PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Davidson (ranked 2581 p4p, 279 weight class) and Don Piano (ranked 2509 p4p, 272 weight class). Piano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: AC/DC - Night Prowler. Don Piano will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Davidson
vs
Piano

180 cm
21
212 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

210 cm
21
270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Piano!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piano loads up on a big right hand but Davidson slips the punch.
Piano throws a hook to the side of Davidson's head but Davidson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davidson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piano has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Davidson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Piano misses with a wild combination.
Davidson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piano misses with a wild body shot.
Davidson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Piano sprawls and moves away.
Davidson walks into a straight right hand from Piano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson connects with a jab.
Piano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Davidson's hands.
Davidson tries to close the distance and clinch but Piano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Piano misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Piano misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson staying out of range there.
Piano throws a leg kick that misses.
Piano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davidson.
Piano misses the body punch
and Davidson counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Davidson.

Piano lands a left and a right that send Davidson crashing to the mat, dazed. Piano thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Davidson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davidson digs a good body shot into Piano's ribs.
Davidson blocks a jab.
Piano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davidson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Piano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davidson throws out the jab.
Davidson ducks under a wild hook from Piano.
Piano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piano is looking for the big counter here.
Piano takes a swing at Davidson's ribcage but misses.
Davidson tries to counter by clinching up but Piano breaks away and moves out of range.
Davidson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Piano connects with a nice looking jab.
Davidson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Piano.
Davidson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Don Piano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Piano lands with an uppercut that bounces Davidson off the cage and back into range.
Oh Davidson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Piano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davidson seems to have got his legs back now.
Piano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davidson.
Davidson throws a lazy uppercut
and Piano counters with a huge left! Davidson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Piano isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Davidson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Piano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Piano!
After the big win, Don Piano made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sportivité and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.