PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daday Dadaeff (ranked 1208 p4p, 161 weight class) and Ruslan Danilov (ranked 2289 p4p, 287 weight class). Ruslan Danilov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daday Dadaeff
vs
Danilov

176 cm
26
178 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

185 cm
25
180 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daday Dadaeff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov drops his hands momentarily and Dadaeff takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danilov misses the jab.
Dadaeff seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Danilov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dadaeff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Danilov on the side of the head.
Danilov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dadaeff went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A combination from Dadaeff does no damage.
Danilov feints the counter takedown.
Danilov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dadaeff.
Dadaeff punishes Danilov's body with a nice straight punch.
Danilov scores with a nice body kick.
A jab from Dadaeff misses.
Danilov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Danilov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Danilov takes a swing at Dadaeff's ribcage but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Danilov misses with a head kick.
Dadaeff ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Danilov throws a sloppy head kick
and Dadaeff counters with a three punch combo that has Danilov backing up. Danilov nods at Dadaeff to acknowledge the strikes.
Dadaeff has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dadaeff there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dadaeff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danilov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Danilov throws a head kick but Dadaeff moves out of range.
Dadaeff looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Danilov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dadaeff takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Daday Dadaeff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dadaeff scores with a jab to the jaw.
Danilov lands a really nice looking cross but Dadaeff seems unphased.
Danilov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danilov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dadaeff on the side of the head.

Dadaeff tries to keep at a distance but Danilov has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Dadaeff.
A bit of stalling here from Danilov.
Danilov is pushing Dadaeff up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dadaeff swings wildly with an uppercut but Danilov uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dadaeff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dadaeff scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dadaeff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dadaeff as Danilov tries to tie him up.
Dadaeff pushes Danilov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dadaeff stalling in the clinch.
Danilov is looking to control Dadaeff's arms but Dadaeff gets an underhook and turns him. Now Danilov has his back to the cage.
Good body shot from Dadaeff.
Danilov is stalling here.
A nice left hand lands by Dadaeff.
Danilov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Danilov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dadaeff lands a hook that snaps the head of Danilov backwards.
Dadaeff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dadaeff lands an uppercut.
Dadaeff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dadaeff avoids a wild elbow strike from Danilov.
Dadaeff avoiding damage.
Dadaeff misses with a punch to the body.
Danilov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dadaeff blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dadaeff lands a left hand that snaps the head of Danilov backwards.
Dadaeff misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dadaeff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danilov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dadaeff's face.

It looks like Daday Dadaeff has been cut.
Dadaeff lands a body punch in the clinch.
Danilov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dadaeff in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Danilov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Danilov tries to land knees in the clinch but Dadaeff avoids the damage to the body.
Danilov trying to stall but Dadaeff improves his position.
Dadaeff just leaning against Danilov, taking a breather.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dadaeff trying to control the position but instead, Danilov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dadaeff into the cage.
Danilov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dadaeff avoiding damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Dadaeff.
Danilov has Dadaeff pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daday Dadaeff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daday Dadaeff's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Danilov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danilov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dadaeff swings for the body but Danilov moves out of range.
Danilov follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Danilov.
Danilov looks to land a left hand but Dadaeff moved out of range nicely.
Danilov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Danilov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dadaeff throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Danilov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Daday Dadaeff is winning the standup battle so far.
Danilov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dadaeff catches Danilov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Dadaeff gets caught flat footed, as Danilov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Danilov looking to sit in guard and control but Dadaeff gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dadaeff scoring with punches to the head and body.
Our spies down at at Hardpunch (13 Elite / 1000$ inform us that Danilov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Danilov working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Danilov looking for a sweep. Not yet Danilov, not yet.
Danilov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dadaeff controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Danilov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dadaeff preventing the sweep.
Dadaeff engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dadaeff trying to control but Danilov is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Danilov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dadaeff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dadaeff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Danilov is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Danilov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dadaeff.
Dadaeff misses with an uppercut.
Danilov tries a low kick but Dadaeff avoids it.
Dadaeff misses with a straight right.
Dadaeff throws out a loose jab but Danilov uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Danilov misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danilov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danilov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dadaeff connects with a crisp jab.
Danilov scores with a head kick.
Danilov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danilov misses with a left hand
and Dadaeff counters with a stiff right hand.
Dadaeff throws a one two combo.
Dadaeff fails to land with a series of punches.
Dadaeff blocks a head kick by Danilov.
A combination from Dadaeff does no damage.
Dadaeff blocks a head kick by Danilov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dadaeff throws a right and a left that Danilov avoids nicely.
Danilov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dadaeff fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Danilov misses the shot to the body.
Dadaeff goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Danilov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dadaeff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dadaeff throws a looping overhand right but Danilov ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Dadaeff.
A head kick misses from Danilov.
Daday Dadaeff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dadaeff connects with a jab.

Dadaeff gets a clinch.
Dadaeff misses with a punch to the body.
Danilov misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Danilov.

Dadaeff is rocked!
Danilov landing knees to the head.
Oh Dadaeff is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Danilov lands a big knee to the head and Dadaeff goes down! Danilov pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruslan Danilov!