PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Dilashaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Daniels
vs
Dilashaw

178 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, TJ Dilashaw!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dilashaw closes the distance but Daniels moves to the side
and Daniels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dilashaw tries to clinch there but Daniels circles away.
Dilashaw tries to clinch up.
Dilashaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daniels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dilashaw but Dilashaw pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Dilashaw gets tackled into the cage by Daniels. Daniels maintains the clinch.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mike Daniels has been cut.
Daniels is working for takedown but Dilashaw is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dilashaw creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daniels's defenses.

Mike Daniels's cut is getting worse.
Dilashaw is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dilashaw tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daniels avoids it.
Dilashaw trying to land knees to the body.
Dilashaw working Daniels over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilashaw.
Daniels takes an elbow to the forehead.

Mike Daniels's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dilashaw tries to land knees in the clinch but Daniels avoids the damage to the body.
Daniels jumps guard but Dilashaw stands there with Daniels around his waist. Daniels gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Daniels. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daniels is breathing heavily.
Daniels drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dilashaw gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilashaw.

Jeez, Mike Daniels's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Daniels is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dilashaw is defending well.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daniels lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Daniels's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). TJ Dilashaw!