PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davi comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Maia has chosen Vida Bandida as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Davi
vs
Maia

187 cm
22
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
200 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Davi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demian Maia!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demian Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maia lands a jab to Davi's midsection.
Maia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davi circles away.
Maia staying out of range there.
Davi tries to score with a low kick but Maia moves his leg out of the way.
Maia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davi.
Maia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Davi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Maia is out of range and Davi settles back down.
Davi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davi wants to clinch.
Maia misses with an uppercut.
Davi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maia misses with a hook.
Davi swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia avoids a kick to the body.
Davi scoring well with a low kick there.
Maia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davi.
Davi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maia.
Maia fails with a takedown attempt.
Maia checks a leg kick.
Maia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davi throws a leg kick
and Maia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maia checks a leg kick nicely.
Maia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maia swats away the attempt to clinch by Davi.
Maia just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Davi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Maia.
Maia avoids the body shot from Davi.
Maia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Maia clinches up against the cage.
Davi can't find room to land a body shot as Maia controls the action.
Davi missing with knees to the body.
Davi lands a knee to the head.
Maia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davi backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maia.
A right hook to the body lands for Maia.
Davi misses with a knee to the head.
Davi works on Maia's body with a couple of short punches.
Davi lands with a left to the head.
Maia scores with a hook to the body.
Maia avoiding damage as Davi throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Davi tries a knee to the head but Maia blocks it.
Maia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maia lands a shoulder strike.
Maia is looking to break free of the clinch but Davi has double underhooks.
Davi taking a breather.
Maia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maia managing to block the knees to the body from Davi.
Maia blocks a body shot from Davi.
Davi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maia is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Maia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maia prevents a body shot from Davi.
A short uppercut from Davi.
A short right from Davi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Maia.
Thor Davi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demian Maia.
Davi avoiding damage as Maia throws knees to the body.
Maia can't get the takedown.
Still in the clinch, Davi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davi prevents a body shot from Maia.
Davi is struggling to control the position.
Davi prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maia is trying to pull guard but Davi has him pressed against the cage.
Maia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Davi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Davi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fighters circle momentarily. Maia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Maia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davi's waist but Davi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Maia off to one side.
Davi defending well as Maia loads up on a big left hand.
Maia missing with a left hand there. Davi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davi misses the shot to the body.
Demian Maia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maia swings for the body but Davi moves out of range.
Davi thows a body kick. Maia tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Davi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maia takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Davi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Maia, pushing him back against the cage.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maia blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maia presses Davi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Maia.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Davi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maia's face.

It looks like Demian Maia has been cut.
Maia misses with a punch on the inside.
Maia misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maia's face.
Maia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maia is defending well for now.
Maia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maia.
Davi landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Maia has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Davi uses from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Davi trying to control the position from guard on top but Maia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Davi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Davi looking to pass the guard.

Maia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Davi defends it easily.
Davi throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maia is keeping the position for now.
Davi cracks Maia with a solid left hand.

Maia looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Davi landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davi lands a couple of elbows.
Maia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Davi trying to control but Maia is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davi looking to pass the guard.

Davi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Maia is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Maia has escaped and now he's on top!
Maia throws a big elbow that misses.
Davi wants to sweep here but Maia controlling him for the moment.
Davi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maia sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davi's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maia looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Maia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Davi defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davi is looking to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia wants to free his trapped foot but Davi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Davi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Demian Maia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Maia throws a series of punches but Davi moves out of range.
Good work by Maia as he checks the leg kick.
Maia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davi.
Maia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davi loads up on a big right hand but Maia slips the punch.
Davi lands a really nice looking cross but Maia seems unphased.
Thor Davi is winning the standup battle so far.
Davi connects with a single shot there.
Davi loads up on a big right hand but Maia slips the punch.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Maia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Maia blocks a jab.
Davi connects with the punch.
Maia cracks the inside of Davi's front leg.
Davi is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davi throws a low kick but Maia moves out of range easily.
Davi feints and then cracks Maia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maia down.
Davi misses with a hook to the body

and Maia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Davi's guard.

Davi working for a triangle but Maia defends it easily.

Davi looking for a guillotine here but Maia defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maia trying to control the position from guard on top but Davi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Davi has his foot on Maia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Maia works his way back into a safe position though.
Demian Maia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Maia stopping the sweep attempt from Davi.
Maia slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maia tries to advance to mount but Davi denies him.
The strikes coming from Maia are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Demian Maia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia is putting a hurting on Davi here, landing some big shots from side control.
Davi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Davi moves into full guard.
Maia advances position into side control!
Davi is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Maia misses with the ground and pound.

Maia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davi sneaks back into half guard.
Maia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Davi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davi's guard.
Maia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Davi's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thor Davi.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Davi, 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Davi!
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