PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Vitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitti comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Too Bad kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rick Davis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rodrigo Vitti's chin.

Davis
vs
Vitti

187 cm
26
198 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

191 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Vitti!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davis looking to control.
Vitti has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Davis is proving hard to escape from.
Vitti wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Vitti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Davis works his way into full mount!
Davis punching from mount but Vitti doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Davis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Vitti bucks Davis off and manages to get back to his feet!
Vitti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Vitti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vitti misses with a takedown attempt - Davis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Davis lands a jab to the nose.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vitti slips under a jab from Davis.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vitti.
Vitti throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Vitti throws a lazy right hand but Davis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis throws a series of strikes that have Vitti backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand.
Vitti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Davis checks it well.
Vitti misses with a shot to the body
and Vitti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Vitti ducks down to avoid it.
Davis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vitti.
Davis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vitti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vitti just misses with a punch to the body.
Vitti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vitti.
The fighters circling - Vitti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking cross lands there for Davis.

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

Vitti is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vitti can do anything to dispel that myth.
Vitti looks gassed!
Davis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vitti is still in real trouble! Can Davis finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vitti seems to have recovered his senses.
Vitti wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.
Vitti trying to keep a closed guard but Davis is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vitti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Davis throwing strikes but missing.
Davis throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Vitti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vitti tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Davis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vitti on the side of the head.

Davis closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Vitti did well to prevent Davis getting side control.
Davis is looking to take a break and control but Vitti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Davis keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Davis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis shoots for a double leg takedown but Vitti sprawls well. He's pushed Davis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vitti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Vitti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rick Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Vitti slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vitti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rodrigo Vitti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis swings for the body but Vitti moves out of range.
Vitti dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Vitti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vitti misses with a wild body shot.
Vitti misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vitti fails with the takedown
and Davis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vitti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Good shot there by Vitti.
Davis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A left lands for Vitti.
Vitti misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitti connects with a body shot.
A jab from Vitti misses.
Vitti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vitti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vitti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vitti lands with a good body shot.
Davis walks into a stiff left hand from Vitti.
Davis throws a series of strikes that have Vitti backpedaling.
Vitti throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Vitti misses with a hook to the body
and Davis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from Vitti.
Davis dodges the punch combination from Vitti.
Vitti throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
Vitti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Vitti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vitti is breathing heavily.
Vitti dodges the punch combination from Davis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vitti.
Vitti thuds his right hand into Davis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vitti throws a combination that misses
and Davis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vitti misses with a looping left.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Vitti looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Vitti missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis moves out of range as Vitti strikes.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Davis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Vitti throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Vitti throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Vitti misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes a swing at Vitti's ribcage but misses.
Vitti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Davis misses with a combination
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis tries to bum rush Vitti with a series of wild strikes but Vitti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vitti.
Vitti has his takedown stuffed
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand.
Rick Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Vitti.
Davis lands with a right hand.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
Rick Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vitti. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis's corner calls for a 1-2. Davis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Vitti avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a body punch but Vitti moves out of range.
Vitti with a lazy takedown attempt

and Davis counters with a single leg into guard. Vitti didn't expect that.
Vitti is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Vitti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Vitti blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis throws and elbow that misses. Vitti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davis's guard. Nice move by Vitti!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Davis dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Vitti connects with a body shot.
Vitti throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vitti off to one side.
Davis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vitti misses with a hook. Davis ducked under it nicely.
Vitti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Vitti missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis throws a big shot that misses.
Vitti fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davis avoids it really well and circles away.
Vitti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rick Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Vitti.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Vitti should have avoided that one.
Vitti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davis connects with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Davis.

Davis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Davis showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Davis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Davis slips a nice elbow through Vitti's hands, connecting with Vitti's forehead.
Davis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Davis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vitti defending well though.
Vitti is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

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.
Davis throwing shots but Vitti is blocking nicely.
Davis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Davis lands strikes from half guard.
Davis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Davis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Davis controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Davis is thwarting Vitti's attempts to control the position.
Davis wants to pass the guard but Vitti is defending well.
Rodrigo Vitti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rick Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Davis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Davis works his foot free and advances to mount.
Davis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Davis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Vitti because Davis loaded up on that one.
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Davis!