PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mona Rudao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Daniel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudao comes to the cage accompanied by Rebel Yell. Daniel has chosen Always been A Warrior as his entrance music. Alex Daniel acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rudao
vs
Daniel

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Pitt Nutrition (3x158 2x159 products)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mona Rudao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Daniel!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rudao tries to clinch up but Daniel circles away and keeps his distance.
Daniel misses the jab.
Rudao tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Daniel counters with a right hand to the body.
Rudao tries to clinch there but Daniel circles away.
Daniel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rudao sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rudao darts in trying to clinch
and Daniel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Rudao pushes Daniel up against the cage in a clinch.
Rudao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rudao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daniel backwards.
Rudao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniel trying to control the position but instead, Rudao has worked for underhooks and has pushed Daniel into the cage.
Daniel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rudao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rudao misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rudao.
A short left from Rudao.
Daniel tries to circle away but Rudao has him pinned against the cage.
Daniel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rudao stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rudao.
Rudao lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Rudao on the inside.
Rudao is working Daniel over against the cage.
Daniel looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rudao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rudao is leaning against Daniel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rudao is working Daniel over against the cage.
Rudao digs a right hand into Daniel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Daniel's gas tank.
Rudao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rudao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daniel backwards.
Rudao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daniel or not.
Nice body punch from Rudao.
Rudao lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Rudao.
Nice body punch from Rudao - that landed with a thud.
Rudao lands a hook that snaps the head of Daniel backwards.
Daniel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Rudao.

Daniel is rocked!
A short uppercut from Rudao.
Daniel is still on wobbly legs! Can Rudao finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudao lands a nice uppercut.
Rudao lands with a right to the head.
Rudao lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rudao drops Daniel onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Daniel is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Daniel blocking some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Rudao.
Rudao lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Rudao scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Rudao on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Rudao.
Rudao pushes Daniel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudao working aggressively here.
Rudao working aggressively here.
Daniel seems to have recovered his senses.
Rudao lands a right hand.
Rudao tries to throw a body punch but Daniel avoids it by throwing Rudao back against the cage.
Rudao tries a body shot but Daniel blocks it.
Rudao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Daniels head.

Rudao drops Daniel onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Daniel is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Rudao misses with some punches.
Daniel prevents a body shot from Rudao.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rudao.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rudao misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Rudao.

Rudao drops Daniel onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Daniel is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mona Rudao dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rudao gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Daniel wants to stall.
Daniel tries to break free but Rudao pushes him back against the cage.
Rudao digs a right hand into Daniel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Daniel's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daniel.
Rudao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daniel blocks an uppercut.
Rudao pushes Daniel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rudao pushes Daniel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rudao tries a body shot but Daniel blocks it.
Rudao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rudao scores with a shot to the side of Daniel's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rudao lands a nice shot to the body.
Rudao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Daniel is breathing heavily.
Rudao lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Rudao.
Mona Rudao has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudao lands a shot to the body.
Rudao lands with a left to the head.
Rudao creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Daniel with a big uppercut! Daniel tries to clinch up but Rudao pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Daniel to the mat! Daniel covers up and Rudao unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mona Rudao!
Mona Rudao decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.