PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mr Jobber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jobber has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jobber
vs
Daniels

150 cm
23
130 lbs
0 - 34 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Jobber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daniels shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jobber manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jobber could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Daniels landing with the ground and pound.
Jobber being controlled here, momentarily.
Daniels stands up over Jobber, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Daniels is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Daniels distracts Jobber with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Daniels keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jobber's head.
Daniels is in close to Jobber's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Daniels landing some decent shots from guard.
Jobber doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jobber can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Daniels controls the pace.
Jobber throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Daniels sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jobber is breathing heavily.
Daniels lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Daniels not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Daniels is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Daniels connects with a couple of short punches.
Daniels controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Daniels scores a takedown into full mount!
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Jobber is in all sorts of trouble here.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels with the ground and pound from mount.
Jobber tries to reverse the position but Daniels maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels with the ground and pound from mount.

Daniels looking to secure an arm triangle but Jobber defends it well.
Daniels connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels controlling the position easily from mount.
Daniels lands a heavy elbow.
Daniels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jobber's face.
Daniels postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jobber looks a forlorn figure.
Daniels looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that Daniels 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Daniels with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Daniels breaks from Jobber's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daniels tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Daniels dominated that round.
That's time! Jobber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Daniels scores with a takedown into Jobber's guard.
Daniels passes Jobber's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Daniels is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Daniels controlling from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jobber flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jobber throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
Daniels looking to finish Jobber with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jobber!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daniels cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
Xavier Daniels has got the better of the ground game so far.
Daniels with a couple of short strikes.
Jobber taking shots to the head.
Daniels tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Daniels with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jobber is looking to get to half guard.
Jobber is in a horrible position here. Daniels smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jobber in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jobber tries to reverse the position but Daniels maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jobber is bucking up trying to escape but Daniels cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Daniels controlling his opponent.
Jobber takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jobber really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels looking to control and managing it successfully.

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

Daniels closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jobber did well to prevent Daniels getting side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels blocks the strikes from Jobber.
Daniels not doing much here.
Jobber misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Daniels blocks the strikes from Jobber.
Daniels takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jobber throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Daniels sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Daniels seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jobber tries to roll over but Daniels keeps him under control.
Daniels is taking a breather. Jobber says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jobber tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Daniels slips a nice elbow through Jobber's hands, connecting with Jobber's forehead.
Daniels takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Daniels lands a nice short elbow.
Daniels is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Daniels blocks the strikes from Jobber.
Jobber tries to get to full guard but Daniels has control of the leg.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Daniels drops an elbow to the side of Jobber's head.
Daniels prevents Jobber from improving his position.
Daniels lands strikes from half guard.
Daniels winds up and cracks Jobber with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Daniels slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Daniels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jobber wants to clinch.
Mr Jobber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels circles away from the clinch attempt.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Daniels was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Daniels landing strikes from the mount and Jobber is in trouble!
Daniels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Daniels content just to control the position here.
Daniels looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jobber in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Jobber that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daniels content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels lands with some strikes.
Daniels landing strikes from the mount.
Jobber might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Daniels takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jobber working to try and regain half guard.
Daniels working Jobber over with strikes here.
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
Jobber is bucking up trying to escape but Daniels cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Daniels.
Daniels prevents Jobber from getting the reversal.
Daniels breaks from Jobber's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mr Jobber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Daniels looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Daniels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jobber hang on?
Jobber flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jobber tries to reverse the position but Daniels maintains control.
Daniels controlling his opponent.
Daniels unloading with bombs!
Daniels lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Daniels takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jobber throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Jobber defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Daniels.
Daniels unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels looking to control and managing it successfully.
Daniels blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels unloading with bombs!
Jobber is looking to improve his position but Daniels isn't that keen on the idea.
Jobber taking shots to the head.
Daniels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jobber hang on?
A nice elbow there by Daniels.
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Daniels.
Daniels tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Daniels landing strikes, looking to finish!
Daniels working Jobber over with strikes here.
Daniels punishing his opponent with strikes.
Daniels working the ground and pound effectively.
Jobber throwing hammer fists to the chest of Daniels. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daniels cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
Daniels with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels breaks from Jobber's wrist control and lands an elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Daniels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daniels has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Daniels!