PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Danger (ranked 3349 p4p, 5421 weight class) and Giovante Zilinski (ranked 414 p4p, 558 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Danger
vs
Zilinski

193 cm
21
205
2 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
205
0 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Danger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Giovante Zilinski!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zilinski throws a looping overhand right but Danger ducks down to avoid it.
Danger appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Danger closes the distance but Zilinski moves to the side
letting Zilinski counter with a right hand.

Danger closes the distance and clinches.
Zilinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Zilinski has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
I was talking to Danger's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hand to the body from Danger.
Danger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zilinski misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zilinski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zilinski.
Zilinski blocks an uppercut.
Zilinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
A short right from Danger on the inside.

Danger breaks from the clinch.
Zilinski just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danger gets a clinch.
Danger struggles to land a body shot inside as Zilinski controls his hands.
Danger blocking some punches.
Zilinski misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Danger.
Danger throws a punch but it's blocked by Zilinski.
Zilinski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Danger or not.
Zilinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Danger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zilinski's elbow.
Zilinski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zilinski misses with the head strike.
Zilinski blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Danger.

Danger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danger shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zilinski eats them both and turns towards Danger to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Giovante Zilinski has been cut.
Danger moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zilinski.
Danger stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zilinski misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Zilinski fails to land.
Danger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zilinski backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zilinski.
Zilinski working aggressively here.
Danger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zilinski's elbow.
Zilinski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Danger effectively controlling the action here.
Danger blocking some punches.
Zilinski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danger lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zilinski.
Zilinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Danger working aggressively here.
Danger lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zilinski.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Danny Danger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Giovante Zilinski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zilinski blocks the body kick.
Danger closes the distance but Zilinski moves to the side
and Zilinski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Danger misses with a body shot
and Zilinski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Danger staying out of range there.
Danger throws a leg kick but Zilinski moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zilinski! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zilinski.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Danger, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger misses with a hook to the body
and Zilinski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zilinski.
Danny Danger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zilinski throws a solid leg kick but Danger takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zilinski.
Danger checks the leg kick.

Danger lands a big head kick that sends Zilinski tumbling to the mat! Danger takes a step backwards and waves Zilinski back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Zilinski is rocked!
Danger jabs Zilinski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zilinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Danger finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danger lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Zilinski falls backwards - clearly groggy! Danger dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Danger!
A victorious Danny Danger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.