PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dom Danky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bon Aqua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dom Danky had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Danky
vs
Aqua

197 cm
28
202 lbs
13 - 11 - 2

187 cm
26
200 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Dom Danky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bon Aqua!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aqua chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Danky can pounce on him.
Danky slips under a jab from Aqua.
Aqua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danky throws a chopping leg kick but Aqua manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Danky has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Aqua lands a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Danky misses the target.

Danky looking to score a takedown here. Aqua is defending well but Danky drives through and ends up in Aqua's guard.
Danky won't allow Aqua to sweep him here.

Aqua has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Danky has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

Danky breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danky misses with an uppercut. Aqua saw that one coming.
Danky swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Aqua swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Danky closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Aqua did well to prevent Danky getting side control.
Aqua is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aqua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Danky.
Aqua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Danky.
Aqua keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Danky throwing shots but Aqua is blocking nicely.
Danky throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aqua keeping control of the position.
Danky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aqua defending well though.
Danky thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aqua's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Danky seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aqua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Danky.
Danky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Aqua wants to improve his position but Danky is controlling well.

Danky is looking for a kimura here.
Danky missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Aqua is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aqua is holding on to half guard well.
Aqua gets full guard.
Danky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Danky throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danky accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Danky trying to control but Aqua is working from the bottom.
Danky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Danky throwing strikes but missing.
Danky is fighting to break Aqua's control of his arms but Aqua is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Dom Danky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danky staying out of range there.
Danky appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aqua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aqua throws a lazy right hand but Danky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Danky is looking to counter punch.
Aqua dips to his left and cracks Danky with an uppercut!
Danky motions for Aqua to come forward. Danky throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Aqua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aqua throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Danky throws a right hand that Aqua ducks under and follows up with a left that Aqua also avoids with ease.
Danky takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danky walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Aqua checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aqua looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Aqua drops Danky with a beautiful combination! Danky stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Aqua is looking for the KO!

Danky is rocked!

It looks like Dom Danky has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aqua lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Danky up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Aqua from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Danky's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bon Aqua!
Bon Aqua was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.