PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Owen Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mondo Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by MMA-THEME. Davidson has chosen The Sounds-Beat Box as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Owen Smith had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Mondo Davidson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Smith
vs
Davidson

188 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Owen Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mondo Davidson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a head kick but Davidson moves out of range.
Smith throws a head kick but Davidson moves out of range.
Davidson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Davidson closes the distance and clinches up with Smith, looking for a takedown. Davidson pushes Smith against the cage but Smith circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith looks to land a combination. Davidson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Horrible takedown by Davidson or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith which made him look bad.
Davidson shoots in but no luck this time.
Owen Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mondo Davidson.
Davidson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davidson gets slowly back to his feet.
Davidson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smith swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davidson tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Smith attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Davidson. Davidson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Owen Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith lands a head kick!

It looks like Mondo Davidson has been cut.
Owen Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidson avoids the head kick by Smith.

Davidson pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davidson dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davidson.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body punch from Davidson.
Davidson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith throws a combination. Davidson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Davidson moved out of range.
Smith cracks the inside of Davidson's front leg.
Smith scores with a push kick.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davidson's sensitive parts.
Smith misses the body punch

and Davidson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson thows a huge punch but Smith dodges it nicely.
Davidson wants to take a breather but Smith is having none of it.
Davidson looks gassed!
Smith tries to get to full guard but Davidson has control of the leg.
Davidson trying to control the pace.

Smith kicks Davidson off and gets back to his feet.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick

and Davidson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson prevents Smith from getting back to his feet.
Davidson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Davidson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davidson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mondo Davidson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mondo Davidson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Smith misses with a low kick.
Davidson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidson blocks a low kick nicely.
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davidson.
Davidson is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Davidson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson avoids the head kick by Smith.
Smith throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Davidson.

Davidson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Smith is trying to defend but Davidson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Davidson counters with a shoot takedown. Smith fights it but they end up in guard.
Smith wants to stand up but Davidson is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Davidson sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Davidson is now in half guard.
Davidson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to hold on to Davidson's head to control him but Davidson postures up.
Davidson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
Davidson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Smith wants to control but Davidson is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four 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.
Davidson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mondo Davidson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davidson works his way into full mount!
Davidson controlling from the full mount.
Davidson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Davidson has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mondo Davidson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mondo Davidson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Davidson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davidson gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith swinging wilding here.
Davidson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smith's waist but Smith gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Davidson off to one side.
Davidson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
Owen Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mondo Davidson.
Smith throws a head kick but Davidson moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Davidson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Smith is looking to escape.
Davidson tries to stand and escape but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith is looking to escape.
Smith trying to control here.
Smith wants to sweep but Davidson has passed to side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davidson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Smith manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Smith is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Smith trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to stand back up but Davidson is controlling him
Davidson is taking a breather. Smith says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Mondo Davidson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith wants to improve his position but Davidson is controlling well.
Davidson controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Smith scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Davidson manages to mount him!
Owen Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davidson looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mondo Davidson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davidson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mondo Davidson!