PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Kote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefan Kote has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kote
vs
Daley

190 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stefan Kote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Daley!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Daley clinches.
Kote taking a breather.
Daley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kote blocks it with crossed arms.
Daley is looking to break free of the clinch but Kote has double underhooks.
Kote wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Daley scores a nice knee to the body.
Kote is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Daley.
Daley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kote's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kote blocks an uppercut.
Daley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Daley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kote cracks Daley with a nice body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Daley has picked Kote up - he's going for a ride! Daley dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Daley is looking for a kimura but Kote is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Daley to get the leverage.
Kote trying to hold on to Daley's head to control him but Daley postures up.
Daley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kote wants to get back to full guard but Daley has mounted him!
A nice elbow there by Daley.
Daley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kote hang on?
Daley with a couple of short strikes.

Kote is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Daley! Kote is hurt baaadly! Daley is firing away with more strikes - Kote is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark Daley!