PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between I.P. Daily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jd Almanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). P. Daily and Jd Almanez. Almanez has chosen Rock Hood by Shinobi Ninja as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Daily
vs
Almanez

195 cm
25
202 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
190 lbs
15 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75)

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, I.P. Daily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jd Almanez!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daily tries to bum rush Almanez with a series of wild strikes but Almanez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Almanez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Daily makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Daily throws a head kick but Almanez moves out of range.
Daily is looking to slow Almanez down with leg kicks.
Almanez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Daily.
Daily scores with a leg kick.
Almanez slips under a jab from Daily.
Almanez fails with a takedown attempt.
Daily lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Daily misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Daily darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Daily lands but Almanez takes it in his stride.
Daily throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Almanez on the side of the head.
Almanez throws a hook but Daily blocks it.
Daily swings widly with a right hand
enabling Almanez to counter with a crisp jab.
Almanez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Daily tries to avoid it but Almanez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Daily to the ground. Daily escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Daily throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daily lands with a shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Almanez.
Nice cross by Daily.
No joy there for Daily, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daily looks to land a body kick but Almanez moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almanez slips a jab from Daily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almanez misses with a straight right.
Jab from Almanez.
Daily slips a jab from Almanez.
Daily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almanez.
Daily defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Almanez.
I.P. Daily has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jd Almanez.
Daily throws a low kick but it's checked well by Almanez.
A telegraphed right hand from Almanez misses the target.
Almanez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Daily is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Almanez.
Almanez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daily misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daily missing with a left hand there. Almanez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Almanez avoids the body shot from Daily.
A low kick from Daily is predictable there
and Almanez counters with a straight right hand.
Daily misses with a hook.
I.P. Daily is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almanez missing with a left hand there. Daily was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daily throws out a leg kick but Almanez moves out of range and Daily only half commits.
Daily throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Almanez lands a nice shot that snaps Daily's head back.
The fighters circling - Almanez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daily lands with a nice combination. Almanez backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daily tries to work over Almanez's front leg with a kick but Almanez checks it.
Almanez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Daily's waist but Daily gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Almanez off to one side.
A punch combination from Daily misses.
Daily throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daily throws a push kick but Almanez slaps the foot to one side.
Almanez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Almanez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daily's head.
Daily throws a right and a left that Almanez avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almanez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Daily.
Daily thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

I.P. Daily dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Almanez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Daily misses with a body kick.
Almanez ducks under a wild hook from Daily.
Daily throws a combination that misses

so Almanez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Almanez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Almanez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Almanez throws a big elbow that misses.
Almanez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Daily is looking to stand up but Almanez isn't so interested in that idea.
Daily keeping moving, preventing Almanez from controlling successfully.
Almanez stops Daily from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daily keeping moving, preventing Almanez from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez is looking to work some ground and pound but Daily has wrist control.
Almanez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Daily is keeping the position for now.
Daily wants to get back to his feet but Almanez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Almanez looking to pass the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A cross from Daily lands.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Daily, as that shot connected.
Daily loads up on a big right hand but Almanez slips the punch.
Almanez moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Almanez as he connects with a hook.
I.P. Daily seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daily wants to land a leg kick but Almanez is out of range.
Daily misses with a hook.
I.P. Daily is winning the standup battle so far.
Almanez moves out of range of the strikes.
Daily with a jab.
Almanez shoots in for a takedown but Daily shows good takedown defense.
Nice jab there from Almanez.
Almanez slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almanez moves away from the strike by Daily.
Almanez takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daily throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Almanez scores with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Almanez, as that shot connected.
Daily throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Daily takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Daily throws a hook but Almanez blocks it.
Daily on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Almanez throws a hook but Daily blocks it.
Daily throws a big shot that misses.
Daily looks to score with a jab to the body but Almanez is just out of range.
Almanez cracks Daily with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almanez cracks a nice hook into Daily's ribs.
Almanez missing with a left hand there. Daily was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot by Almanez.
Almanez throws a hook but Daily blocks it.
Daily lands a nice looking body shot.
Daily scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almanez checks the leg kick.
Daily swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daily displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Almanez.
Almanez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jd Almanez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Daily takes a kick to the side of the head.
Daily keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Almanez.
Almanez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Daily throws a poor cross that misses
and Almanez counters with a straight right hand.
Daily connects with a looping right hand.
Daily uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almanez.
Almanez ducks under a wild hook from Daily.
Almanez moves out of range of the strikes.
Almanez throws the left hand but Daily avoids the punch easily.
Almanez throws a hook but Daily blocks it.
Daily lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Almanez.
Almanez misses with a looping left.
Almanez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Almanez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Daily misses with a double jab.
Almanez moves out of range of the strikes.
Almanez moves out of range of the strikes.
Almanez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Daily throws a hook to the side of Almanez's head but Almanez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Almanez misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almanez lands with a straight right. Daily didn't see that one coming.
Daily pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Almanez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Daily throws the left hand but Almanez avoids the punch easily.
Almanez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Daily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Almanez tries to work over Daily's front leg with a kick but Daily checks it.
Daily misses with an uppercut
enabling Almanez to counter with a crisp jab.
Daily tries a head kick but it misses.
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!
Almanez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almanez throws a right and a left that Daily avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daily slips under a jab.
Almanez misses with a right hand
and Daily counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Daily throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daily fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almanez manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daily. Almanez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daily thows a body shot but no joy.
Almanez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Daily stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donk. Daily catches Almanez right on the button with a cross.
Almanez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jab by Almanez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daily lands a nice shot to the body.
Daily sizes up Almanez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daily looks to land a left hand but Almanez moved out of range nicely.
Daily ducks right into an uppercut from Almanez.
Almanez throws a low kick but Daily avoids it.
Daily throws a hook to the side of Almanez's head but Almanez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Daily connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almanez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daily can pounce on him.
Daily throws a lazy uppercut
and Almanez counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I.P. Daily showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Daily 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... I.P. Daily!
Our winner, I.P. Daily, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.