PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boom Boom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Daley
vs
Boom

179 cm
25
180 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

176 cm
24
172 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boom Boom!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley lands a glancing blow to the side of Boom's head.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Boom.
Boom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boom darts in trying to clinch
enabling Daley to counter with a crisp jab.
Boom tries to clinch up.
Boom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boom moves to clinch but Daley breaks away
and Daley counters with a nice body shot.
Daley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daley wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Daley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boom tries to clinch up.
Boom throws a big shot that misses.
Boom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boom tries to clinch up but Daley circles away and keeps his distance.
Boom moves to clinch but Daley breaks away
and Boom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Boom closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Boom throwing shots but Daley is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daley's head.
Boom trying to control the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Daley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daley keeping moving, preventing Boom from controlling successfully.
Boom throwing strikes but missing.
Boom looking to sit in guard and control but Daley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Boom looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Boom throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Daley is standing up over Boom. Boom looks to escape but Daley dives into side control.
Boom is trying to control Daley's posture but Daley avoids it.
Boom manages to work his way to half guard, despite Daley's best efforts.
Boom keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Boom works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Boom trying to strike off his back.
Boom is striking from the bottom but Daley uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Daley stops Boom from getting back to his feet.
Boom is trying to control but can't.

Daley stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Boom to get to his feet.
Boom listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
Boom is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boom Boom dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Boom closes the distance and clinches.
Daley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boom crunches a lovely knee into Daley's ribcage.
Daley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boom looking to throw knees to the head but Daley is blocking nicely.

Boom has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Daley regains guard immediately.
Boom missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boom working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boom working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Daley's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boom's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boom trying to control but Daley is working from the bottom.
Boom connects with a couple of short punches.
Boom missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Boom with a flurry of punches that miss.
Daley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Daley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boom engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Boom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Boom trying to control but Daley is working from the bottom.
Boom trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boom scoring with some ground and pound.
Daley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom stops Daley from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boom accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boom has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boom is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Boom gets to his feet - Daley follows without any prompting.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boom tries to close the distance and clinch but Daley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daley ducks under a wild hook from Boom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom tries to clinch but Daley moves out of range.
Boom doesn't manage to clinch there - Daley circles away.
Boom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Boom.
Boom shoots in for a takedown but Daley shows good takedown defense.
Boom Boom is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daley keeps the fight on the outside.

Boom forces Daley back against the cage and clinches.
Boom tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.

Boom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Daley gets tackled into the cage by Boom. Boom maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom blocking some punches.
A short left from Daley.
Boom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boom prevents a body shot from Daley.

Boom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boom tries to clinch but Daley moves away

and Daley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Boom is trying to break the clinch but Daley is controlling him.

Boom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Daley pinned against the cage. Daley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boom Boom showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Daley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boom wants to clinch.
Boom doesn't manage to clinch there - Daley circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Daley tries to keep at a distance but Boom has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boom fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A bit of stalling here from Daley.
Boom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daley blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boom.
Boom misses with a knee strike.
Boom looking for a takedown.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boom Boom.
Boom using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boom.
Daley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boom tries for a takedown. No joy.
Boom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Booms head.
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!
Boom tries to land a knee to the head but Daley blocks with his arms.
Daley misses with a punch on the inside.
Daley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daley swings wildly with an uppercut but Boom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boom tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Daley.
Daley lands with a light punch inside.
Daley has a couple of punches blocked by Boom.
Boom goes for a takedown in the clinch but Daley prevents it.
Daley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boom jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Daley walks away with a smile on his face. Boom gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Boom takes a jab right on the kisser.
Boom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Daley instigates a clinch.
Daley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daley lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom tries a knee to the head but Daley blocks it.
Daley scores with a shot to the side of Boom's head.
Boom connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daley's face.
Daley prevents the takedown attempt.
Daley lands a left hand.
Daley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daley lands with a short shot to the head.
Daley stalling in the clinch but Boom improves position.

Boom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Daley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boom stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by Daley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Daley.
Boom fails with the takedown.
Boom closes the distance looking to clinch
and Daley counters with a stiff right hand.
Boom Boom is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Daley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Boom.
Boom closes the distance but Daley moves to the side
and Daley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daley scores with a hook.
Boom wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boom looks to clinch
and Daley counters with a straight right hand.
Paul Daley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boom closes the distance and clinches up with Daley, looking for a takedown. Boom pushes Daley against the cage but Daley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Daley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boom 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boom Boom!