PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Daniel Cormier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Gadar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Cormier
vs
Gadar

188 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Cormier !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Gadar!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Cormier .
Gadar stuns Cormier with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cormier . Gadar does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gadar! But no joy.
Gadar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cormier throws a right hand that misses
letting Gadar counter with a right hand.
Gadar misses with a body shot.
Gadar blocks a jab.
Gadar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cormier with a body shot.
Gadar jabs Cormier to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gadar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cormier misses with a right hand
and Gadar counters with a nice uppercut.
Cormier takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gadar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Gadar.
Cormier misses with a lunging right hand
and Gadar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gadar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cormier misses with a jab to the body
and Gadar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cormier looks to land a right hand but Gadar moved out of range.
Cormier 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gadar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cormier scrambles back to his feet.
Gadar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cormier throws a poor cross that misses
and Gadar counters with a left to the body.
Nice defenses there by Gadar.
Cormier closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gadar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cormier on the side of the head.
Cormier throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Gadar to counter with a crisp jab.
Gadar avoids the body shot from Cormier .
Gadar connects with a body shot that sends Cormier 's belly button to the back.
Donk. Cormier catches Gadar right on the button with a cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gadar lands a nice shot that snaps Cormier 's head back.
Cormier definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cormier misses with a shot to the body
letting Gadar counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cormier on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gadar lands with a cross.
Gadar thuds a left hand into Cormier 's body.
Cormier is breathing heavily.
Cormier on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gadar jabs Cormier to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cormier has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gadar finds it's way round the side to connect with Cormier 's head.
Gadar scores with a hook.
Cormier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gadar lunges at Cormier with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cormier 's hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gadar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cormier takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cormier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Gadar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gadar lands a slapping body shot.
Cormier misses with a lunging right hand
and Gadar counters with a straight right hand.
Gadar slips a straight right by Cormier .
Cormier misses with a lunging right hand
and Gadar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cormier throws a nice looking combination but Gadar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cormier throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Cormier misses its intended target.
Gadar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gadar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cormier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gadar's corner calls for a 1-2. Gadar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cormier throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gadar counters with a three punch combo that has Cormier backing up. Cormier nods at Gadar to acknowledge the strikes.

Cormier is rocked!
Gadar closes the distance and catches Cormier with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Cormier is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Cormier is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Cormier is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Gadar takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Daniel Gadar!