PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Tribbiani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Daze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Daze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tribbiani
vs
Daze

190 cm
19
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey Tribbiani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Daze!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tribbiani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tribbiani stuffs the takedown attempt from Daze. Daze gets slowly back to his feet.
Tribbiani slips under a jab from Daze.
Nice takedown defense from Tribbiani. No joy for Daze on that attempt.

Tribbiani shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tribbiani wants to control from the top but Daze keeps moving.
Daze wants to improve his position but instead Tribbiani has moved into half guard.
Tribbiani is pressing down on Daze's thigh, looking to free his foot. Daze is holding on for now.
Tribbiani wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daze keeps working.
Daze keeping hold of Tribbiani's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daze is not content to let Tribbiani control the position.
Tribbiani tries to stand and escape but Daze is controlling the position.
Daze trying to control from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tribbiani shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Daze makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tribbiani doesn't manage to clinch there - Daze circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Daze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tribbiani as he avoids it easily.
Joey Tribbiani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Daze.
Tribbiani shoots and misses

and Daze counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tribbiani!
Tribbiani is breathing heavily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Tribbiani that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daze is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tribbiani can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tribbiani is looking to improve his position but Daze isn't that keen on the idea.
Daze cracks Tribbiani with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Daze looking to control but Tribbiani is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Daze lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Daze lands a big shot there that rocks Tribbiani but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani wants to get back to his feet.
Daze with a couple of short strikes.
Daze with the ground and pound from mount.
Daze in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Daze looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tribbiani tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daze breaks from Tribbiani's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daze scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daze looking to finish Tribbiani with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tribbiani!
A nice elbow there by Daze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daze looking to finish Tribbiani with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tribbiani!
Daze putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tribbiani tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daze controlling his opponent.
Tribbiani tries to hold on but Daze pushes him away.
Daze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tribbiani?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daze landing strikes from the mount and Tribbiani is in trouble!
Tribbiani is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Daze 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.

Daze fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tribbiani sprawls well initially but Daze persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Daze landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tribbiani manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alex Daze has got the better of the ground game so far.
Daze prevents Tribbiani from getting back to his feet.

Tribbiani had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Daze is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tribbiani Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Daze's back instead.
Tribbiani punches the canvas rather than the man.
Tribbiani is trying to control but Daze is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Tribbiani blocks Daze's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Daze. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Daze manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daze regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daze manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Daze connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tribbiani is looking to improve his position but Daze isn't that keen on the idea.
Daze sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Daze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tribbiani taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tribbiani tries to hold on but Daze pushes him away.

Daze goes for an armbar but Tribbiani turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Tribbiani.
Tribbiani slips nicely into half guard.
Daze wants to get back to full guard but Tribbiani has mounted him!
Tribbiani tries to control but Daze wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daze throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Daze flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Daze gets back to half guard.
Tribbiani thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Daze trying to hold on to Tribbiani's head to control him but Tribbiani postures up.
Daze desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Daze is looking for a sweep. Tribbiani is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Daze wants to control but Tribbiani is keeping busy.
Daze controlling the position well.
Daze has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tribbiani is working away from the top position though.
Tribbiani not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tribbiani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tribbiani tries for a takedown but Daze circles away easily

and Daze counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tribbiani won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Daze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Tribbiani moves in looking to clinch but Daze pushes him off.
Tribbiani doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Daze counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tribbiani takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Joey Tribbiani has been cut.
Joey Tribbiani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Daze scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Daze landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tribbiani trying to control here.
Tribbiani is looking for a sweep. Daze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Daze working the head and body with strikes.
Tribbiani is looking to get back to full guard here but Daze has managed to pass to side control instead.
Daze working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tribbiani?
Tribbiani is desperately trying to improve his position but Daze has a good base and remains in mount.
Tribbiani tries to hold on but Daze postures up.
Daze with the ground and pound from mount.
Daze lands a nice shot to the head.
Tribbiani really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Daze landing strikes from the mount and Tribbiani is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Daze pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Daze lands with some strikes.
Tribbiani can't escape the position.
Daze with the ground and pound from mount.
Tribbiani tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daze working the ground and pound effectively.
Tribbiani is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daze lands a nice shot to the head.
Daze is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tribbiani can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tribbiani slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Daze lands with a punch from half guard.
Daze slows the pace down in half guard.
Daze lands with a punch from half guard.
Daze winds up and cracks Tribbiani with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Daze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tribbiani with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daze wants to pass to mount but Tribbiani is defending the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Daze connects with a nice short shot to Tribbiani's temple.
Tribbiani is trying to get back to full guard.
Daze is nestled in close to Tribbiani, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Alex Daze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tribbiani knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Daze on the ground.
Daze content to control rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Daze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daze has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Daze!