PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Daly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slower Poke (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.

Daly
vs
Poke

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Daly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Slower Poke!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Poke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Daly to score with a decent uppercut.
Poke misses with a low kick as Daly jumps back.

Poke gets tackled into the ropes by Daly. Daly maintains the clinch.
Poke throws a head punch that misses.
Poke blocking some punches.
Poke misses with a punch on the inside.
Daly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Poke backwards.

Daly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daly.
Daly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daly misses with a hook. Poke ducked under it nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Poke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daly.
Daly tries to clinch there but Poke circles away.

Daly forces Poke back against the ropes and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Daly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poke throws a head punch that misses.
Daly misses with a punch on the inside.
Daly gets through Poke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daly lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poke.
Daly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poke can't find room to land a body shot as Daly controls the action.

Poke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Poke misses its intended target.
Daly jabs at Poke's body.
Nice shot by Daly.
Poke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Daly.
Daly looks to land a right hand but Poke moved out of range.
Daly tries to clinch but Poke moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Daly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daly throws a hook to the side of Poke's head but Poke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daly.
Daly cracks Poke with an open hand slap.
Daly misses with a hook. Poke ducked under it nicely.
Daly avoids the head kick by Poke.
A telegraphed right hand from Daly misses the target.
And Poke tries to counter it with a takedown but Daly pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Poke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daly is looking to counter punch.
Poke ducks under a wild hook from Daly.
Poke misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daly loads up on a big right hand but Poke slips the punch.
Daly throws a shot from downtown. Poke moves away and avoids it.
Poke shoots in but Daly avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Poke scores with a kick to the body.
Daly misses with a straight right.
Poke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daly is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Poke's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Poke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daly throws a jab when Poke was well out of range.

Daly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Poke prevents a body shot from Daly.
Poke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Poke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daly smiles and moves away.
Daly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Daly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by Poke.
Poke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Daly.
Poke drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Daly defends it well.
Poke moves out of range as Daly strikes.
Poke fails with the takedown.
Daly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Don Daly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slower Poke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Daly takes a swing at Poke's ribcage but misses.
Poke tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Daly defends well and Poke ends up having to push Daly into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Daly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Poke tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Daly swivels and escapes.
Daly misses the jab.
Poke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Daly misses the target.
Poke fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Poke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Daly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Daly swings for the body but Poke moves out of range.
Poke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daly lunges at Poke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Poke's hand.
Daly misses with a hook. Poke ducked under it nicely.
Poke slips under a jab from Daly.
Poke feints the counter takedown.
Poke throws a front kick that sends Daly stumbling back into the ropes.
Daly throws a jab but it's blocked by Poke.
Good leg kick by Poke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daly just misses with a punch to the body.
Poke dives in for a single leg takedown but Daly sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Daly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Daly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And Poke tries to counter it with a takedown but Daly pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Daly scores with a nice head shot.
Poke misses with a low kick.
Daly misses with a wild body shot.
Poke slips a jab from Daly.
Poke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Daly misses with a hook. Poke ducked under it nicely.
Daly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Poke counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Daly!
Daly is trying to control Poke's posture but Poke avoids it.
Daly is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Poke asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Daly taking a bit of punishment here - Poke scoring with strikes.
Poke working the head with strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Poke lands a nice forearm strike.

Poke tries for a kimura but Daly is defending well.
Poke working the ground and pound.
Poke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Poke prevents Daly from escaping the position.
Daly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poke cracks Daly with a big elbow.
Daly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daly can't do much from the bottom here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Poke creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Poke's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Daly is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Poke is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Daly knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Daly taking punishment in the form of punches.
Daly is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Daly can't do much from the bottom here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Poke grinds an elbow into Daly's temple.

Poke has hold of Daly's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Daly tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Poke cranks the arm and Daly screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Daly, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Slower Poke!