PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Hide (ranked 2041 p4p, 287 weight class) and Daday Dadaeff (ranked 2593 p4p, 340 weight class). Hide comes to the cage accompanied by Nightwish. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hide
vs
Daday Dadaeff

178 cm
26
186 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

176 cm
27
178 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Hide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daday Dadaeff!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dadaeff shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dadaeff swings widly with a right hand

and Hide counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hide.
Hide misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Dadaeff scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Dadaeff.
Dadaeff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dadaeff takes a shot to the head.
Hide lands a knee to the head.
Hide prevents Dadaeff from breaking the clinch.
Hide leaning against his opponent.
Dadaeff lands a hook that snaps the head of Hide backwards.
Hide makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hide misses with a punch on the inside.
Dadaeff tries to work over Hide's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dadaeff scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dadaeff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dadaeff prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dadaeff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hide blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dadaeff is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hide gets through Dadaeff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dadaeff is trying to break free.
Dadaeff tries to throw a body punch but Hide avoids it by throwing Dadaeff back against the cage.
Hide pushes Dadaeff back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dadaeff stalling the fight.
Dadaeff has Hide pushed against the cage.
Dadaeff continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Dadaeff misses with a punch on the inside.
Dadaeff blocking some punches.
Dadaeff misses with the head strike.
Dadaeff lands with a light punch inside.
Dadaeff slowing the pace effectively.
Come on Hide - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hide tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dadaeff avoids it.
Hide misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hide swings wildly with an uppercut but Dadaeff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dadaeff stalling against the cage.
Dadaeff throws a head punch that misses.
Our sources have told us that Hide has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Hide lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dadaeff lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dadaeff tries to circle away but Hide has him pinned against the cage.
Hide being controlled against the cage.
Dadaeff is struggling to control the position.
Hide holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dadaeff.
Dadaeff is stalling here.
Nice body punch from Dadaeff - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Hide.
Hide scores with a shot to the side of Dadaeff's head.
Dadaeff wants to break free but Hide has control.

Dadaeff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hide cracks Dadaeff with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dadaeff loads up on a big right hand but Hide slips the punch.
Hide scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dadaeff misses with a lunging right hand
and Hide cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dadaeff misses with a hook.
Dadaeff throws a body punch but Hide moves out of range.

Dadaeff instigates a clinch.

Dadaeff breaks the clinch.
Dadaeff throws a low kick but Hide moves out of range easily.
Dadaeff lands with a straight right. Hide didn't see that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dadaeff looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Dadaeff is rocked!
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!
Dadaeff walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Dadaeff limp body while Hide jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raphael Hide!
Raphael Hide bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.