PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective comes to the cage accompanied by Barricade. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Collective
vs
Davis

175 cm
22
175 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

184 cm
28
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Davis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collective closes the distance but Davis moves to the side
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
Collective misses with the combination.
Collective tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Davis counters with a left to the body.

Davis gets tackled into the cage by Collective. Collective maintains the clinch.
Collective is trying to break the clinch but Davis is controlling him.

Collective breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Collective falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Davis.
Collective falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Collective.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective misses with a shot to the body
and Davis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Collective tries to clinch up

and Davis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Collective won't be happy with that.
Davis throws an elbow but Collective slips to the side and avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Collective's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Davis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Collective to see if he's OK.
Davis has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Collective!
Davis content just to control the position here.
Davis throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis content just to control the position here.
Davis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Collective is looking to escape.
Davis working Collective over with strikes here.
Davis punching from mount but Collective doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Davis prevents Collective from getting the reversal.
Collective wants to hold on but Davis pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is landing with some decent strikes but Collective is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Davis controlling from the full mount.
Davis punching from mount but Collective doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Davis avoids the attempt from Collective to control.
Collective knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Davis on the ground.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Davis looking to control but Collective is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis controlling his opponent.
Davis landing strikes from the mount.
Collective tries to lock up and control but Davis gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Collective is wriggling around trying to escape.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Davis cracks Collective with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Davis.
Davis unloading with bombs!
Collective wants to control but Davis is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Davis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Collective stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Davis gets caught napping as Collective dives in and scores a takedown. Davis manages to retain guard.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Collective tries to stand but Davis is controlling from the bottom.
Davis is pulling down on Collective's head to control his posture.
Collective stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.
Davis pulls Collective in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jonathan Davis wasn't active enough on the ground.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collective was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Davis lands a nice looking body shot.

Davis fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Collective sprawls well initially but Davis persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Davis.
Davis throwing shots but Collective is blocking nicely.
Collective is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Collective is trying to stand up here but Davis is controlling him well.
Collective is staying active underneath Davis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Davis takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Collective wants to improve his position but Davis is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis passes to side control.
Davis is looking to take a break and control but Collective is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Davis taking a breather here.
Davis trying to control the action but Collective is working from the bottom.
Collective takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Collective avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Davis.
Davis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collective is trying to control Davis's posture but Davis avoids it.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Collective on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Collective tries to get out of the position.
Davis wants to control but Collective is keeping him busy.
Davis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Collective to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective is being controlled here.
The ground and pound from Davis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collective is not content to let Davis control the position.
Davis works to advance to full mount. Collective defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Davis raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jonathan Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davis avoids the attempt from Collective to control.
Collective keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Collective fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collective throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis misses with a hook.

Davis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davis has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Collective has passed into side control.
Collective wants to stand but Davis is controlling his arm.
Davis wants to control but Collective postures up.
Davis tries to buck Collective off but Collective is having none of it.

Collective stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collective throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
Davis digs a good body shot into Collective's ribs.
Davis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Collective lands a jab-cross combination.
Random Collective seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Davis.
Collective ducks right into an uppercut from Davis.
Random Collective is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Collective misses with a double jab
and Davis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Collective thinking.
Davis misses the shot to the body.
Collective connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Collective.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davis counters with a left to the body.
Collective misses with a few strikes there.

Collective drives through with a takedown into guard.
Davis trying to keep a closed guard but Collective is proving a slippery customer.
Collective loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Davis is on top in guard.
Davis throws a strike but Collective rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Collective has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Davis wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Davis managing to control the position.
Davis wants to sweep here but Collective controlling him for the moment.
Davis looking to control.
Jonathan Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jonathan Davis hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Collective looking to score a takedown here. Davis is defending well but Collective drives through and ends up in Davis's guard.
Random Collective has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Collective trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Davis pulls Collective in to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Random Collective just wasn't active enough.
Davis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Davis lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Collective to counter with a crisp jab.
Collective throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Random Collective showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

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