PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Johnz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukas Daiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daiva has chosen The Rasmus - The Fight as his entrance music. Peter Johnz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnz
vs
Daiva

177 cm
18
184 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

183 cm
23
189 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Johnz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lukas Daiva!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daiva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Daiva lands a shot to the body.
Daiva tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnz avoids the damage to the body.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Daiva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daiva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Daiva clinches with his opponent.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva tries a knee to the head but Johnz blocks it.
Daiva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daiva digs a right hand into Johnz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnz's gas tank.
Daiva trying to land knees to the body.
Daiva keeps control of Johnz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Daiva closes the distance and pushes Johnz back into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.
Johnz wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Daiva trying to land knees to the body.
Daiva tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnz avoids the damage to the body.
Johnz wants to break free but Daiva has control.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Daiva.
Daiva landing knees to the body.
Johnz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Daiva lands an elbow that stopped Johnz in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Daiva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnz keeps the fight on the outside.
Daiva lands with a right hand.
Johnz tries to clinch

and Daiva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnz's guard.
Johnz trying to keep a closed guard but Daiva is proving a slippery customer.
Johnz is breathing heavily.

Daiva gets to his feet. Johnz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Daiva rushes Johnz and presses him up against the cage.
Johnz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Daiva breaks from the clinch.

Daiva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daiva with a knee to the head.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Johnz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Daiva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Daiva dominated that round.
That's time! Johnz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Daiva drives through and clinches with Johnz against the cage.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daiva lands a knee to the body.

Daiva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Johnz tries to keep at a distance but Daiva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daiva misses with a knee strike.
Daiva misses with an elbow strike.
Johnz trying to stall but Daiva improves his position.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva trying to land knees to the body.
Johnz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daiva has him pressed against the cage.

Daiva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Daiva drives through and clinches with Johnz against the cage.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnz is trying to stall.
Daiva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A body shot lands from Daiva.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnz tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Daiva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnz misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiva lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Johnz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daiva lands a body shot.
Daiva tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnz avoids the damage to the body.
Johnz looking to throw knees to the head but Daiva is blocking nicely.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daiva keeps control of Johnz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Johnz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Daiva is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Daiva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Daiva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnz throws a lazy body kick

and Daiva counters by clinching up.

Daiva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Daiva clinches up with Johnz and pushes him back against the cage.
Daiva lands a damaging elbow.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daiva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Daiva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Lukas Daiva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daiva.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Daiva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daiva.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A hook to the body from Daiva.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Daiva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnz.

Johnz manages to break the clinch.
Daiva circles away from the clinch attempt

and Daiva moves into the clinch.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Daiva digs a right hand underneath Johnz's ribcage. Johnz let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnz dodges an elbow strike from Daiva.
Johnz avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.
Johnz stalling in the clinch but Daiva improves position.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Daiva.
Johnz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daiva tries to land a knee to the head but Johnz blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnz wants to stall.
Johnz seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Daiva is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Daiva lands a knee to the body.
Daiva keeps control of Johnz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daiva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Daiva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peter Johnz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lukas Daiva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lukas Daiva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daiva 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 26:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 26:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lukas Daiva!