PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jared Hudson - Metal Gear May Cry kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Maia
vs
Washington

182 cm
26
188 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

183 cm
25
193 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Samuel Washington !
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia avoids the body shot from Washington .
Washington misses with a wild combination.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Washington tries to avoid it but Maia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Washington to the ground. Washington escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Maia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Samuel Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington throws a shot from downtown. Maia moves away and avoids it.
Washington tries to clinch up but Maia circles away and keeps his distance.
Washington jabs at Maia's body.
Washington misses with a lunging right hand
and Maia counters with a nice body shot.
Washington scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maia in his tracks.
Washington moves in looking to clinch but Maia pushes him off.
Maia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maia stuns Washington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Washington looks to land a left hand but Maia moved out of range nicely.

Maia gets the takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington tries to buck Maia off but Maia is having none of it.

Maia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Maia landing a few strikes.
Washington tries to improve position but can't.
Washington wants to control but Maia postures up.
Maia wants to control but Washington is keeping him busy.
Maia looks up at the clock and then as Washington takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Maia smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington is trying to get back to half guard.
Maia lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Washington down.
Maia tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Maia throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington is trying to control Maia's posture but Maia avoids it.
Maia taking a breather here.
Maia advances to full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia unloading with bombs!
Maia looking to control but Washington is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Maia controlling from the full mount.
Washington tries to lock up and control but Maia gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Washington tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia unloads with some shots from mount but Washington bucks and avoids them well.
Maia avoids the attempt from Washington to control.
Maia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Washington ?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maia looking to control but Washington is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Washington tries to hold on but Maia postures up.
Maia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
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.

Maia jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Washington manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Washington can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Maia dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No luck for Maia with that takedown attempt.
Washington throws a hook but Maia avoids it easily.
Maia jabs Washington to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Maia moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maia.
Maia tries to throw a body punch but Washington avoids it by throwing Maia back against the cage.
Maia blocks an uppercut.
Maia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Washington misses with some punches.
Maia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Maia.
Maia blocks an uppercut.
Washington tries to work over Maia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Washington is trying to stall.
Washington is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maia jumps guard but Washington stands there with Maia around his waist. Maia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Maia breaks the clinch.
Washington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Maias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maia moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maia swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Washington . No joy for Maia on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Washington looks to land a combination but Maia avoids it well.

Maia shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Washington is looking to improve his position.
Maia has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington tries to hold on but Maia postures up.
Daniel Maia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maia lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia landing strikes from the mount.

It looks like Samuel Washington has been cut.
Maia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Washington is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maia with shots to the head and body - Washington looks very uncomfortable down there.
Washington is wriggling around trying to escape.
Washington wants to control but Maia is having none of it.
Maia controlling from the full mount.
Washington tries to lock up and control but Maia gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Washington really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington is trying to reverse the position but instead Maia has taken his back - oops!
Washington breaks Maia's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Maia keeping full guard, as Washington tries to pass.
Maia has control of Washington 's left arm, preventing Washington from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Maia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Washington postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Maia is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Washington , into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Maia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Washington 's cut.
That's time! Maia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Maia misses with a wild body shot.
Maia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Washington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Washington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maia at a distance.
Maia connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maia just misses with a punch to the body.

Maia shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Maia in particular looking to stall.
Washington trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia prevents Washington from standing back up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Washington manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Washington being controlled here, momentarily.
Maia trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Maia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Daniel Maia just wasn't active enough.

Maia shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Washington 's guard.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Maia from controlling successfully.
Washington working a defensive guard here.
Washington wants to sweep here but Maia controlling him for the moment.
Maia is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Washington tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Maia seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Daniel Maia just wasn't active enough.
Washington looks to throw the jab but Maia is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maia has managed to clinch.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Maia keeps him there for the moment.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Maia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Washington tries to work over Maia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maia's elbow.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Maia avoids the damage to the body.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maia changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Washington fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Washington connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maia is looking to wear down Washington with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Washington avoids the body shot from Maia.
Samuel Washington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Washington misses with a body punch

and Maia counters with a single leg into guard. Washington didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Washington is keeping the position for now.
Maia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Washington looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia trying to control but Washington is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Maia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Daniel Maia!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Daniel Maia!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Daniel Maia!

Daniel Maia wins by unanimous decision!