PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Isak Born (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davids comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Satisfaction kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Born
vs
Davids

180 cm
22
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Isak Born!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edgar Davids!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davids is looking to chop away at Born's legs.
Born moves out of range of the body kick from Davids.
Born swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davids.
The fight stays on the outside here - Born looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Born darts in and clinches Davids up against the cage.
Davids is trying to break free.
Davids is trying to break the clinch but Born is controlling him.
Born goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davids prevents it.
Born has Davids pressed against the cage, preventing Davids from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davids is trying to force a seperation but Born has the dominant position.

Davids manages to break the clinch.
Davids gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Born clinches.
Born goes for a takedown attempt but Davids pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Davids throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davids misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davids is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Born.
Davids throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Born.
Davids throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Born gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davids.

It looks like Isak Born has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids missing with a left hand there. Born was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Born tries to bum rush Davids with a series of wild strikes but Davids uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Born takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Born tries to bum rush Davids with a series of wild strikes but Davids uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Born misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isak Born. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Davids misses.
Davids throws out a leg kick but Born moves out of range and Davids only half commits.
Born blocks a head kick by Davids.
Edgar Davids seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davids will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Davids.
Born tries to close the distance and clinch but Davids swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Born fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Davids misses.
Davids throws a jab but it's blocked by Born.
Born pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Born has Davids up against the cage in a clinch.

Davids breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids looks to throw the jab but Born is out of range.

Davids drops Born with a right and a left! Davids comes rushing in but Born regains his composure and manages to keep Davids in guard.

Born is rocked!
Davids looks gassed!
Davids trying to stand up but can't free himself from Born's guard.
Oh Born is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Born throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Davids must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Davids has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Born is proving hard to escape from.

Davids gets to his feet - Born follows without any prompting.
Born seems to have got his legs back now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Born will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davids throws a big shot that misses.
Davids uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Born.
Davids lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davids.
Davids throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Born keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davids lands with an uppercut that bounces Born off the cage and back into rage.
Davids throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davids lands with a shot to the body.
Davids lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Born slips a jab and a cross from Davids.
Davids lands a nice shot that snaps Born's head back.
Davids scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davids keeps Born at a distance using the push kick.
Davids misses with a two punch combination.
Davids throws a right and a left that Born avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Davids.
Davids scores with a head kick.
Davids swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Born counters with a two punch combo.
Davids swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Born counters with a right hand to the body.

Born closes the distance and clinches.
Davids is looking to break free of the clinch but Born has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Born prevents Davids from breaking the clinch.
Davids has had enough of the clinch but Born keeps him there for the moment.
Davids wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davids wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davids wants to get back to striking at distance but Born won't allow it.
Born tries for a takedown. No joy.

Davids breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Born moves out of range of the body kick.
Davids throws a series of punches but Born moves out of range.
Born lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Born.
Davids explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A nice combination there by Davids.
Davids throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Born throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davids lands a head kick!
Davids fails to land with a series of punches.
Davids misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Davids dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Isak Born's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Born moves away from the strike by Davids.
Born lands a jab-cross combination.
Edgar Davids seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davids throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Born counters by clinching up.
Davids tries to break free but Born pushes him back against the cage.
Davids wants to get back to striking at distance but Born won't allow it.
Davids is pushing Born up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Davids manages to break the clinch.
Born lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Davids swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Davids falls off balance throwing a combination
and Born counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Born slips a jab from Davids.
Born fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Davids throws a right hand that Born ducks under and follows up with a left that Born also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Born swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Born scores with a crisp jab that stopped Davids in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Born dodges the punch combination from Davids.
Davids is looking to land body kicks.
Born cracks Davids with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Davids moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Davids cracks Born with a good jab.
Born fails with the takedown.
Davids stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isak Born. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Born throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davids throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Born on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Born is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Davids lands a two punch combo.
Born drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davids has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Davids scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davids throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Born closes the distance and pushes Davids back into the cage.
Davids wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Born has him pressed against the cage.
Davids wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davids tries to break the clinch but Born is controlling the position.

Born is trying to trip Davids. He has hold of a leg but Davids is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Born persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Born stops Davids from standing up.
Born trying to control but Davids is working from the bottom.

Davids pushes Born off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids lands with a hook. Born tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Isak Born is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Davids.
Davids misses with a two punch combination.
Davids misses the jab.
Davids stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Davids wants it to stay on the feet.
Davids lands with an overhand left.
Born throws an overhand right that lands on Davids's shoulder, as Davids tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to de liver by Davids. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davids darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Davids has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Davids there as he acknowledges the shot.
Born closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Born throws a right and a left that Davids avoids nicely.
Born slips under a jab.
Davids throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Born steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davids.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davids smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A head kick misses from Davids.
Born scores with a body shot.
Born digs a good body shot into Davids's ribs.
Davids scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Davids misses with a few strikes there.
Born scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Davids lands a nice looking body shot.
Davids misses with a hook. Born ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davids. That's going to slow Born down.
Born avoids the body shot from Davids.
Born misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davids misses with a wild combination.
Born lands a two punch combo.
Davids showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Born.
Davids uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Born.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Isak Born will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Isak Born's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Born takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davids buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davids looks to land a combination but Born avoids it well.
Davids throws a sloppy head kick and Born moves out of range easily.
Born scores with a nice right hand.
Born tries to clinch but Davids moves out of range.
Born cracks Davids with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Born fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davids misses with a body kick.
Davids throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davids avoids the body shot from Born.
Born throws a series of punches but Davids moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davids looks to land a body kick but Born moved away.
Davids fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Born checks it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davids tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davids lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Davids misses with a combination
letting Born counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids throws a hook but Born avoids it easily.
A nice combination there by Born.
Born is looking to clinch but Davids is avoiding it.
Born looks to score with a jab to the body but Davids is just out of range.
Davids throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Davids misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davids looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davids throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davids misses the shot to the body.
Born fails with the takedown.
Davids lands a nice shot to the body.
Born has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Davids throws a nice looking combination but Born bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Born scores with a jab. Davids acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Davids throws a combination. Born tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Davids moves away from the strike by Born.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davids throws a leg kick which misses Born's front leg but catches the back leg as Born tries to avoid it.
Davids scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Born avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davids tries to work over Born's front leg with a kick but Born checks it.
Davids gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Born.
Davids throws a jab when Born was well out of range.

Born instigates a clinch.
Born keeps control of Davids as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davids wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Born has him pressed against the cage.
Davids tries to circle away but Born has him pinned against the cage.
Born goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davids prevents it.

Davids's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davids throws a right hand that Born ducks under and follows up with a left that Born also avoids with ease.
Born shoots in looking for a takedown. Davids tries to sprawl out of it but Born keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Davids manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isak Born. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davids keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Born gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Born has Davids pressed against the cage, preventing Davids from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Davids pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davids throws a left and a right that both miss

and Born counters with a single leg into guard. Davids didn't expect that.
Born won't allow Davids to get back to his feet.
Born wants to control from the top but Davids keeps moving.

Davids pushes Born off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Born wants to clinch up but Davids keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Davids does no damage.
Davids rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Born moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Born swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Born tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davids paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Born takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davids scores with a sloppy right hand. Born should have avoided that one.
Davids throws a head kick but Born moves out of range.
Born slips a straight right by Davids.
Born scores with a decent looking hook.
Born uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davids.

Born darts in and clinches Davids up against the cage.

Davids pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davids swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from Davids misses.
Davids misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Born.

And that's the end of the fight!
Isak Born showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Born has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Isak Born!