PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Evan Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Ubiistia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evan Davies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davies
vs
Ubiistia

184 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Evan Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Magnus Ubiistia!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ubiistia sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ubiistia punishes Davies's body with a nice straight punch.
Davies takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Evan Davies has been cut.
Ubiistia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Davies avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ubiistia scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ubiistia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Davies scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ubiistia wants to get back to his feet.
Davies wants to control but Ubiistia is keeping him busy.
Ubiistia is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Davies staying calm.
Davies wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ubiistia keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubiistia is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Davies asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Davies trying to control the position but Ubiistia is working away.
Davies passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ubiistia!
Davies won't let Ubiistia get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Davies is trying to control here but Ubiistia has managed to regain half guard.

Ubiistia makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies shoots in and drives through. Ubiistia sprawls well.
Davies is breathing heavily.
Davies changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ubiistia tries to avoid it but Davies manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ubiistia to the ground. Ubiistia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evan Davies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ubiistia takes a swing at Davies's ribcage but misses.
Davies shoots in but no luck this time.
Davies shoots in for a takedown but Ubiistia shows good takedown defense.
Magnus Ubiistia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davies avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ubiistia with a hook.
Ubiistia throws a right and a left that Davies avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Ubiistia misses.
Ubiistia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Davies is defended easily by Ubiistia.
Davies shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ubiistia sprawls well. Ubiistia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davies gets slowly back to his feet.
Ubiistia tests Davies's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davies uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ubiistia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubiistia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ubiistia's corner calls for a 1-2. Ubiistia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Ubiistia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ubiistia tries to pull guard but Davies won't allow it.
Davies trying to control the position but instead, Ubiistia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davies into the cage.
Ubiistia misses with a punch to the body.
Ubiistia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davies has him pressed against the cage.

Ubiistia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ubiistia connects with a combination that backs up Davies into the cage. Ubiistia lands a flurry of punches that gets past Davies's guard. Davies is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Ubiistia bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magnus Ubiistia!