PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucien Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Darkhorse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Daniels
vs
Darkhorse

168 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

177 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucien Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Darkhorse!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Darkhorse gets a takedown into half guard.
Daniels is staying active underneath Darkhorse, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Daniels trying to get back to full guard but Darkhorse takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Darkhorse throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Daniels is trying to escape the mount.
Darkhorse wants to control the pace but Daniels is squirming around nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkhorse tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.

Darkhorse is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Daniels is surviving well by controlling Darkhorse's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkhorse throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Daniels is working to get back to half guard.
Daniels is working hard here to advance position.

Daniels defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Darkhorse.
Daniels is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is squirming around, avoiding Darkhorse's attempts to control the action.
Daniels keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Darkhorse throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Darkhorse is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Daniels can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Daniels is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkhorse takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Darkhorse thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Daniels really is a fat lump.
Daniels tries to reverse the position but Darkhorse maintains control.
Darkhorse punching from mount but Daniels doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Darkhorse working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Daniels turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Darkhorse off and cradles Daniels's limp body as Darkhorse celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Alexander Darkhorse!