PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Tangradi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Tangradi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daniel Daniels's chin.

Tangradi
vs
Daniels

183 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
19
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Tangradi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tangradi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tangradi fails with the takedown.
Tangradi swats away the attempt to clinch by Daniels.
Daniels tries to clinch up but Tangradi circles away and keeps his distance.
Tangradi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tangradi shoots in but no luck this time.
Daniels fails in his attempt to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tangradi.
Tangradi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Daniels is rocked!
Tangradi tries to move to full mount but Daniels actually manages to regain half guard.
Daniels is still in real trouble! Can Tangradi finish him?
Tangradi trying to control from Daniels's half guard. Daniels has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Daniels seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangradi postures up in Daniels's guard and throws a big left but Daniels blocks it.

Daniels throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tangradi pushing down on Daniels's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Daniels is not content to let Tangradi control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tangradi thows a huge punch but Daniels dodges it nicely.
Tangradi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daniels's head.

Tangradi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Daniels defends it well.
Tangradi trying to mount his opponent but Daniels defends it.
Tangradi is breathing heavily.
Tangradi lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is looking for a sweep. Tangradi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Daniels controlling the position well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Daniels manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tangradi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tangradi trying to control but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Tangradi postures up in Daniels's guard and throws a big left but Daniels blocks it.
Tangradi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Daniels keeping moving, preventing Tangradi from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Daniels trying to keep a closed guard but Tangradi is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tangradi looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Daniels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tangradi keeps the fight on the outside.
Tangradi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Tangradi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tangradi keeps the fight on the outside.
Tangradi closes the distance and clinches up with Daniels, looking for a takedown. Tangradi pushes Daniels against the cage but Daniels circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Daniels lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Daniels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Tangradi or perhaps it was just good defense by Daniels which made him look bad.

Tangradi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tangradi lands in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tangradi throwing strikes but missing.
Tangradi connects with a couple of short punches.
Tangradi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tangradi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Daniels works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tangradi is working Daniels over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tangradi landing with the ground and pound.
Tangradi chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tangradi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels has his hands on Tangradi's head, controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Daniels is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tangradi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Daniels tries to clinch but Tangradi moves out of range.
Tangradi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daniels as he jumps to the side.
Daniels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daniels tries to close the distance and clinch but Tangradi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tangradi looks for a takedown but Daniels sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daniels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daniels tries to clinch there but Tangradi circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daniels is looking to clinch.
Tangradi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daniels is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels is looking to clinch.
Daniels doesn't manage to clinch there - Tangradi circles away.
Tangradi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daniels as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Tangradi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daniels scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Daniels is looking to clinch but Tangradi is avoiding it.
Daniels tries to clinch but Tangradi moves out of range.
Daniels throws a nice outside leg kick.
Daniels doesn't manage to clinch there - Tangradi circles away.
Daniels lands with a thumping leg kick.
Daniel Daniels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Daniels clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Daniels takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tangradi managing to block the knees to the body from Daniels.
Tangradi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daniels.
Nice elbow from Daniels.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tangradi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Daniels is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Daniels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tangradi goes for a takedown attempt but Daniels pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Daniels will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Daniels wants to clinch up but Tangradi keeps it at a distance.
Daniels throws a leg kick but Tangradi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tangradi shoots in looking for a takedown. Daniels tries to sprawl out of it but Tangradi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Daniels manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Tangradi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Daniels stops Tangradi from passing to mount.
Tangradi throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Daniels works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Tangradi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tangradi.
Tangradi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tangradi perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tangradi throwing shots but Daniels is blocking nicely.
Daniels is looking for a sweep. Tangradi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Tangradi shoots in and bounces Daniels off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tangradi thows a big elbow that misses.

Daniels looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Daniels not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tangradi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tangradi distracts Daniels with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tangradi looking to pass the guard.
Daniels utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tangradi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Daniels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tangradi postures up.
Tangradi wants to pass the guard but Daniels is keeping the position.

Daniels is looking for a triangle but Tangradi pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tangradi connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel 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!

Daniels stuffs the takedown.

Daniels takes the fight into the clinch.

Tangradi has picked Daniels up - he's going for a ride! Tangradi dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Daniels has hold of Tangradi's hands but Tangradi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tangradi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Daniels does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tangradi.
Tangradi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tangradi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tangradi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Daniels defending well though.
Tangradi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tangradi.
Tangradi is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Daniels!
Eric Tangradi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels taking shots to the head.
Daniels tries to hold on but Tangradi postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangradi misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Tangradi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Daniels wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tangradi.
Daniels is working to get back to half guard.
Daniels slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tangradi misses with a head shot. Daniels uses the momentum to regain guard.
Daniels wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Daniels throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tangradi trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tangradi!
Tangradi tries to control Daniels's body but Daniels pushes him off. Tangradi squirms to his side and now Daniels has his back!
Daniels is working the ground and pound. Can Tangradi escape?
Tangradi is in bad spot here.
Tangradi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Daniels on the ground.
Tangradi rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Tangradi is looking to improve his position.
Tangradi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tangradi tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tangradi is trying to control but can't.
Tangradi is looking to get back to full guard here but Daniels has managed to pass to side control instead.
Tangradi wants to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Tangradi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Daniels looking to secure an arm triangle but Tangradi defends it well.
Tangradi tries to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Tangradi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Daniels manages to capitalize on a mistake by Tangradi to take his back!

That's four 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.
Tangradi tries to escape but Daniels has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Daniels is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Tangradi is defending well though. Daniels let's go of the attempt for now.
I really don't envy Tangradi right now.
Tangradi is working hard here to advance position.
Tangradi rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Tangradi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tangradi.
Tangradi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daniels's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tangradi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Daniels works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tangradi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eric Tangradi.
I think Tangradi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!