PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Parker
vs
Daniels

177 cm
23
175 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

173 cm
19
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000
Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cedric Daniels!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Parker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Daniels tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cedric Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Daniels throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Daniels gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Daniels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parker trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parker.
Parker tries to free his leg and advance position but Daniels is retaining full guard.
Parker stopping the sweep attempt from Daniels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Daniels keeping full guard, as Parker tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Parker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Daniels.
Daniels throws the kick towards the body but Parker avoids it.

Parker darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Parker is looking to take a break and control but Daniels is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Parker not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Parker is looking for a kimura but Daniels is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Parker to get the leverage.
Parker tries to pass to full mount but Daniels defends it.

Parker is looking for a kimura but Daniels is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Parker to get the leverage.

Parker is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Parker trying to control from half guard but Daniels is working away.
Daniels trying to hold on to Parker's head to control him but Parker postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Daniels stuffs the takedown.
Daniels dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Parker fails with the takedown.
Parker is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Parker avoids the head kick by Daniels.
Daniels looks to land a left hand but Parker moved out of range nicely.
Daniels throws a nice inside leg kick.
Daniels tries to clinch up.
Daniels throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Parker crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cedric Daniels!