PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scoth Maxinos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scoth Maxinos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Danielson
vs
Maxinos

170 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Danielson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scoth Maxinos!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danielson tries to clinch up but Maxinos circles away and keeps his distance.
Danielson shoots in but Maxinos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maxinos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Danielson tries to close the distance and clinch but Maxinos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danielson moves in looking to clinch but Maxinos pushes him off.
Maxinos doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Danielson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Danielson.

Danielson breaks the clinch.
Danielson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Danielson misses with a few strikes there.
Danielson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danielson tries to clinch up but Maxinos circles away and keeps his distance.
Danielson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danielson misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maxinos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Danielson tries to score a body lock takedown but Maxinos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Maxinos manages to break the clinch.
Danielson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Maxinos counters with a shoot takedown. Danielson fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Danielson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maxinos content to stall in guard here.
Danielson controls Maxinos momentarily but Maxinos frees himself.
Danielson is breathing heavily.
Danielson keeping full guard, as Maxinos tries to pass.
Maxinos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Danielson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxinos sitting in guard here, content to control.
Danielson keeping moving, preventing Maxinos from controlling successfully.
Danielson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Maxinos looking to sit in guard and control but Danielson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Maxinos is trying to control the position but Danielson postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxinos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Despite being in the dominant position, Scoth Maxinos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Maxinos shoots in and bounces Danielson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Maxinos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maxinos trying to control the position from guard on top but Danielson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Danielson looking for a guillotine here but Maxinos defends easily.
Maxinos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxinos trying to control the position from guard on top but Danielson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maxinos stopping the sweep attempt from Danielson.
Danielson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Maxinos trying to control the position from guard on top but Danielson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice takedown defense from Danielson. No joy for Maxinos on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scoth Maxinos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maxinos circles away from the clinch attempt

and Maxinos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Danielson!
Maxinos trying to control but Danielson is having none of it.
Danielson is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxinos controlling his opponent.
Maxinos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Danielson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maxinos tries to control but Danielson wriggling away.
Danielson is looking to get to half guard.
Maxinos trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Danielson can't escape the position.
Maxinos controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that Maxinos has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Scoth Maxinos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Danielson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Maxinos!
Danielson looking to control but Maxinos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxinos is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danielson tries to control but Maxinos wriggling away.
Maxinos reaches up and holds on to Danielson to control the position.
Danielson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maxinos?
Danielson looking to ground and pound but Maxinos is blocking nicely.
Danielson looking to control but Maxinos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Danielson prevents Maxinos from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Danielson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maxinos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Danielson.
Maxinos is looking to improve his position but Danielson isn't that keen on the idea.
Danielson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maxinos's face.
Maxinos is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maxinos tries to hold on but Danielson pushes him away.
Danielson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Maxinos tries to reverse the position but Danielson maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scoth Maxinos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Maxinos shoots and misses
and Danielson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Danielson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Maxinos counters with a takedown into side control.
Danielson is looking to regain half guard here but Maxinos keeps moving and retains side control.
Maxinos wants to control but Danielson is keeping him busy.
Danielson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maxinos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Maxinos looking to control but instead Danielson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Maxinos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Danielson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Danielson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Danielson misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxinos wants to control but Danielson is keeping him busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Danielson tries for a takedown but Maxinos circles away easily

and Maxinos counters with a takedown into side control.
Maxinos taking a breather here.
Maxinos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Danielson keeps working.
Danielson struggling a bit here.
Maxinos moves into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danielson tries to hold on but Maxinos postures up.
Danielson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Danielson tries to hold on but Maxinos postures up.
Maxinos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Danielson is squirming around, avoiding Maxinos's attempts to control the action.
Danielson tries to lock up and control but Maxinos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxinos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Danielson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Danielson wants to control but Maxinos is keeping busy.
Danielson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Maxinos is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Danielson is not content to let Maxinos control the position.
Danielson gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Danielson wants to stand but Maxinos is controlling the position.
Maxinos content to stall in guard here.
Danielson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Danielson is looking to stand up but Maxinos isn't so interested in that idea.
David Danielson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scoth Maxinos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maxinos is stalling in the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scoth Maxinos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Maxinos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scoth Maxinos!