PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eiki Daikaura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Demented (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Daikaura
vs
Demented

170 cm
32
139 lbs
27 - 22 - 0

170 cm
33
166 lbs
27 - 26 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eiki Daikaura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Demented!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demented throws a nice looking combination but Daikaura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daikaura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Daikaura clinches up against the cage.
Daikaura looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Demented swings wildly with an uppercut but Daikaura uses good head movement to avoid it.

Demented breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Demented throws a combination that misses
and Daikaura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Demented dips to his left and cracks Daikaura with an uppercut!

It looks like Eiki Daikaura has been cut.
Damien Demented seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daikaura lands the left hand.
Demented lands with a nice combination. Daikaura backs away looking to recover.

Daikaura is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daikaura, right into the meat.
A punch combination from Demented misses.
A combination from Demented does no damage.

Daikaura drives through and clinches with Demented against the cage.
Daikaura misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demented misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daikaura creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Demented lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daikaura backwards.
Daikaura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demented blocks it with crossed arms.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Daikaura as Demented tries to tie him up.
Stalling in the clinch from Demented.
Daikaura misses with a punch to the body.
Demented is pushing Daikaura up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demented throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demented fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Demented on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Demented is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Daikaura creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Demented wants to break the clinch but can't.
Demented effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura throws an elbow but it misses.
Demented dodges an elbow strike from Daikaura.
Demented taking a breather.
Demented receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Damien Demented.
Demented throws an overhand right that lands on Daikaura's shoulder, as Daikaura tries to avoid the shot.
Demented misses with a double jab
and Daikaura counters with a leg kick.
Demented throws out a leg kick but Daikaura moves out of range and Demented only half commits.
Demented throws a series of punches but Daikaura avoids them all with ease.
Demented throws a nice looking combination but Daikaura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Demented misses.
Daikaura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Demented looks gassed!
Demented falls off balance throwing a combination
and Daikaura counters with an outside leg kick.
Daikaura connects with a solid leg kick.
Daikaura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Daikaura connects with an inside leg kick.
Daikaura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daikaura scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daikaura lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A solid body kick from Daikaura.
Daikaura bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demented tries to move into range but Daikaura moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daikaura, right into the meat.

Daikaura gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eiki Daikaura dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eiki Daikaura's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Daikaura turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Daikaura scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Demented takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Eiki Daikaura is winning the standup battle so far.
Daikaura lands a nice leg kick that just misses Demented's sensitive parts.
Demented misses with a head kick.
Daikaura takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Demented throws a series of punches but Daikaura moves out of range.
Daikaura tries to clinch but Demented moves out of range.
Damien Demented is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daikaura, right into the meat.
Daikaura avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demented misses with a jab, cross combination.
Demented is breathing heavily.
Daikaura connects with a solid leg kick.
Daikaura lands a lovely overhand right.
A thudding body kick lands there by Daikaura!
A slapping leg kick lands for Daikaura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Demented has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura is looking to clinch but Demented is avoiding it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Demented crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Daikaura - the referee stops the clock and Demented gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Daikaura. Demented manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Daikaura lands with a kick to the temple. Demented shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demented's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Daikaura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Demented's calf.
Daikaura fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Demented.

Daikaura clinches up against the cage.
Daikaura creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demented's defenses.
A bit of stalling here from Daikaura.
Demented takes a knee right on the jaw!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daikaura scores a nice knee to the body.
Daikaura lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demented.
Daikaura stalling the fight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Demented throws an elbow but misses.
Daikaura taking a breather.
Daikaura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demented letting Daikaura take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demented is defending well for now.
Daikaura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Daikaura gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Damien Demented has been cut.
Daikaura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daikaura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Demented has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Daikaura.
Demented throws a head punch that misses.
Daikaura blocking some punches.
Eiki Daikaura has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demented.
A bit of stalling here from Daikaura.
Demented takes an elbow to the temple.
Daikaura blocks a body shot from Demented.
Demented swings wildly with an uppercut but Daikaura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daikaura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demented lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demented taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Daikaura.
Demented managing to block the knees to the body from Daikaura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eiki Daikaura dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A thudding body kick lands there by Daikaura!
Demented throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Demented avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Demented misses with a low kick.
Daikaura misses with a low kick.
Daikaura throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Demented misses with a jab, cross combination.
Demented misses with a series of wild punches.
Daikaura lands a nice shot to the body.
Demented misses with a series of wild punches.
Demented takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Demented takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Demented ducks right into an uppercut from Daikaura.
Demented swats away the attempt to clinch by Daikaura.
Demented throws the kick towards the body but Daikaura avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura scores with a kick to the midsection.
Daikaura connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Daikaura connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Demented on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Daikaura. Daikaura obviously looking to wear him down.
Daikaura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Demented looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
An inside leg kick lands from Daikaura.
A slapping leg kick lands for Daikaura.
Daikaura tries to close the distance and clinch but Demented swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daikaura.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daikaura lands a nice looking body kick.
Daikaura scores with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Daikaura.
Daikaura smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Daikaura instigates a clinch.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demented avoids it.
Daikaura creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demented's defenses.
Daikaura slows down the pace here.
Demented working aggressively here.
Daikaura pushes off an throws an elbow but Demented leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Demented as Daikaura tries to tie him up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Demented pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Demented in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A left lands for Daikaura.
Demented shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daikaura throws a leg kick but Demented sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A combination from Demented does no damage.
Demented fails to land with a series of punches.
Demented throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Demented takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Demented circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura lands a head shot.
Daikaura scores with a jab. Demented acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Daikaura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Demented has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demented on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Daikaura. Daikaura obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daikaura tries to clinch but Demented moves out of range.
Daikaura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daikaura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Demented has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Demented throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Daikaura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daikaura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Demented. That did some damage!
Daikaura throws a quick inside leg kick.
Damien Demented has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Daikaura moves into range and clinches up with Demented.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eiki Daikaura showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Daikaura has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eiki Daikaura!