the fight standing.
Cappy Christian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradly Danielson.
Knees to the body from Christian.
Danielson looks winded!
Danielson tries to stall but Christian uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Danielson fails to pull guard.
Danielson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Christian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Danielson is defending well for now.
Christian lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Danielson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christian tries to clinch but Danielson moves out of range.

Christian has managed to clinch.
Christian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danielson avoids it.
I was talking to Christian's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Christian trying to land knees to the body.
Christian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Danielson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Christian just stands there and leans against the cage.
Christian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Danielson's efforts to push away.
Danielson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Danielson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Christian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Christian tries to clinch there but Danielson circles away.
Christian misses with a kick to the body.
Christian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Danielson.
Danielson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Christian circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Christian doesn't manage to clinch there - Danielson circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Christian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Christian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danielson circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Danielson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Danielson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Christian misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Christian has closed the distance and engaged Danielson in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Danielson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Christian closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Danielson counter with a right hand.
Danielson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Danielson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Christian clinches up against the cage.
Christian throws an elbow that misses.
Danielson blocks an elbow strike.
Christian lands a nice uppercut.
Danielson wants to break free but Christian has control.
Danielson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Christian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Danielson has had enough of the clinch but Christian keeps him there for the moment.
Danielson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danielson managing to block the knees to the body from Christian.
Christian trying to land knees to the body.
Christian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danielson avoids it.
Christian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cappy Christian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bradly Danielson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A swing and a miss from Christian.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch but Danielson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christian wants to clinch.
Christian pushes Danielson away with a front kick.
Cappy Christian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Christian clinches with his opponent.
Cappy Christian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Danielson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.

Danielson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danielson swats away the attempt to clinch by Christian.
Danielson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Christian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Christian pushes Danielson up against the cage in a clinch.
Danielson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Christian throws an elbow but it misses.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian throws an elbow that misses.
Christian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Danielson is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian lands a knee to the body.
Danielson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Danielson takes a shot to the head.
Danielson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Christian lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Bradly Danielson's cut even more.
Christian lands a knee to the body.
Danielson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Christian.
Christian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Christian lands an elbow inside that Danielson shrugs off.
Christian pushes off an throws an elbow but Danielson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Danielson blocks an elbow strike.

Danielson pulls Christian into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Christian stands and steps away. Danielson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Christian tries to clinch up but Danielson circles away and keeps his distance.
Danielson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Christian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Danielson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Christian pushes Danielson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Danielson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Danielson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Danielson.
Christian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Danielson is breathing heavily.
Christian lands an elbow inside.
Christian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Christian lands an elbow inside that Danielson shrugs off.
Christian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danielson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Christian seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Danielson can turn it around.
Christian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Christian throws an elbow but it misses.
Christian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Danielson is trying to push Christian away but Christian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Christian lands a knee to the body.
Christian lands an elbow that stopped Danielson in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Bradly Danielson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Christian scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Christian.

Bradly Danielson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Christian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Danielson's defenses.
Christian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Danielson can do to turn this around?
Christian has Danielson pressed against the cage, preventing Danielson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danielson is trying to break the clinch but Christian has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Christian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Danielson's brow.
Christian throws an elbow that misses.
Christian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Danielson is defending well for now.
Danielson tries to pull guard but Christian holds him up against the cage and eventually Danielson drops back down to his feet.
Danielson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Danielson tries to circle away but Christian has him pinned against the cage.
Danielson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Danielson tries to break the clinch but Christian is controlling the position.
Christian lands a right hand.
Christian lands a good knee to the midsection. Danielson won't want to take too many of those.
Danielson avoids a wild elbow strike from Christian.
Christian working Danielson over with knees to the body.
Christian lands with a left to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bradly Danielson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cappy Christian!
Cappy Christian decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.