PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Maia (ranked 3198 p4p, 375 weight class) and David Danis (ranked 5372 p4p, 506 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Maia
vs
Danis

173 cm
25
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Hot Spunk

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Danis!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danis fails with a takedown attempt.
Maia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maia fails with a takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Danis! But no joy.
Danis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Maia as he jumps to the side.
Maia shoots in but no luck this time.
Danis unleashes a big counter combination but Maia bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danis stuffs the takedown attempt from Maia. Maia gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Danis closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Maia quickly recovers to half guard.
Danis has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danis stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Danis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maia circles away from the clinch attempt

and Maia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Danis's guard.

Maia thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Danis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Danis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maia is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia wants to pass the guard but Danis is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Maia decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Danis shoots in but Maia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Danis fails with the takedown.
Danis shoots in for a takedown but Maia shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia fails with a takedown attempt.
Danis shoots for a double leg takedown but Maia sprawls well. He's pushed Danis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Maia shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Danis napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Maia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Maia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Danis is trying to control Maia's posture but Maia avoids it.

Maia is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Danis looks calm but he's in trouble here. Maia gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Danis is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Maia lets go of the hold and Danis can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Maia!
Dan Maia very nearly forgot to thank Hot Spunk amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.