PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haywood Jablomi (ranked 5162 p4p, 3746 weight class) and Romeo Davis (ranked 447 p4p, 380 weight class). Davis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Goofy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jablomi
vs
Davis

171 cm
25
155
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
142
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Haywood Jablomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Romeo Davis!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis has Jablomi up against the cage in a clinch.

Jablomi works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Davis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jablomi trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Davis manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Davis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jablomi is proving hard to escape from.
Davis won't allow Jablomi to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis preventing the sweep.
Jablomi throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Davis preventing the sweep.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Davis working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Davis advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis prevents Jablomi from improving his position.
Jablomi has hold of Davis's hands but Davis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Davis is looking to take a break and control but Jablomi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Davis controlling the pace.
Jablomi is looking to escape.
Jablomi scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Davis manages to mount him!
Davis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Davis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jablomi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jablomi tries to hold on but Davis postures up.
Davis looking to control but Jablomi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Davis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jablomi's face.
Davis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jablomi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jablomi is working hard here to advance position.

Davis working for a submission but Jablomi is keeping him at bay.
Davis lands a couple of good shots and Jablomi has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Davis missing with punches from the back.
Davis scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jablomi is looking for a way out.
Davis controlling well, preventing Jablomi from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jablomi staying busy and making it hard for Davis to control.

Davis has the hooks in. Jablomi is starting to panic. He's trying to push off one of the legs but he's left his neck open to attack. Davis passes his arm under Jablomi's neck and tightens up a rear naked choke! This one is surely all over! Yes, Jablomi taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Romeo Davis!
A very excited looking Romeo Davis rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.