PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Kafka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Davi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nekromantix - Cave Canem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davi
vs
Kafka

187 cm
21
190 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
197 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Davi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Kafka!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kafka.
Kafka moves out of range as Davi throws a body kick.
Kafka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kafka throws a series of punches but Davi moves out of range.
Kafka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davi circles away quickly and effectively.
Kafka avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A left and a right from Kafka both land. Nice combination.
Kafka throws a body punch but Davi moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Kafka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Davi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Davi tries to land a leg kick but Kafka saw it coming and moves away.
Davi lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kafka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kafka misses with a few strikes there.
Nice cross by Davi.
Davi throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kafka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Davi connects with a high kick.

It looks like Viktor Kafka has been cut.
Davi cracks Kafka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kafka misses with a body shot.
Kafka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davi was well out of range. Poor timing from Kafka.
Davi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kafka.
Davi lands with a cross.
Nice straight punches there by Kafka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kafka.
Kafka misses with a body shot.
Viktor Kafka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kafka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kafka misses with a hook. Davi ducked under it nicely.
Kafka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kafka looks gassed!
Davi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kafka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kafka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davi has managed to clinch.
Davi taking a breather.
Davi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davi tries to land a knee to the head but Kafka blocks with his arms.
Davi lands a nice uppercut.
Davi controlling the action here for a moment.
Davi dodges an elbow strike from Kafka.
A short uppercut from Davi.
Davi lands a hook that snaps the head of Kafka backwards.
Davi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kafka tries to throw a body punch but Davi avoids it by throwing Kafka back against the cage.
Davi misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davi is leaning against Kafka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Davi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kafka is defending well for now.
Kafka pushes Davi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Davi prevents Kafka from breaking the clinch.
Davi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davi slows down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Davi.
A knee to the head by Davi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kafka.
Davi lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Davi - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davi lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Davi.
Davi digs a right hand underneath Kafka's ribcage. Kafka let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kafka up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davi is working Kafka over against the cage.
Davi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kafka blocks it with crossed arms.
Davi is stalling here.
Davi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kafka wants to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davi with a knee to the head.
Kafka tries to break the clinch but Davi is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Davi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Kafka'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.

Davi lands a slapping body shot.
Kafka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Davi closes the distance and clinches.
Kafka tries to work over Davi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kafka backwards.
Davi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kafka backwards.

Kafka is rocked!
Davi lands a body punch.
Davi scores with a shot to the side of Kafka's head.
Kafka is still on wobbly legs! Can Davi finish him?
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kafka blocks it with crossed arms.
Kafka seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Davi.
Davi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kafka can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Davi lands a nice uppercut.
Davi crunches a lovely knee into Kafka's ribcage.
Davi lands a shoulder strike.
Kafka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kafka is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kafka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davi's elbow.
Davi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kafka backwards.
Davi landing knees to the body.
Davi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short uppercut from Davi.
Davi working the clinch nicely. Kafka is working for position but Davi cracks him with a big knee to the head! Kafka crumples up against the cage and Davi lands two more shots before the ref can save Kafka! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Thor Davi!
Thor Davi retains his middleweight title!