PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective comes to the ring accompanied by Barricade. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Collective
vs
Daley

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 Tokyo, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Daley!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Collective has had enough of the clinch but Daley keeps him there for the moment.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Daley has time to react.
Collective blocks a jab.
Collective lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Collective lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Collective.

It looks like Paul Daley has been cut.

Collective closes the distance and pushes Daley back into the ropes.
Collective wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daley is trying to break the clinch but Collective has him pressed against the ropes.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daley wants to clinch
and Collective counters with a right hand to the body.
Daley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Daley throws a hook to the side of Collective's head but Collective sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Daley misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Collective does no damage.
Daley misses with a shot to the body
enabling Collective to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daley throws a big shot that misses.
Collective swats away the attempt to clinch by Daley.
Daley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Collective sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Collective throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley throws a body punch but Collective moves out of range.
Collective fails to land with a series of punches.
Collective ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daley misses with an uppercut.
Collective lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Collective has closed the distance and engaged Daley in a clinch.
Collective keeps control of Daley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collective comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Daley looks gassed!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Daley tries to break the clinch but Collective is controlling the position.
Daley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Collective lands a left hand.
Daley prevents Collective from breaking the clinch.
Collective can't break the clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Daley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daley misses with a combination

and Collective counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Collective presses Daley against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Daley's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Collective!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Collective looks to land a combination. Daley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Collective!
Collective scores with a body shot.
Collective goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That has opened up Paul Daley's cut even more.
Collective is looking to wear down Daley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Daley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Collective scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paul Daley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collective is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
Collective scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Collective jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Collective scores with a body shot.

Collective moves into the clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective throws out a powerful jab.
Daley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Collective counters with a straight right hand.
Nice cross by Collective.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Collective.
Collective lands a body shot.

Collective has Daley up against the ropes in a clinch.

Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daley.

Collective drives through and clinches with Daley against the ropes.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective lands a nice hook to Daley's body. Daley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Collective scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

The cut above Paul Daley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Collective connects with a right hand. Daley shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collective lands a nice looking body shot.
Collective is working the combinations to good effect here.
Collective lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Daley throws the left hand but Collective avoids the punch easily.
Daley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Collective wants to clinch up but Daley keeps it at a distance.
Daley tries to clinch but Collective moves out of range.
Collective throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch up but Daley circles away and keeps his distance.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collective circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collective works Daley's body with a nice hook.
Collective is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Collective darts in and clinches Daley up against the ropes.
Collective prevents Daley from breaking the clinch.
Collective lands a body punch in the clinch.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Collective. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Collective.
Nice uppercut there from Collective.

Paul Daley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Daley needs to keep his hands up - Collective had a free shot at his head there.
Daley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Collective to score with a decent uppercut.

Collective has closed the distance and engaged Daley in a clinch.
Daley has Collective pressed against the ropes, preventing Collective from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Collective takes the fight into the clinch.
Collective lands a body punch.

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

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Collective dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Collective moves into the clinch.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collective cracks Daley with an open hand slap.
Nice body punch from Collective.
Daley needs to keep his hands up - Collective had a free shot at his head there.
Collective connects with a nice looking jab.
Collective fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Collective scores with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Collective tries to circle away but Daley has him pinned against the ropes.
Collective lands a body punch in the clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective tries to clinch up but Daley circles away and keeps his distance.
Collective fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Collective throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Daley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collective tries to clinch up.
Collective scores with a punch to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Collective throws a series of strikes that have Daley backpedaling.
Daley needs to keep his hands up - Collective had a free shot at his head there.
Daley drops his hands momentarily and Collective takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Collective drives through and clinches with Daley against the ropes.

Collective breaks from the clinch.
Daley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Collective clinches up against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Collective.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Collective displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paul Daley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Random Collective!