PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Daze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erick Stojnic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stojnic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Funeral. Erick Stojnic is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Daze
vs
Stojnic

185 cm
25
211 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

193 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danny Daze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erick Stojnic!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daze with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stojnic counters with a head kick.
Daze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stojnic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Daze.
Daze 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.
Daze has his takedown stuffed
and Stojnic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Daze. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Stojnic pushes Daze up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stojnic obliges.
Stojnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stojnic lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stojnic lands a nice knee to the body.
Stojnic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daze tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stojnic just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojnic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stojnic.
Daze is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stojnic.
Daze takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short body shot lands from Stojnic as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stojnic crunches a lovely knee into Daze's ribcage.
Stojnic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daze lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stojnic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stojnic lands a knee to the body.
Stojnic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stojnic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stojnic is pushing Daze up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stojnic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Danny Daze has been cut.
Stojnic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stojnic lands a good knee to the midsection. Daze won't want to take too many of those.
A hook to the body from Stojnic.
Daze jumps guard but Stojnic stands there with Daze around his waist. Daze gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stojnic pushes Daze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stojnic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stojnic obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daze takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Stojnic drops Daze with a big knee straight up the middle! Daze is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Daze is rocked!
Stojnic connects with a combination that backs up Daze into the cage. Stojnic lands a flurry of punches that gets past Daze's guard. Daze is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Stojnic bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erick Stojnic!
During a confident post fight interview, Erick Stojnic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.