PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Daley
vs
Pierce

180 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Pierce!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pierce is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
Daley throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
No luck for Pierce with that takedown attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Daley.
Pierce wants to clinch up but Daley keeps it at a distance.
Daley scores with a head kick.
Pierce looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Daley is fending him off so far but Pierce persists. Nope, Daley circles away and we're back to standing.
Daley slaps away a takedown attempt from Pierce, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Pierce.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Daley sprawls well. Daley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pierce gets slowly back to his feet.
Pierce will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Daley.

It looks like Paul Pierce has been cut.
Daley jabs at Pierce's body.
Pierce looks gassed!
Daley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Daley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pierce.
Daley delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pierce will feel that in the morning.
Daley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Daley scores with a one two! Pierce had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Daley!
Paul Daley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Daley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daley!
Daley scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Daley moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Daley. Pierce shrugs it off though.
Pierce walks forward, straight into a front kick from Daley.
Pierce stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Daley.
Pierce stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Daley.
Daley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Paul Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Daley looks to land a combination. Pierce sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Daley is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley lands with a slapping head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Daley.
Daley thumps Pierce with a low kick.
Pierce takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Daley stuns Pierce with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daley.
Daley cracks the inside of Pierce's front leg.
Crunch! Daley slams his shin into Pierce's torso.
Pierce sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Daley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Daley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Daley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pierce on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Daley. Daley obviously looking to wear him down.
Daley scores with a one two! Pierce had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Daley connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pierce tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Daley swivels and escapes.
A right-left combo lands from Daley.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daley.
Daley lands with a kick to the temple. Pierce shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Daley throws a leg kick which misses Pierce's front leg but catches the back leg as Pierce tries to avoid it.
Daley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pierce walks forward, straight into a front kick from Daley.
Danga de danga de dang - Daley scores with a four punch combination!
Daley stalks Pierce and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pierce's face. Pierce staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick from Daley lands but Pierce takes it in his stride.
A good leg kick by Daley.
A good leg kick by Daley.
Good leg kick by Daley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Daley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pierce will feel that in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley stalks Pierce and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pierce's face. Pierce staggers backwards, shaken.
Daley lands a high kick!
Pierce sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Daley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pierce chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daley can pounce on him.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Daley sprawls well. Daley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pierce gets slowly back to his feet.
Daley keeps Pierce at a distance using the push kick.
Daley lands a head kick. Pierce smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daley thows a body kick. Pierce tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pierce fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Daley throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Daley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Pierce's cut.
That's time! Daley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pierce fails with a takedown attempt.
A jab from Daley finds it's way through Pierce's defenses.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Daley sprawls well. Daley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pierce gets slowly back to his feet.
Daley keeps Pierce at a distance using the push kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Daley!
Pierce has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Daley.
Daley scores with a push kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Pierce might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Daley has got the better of the exchanges.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daley, right into the meat.
Pierce moves in looking to clinch but Daley pushes him off.
Daley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Daley bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Daley scores with a one two! Pierce had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daley.
Pierce is trying desperately to land a takedown but Daley is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Pierce.
Daley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Daley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pierce can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Daley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Paul Daley is winning the standup battle so far.
Pierce takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Daley feints and then cracks Pierce's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pierce down.
Daley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pierce's head.
Daley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daley wants it to stay on the feet.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Pierce.
Daley throws a combination. Pierce tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Daley delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body kick there by Daley.
Daley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pierce's sensitive parts.
Pierce avoids the head kick by Daley.
Daley lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pierce shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pierce was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pierce landing shots from mount.
Pierce has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Daley's face.
Daley taking shots to the head.
Pierce looking to finish Daley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Daley!
Daley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pierce is landing with some decent strikes but Daley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pierce landing strikes from the mount and Daley is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce looking to finish with strikes here!
Pierce controlling his opponent.
Pierce postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Daley looks a forlorn figure.
Daley wants to control but Pierce is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Pierce.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pierce landing punches.
Pierce lands a big shot there that rocks Daley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pierce takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pierce in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pierce with good strikes from the mount here!

Pierce wants to finish this one by submission but Daley is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pierce.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daley wants to control but Pierce is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Pierce will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Paul Pierce's cut.
That's time! Daley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pierce has a takedown stuffed.
Nice body kick there by Daley.
Daley lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pierce shoots for a takedown but Daley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Daley digs a good hook to Pierce's body.
Pierce's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Daley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Daley finds it's way through Pierce's defenses.
Daley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Daley scores with a four punch combination!
Pierce closes the distance and clinches up with Daley, looking for a takedown. Pierce pushes Daley against the ropes but Daley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Pierce.
Pierce is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daley.
Daley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Daley throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daley's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Daley duly obliges.

Pierce rushes Daley and presses him up against the ropes.
Pierce with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Daley manages to break the clinch.
Pierce tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Daley swivels and escapes.
Pierce shoots for a double leg takedown but Daley sprawls well. He's pushed Pierce's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Some wild striking there from Daley.
Daley throws a right and a left that Pierce avoids nicely.
Daley throws a chopping leg kick but Pierce manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Pierce closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Daley is looking to escape.
Pierce tries to stand and escape but Daley is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley trying to control but Pierce postures up.
Daley is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Pierce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Daley defending well though.
Daley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pierce on the ground.
Pierce performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Pierce winds up and cracks Daley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Daley pushes Pierce off looking to stand but Pierce dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Pierce gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Daley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pierce smiles and moves away.
Pierce has a takedown stuffed.
Daley slaps away a takedown attempt from Pierce, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Paul Pierce has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daley throws a nice looking combination but Pierce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pierce has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pierce looks for a takedown but Daley sprawls well.
Pierce looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Daley throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pierce drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pierce postures up and lands a big shot to Daley's brow.
Pierce looking to pass the guard.
Pierce stopping the sweep attempt from Daley.
Pierce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Daley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pierce is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Pierce.
I think Pierce has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight for Paul Daley!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Paul Daley!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Paul Daley!

Paul Daley wins by unanimous decision!