PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Viapondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viapondo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cypress Hill . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daniels
vs
Viapondo

175 cm
23
146 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

164 cm
23
146 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

TITAN
Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $150)

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $150)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cesar Viapondo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viapondo wants to clinch up but Daniels keeps it at a distance.
A left and a right from Daniels both land. Nice combination.
Viapondo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniels.
Cesar Viapondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels lands with a good body shot.
Viapondo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Daniels back to the cage. Viapondo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Daniels thuds a left hand into Viapondo's body.
Viapondo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Viapondo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A bone on bone clash there as Viapondo blocks the leg kick.
Daniels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Daniels works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Daniels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Daniels misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Viapondo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Viapondo pushes Daniels up against the cage in a clinch.
Viapondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daniels gets through Viapondo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Viapondo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daniels is defending well for now.
Viapondo misses with a knee to the head.
Daniels scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Viapondo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniels blocks it with crossed arms.
Viapondo misses with a knee to the head.
Viapondo tries a knee to the head but Daniels blocks it.
Viapondo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daniels avoids it.
Viapondo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daniels.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels pressing his opponent against the cage.
Viapondo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniels blocks it with crossed arms.
Viapondo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daniels blocks a body shot from Viapondo.
Viapondo scores with a knee to the head.
Daniels blocks an uppercut.
Daniels lands a body shot.
Viapondo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daniels blocks it with crossed arms.
Daniels avoiding damage as Viapondo throws knees to the body.
Viapondo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Daniels is pressed up against the cage. Viapondo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Daniels down to the mat. Daniels avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Viapondo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Daniels's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels moves out of range of the leg kick from Viapondo.
Viapondo misses with a few strikes there.
Daniels scores with a three punch combo!
Daniels lands a two punch combo.

Viapondo is rocked!

A jab-cross combination lands for Daniels and sends Viapondo crashing to the mat! Daniels follows him down to the mat - Viapondo regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Viapondo is still in real trouble! Can Daniels finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels passes to full mount!
Daniels looking to control and managing it successfully.
Daniels raining down shots from the mount!
Daniels controlling his opponent.
Viapondo tries to hold on but Daniels postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viapondo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Daniels kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Viapondo seems to have recovered his senses.
Daniels prevents Viapondo from getting the reversal.
Viapondo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Daniels tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Viapondo blocking the ground and pound.
Daniels prevents Viapondo from getting the reversal.
Daniels dominating with strikes here.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daniels takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Daniels checks a leg kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Viapondo.
Viapondo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.
Viapondo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Daniels looks to land a combination but Viapondo avoids it well.
Daniels swats away the attempt to clinch by Viapondo.
Viapondo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Daniels lands with a straight right. Viapondo didn't see that one coming.
Daniels scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Some wild striking there from Viapondo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viapondo misses with a combination
and Viapondo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tom Daniels is winning the standup battle so far.
Daniels lands with a hook. Viapondo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Viapondo misses with a wild combination.
Daniels connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Viapondo's hands.
A nice combination there by Viapondo.
Daniels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Daniels thuds a left hand into Viapondo's body.
Daniels is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Daniels keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Viapondo misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viapondo misses with a double jab
and Daniels counters with a left to the body.
Some wild striking there from Viapondo.
Daniels lands a glancing blow to the side of Viapondo's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Viapondo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Daniels on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Daniels tries to get out of the position.
Viapondo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daniels keeps working.
Viapondo looking to control but instead Daniels has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Daniels has his hands clasped together around Viapondo's back. He's all about the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viapondo looks to land a strike but Daniels avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Viapondo throws a big elbow that misses.
Viapondo throws a big right hand that misses.
Daniels manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Daniels looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viapondo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Daniels scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daniels will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Viapondo blocking the ground and pound.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels punching from mount but Viapondo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tom Daniels overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Viapondo is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Daniels dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Viapondo misses with a straight right.
Viapondo misses with a takedown attempt
and Daniels counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Daniels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Daniels connects with a body shot that sends Viapondo's belly button to the back.
Viapondo throws a series of punches but Daniels moves out of range.
Viapondo misses with a few strikes there.
Cesar Viapondo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Viapondo throws a series of punches but Daniels avoids them all with ease.
Viapondo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Daniels.
Sloppy strikes from Viapondo. Those never looked like landing.
Daniels dips to his left and cracks Viapondo with an uppercut!
The fighters circle momentarily. Daniels darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Daniels lands an impressive looking overhand right. Viapondo doesn't seem phased though.
Daniels scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Viapondo wants to clinch up but Daniels keeps it at a distance.
Viapondo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Daniels stalks Viapondo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Viapondo's face. Viapondo staggers backwards, shaken.
Daniels steps in with a hook that catches Viapondo right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Daniels follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Viapondo looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Daniels!
Tom Daniels made sure to mention his sponsor, TITAN in his post fight interview.