PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between sam winstafer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sam winstafer has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

winstafer
vs
Davis

188 cm
25
209 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

177 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, sam winstafer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron Davis!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
winstafer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis throws a head kick that misses.
Davis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Davis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ron Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
winstafer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
winstafer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and winstafer moves out of range easily.
Davis wants to clinch.
winstafer keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
winstafer swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but winstafer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
winstafer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is looking to clinch but winstafer is avoiding it.
winstafer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davis throws a head kick that winstafer semi-blocks.
winstafer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis is looking to clinch but winstafer is avoiding it.
winstafer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis wants to clinch up but winstafer keeps it at a distance.
winstafer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Davis.
Davis wants to clinch up but winstafer keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
winstafer circles away from the clinch attempt.

Davis pushes winstafer up against the cage in a clinch.
winstafer managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
winstafer leaning against his opponent.

winstafer wants the takedown. Davis is fighting it off but winstafer persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Davis's guard against the cage.
winstafer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davis can do anything to dispel that myth.
winstafer wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
winstafer not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Davis is trying to control the position but winstafer postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to sweep here but winstafer controlling him for the moment.
winstafer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Davis wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and winstafer is now in half guard.
Davis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Davis is looking to control winstafer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Davis avoid being mounted?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

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.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but winstafer pushes him off.
Davis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
winstafer swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis throws a nice head kick!
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis is looking to clinch but winstafer is avoiding it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
winstafer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
winstafer throws a nice looking combination but Davis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

sam winstafer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
winstafer avoids the head kick by Davis.
Davis throws a head kick but winstafer moves out of range.
Davis is looking to clinch but winstafer is avoiding it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davis.
winstafer looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis throws a head kick but winstafer moves out of range.
winstafer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but winstafer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - winstafer circles away.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis tries to clinch but winstafer moves out of range.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but winstafer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is looking to clinch but winstafer is avoiding it.
sam winstafer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

winstafer has taken the fight to the clinch.
winstafer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
winstafer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Davis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. winstafer won't want to take too many of those.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from winstafer.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. winstafer is defending well for now.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but winstafer avoids the damage to the body.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and winstafer avoids it.

winstafer tightens his grip and picks Davis up, before dumping him to the ground. Davis manages to land in guard.
Davis is trying to hold winstafer in close to prevent damage but winstafer has managed to pass into half guard.
winstafer looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to control but winstafer is keeping busy and won't allow it.
winstafer is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Davis is looking for a sweep. winstafer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
winstafer passes to side control.
winstafer content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
winstafer has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Davis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
winstafer's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but winstafer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

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.
winstafer staying calm.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of sam winstafer.
winstafer cracks Davis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Ron Davis has been cut.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and winstafer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

sam winstafer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ron Davis'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. This is the final round!

winstafer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
winstafer circles away from the clinch attempt

and winstafer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
winstafer controlling the pace.
Davis is pressing down on winstafer's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
winstafer controlling from the top position.
winstafer slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis can't do much from the bottom here.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
winstafer remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
You can see the frustration on Davis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
winstafer taking a breather here.

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.
Davis is trying to control winstafer's posture but winstafer avoids it.
winstafer controlling the position.
Davis is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
winstafer controlling the position.
Ron Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of sam winstafer.
winstafer takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davis tries to clinch up

and winstafer counters with a nice right hand that sends Davis toppling to the canvas! Davis scrambles and gets back to his feet - can winstafer finish him?!

winstafer gets a clinch.
Nice body punch from winstafer - that landed with a thud.
winstafer has Davis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but winstafer is blocking nicely.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from winstafer.

winstafer has Davis pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. winstafer pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Davis tumbling to the mat - winstafer dives into Davis's guard.
winstafer looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
sam winstafer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well winstafer 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... sam winstafer!