PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Davids might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hayes's choice of entrance music: Move!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davids
vs
Hayes

169 cm
22
145 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

179 cm
26
146 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Davids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davids fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davids scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hayes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Tyrone Davids has been cut.
Hayes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hayes throws a series of punches but Davids moves out of range.
Hayes throws an overhand right that lands on Davids's shoulder, as Davids tries to avoid the shot.
Hayes avoids the body shot from Davids.
Davids throws a hook but Hayes blocks it.
Hayes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davids moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Davids decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Davids looks to land a strike but Hayes avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Davids pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hayes is keeping the position for now.
Davids throws a strike but Hayes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davids is looking for a triangle but Hayes pushes his legs off easily.
Davids looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Davids is trying to keep Hayes in close.
Davids 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.

Davids throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Hayes stands up from Davids's guard - Hayes perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hayes looks to land a combination but Davids avoids it well.
Davids misses with an uppercut.

Davids closes the distance and clinches.
Davids wants a takedown.
A short uppercut from Davids.
Hayes working hard to break the clinch.
Davids jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hayes walks away with a smile on his face. Davids gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Davids just misses with a punch to the body.
Davids just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Davids has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davids prevents Hayes from breaking the clinch.
Hayes wants to break free but Davids has control.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Davids.
Davids keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hayes's efforts to push away.

Davids's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davids tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayes was well out of range. Poor timing from Davids.
Hayes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davids.
Davids goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hayes throws a left and a right that both miss

and Davids counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hayes's guard now.
Hayes has momentary wrist control but Davids slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Davids looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Davids trying to move into half guard but instead Hayes has managed to sweep!
Hayes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davids. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hayes stopping the sweep attempt from Davids.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Davids dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Davids's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Davids misses with a body shot.
Hayes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hayes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hayes tries to bum rush Davids with a series of wild strikes but Davids uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hayes misses with a combination
and Davids counters with a nice uppercut.
Hayes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davids counters with a straight right hand.
Hayes misses with a double jab
and Davids counters with a left to the body.
Hayes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hayes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jack Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davids.
Hayes misses with a series of wild punches.
Davids misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Davids throws a jab when Hayes was well out of range.
Davids will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davids throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayes stalks Davids and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Davids's face. Davids staggers backwards, shaken.
Hayes missing with a left hand there. Davids was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jack Hayes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davids misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davids creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Davids lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Hayes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davids lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Davids.

Davids lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hayes wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids trying to mount his opponent but Hayes defends it.
Hayes is breathing heavily.
Hayes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Davids.
Davids missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hayes is not content to let Davids control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hayes won't allow Davids to pass to mount.
Davids thows a huge punch but Hayes dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids trying to control from half guard but Hayes is working away.
Hayes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hayes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Davids.
Davids 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.
Davids looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Davids throwing shots but Hayes is blocking nicely.
Davids not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

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.
Davids throwing shots but Hayes is blocking nicely.
Hayes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Davids wants to pass to mount but Hayes is defending the position.
Davids wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hayes keeps working.
Davids thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Davids is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Davids dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Davids'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!

Davids looks for a takedown but Hayes sprawls well.
Jack Hayes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davids walks into a straight right hand from Hayes.
Hayes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davids makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hayes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davids manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davids loads up on a big right hand but Hayes slips the punch.
Hayes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Davids tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hayes is able to avoid easily.
Davids misses with a wild combination.
Hayes misses with a double jab
and Davids counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids staying out of range there.
Hayes throws a series of punches but Davids avoids them all with ease.

Davids shoots in and gets a takedown into Hayes's guard.
Hayes keeping moving, preventing Davids from controlling successfully.

Hayes pushes Davids off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hayes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davids thuds a left hand into Hayes's body.
Davids misses with a shot to the body
and Hayes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Davids throws a sloppy body shot
and Hayes counters with a right hand to the body.
Davids throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tyrone Davids is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids misses with an uppercut. Hayes saw that one coming.
Hayes throws a nice looking combination but Davids bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Davids bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Davids is staying tight to Hayes's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Davids goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hayes rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Davids's guard! Nice work there by Hayes!
Davids trying to control the position.

Davids throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids looking to control.
Hayes won't allow Davids to sweep him here.
Davids trying to control the position.
Davids tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Davids is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Davids has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hayes wants to get back to his feet.
Jack Hayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hayes is squirming around, avoiding Davids's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Davids showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Davids, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Davids!